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2014 Coupe purchased 4/14. Garaged. Washed twice at home, once in $5 automated convenience store carwash. The 2 black roof stripes are losing color, almost like water spots, the 2 black ones on the spoiler are fine, the red ones are fine. I use regular carwash soap and spray wax from Detailers Paradise (Hydro). I emailed my MA. Looks like defective material to me. I bought the car off the lot in Scottsdale, so it had sat there for months before I bought it. WTF?
Polish it and then see if it restores the color. I did that on my old stripes before I completely removed them.
Polish it with what? I thought about using Black Wow, but that's only for plastic and doesn't make sense. I will make them replace 'em, it just baffles me that it happened after I bought the car. It was sitting outside in Scottsdale and they must have washed it a lot there.
Hard water, possible chemical etching from that convenience store carwash (shame on you!).
Try a couple applications of Black Wow, though. Might've just stripped the oils out of the vinyl and the stripes just need some restoration.
It did seem to happen after that carwash and it spent the weekend in the Scottsdale sun at a hotel. But the other black ones are fine. I have Black Wow but this seems beyond hope. Maybe a black Sharpie lol.
Originally Posted by NewCooperFanatic
Trust me guys, I tried everything when it happened to mine...just get the replaced Newt.
Thanks, I emailed my MA about it. They need replacing IMO. What's weird is the other 2 black ones up there look completely fine.
It did seem to happen after that carwash and it spent the weekend in the Scottsdale sun at a hotel. But the other black ones are fine. I have Black Wow but this seems beyond hope. Maybe a black Sharpie lol. Thanks, I emailed my MA about it. They need replacing IMO. What's weird is the other 2 black ones up there look completely fine.
Yea same here, the coupe is known for only the roof stripes getting bad, I had mine for months and couldn't stand how nasty they got.
It looks like hard water deposits to me--or maybe just dirty water deposits. The water pooled on the roof because it's the only horizontal surface the water couldn't roll off of.