bigsky
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Hello,
Took delivery of my R1S in January 2024. Sat in my garage for three weeks waiting for full XPEL and Opti-Coat Pro+ ceramic coating.
This week, I noticed a small paint bump, ~ 0.25 in. on the rear passenger-side door below the door handle.
I would appreciate if you could let me know what you think this might be, or perhaps some of you have noticed this in your Rivians also.
The background:
The PPF and ceramic coating were done by what I consider a master installer. Should see his shop, nothing but high-end cars waiting for him to do his PPF magic, as close to perfect a PPF install as it gets.
My R1S was fine for a while. About a week ago, I discovered the bump. It had not seen it before, and I check my R1S constantly.
In my mind, this was just a bubble developed in the PPF and was actually thinking of ignoring it or having my PPF installer take a look at it whenever, no rush, no care.
Was in his neighborhood today and decided to stop by and have him look at it for a really quick fix. One of his master assistants came out to take a look at it first. "Buddy, this is no bubble. It is a good thing you brought it in!," his first words upon checking it out. Feel it, he said; it is hard, it almost looks as rust like what you see in older cars, and told his boss that he had to come "see this." Uh-oh, alarm bells went off in my head.
Both of them are scratching their heads. Could not believe that it would be rust, but that something definitely is going on, and IT IS NOT the PPF or because of it (taking that with a grain of salt). At any rate, he suggested that I take it in for them to remove film off the door and determine what is going on before I contact Rivian.
The PPF installer comments:
" We will not need it overnight or anything like that. Our plan is to just remove the film off of that door and see what we can find. After you left I was thinking back about a situation that was similar to that. But it was a custom car and whoever built it put a screw through the door panel on the inside, and the point of the screw was resting against the inside of the door skin. Eventually started working its way through with Rust. It was the screw that was rusty. I am quite curious about what is going on with your Rivian. I have never seen it on a modern vehicle."
Again, I would appreciate your insights, and will update this as needed. Thank you.
Took delivery of my R1S in January 2024. Sat in my garage for three weeks waiting for full XPEL and Opti-Coat Pro+ ceramic coating.
This week, I noticed a small paint bump, ~ 0.25 in. on the rear passenger-side door below the door handle.
I would appreciate if you could let me know what you think this might be, or perhaps some of you have noticed this in your Rivians also.
The background:
The PPF and ceramic coating were done by what I consider a master installer. Should see his shop, nothing but high-end cars waiting for him to do his PPF magic, as close to perfect a PPF install as it gets.
My R1S was fine for a while. About a week ago, I discovered the bump. It had not seen it before, and I check my R1S constantly.
In my mind, this was just a bubble developed in the PPF and was actually thinking of ignoring it or having my PPF installer take a look at it whenever, no rush, no care.
Was in his neighborhood today and decided to stop by and have him look at it for a really quick fix. One of his master assistants came out to take a look at it first. "Buddy, this is no bubble. It is a good thing you brought it in!," his first words upon checking it out. Feel it, he said; it is hard, it almost looks as rust like what you see in older cars, and told his boss that he had to come "see this." Uh-oh, alarm bells went off in my head.
Both of them are scratching their heads. Could not believe that it would be rust, but that something definitely is going on, and IT IS NOT the PPF or because of it (taking that with a grain of salt). At any rate, he suggested that I take it in for them to remove film off the door and determine what is going on before I contact Rivian.
The PPF installer comments:
" We will not need it overnight or anything like that. Our plan is to just remove the film off of that door and see what we can find. After you left I was thinking back about a situation that was similar to that. But it was a custom car and whoever built it put a screw through the door panel on the inside, and the point of the screw was resting against the inside of the door skin. Eventually started working its way through with Rust. It was the screw that was rusty. I am quite curious about what is going on with your Rivian. I have never seen it on a modern vehicle."
Again, I would appreciate your insights, and will update this as needed. Thank you.
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