Thin Paint on my Subie.
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Originally Posted by BLITZSTI
wtf with the "***" comment?
Originally Posted by sebring vetran
asking some people to spell a word with so many letters may be more difficult than you think...especially we geographically challenged Americans
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Originally Posted by laoba
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Originally Posted by Choku Dori
So just say 日本 instead 
Just two characters, that's all
Just two characters, that's all
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Originally Posted by sebring vetran
asking some people to spell a word with so many letters may be more difficult than you think...especially we geographically challenged Americans
Don't think for a second that I am racist against the Japanese folks, because I am not.
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Ceej, I understand, but it might be better to use some other abbreviation than a word that just so happens to be kinda racist. Maybe JDM? Or "from Japan"? Or just "Japan"? Just suggestions
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Originally Posted by Choku Dori
Ceej, I understand, but it might be better to use some other abbreviation than a word that just so happens to be kinda racist. Maybe JDM? Or "from Japan"? Or just "Japan"? Just suggestions
I didn't think anyon thought it was a racist comment anymore, I was wrong, sorry about that.
OK back on topic...
I think silver is a little bit harder to spot paint ships...YAY!
I did notice however that the paint is still thin like Allie McBeal.
2nd place goes to Toyota...my mom's '99 Corolla's paint is just horrid and I take care of that thing too.
Ford actually uses a pretty good amount of paint.
I think silver is a little bit harder to spot paint ships...YAY!
I did notice however that the paint is still thin like Allie McBeal.
2nd place goes to Toyota...my mom's '99 Corolla's paint is just horrid and I take care of that thing too.
Ford actually uses a pretty good amount of paint.
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Originally Posted by bpang1
OK back on topic...
I think silver is a little bit harder to spot paint ships...YAY!
I did notice however that the paint is still thin like Allie McBeal.
2nd place goes to Toyota...my mom's '99 Corolla's paint is just horrid and I take care of that thing too.
Ford actually uses a pretty good amount of paint.
I think silver is a little bit harder to spot paint ships...YAY!
I did notice however that the paint is still thin like Allie McBeal.
2nd place goes to Toyota...my mom's '99 Corolla's paint is just horrid and I take care of that thing too.
Ford actually uses a pretty good amount of paint.
My mother-in-law has a '00 Nissan Quest and the paint is coming off in quarter-size flakes, right off the primer. On my wife's '98 Honda Civic the clear coat burned off all the horizontal surfaces of the car within 3 years and the paint on the roof and trunk oxidized all the way down to the primer layer. One of my co-workers has a 2005 brand new Hyundai Tiberon, and he got out of the car too quick one day and scratched the car with his wedding ring -- all the way through the black down to the white primer, by just barely grazing it.
My point is that thin, fragile paint is not a Subaru-specific problem; a LOT of Japanese and American cars have this problem, and it has a lot to do with the move away from hazardous solvent-based paints towards less nasty, more eco-friendly paints that was begun in the middle '90s.
From Autopia's Car Care section of their site:
First, modern car paint systems are no longer petroleum-based coatings. All new car paint systems are water-based urethanes.
http://www.autopia-carcare.com/inf-polishing.html
Last edited by meilers; Apr 21, 2005 at 08:56 PM.
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Originally Posted by VIBEELEVEN
how the heck does that happen ? Do you live in the arctic?
I'm irritated about the condition of my paint as well, I notice a new sctatch almost every time I wash it.
I'm irritated about the condition of my paint as well, I notice a new sctatch almost every time I wash it.
