Paint along Hood and Door Hinge
 

03 X5 and i'm now noticing that the paint lines along the hood and the door (joint to front fender) appear to not have been painted deep enough. What i mean is that when looking at the space between the hood and fender you see the undercoat (light yellow) where the piece was no painted. Also and more noitceable is the space between the front doors and the front fenders. Its like the paint stops or flacked off in these areas. I was told by the BMW body shop that they usually dont paint these areas but its usually not noticeable, but they agreed on mine it is very much noticeable.

any others? I can post pics to show.

yes mine is doing the exact same thing!! especially the part by the door and fenders...I hate looking at it..probably just best to get some touch up paint to get that area...thats what i was thinking..

Yeah i had it in the body shop for a door ding and they gave me some touch up to match. Mine's easy, jet black so no problem but it seems like a something i'm just noticing I wonder if its getting worse?

I had the same issue with my TiAg X5. The bottom and edges of my hood looked like it was painted in primer gray. Is that how they paint Bimmers in Spartansberg? No such issues with my German built Bimmers.

I guess, I cant pick on them too much I have some friends who work there but I shocked to see this. I thought maybe it was wax left over from a detailer but no its just not painted i guess.

Guys. This is a DEFECT.

Take it to your local dealer. They should/would respray the edges or panel, depending on how sever it is but this is a KNOWN DEFECT.

ok thanks. glad to hear.

It is a known defect? So they will fix it for free? Mine is black also just like test5477's...

can anyone point me to anything i can use to bring to the dealer? I will be going there this afternoon and wanted to see if there was anything to back up the "known defect"

anyone got that proof yet. Mine is doing the same thing. 01 4.4L