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Originally Posted by strych9
This has probably been posted somewhere here (but couldn't find it), but regardless I figured someone could benefit from my stupidity.
What you see below is what you'll end up doing if you open your hood while the wiper arms are up in the "cleaning" position. I'm repairing a 2" paint scrape on the right side, and repairing a vinyl stripe on the left. Those wiper arms have no mercy on that hood edge. Not the kinda thing I wanted to be doing @ 1200 miles. Sad thing is, I made a mental note NOT to leave the wipers up two washes ago. I was daydreaming and this is the result.
You 5th gen veterans are probably well aware of this, but I figured I'd post for the new guys like me.  |
If it's any consolation, I did the same thing to my first convertible. Right around the same mileage too. Not a single paint chip or mark on the wiper blades. Nope, the hood took all the brunt of it. Like yours, I had about a 2" scrape on the back edge of the hood on the passenger side and a 1/4" chip on the curve of the hood scoop on the drivers side.
I applied touch up paint every day for almost a month and then had a body shop wet sand the spots. Didn't like the way it turned out so I ended up biting the bullet and having the hood repainted. The hood looked good as new afterward.