04-19-2014, 06:15 PM | #7407 |
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Washed and wax the car today and met up with my brother and his buddy.
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04-19-2014, 07:19 PM | #7408 |
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I went to see my car today. The PDR work is amazing. Apart from 2 small spots you can't even tell it looked like a 16 year old face only two weeks ago. They had to replace the hood and painted it but that was not done correctly so it's getting fixed.
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04-19-2014, 08:25 PM | #7409 |
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Got my summer tires and rims back on yesterday, today I steam cleaned the salt out of the mats and carpet. So much better.
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04-19-2014, 08:34 PM | #7410 |
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Decided to keep it?
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04-19-2014, 11:09 PM | #7411 |
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Washed her tonight and noticed serious road rash all over the bumper. Anyone else hammered by old man winter?
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04-19-2014, 11:14 PM | #7412 |
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Clear bra is a must!
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04-19-2014, 11:18 PM | #7413 |
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04-19-2014, 11:23 PM | #7414 |
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I've never had one either, until this car. The winter here was brutal, and my bumper looks brand new. IMO it's a must for these cars.
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04-19-2014, 11:27 PM | #7415 |
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04-20-2014, 12:18 AM | #7416 |
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It's the quality of all recent paint, not just Subaru. Water based and soft.
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The main reason I won't ever own another new black car; the front ends look like crap if you don't clear bra them, so much more than other colors. My WRB has been better than average. Of course I get chips here and there, but nothing like on my last black car. Just within the last few weeks I got a bunch of new chips that I plan to repair. I'm just thankful I don't see the thousands of speckles. I have 12k miles and my front end looks great IMO, I'll take a close-up pic of you want Last edited by kberkel; 04-20-2014 at 12:36 AM. |
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Installed the Invidia N1
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Yes. I'm keeping it. The repair job is amazing. The only part replaced is the hood and it is just cosmetic so I figure the loss is not too bad and if I sell it in 5 years when it is paid off the loss in value is not going to be big.
It's only cosmetic damage. The car still drives as it did before. When I get it back I will post before and after pictures. Once they do the hood there will be very little evidence that there was ever any damage. This guy does magic. |
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Got my paint color corrected! Took 8-10 hours for the whole job, I gotta say it felt like a million bucks driving it home.
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