Bubble in clear coat.

[Christopher]

I just took delivery of a midnight black R1S and there's a bubble in the clear coat on the hood. I'm about to get the hood wrapped with PPF.

Any recommendations on what can be done here to remove this bubble or make it look better?

I actually have about 10 more of these throughout the vehicle.

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[emceter]

Wonder if a body shop could deal with this during paint correction? Does anyone know?
Also, curious what VIN number are you? I would have expected Rivian to get all these sort of issues figured out so I wonder if you have an early VIN. If not, this is worrysome

 

[Christopher]

8900 2023 VIN.

I have about 40 punch list items for cosmetic issues and functional issues I documented at delivery. I spent an hour going over the entire vehicle. Their detailer ended up scuffing up the clear coat in all the areas they buffed to fix scratches I pointed out. I didn't notice until the full sun was beaming on the paint. I spent 6 hours today with a dual action polisher fixing the damage their incompetent detailer did.

Bottom line is that from my R1T purchased over a year ago and the R1S today, I saw no noticable quality improvements and many issues that could have been prevented (door dings, scratches, clips not seated properly, trim not affixed properly, etc.)

 

[crashmtb]

Wet sand it off. Get a competent bodyshop to do it.

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