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Can anyone tell me how you can protect your car from stone chips .
My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
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My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
Thanks
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Originally Posted by Mjb1957
Can anyone tell me how you can protect your car from stone chips .
My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
Thanks
My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
Thanks
Sorry, don't mean to laugh!!!
I wish I only had "a" stone chip. Unfortunately unless you have a protective plastic cover stuck to the front of your bonnet, you'll have a LOT more stone chips soon.
Scoobs are renowned for stone chips and there's not much you can do about it. Most people accept it, live with it and then get a front end respray when it gets too much!!!
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well lucky you. i have a rock chip on my, er not sure what its called- the bit between the windscreen and the passenger window that holds the roof on.
anyway its a 55 wrx which i've had since 30 september and its going rusty aargh! what do i do? its about 4 mm diameter.
anyway its a 55 wrx which i've had since 30 september and its going rusty aargh! what do i do? its about 4 mm diameter.
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Take it to a body shop if you are that worried, just get ready to fork out a wedge.
Take a look at a thread I started on the same subject.
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=452684
Take a look at a thread I started on the same subject.
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=452684
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When I went to my local Subaru dealer they couldn't supply touch up paint - they said they'd never heard of Cashmere yellow before!!!!
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
I don't get that many! Are you driving too close to the car in front?
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
Don't razz at me, you sport (p-too) owner.
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stone chips revisited
Have a look at this link and you will see all is not lost
for the sceptics out there .
http://subaru.com.au/explore/impreza...ode=J100AFE000
Originally Posted by Mjb1957
Can anyone tell me how you can protect your car from stone chips .
My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
Thanks
My WRX 55plate has a chip which needs attention .
My car was coated with GuardX but this did not stop the chip .
Thanks
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Originally Posted by Mjb1957
Can anyone tell me how you can protect your car from stone chips .
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I got a dent in the roof in my 55WRX when only 4 weeks old from lump of drainstone being flung from the other carriageway.
I hit the roof just on the window seal.
Took it to a body shop and they asked how much of a perfectionist are you, said to fix it would mean windscreen out and about 8 hours labour.
So I went to my friendly Subaru specialist, gave him the chassis number and bought a touch up stick and a bottle of rust preventer and did it myself for a tenner.
Not perfect but I am sure there is more to come
I hit the roof just on the window seal.
Took it to a body shop and they asked how much of a perfectionist are you, said to fix it would mean windscreen out and about 8 hours labour.
So I went to my friendly Subaru specialist, gave him the chassis number and bought a touch up stick and a bottle of rust preventer and did it myself for a tenner.
Not perfect but I am sure there is more to come
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^ we haven't been lucky have we m8.
i've had a new windscreen after getting a 10cm crack in it. now i find this stone chip, with reust coloured stuff on it - it can't be rusting already can it? on a 55 plate about 2 weeks after the windscreen damage?
i'm taking it into subaru on saturday but they are talking about a panel respray. how much will that cost on a WRX Wagon - its the front strut, joined to the roof plus all the way to the back of the car, what ever thats called.
i've had a new windscreen after getting a 10cm crack in it. now i find this stone chip, with reust coloured stuff on it - it can't be rusting already can it? on a 55 plate about 2 weeks after the windscreen damage?
i'm taking it into subaru on saturday but they are talking about a panel respray. how much will that cost on a WRX Wagon - its the front strut, joined to the roof plus all the way to the back of the car, what ever thats called.
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