New Kia stinger suspect repaint

[Dionpeter]

Gday guys and girls.

I own a kia stinger and I have a feeling it was repainted before it got to me as a new car.
I bought a cheapish paint thickness gauge and the bonnet is reading anywhere from 4.7mil to 1.9 mil. The doors are pretty consistent at 2ish mil and no way of testing the plastic.
is it possible a machine could cause these types of variances or is this been done by hand?
Any help on what to look for would be great. I'm in Newcastle nsw if anyone is  close and can  help.

Thanks, D.

[junkie]

Seems a bit thin actually. Would be a lot thicker if a repaint

[Ben C34]

Why do you care? What's the actual problem?

[Dionpeter]

There is a run in the paint and some paint coming off where a panel meets.

Not impressed if a new car has been stripped and painted again. I imagine most people would feel the same.

[l0ckym]

Google-Foo

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/kia-admits-to-paint-problem-on-yellow-stingers

 

[Dionpeter]

Yeah my first one was replaced. I refused a respray on a new car so I got a new one but i think they repainted  a new one rather then a fresh bare metal paint. 

Thanks for the info still.

[Ben C34]

That does sound annoying

[GTSBoy]

You are probably one of 0.05% of Kia buyers who would even consider the question of the quality of the paint. The vast majority of their customer base think of the paint on their car in exactly the same way they think of the paint on their toaster.

And for that reason, Kia give no farks for paint quality. It doesn't matter what it is like new, because it falls off of all Korean cars within about 5 years anyway.

[Dionpeter]

That's fine by me, it has a 7 year warranty.