Subaru dealership rust proofing - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

tinma · 08-19-2013, 11:45 AM

Opened up my hood today after a while of getting my car rust proofed at the dealership... And I seen this :s

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I brought it to the dealership and they said maybe the person went a little bit overkill... And they r going to have a very hard time taking that off... But also the majority of it apparently has to stay because that's the way it's supposed to be after rust proofing? I'm not sure if they r just jerking me around or if that's true... Can someone chime in and help me with this situation... It's very embarrassing to pop my hood because of this

Vten · 08-19-2013, 11:54 AM

ask them to take care of it and start looking for a good lawyer.

if a dealership do this to mine, I will ask for a new car for sure.

Asphalt~86 · 08-19-2013, 11:56 AM

It's not supposed to look near that shotty and splatter filled.

Kimsey47 · 08-19-2013, 11:57 AM

Wow... I'd be pissed!

tinma · 08-19-2013, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Vten

ask them to take care of it and start looking for a good lawyer.

if a dealership do this to mine, I will ask for a new car for sure.

Do u actually think a lawyer would b able to help me out? I'm actually considering this because they even said it's going to be very hard to remove that stuff without damaging things...

Vten · 08-19-2013, 12:49 PM

Well , talk to the dealer first to clean it up , tell them that's is not what it's should look like ....tell them to compare it to the other body part , why the other body part is clean but not the engine bay . If they start to give you trouble or hesitate, tell them that they'll hear the next chat from your lawyer .

That's a start .

King Tut · 08-19-2013, 12:52 PM

Fell for the ole dealership sell tactic of rust proofing eh. I feel sorry for you, but that looks pretty rust proofed to me. I would not go the lawyer route. I would contact professional detailers and see if one thinks they can fix it and then ask the dealership to pay for the detail. Never trust a dealership to provide services for your car after the sale. If you really wanted to pay extra for rust proofing, then you should have had it done prior to the sale so you could have rejected the sale after seeing the job they did. The fact is that rust proofing is a dealership upsell these days.

SubaSteve · 08-19-2013, 12:55 PM

He made sure that fender liner will never rust....

ZionsWrath · 08-19-2013, 12:55 PM

First time that dealer monkey saw one of these cars, jizzed on damn near everything

King Tut · 08-19-2013, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SubaSteve

He made sure that fender liner will never rust....

You can never be too careful up in Canada eh. The rust is apparantly brutal up there.

Asphalt~86 · 08-19-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by SubaSteve

He made sure that fender liner will never rust....

That's what I'm saying.

OP: Avoid the lawyer route if you can. The dealership needs to handle this and they definitely need to provide a new car or get clean up the engine bay. Demand to see multiple cars that have had their cars rust proofed as well and do a comparison.

It's been in my experience that rust proofing can leave a slight milky residue, but it shouldn't be like that, in no way shape or form.

HunterGreene · 08-19-2013, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

First time that dealer monkey saw one of these cars, jizzed on damn near everything

Next time tell the guy to use an extra Kleenex.

Chee-Hu · 08-19-2013, 01:09 PM

That's very unappealing look!

tinma · 08-19-2013, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Asphalt~86

That's what I'm saying.

OP: Avoid the lawyer route if you can. The dealership needs to handle this and they definitely need to provide a new car or get clean up the engine bay. Demand to see multiple cars that have had their cars rust proofed as well and do a comparison.

It's been in my experience that rust proofing can leave a slight milky residue, but it shouldn't be like that, in no way shape or form.

Do u think dealerships would go to the extreme and replace the whole car? I've already done a few things like exhaust tip and Sharkfin antenna to it.

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08-19-2013, 11:57 AM	#4
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Vten Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Too heavy Location: Columbus Posts: 788 Thanks: 91 Thanked 288 Times in 186 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	ask them to take care of it and start looking for a good lawyer. if a dealership do this to mine, I will ask for a new car for sure.

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Asphalt~86 Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: Asphalt AT Location: Midwest Posts: 813 Thanks: 324 Thanked 608 Times in 262 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	It's not supposed to look near that shotty and splatter filled.

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Vten Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Drives: Too heavy Location: Columbus Posts: 788 Thanks: 91 Thanked 288 Times in 186 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Well , talk to the dealer first to clean it up , tell them that's is not what it's should look like ....tell them to compare it to the other body part , why the other body part is clean but not the engine bay . If they start to give you trouble or hesitate, tell them that they'll hear the next chat from your lawyer . That's a start .

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SubaSteve Captain Cocoa Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: CBS BRZ MT Location: MD Posts: 597 Thanks: 32 Thanked 282 Times in 161 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	He made sure that fender liner will never rust....

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Chee-Hu Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: BRZ Location: Elk Grove, CA Posts: 964 Thanks: 360 Thanked 323 Times in 221 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	That's very unappealing look!

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