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Mine is also start rusting...like 15 years old #$$/$%It is 1,5 year old and it start rusting on several locations. At the beginning dealer persuade me that something hit into paint, but now it is rust everywhere.Unbelivable...my old accent was demolished on several places, but the metal stay "silver".Obviously i30 has some problems with cheap painting.Btw. Mine is white.PS. Accim, js bi na tvojem mestu šel reklamirat.
Mine is also start rusting...like 15 years old #$$/$%It is 1,5 year old and it start rusting on several locations. At the beginning dealer persuade me that something hit into paint, but now it is rust everywhere.Unbelivable...my old accent was demolished on several places, but the metal stay "silver".
mudflaps make a car look like a rallycar.
Well, I could get myself one of these bodykits..then it would really look rallysh (it doesn't look that bad at all - to me)
2i30s: I drive on regular roads.. If I would drive on unsealed roads as you've mentioned it, I would understand.. The problem seems to be in i30's "design" -> The doors are "pushed in" too much, so when the little rocks from the road (rocks and salt) "fly around" (from the tire), they hit those marked and problematical parts.I compared my i30's to my uncles Kia Ceed (which are very similar) and realized, that i30's back doors are designed in that way, that they allow rocks to hit the bodywork..My i30: My uncles Kia Ceed, where you can see how the doors are curved out so they protect the bodywork from incoming stuff from the road (and which also have that transparent protecting film):I would kindly ask you, if you could check if you have it the same way, or are your doors "fitted" on the car in different way.. THANKS![/quoteIf I am reading these pictures right - it is a photo of the L/H/R door and sill panel/dog leg area of your i30 and then in the second photo - your uncles Kia.In your first photo, I can not see any chips on your door, but can see many chips on the sill panel.On your uncles car, it has stick-on plastic protectors fitted to the door to protect the paint in these areas.I do not believe that you would be getting stone chips on that sill panel only, and not having any on these stones actually making contact and chipping the door panel.I would suspect this to be more like the case..............The L/H/R door is being used very regularly and when the passenger/s dis-embark from the car, the door is opened ( obviously, and hence why there is no chips on the door), the seat belt is removed and flicked off over the shoulder and when this happens the buckle of the belt is dropping down onto the sill panel before it has had time to retract and is causing the chips. This is not un-common, and should in no way be considered a paint defect or any kind of warranty concern - it is nothing other than operator ( passenger neglect ) error.If you don't want this to happen - fit those plastic protectors ( like your uncle has on his car ), and educate your passengers to have more respect/take more care with your property.
It's possible it's caused by occupants, but I doubt it.