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GOT PROBLEMS OR ISSUES? => GENERAL => Topic started by: sparki30 on February 01, 2009, 10:35:14

Title: Continental silver problem?
Post by: sparki30 on February 01, 2009, 10:35:14: I was cleaning the boot out yesterday and realised that the top inside edge of the hatch door, the hinges and top edge of the hatch opening were not painted in silver. It is a light grey (primer?) the silver stops at the top edge of the hatch. Is this normal ?
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: bumpkin on February 01, 2009, 11:37:19: It probably is the silver but it has not been topcoated, my vivid blue inside the bootlid is not as shiny as the rest of the car either, the top of the interior hatch and the engine bay appears to be the same so I think it is just the laquer layer missing :question:
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: eye30 on February 01, 2009, 14:02:51: Same here.

The laquer is just inside the doors/boot/hatch.

Cheap skates.
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: sparki30 on February 01, 2009, 15:25:12: Thanks for that, thought I had a unfinished one.
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: bumpkin on February 01, 2009, 17:59:42: Looks like we all have, maybe we should bring it up at our next anti-corrosion check? :twisted: :razz:
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: Shambles on February 01, 2009, 18:05:47: Wonder if it's a UK thing? Just cleared the snow off the boot and mine's the same
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: eye30 on February 01, 2009, 19:08:32: It was exactly the same with my previous Hy Accent.

Laquer stopped just inside the doors/boot/hatch.
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: bumpkin on February 01, 2009, 19:29:43: Yeah my Accent was like that too, however the i30 is better than the Accent was, at least inside the doors is laquered (mostly!)
Title: Re: Continental silver problem?
Post by: LuciferDarklord on February 22, 2009, 12:48:10: Most cars with metallic paint are like this - I've seen it quite a bit. Last one I can think of was a Subaru Forrester (2008 model)