Fixable?
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Oh ****. This was a big issue on C7’s especially 2017’s. A lot of front and rear bumper paint peeling / cracking on the panel seams because they were not properly cleaned / prepared before painting. This was supposedly fixed. I guess not
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Like sprayer posted, this problem goes back to the C7 cars
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Looks like this was addressed on the Corvette Action Center. https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com...ment-1424.html
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It’s too bad the ppf installer didn’t wrap the edges with the film. You can clearly see in your photo that there is zero clearance between those two panels, so when the car/panels flex for any number of reasons, they’re rubbing together. The paint needs to be touched up AND those panels aligned better. Good luck.
The other thing on your car that you can see in the pic, which is true on my cars with ppf (Xpel specifically), is their pre-cut kits leave a good bit of space unprotected.
The other thing on your car that you can see in the pic, which is true on my cars with ppf (Xpel specifically), is their pre-cut kits leave a good bit of space unprotected.
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It’s too bad the ppf installer didn’t wrap the edges with the film. You can clearly see in your photo that there is zero clearance between those two panels, so when the car/panels flex for any number of reasons, they’re rubbing together. The paint needs to be touched up AND those panels aligned better. Good luck.
The other thing on your car that you can see in the pic, which is true on my cars with ppf (Xpel specifically), is their pre-cut kits leave a good bit if space unprotected.
The other thing on your car that you can see in the pic, which is true on my cars with ppf (Xpel specifically), is their pre-cut kits leave a good bit if space unprotected.
This started happenong on 2016 or so when they changed the panels again from 14 15. Must be the lighter material or something. Go back and read the articles about the C7 composites getting even lighter for 2016. That's when I started noticing this myself as well. It sucks.
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Robert:
I had this same problem on my 2015 C7. The dealer was able to adjust the panels and fix the paint; you can't even see where it used to be. So yes, it is fixable.
Couldn't agree more. Six years later and they still can't get their act together on it.
EBS
I had this same problem on my 2015 C7. The dealer was able to adjust the panels and fix the paint; you can't even see where it used to be. So yes, it is fixable.
Couldn't agree more. Six years later and they still can't get their act together on it.
EBS
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