Came back from a day trip to Tahoe during that crazy storm last night and decided to hose the dirt off my car. I thought I had some bird poop on the hood scoop and sprayed it with the garden hose. The bird poop got bigger and I was like, WTF?

This is the original scoop and factory paint on my '03 wagon. Where's a good place to get my scoop repainted for a fair price and not worry about getting screwed in this economy? What's a fair price for painting the scoop, anyway?

 

Damn that sucks. Is the hood scoop fiberglass or is it your oem one that came with the car because if it's a fiberglass replica and you got it repainted. The place that painted it may not have done a good enough prep work on the scoop and the paint ended up lifting from the scoop. It's just a thought because it does happen

 

Good lord.

PM Ballz, he knows this type of stuff.

 

yeah same happened to me on my 03

and the door handle does it too

for the longest time i thought i got brake fluid on it but i didnt

 

I bought the car new from Albany Subaru, so it's OEM. The paint on the hood scoop has been fading more than the paint on the hood, but I thought that's normal for painted plastic versus metal. I didn't mind it since I planned on polishing and waxing it in the Spring.

A little fade or paint mismatch for a 5 year-old car is expected, but the paint just washing off is like .

 

you might be better off just buying another scoop if you see one for sale

 

This guy had one, don't know if it is still available though...worth a shot.

https://www.i-club.com/forums/norcal-classifieds-96/fs-random-stuff-198452/

 

It would be cheaper to find a used wrb hod scoop then to paint it..

 

whats the warrenty on something like that. Does your catback void your claim?

 

The rust warranty is 5 years or 60k miles. Don't think this would apply!

 

Paint defects are warranted under the terms of the Basic New Car Limited Warranty.

 

Subaru's OEM paint is pretty crappy. I'm not surprised.

 

just buy a jdm hood scoop!!!

 

Which means?

I thought they had a 8 year bumper to bumper on paint.

 

Im in the walnut creek area and I'm sure my buddy would paint it for like $60 or so... PM if interested he's a pro.