Does snow & ice mess up car paint? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Jfheisenberg · 02-03-2015, 03:59 PM

Guys - Just want to know your thoughts on snow & ice on the BRZ paint. Does it harm the paint? I mean if ice is hard rock would it scrape the paint?

All the friends that live in a cold/snowy weather and dont have a garage, how do you take care of your brz/frs stock paint?

Burrcold · 02-03-2015, 04:10 PM

Sitting ice or snow won't do anything, but you have to be careful that when it begins to thaw, the ice "sheet" doesn't slide off your car. This could scratch or even dent depending where it slides on to (example if it slides off your roof and hits the front end of the hood).

sprintertrueno86 · 02-03-2015, 04:12 PM

Get a snow broom.

http://www.autogeek.net/snow-joe-snow-broom-tool.html

Works great if you're careful with it. I think the salt and crap causes more damage than snow and ice.

WhiteFRS69 · 02-03-2015, 06:11 PM

i know this is bad, but i used to hose my car off with warm water in the past, not HOT to the point i could crack glass, but just warm enough to melt the snow,

get yourself a car cover and call it a day! so much easier to clear off the car and you dont have to worry as much

brandonblt2 · 02-03-2015, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg

Guys - Just want to know your thoughts on snow & ice on the BRZ paint. Does it harm the paint? I mean if ice is hard rock would it scrape the paint?

All the friends that live in a cold/snowy weather and dont have a garage, how do you take care of your brz/frs stock paint?

Well ice is not "hard rock" its frozen water, but most people are worried about the road salt causing rust and being thrown at your car while on the highway. But your best bet is to just clear your car in morning to prevent ice from forming. Oh de-icer helps also

Roadster19 · 02-04-2015, 09:58 PM

Id be more concerned about the salt then the ice

Poodles · 02-05-2015, 12:36 AM

Unless your car is perfectly clean, ice can scratch the hell out of your paint when it's removed.

Think of how a glacier carves out lakes and imagine that on a smaller scale.

Essentially it's the same issues you have with car covers on a dirty car.

Jfheisenberg · 02-05-2015, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Poodles

Unless your car is perfectly clean, ice can scratch the hell out of your paint when it's removed.

Think of how a glacier carves out lakes and imagine that on a smaller scale.

Essentially it's the same issues you have with car covers on a dirty car.

Agree, i removed the ice from the car very carefully, i did not try removing the ice that was sticked to the car. Eventually, the ice melt down and now the car is clean. This is my first new car so, im surprise that the wax still looks nice even after snow melt down(i havent even wash the car yet)

02-03-2015, 03:59 PM	#1
Jfheisenberg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2015 BRZ Series Blue WRB Location: North Jersey Posts: 830 Thanks: 371 Thanked 204 Times in 156 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Does snow & ice mess up car paint? Guys - Just want to know your thoughts on snow & ice on the BRZ paint. Does it harm the paint? I mean if ice is hard rock would it scrape the paint? All the friends that live in a cold/snowy weather and dont have a garage, how do you take care of your brz/frs stock paint?

02-03-2015, 04:10 PM	#2
Burrcold Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Drives: Subaru BRZ Limited Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,624 Thanks: 763 Thanked 1,586 Times in 776 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sitting ice or snow won't do anything, but you have to be careful that when it begins to thaw, the ice "sheet" doesn't slide off your car. This could scratch or even dent depending where it slides on to (example if it slides off your roof and hits the front end of the hood). __________________

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sprintertrueno86 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: 2018 BMW M2 Location: United States Posts: 729 Thanks: 1,851 Thanked 474 Times in 203 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Get a snow broom. http://www.autogeek.net/snow-joe-snow-broom-tool.html Works great if you're careful with it. I think the salt and crap causes more damage than snow and ice.

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WhiteFRS69 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2014 Scion FRS Location: NNJ Posts: 2,289 Thanks: 1,808 Thanked 1,432 Times in 756 Posts Mentioned: 30 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	i know this is bad, but i used to hose my car off with warm water in the past, not HOT to the point i could crack glass, but just warm enough to melt the snow, get yourself a car cover and call it a day! so much easier to clear off the car and you dont have to worry as much

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Roadster19 Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Drives: Honda accord v6 coupe Location: Canada Posts: 52 Thanks: 87 Thanked 10 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Id be more concerned about the salt then the ice

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Poodles Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2015 Series.Blue Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,781 Thanks: 88 Thanked 781 Times in 481 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Unless your car is perfectly clean, ice can scratch the hell out of your paint when it's removed. Think of how a glacier carves out lakes and imagine that on a smaller scale. Essentially it's the same issues you have with car covers on a dirty car.

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