Paint Cracking?

[Heero]

Originally Posted by Reflections

At least the rest of your car looks fresh I might have a mobile painter that can get this done for you though. I'll keep you updated.

The other suggestion I have involves you living with it. Get a clear bra applied on that trunk opening. Would prevent cracking in the future and 'hide' the damage little bit.

Yes it does haha! Alright thanks - please do let me know.

Originally Posted by GenkiElite

I don't know what you mean by "on facility" or how insurance claims differ in Canada but if someone does a hit and run in a parking lot and I have full coverage (which I'm assuming you do) my insurance company will take car of it minus deductible of course. You should look further into it.

If I file a claim my premiums will go up. I'm already paying almost 800 a month. I CANNOT afford anything higher.

[Tad_07]

He may not have been hit. I found almost identical cracks in front of my wing on top of my trunk the day I purchased my car when I got home. Shot my sales guy an email and got this "As you know, after polling Subaru customers, they decided to use recycled paint." They are going to fix it but it seems to be something every one should look out for.

[PACMAN]

Originally Posted by Heero

Yes it does haha! Alright thanks - please do let me know.



If I file a claim my premiums will go up. I'm already paying almost 800 a month. I CANNOT afford anything higher.

Dayummmm 800 a month??? That's $9600 a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[10splaya22]

Originally Posted by PACMAN

Dayummmm 800 a month??? That's $9600 a year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you shopped around? That's insane... That's probably double your car payment

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

Someone hit you, our you backed into something. Those are from the bumper cover flexing and causing the paint to crack.

Agreed. My son's 2002 Accord looks exactly like that where someone compressed the bumper in a parking lot by tapping him on the rear end.

Makes you long for the day of chrome bumpers that just bolted on....

[DaygoISn86]

Originally Posted by Tad_07

He may not have been hit. I found almost identical cracks in front of my wing on top of my trunk the day I purchased my car when I got home. Shot my sales guy an email and got this "As you know, after polling Subaru customers, they decided to use recycled paint." They are going to fix it but it seems to be something every one should look out for.

I am skeptical of this.

[phattyduck]

Originally Posted by Heero

If I file a claim my premiums will go up. I'm already paying almost 800 a month. I CANNOT afford anything higher.

Fixing this will cost less than your MONTHLY premium. Just take the cover off, take it to a body shop and have them repaint it. Or live with it and suck it up.

Still though... $800 a month? Stop driving and get rid of the car if your record is bad enough to have an insurance payment that high on a 'normal' car...

-Charlie

[Draco-REX]

Originally Posted by DaygoISn86

I am skeptical of this.

Correct. There is no "recylced paint". The plant in Indiana (a zero-landfill plant) captures overspray with water then filters the water to separate the chemicals and paint particles (no filters to replace). The gathered contaminates are taken to a company the separates them further and recycles what it can and disposes of the rest (catalytic-scrubbed incineration I believe).

No paint is reused.

[feldy]

His 800 a month is probaly car payment plus insurance.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

I see a ding in the rear tow hook cover. That's probably where the impact was.

I noticed that too in the last pic!

When I was looking at the FR-S this past weekend, there was a sticker on the driver side window that indicated the bumpers can withstand an impact of 2.5 mph.

That's pretty sad so this might have been the result of someone barely tapping your bumper.

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by phattyduck

Still though... $800 a month? Stop driving and get rid of the car if your record is bad enough to have an insurance payment that high on a 'normal' car...-Charlie

Got to say, I was little taken aback by that price too. I'm literally paying 1/10th of that and I have two <25 drivers on my insurance.

[Draco-REX]

Originally Posted by RRnold

I noticed that too in the last pic!

When I was looking at the FR-S this past weekend, there was a sticker on the driver side window that indicated the bumpers can withstand an impact of 2.5 mph.

That's pretty sad so this might have been the result of someone barely tapping your bumper.

That's the current standard to pass DOT inspection. There wasn't one for a while, but the price of repairing fender benders went through the roof. The CRX was the car cited as an example. Backing up into a concrete parking bollard at walking speed would cost $1500 in late 80s money to repair. So the NHTSA put a 5mph limit on our bumpers. (thus started the big bumper era of the late 80s and early 90s) Recently they dropped it to 2.5mph due to manufacturer complaints about appearance and construction costs. But cars still have to pass a 2.5mph test with little to no damage.

That's why we have such huge bumper beams compared to the JDM/EDM models. So if you get pissed about having to cut up your bumper beam to fit that FMIC, you can thank the government.

[RRnold]

Originally Posted by Draco-REX

That's the current standard to pass DOT inspection. There wasn't one for a while, but the price of repairing fender benders went through the roof. The CRX was the car cited as an example. Backing up into a concrete parking bollard at walking speed would cost $1500 in late 80s money to repair. So the NHTSA put a 5mph limit on our bumpers. (thus started the big bumper era of the late 80s and early 90s) Recently they dropped it to 2.5mph due to manufacturer complaints about appearance and construction costs. But cars still have to pass a 2.5mph test with little to no damage.

That's why we have such huge bumper beams compared to the JDM/EDM models. So if you get pissed about having to cut up your bumper beam to fit that FMIC, you can thank the government.

Ah, makes sense. Those bumper medic guys are making a killing.

I'm still waiting for NHTSA to conduct their crash tests on these cars. When I was looking at the FR-S, I was pushing on both the front and rear bumpers and seemed very loose to me; like there were missing the bottom support brackets.

[Draco-REX]

Bumpers today are just flexible plastic skin over a steel bumper beam with a bit of styrofoam between. Impacts 2.5mph and below should just damage the styrofoam and the paint, making repairs inexpensive. Impacts above will damage the beam or more.