What will Audi have to say.

[ToXicXxX]

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I've owned two Subarus.

Clear coat on both were definitely on the soft side. First year in Calg + Deerfoot to/from work everyday and the front of my wagon was obliterated.

From my experience most German cars have harder paint. My S4 has quite hard clear where OEM still exists. The repainted areas are also quite hard.

Generally speaking repaints should have more clear coat. Not sure how hardness differs in systems...

I do remember when buying paint supplies from a certain supplier they offered a standard clear and a "Euro Clear."

From what I was told european cars tend to have triple clearcoat to give them that "glass" look.

[MechEngg]

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My dad's Scion FR-S (same in theory as the BRZ but not sure if paint is that much different) is completely fine minus the hail and skunk damage. Then again he doesn't drive it in the winters

EDIT: Finally something Evan may know something about to be able to contribute...

[ToXicXxX]

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My dad's Scion FR-S (same in theory as the BRZ but not sure if paint is that much different) is completely fine minus the hail and skunk damage. Then again he doesn't drive it in the winters

EDIT: Finally something Evan may know something about to be able to contribute...

I believe they are built in the same plant.

Skunk damage?

[MechEngg]

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Big hail storm in Balzac during work hours. Driving home same day hit a skunk on Stony. Fantastic day all in all.

[Ur0Drivr]

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Cover it in tomato juice

[ToXicXxX]

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Holy crap. That's some nasty hail... Insurance covering it?

[Ur0Drivr]

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Saw friend's cars and house after that hail storm. It wasn't pretty. Vinyl siding sucks. Go for Hardie Board

[ToXicXxX]

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Saw friend's cars and house after that hail storm. It wasn't pretty. Vinyl siding sucks. Go for Hardie Board

Hardie Board also reduces your insurance rates because it's flame retardant (due to being made of fibre/concrete). Vinyl siding burns quite nice... I used to sell a ton of Hardie!

[Ur0Drivr]

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.. I used to sell a ton of Hardie!

We spec it

[R_Ethug]

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our house lucked out from that storm.. the AR got hit but nothing like that and others in town.. i'd say the AR has probably 15-20 dents total but enough insurance is looking at it tomorrow and they'll be fixing it or paying me nicely

[GingerBeef]

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Anyways thanks for bringing up the Subaru paint issues, never was aware of their crappy paint until this thread. Typically i thought the OEM painting process was far far superior than any aftermarket re-spraying, how does Subaru's paint hold up against say a good aftermarket paint job? Are a lot of Subaru owners fixing shitty OEM paint within the first few years or is it say 15 years down the road?

Its not that the paint process is shitty, its the hardness of the paint. Its soft as hell, makes for awesome before/after detailing shots as they get FUBARED with swirls within 5 years and you can correct it effortlessly.

Not just Subaru paint though, most Japanese paint tends to be soft.. while most Mercedes paint is stupid hard. Oddly enough it also varies model to model, for example some of the shittiest paint ever is the R35 GT-Rs, heard a few stories of rock chips appearing after the drive home from the dealer... VAG paint is the perfect balance of soft and hard IMHO

[ToXicXxX]

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Its not that the paint process is shitty, its the hardness of the paint. Its soft as hell, makes for awesome before/after detailing shots as they get FUBARED with swirls within 5 years and you can correct it effortlessly.

Not just Subaru paint though, most Japanese paint tends to be soft.. while most Mercedes paint is stupid hard. Oddly enough it also varies model to model, for example some of the shittiest paint ever is the R35 GT-Rs, heard a few stories of rock chips appearing after the drive home from the dealer... VAG paint is the perfect balance of soft and hard IMHO

The R35 actually gets chips from body panels rubbing together. And if you winter drive them they rust to hell very quickly.

[Canadian Turbo]

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Lancia Delta S4 from 1985, as this thread has about 45 topics in one

[Ur0Drivr]

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I like cheese


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subarus are garbage lol the sti anyway a chip gets you 4hp or something lol