Tell me about it. This was what happened to my yellow using
turtle wax “car safe” adhesive remover. I used the same process on the red Stinger two weeks earlier, no problem. As you can see the remover ran down the hatch and went at the edges of the paint which had an immediate negative impact on the yellow...(once again I had no issue with red). This was a few months ago before the issues came to light and I am sure Kia wouldn’t have covered a repaint for that problem without a fight. For some other reason both cars had cracks beneath the licence plates in the same place (photo2). Kia replaced those plastic panels on both under warranty. The new parts were shipped unpainted and were then painted. In the end it worked out. I never intended to swap out the front logos and I am gsticking to that plan.
All I have on the red car back end is the Gt logo. I asked the Kia body shop to fill the logo holes on the new parts since they were replacing the back panels anyway. Wife wanted the yellow to have the Stinger back end so I put the center Stinger logo back on. All is well, we are waiting on the letter from Kia on the yellow redo options. As I think back to when I purchased my last NEW car ... an early base year model Mazda RX 8 ... they had a “horsepower marketing” nightmare. These Stinger issues are nothing compared to that experience. I had the Mazda service guy on speed dial for 5 years. As a side note the RX 8 was as much fun to drive as the stinger... if/ when it started. I know ... I know ... rule #1 never buy a new car in the first year of production. I guess, technically, I heeded that advice.
