Dealer Chipped Paint Durring Service
 

SO I brought my FR-S in for its first service. I didn't notice till I got home but there is a paint chip on the driver's side front body panel right where it meets the hood. They must have just dropped a tool or something. They want me to bring it in and then after they look at it they said they'd have their body shop fix it. It's small, and its the first chip on the car but of course its all that I notice now.

Any advise on dealing with these guys? Is it worth the trouble of having it fixed? Can it even be done without making it look worse?

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That is an easy fix. Especially with your color not being a tri stage.

Let them know and give them a chance to fix it. Attitude matters (on all sides...).

Oh, I'd just hit it with a "sharpie" and call it good .....http://www.runemasterstudios.com/gra...images/yes.gif

humfrz

That was my first thought but I don't want it to grow over time, although I'm not sure how likely that is.

Thats a good point. He seemed cool about it on the phone and I always start out trying to be nice.

Ahhhh.......just rub it with a little rubbing alcohol to take off any wax, paint it with a sharpie then wax over it.

See how it looks.

I don't reckon it will "grow".

humfrz

Lol, what? You know they do make color matched Subaru touch up paint:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2002-2012-Su...be5314&vxp=mtr

You know that your posts are accompanied by your forum name on the left right? I dont understand why you sign humfrz again at the end of the post...

Wouldnt bother me so much if I didnt naturally read the damned signature every time in my head "hum -furs". You seem like a nice guy and pretty active so I tend to read that a lot.

No biggie. They should take care of it.

The edge of my door was covered with chips like this from my watch at one point. 10 minutes with a paint pen and some scratch remover, looks good as new.

Get youself a set of Dr. Colorchip. Fix it, and save the rest for when you get more. :cheers:

Good point there, Pickleahoy......:thumbsup:

I reckon that habit is a holdover from another forum I was active on.

Thanks for the heads up!

Well, yes, I realize they make touch up paint......:)

However, when I went to get some for my white FR-S, the dealership had to order it ..... then it took 2 weeks to arrive.

Therefore, since this was the OP's first chip, I was just offering a red neck approach ..... so as to minimize his first chip trama time ..... :D

All of my yes! They matched my Silver ignition paint perfectly!

Your most fortunate, When Beaver Toyota had my Emma the Master Tech left belt buckle marks all over my car, and hit the left front on the lift. They did fix it, but the repair shop had it for 2 days short of a month.
And even then the front area was a different shade of Hot Lava

This is what I'm afraid of... I'll see what they say. Maybe just a paint pen would do it.

You really can't beat them. The price seems high but it's worth every penny and very easy to apply.

In fact I need to order some already. My BRZ doesn't even have 500 miles on it and I already have two nice size chips on the hood. Damn cheap ass paint and stone covered winter roads don't mix with cars. :mad0260:

So the service manager took a look and said they'd have the area painted, took it to their body shop and gave me a rental. I'll post a pic when I get it back.

The rental is a new carolla. Its a nice car but man, makes you appreciate the FR-S.

Chips like that are usually easy to fix up with a paint pen from the dealer - just read up on it by googling and take your time. But in this case if the dealer acknowledges they did it and are fixing it.. thats great! Often its really hard to get the shop to acknowledge they did it.

Yeah I got a loaner car from subaru when they mounted my plates and did the tinting. It was a brand new (30 miles only) Impreza - I left that impreza happier than ever I bought a BRZ LOL

I have the same chip but on the passenger side, mines a rock chip, just order some touch up paint and buy a small brush that comes to a fine point to fill it in with NEVER use the brush that the touch-up paint comes with it's useless.