Hi, I'm getting really close to manning up and buying an impreza sti but there is one thing i'm curious about in relation to the age of these cars.
How likely is it that a 50k+ impreza will have mint paintwork. It seems most people hint towards this in adverts but is this true or should i just accept that these cars wont be spotless aesthetically?

 

I find the alloy bonnets chip easily, well the ones i have seen

 

it depends on how its been treated, no better or worse than any other car

 

with 50k miles and given these cars are getting on a little now they all will have the usual road rash now,i have a 04 with 23k miles on it starting to show roadrash etc .

advert pictures always hide this making the cars paint work look mint

 

yup if a car has done 50k on the road it will pick up some chips, cant be avoided

 

exactly its an age/mileage thing thats unavoidable ,blues and blacks seem to show the worst .

 

Stone chip on the bonnet which managed to annoyingly jump just over the armour fend but otherwise no worse than any other road car.

 

Subaru paint is notoriously thin. Some road rash is a certainty.

 

100k here road rash central. who cares it's a daily drive and it goes with the territory.

 

Not to put you off but I find my blob picks up stone chips like no other. About to have bonnet bumper and wings repainted again. Has been 4 years tho.

 

i have an 02 sti prodrive. Everytime i wash her i find another chip scratch or carpark dent which ***** me off, Is now in need of a full respray but wots the piont it will only get damaged again by idiots in carparks within 1 month i expect. rant over lol

 

As mr undercover ( Donnie Brasco ) says
Ultra thin paint , not very well factory prept at the beginning of life can't help
Christ I find hairline & weaves on mine every other day,
Inc when it hasn't even been on the road ha ha
I am a bit OCD about it tho