the STi8 is my first subaru so i'm not sure if what i'm going to say will apply to past models of the impreza.

today I had to clean my car especially around the bonnet area where a small spec of bird crap had been sitting for about two days. the bird crap came off easy enough with a wipe of the sponge but it left beind a greeny-brownish stain (the bird must have had a curry the night before). Anyway upon looking in greater detail, i noticed that the stain had gone right into the paintwork!!! what??...couldn't really believe what i was seeing?! :O

i've never experienced this kind of crap before so it's come as a bit of a shock. the stain i'm talking is 2x2mm so it isn't big but still to get it after only two days is just not on ...i honestly can't believe how cheap and how unprotective the paint used by Subaru is!

i think the corroding affect of the bird crap working in sequence with the heat of the engine really cooked it up big time. so let this be a warning to other owners not to leave anything like that on the car (or at least on the alumimum bonnet!!!)

[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img] sigh...better get a good coat of wax on it pronto!!

simon

 

A product such as the Swissol Cleanser *should* get stuff like that off and then as you say, you should wax it!!

Matt

 

cheers matt, will give it a go

 

Crikey! Must have been a Vindaloo!

Hope you get it off.
Mer might help?

 

"Bird sh*t" The most caustic substance known to man (& subaru owners).

Get in the habbit of wiping bird sh*t off your car as soon as possible, bird **** destroys modern car paint within days of contact.

I made the mistake of leaving some on my old saxo vts for about 6 weeks. When i came to remove it, it had eaten down to the base coat.

I got my 8 superguarded at the dealers, supposed to stop bird sh*t damaging paint. Agree with others, waxing is definately the answer to protecting your paintwork.





[Edited by Mr.M - 5/8/2003 3:59:01 PM]