I bought a new 03 WRX about a week ago, and was showing a mate the engine and he imediatly noticed that the paint under the bonnet and the engine bay is not the same colour as the body, it is a dark blue that is not even finnished, yet my car is WR blue.
When you look at top of the wing where it goes into the engine bay you can see the different colour even with the bonnet down.

He works in an audi dealer and sees a lot of px cars and has never seen a newish car the different paint without it being a a front end shunt.

Is this how all wrx's are finnished ? or have i got a dodgy car.

When i picked it up it did have 25miles on the clock, but when asked i was told that it was driven up from another dealer hence the miliage...


I will post some pictures if i can find the lead for me camera !!

 

They don't paint any more than they have to with top coat on Scoobs. All of the ones I have seen are like that. Still, look on it as weight saving!!

 

Don't worry - "they're all like that sir...."

 

yep my WR blue bug eye is the same DBM in the engine bay

 

ditto

 

most cars are nowadays arnt they?
i know a lot fo the fords were when i was working for ford, and pugeot as well

 

cheers peeps

here's me piccie (had to post it after spending over an hour looking for my cable

 

just looks dodgy when u see it like that !!

 

Yep, same here

 

Look on the bright side. If the engine bay paint had top coat and laquer on it, you'd feel duty bound to wax the f****** thing!

 

Mines the same.

simb

 

Deffo nowt to worry about They just don't bother with lacquer to save on cost, Ford, as mentioned above don't seem to bother with colour, they just leave em in primer

I have a Ford before you slag em off btw

 

Someone told me once that ALL Impreza's are dark blue until they decide which exterior colour to put on, so, if anyone has a white car, have a quick look for us!!!

 

Nope, mine is green on the outside, and green on the inside, it just doesn't have the top coat in the engine bay, seen red ones - same thing.

 

My99 was like that from new, i'm sure they used the overspray to enter the engine bay so they don't have to spray it. LOL
Welcome to scooby ownership. As people have said it keeps the weight down, wait for a few more months and you will find the front end of the car will look like it's been sand blasted. Good news is, mine has not started to rust though.

 

Its something to look for when buying a subaru, if its the same on the inside than on the outside then it must have been at least sprayed!

 

my classoc is nigh on white all over, engine bay isnt as nice as the outside tho lol

 

I was a bit worried before i bought mine, and it was the same, i was quizzing the salesman about it being pranged...he looked worried... lol.

Luckily, the next one i looked at was the same.

 

Mines like that as well MY02 theres nothing to worry about

 

I think I prefer the DBM!!

 

The inside of the boot lid is also a darker shade on my WR Blue STi - that's a lot of weight saved!!!

 

I think all scoobs are the same - open the boot lid ad look at both the underside of the lid, and the actual surround above the tail lights. If its like mine, it looks like it hasn;t been laquered. This is the same under the bonnet. Even the inside of the filler cap is like this.


Cheers
Dave

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