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Thread: Is dealer-applied clearcoat useful, or a rip-off?

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04-18-2008, 04:09 PM

SilverRocket SilverRocket is offline

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IMO, you need it. The paint is pretty soft.

According to my MA, it is UV cured so if you can manage to keep it unscathed for the first couple years, you won't have any problems w/ pitting/chips. How the heck you're supposed to do that I have no idea.

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