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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:34 PM
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Wow, bad UV damage

Check out the damage done by the FL sun after a year and a half down here at college.. I've never seen such devastation.. How tragic! haha
I see the clearcoat shreads flapping in the wind whenever I look in the rearview.








I took it to the dealer and I lucked out. They took some pictures, sent them to a Mitsu factory rep. for review, and I just got the call from the dealer that Mitsu will replace it completely. I'm now just waiting for it to come in.. Great guys over there..

I'm kind of worried about how much newer the shade of black will look on the wing fillets when compared with the rest of the car. I believe I'm in for quite a wax job when I get back to NJ for the summer...
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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Wash that car! That's the problem!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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That's awesome. I like the ripple effect!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:36 PM
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damn that sucks bro...haha you live in tenafly? i go there all the time. theres so many koreans there
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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ouch!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:38 PM
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damn sucks man, if u get to keep it when the dealer replaces it i may be interested in buying it.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:39 PM
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If warranty doesn't cover it, take it too a shop that makes/molds carbon fibre, they can refinish it. My friend took his wing to a local shop and had it fixed for cheap.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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thats horrible.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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How did you let it get THAT bad
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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warranty will cover it, i'm close to 57000 miles with the extended warranty, but I don't think that matters.. Either way, it's a free replacement which is amazing.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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That's awesome. I like the ripple effect!
haha yeah, if only it was on purpose!
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:53 PM
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Your car is mad dirty for Florida. Mine never looked that bad when I lived there.
ugh
...and no I'm not sayign it caused your clear coat to peel. You let it wait a looong time..
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 12:58 PM
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Yeah I think you should have said something to Mitsu as soon as it started to peel, thats just crazy. Glad I garage mine.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 03:34 PM
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That's amazing.

From now on with the new make sure you wax and take a little better care of it.
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Old Apr 23, 2007 | 03:36 PM
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Custom!
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