ga2000

just wondering if anyone is noticing more chips, scratches, or dings on the cls and pissed off about it.. so far my cls is ok but just waiting to see some thing bad i hope not

spdy0001

No chips yet this winter

blader

must be nice spyd mine is a daily driver, I do not have a winter beater. but no, I don't notice any more scratches\dings .. but I'm sure that salt has EATEN away my 3 coats of wax.

I plan on switching to Zaino in the spring and Zainoing the living hell out of it.

dallison

nope still tucked away in the garage

mantis23

whats this winter weather you speak of?

ga2000

ok anyone like me .i drive the car everyday lol

Rock2534

no, but i put the nose mask on in the winter.

ga2000

or any old dings or scratches your pissed about

dallison

it would be nice to have a day above freezing

Chaptorial

I've tried not to take her out during the foul weather. No chips/dents yet this winter season.

Joe5.0

I got a nice chip in the windshield so far this winter. Gotta get it sealed up before it spreads.

anothercls

I scratched the bumper trying to take some ice off of it, not a big deal, it goes along with everything else that has happened to the car.

The driver door was frozen shut yesterday, it took 30mins of running the car for it to warm up enough to open the door. I thought the door handle was going to break off if I kept pulling on it.

dallison

let that fawker spread and let yer comprehensive cover it in the spring so u have nice clean glass

Shawn S

I won’t know until I……S-C-R-A-P-E off the 1/4” of SALT that’s on there.
It hasn't been washed since NOVEMBER !!!!

Chopsie

No "winter" problems for me yet. the ICE if any, usually doesn't hit until sometimes late feb early march.

chikai

don't really know...my satin silver CL is actually salt white right now.

Cruz_msl

Last night and today I kicked about 20 pounds of iced-up road salt and other frozen gook from between my tires and wheel wells.

Joe5.0

I probably will evetually get it replaced, but I have a ticket that I dont want my insurance to find out about. It's been a year, so they obviously dont check it too often. It's been my experience that when you file a claim they re-run your record to see if they can recoup some of the money from the claim. It's on the passenger side also, and pretty low, so it's not too annoying. I'm getting it sealed tommorow. Also, a full replacement would be like $270 if I just paid for it, so that may be the way I go.

philgates

I have a nast nic on my car. im in the proccess of touching it up, i hope it looks ok when im done.

GEB

Does anyone have any experience with those clear bra's? I just purchased my 2003 CL-S and I'm looking for a way to keep those front end dings down to a minimum. I know the leather ones can cause scratches when crap gets between the paint and the bra ...

Slimey

No real chips, etc, but I'm sure the salt coating will give a few swirls.

Last season, I drove from DC to NYC in the remnants of a winter storm. The salted road spray gave my hood a nice swirl trail that goes with the aerodynamic lines of the car, despite a few pre-winter Zaino treatments. You can still see them in the right angled light. Oh well.

blader

someone on the board has one, do a search. I would've had it done first thing when i bought my 03 if I had known about it. too late now.

Slimey

There used to be a guy that posted on this board named Rips CL that owned a clear bra type company. I just searched his name for you and in his signature he links http://www.ultrashieldgoodyear.com

The Subaru folks love their Rockblocker clear bra product. I think this company is owned by a Subaru owner, hence the endorsement.

I've only heard good things about these products, but have never tried one myself.

fuzzy02CLS

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I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not because of winter though just all the stupid trucks they let on the HW's in FL, with stuff falling out of them. When I detailed my car last weekend, I found a few big chips, & my windshield is chiped as well A few weeks ago I was doing 80, & heard something hit my window. Thought it was going to break it was so loud.

Zapata

rickm

I've been driving my Land Rover all week and since it was going to be pretty nice today and I am really sick of driving the SUV, I decided to drive the CL to work and have a little fun. 2 miles into my 27 mile drive I heard something hit the side of my car. ....hard, it was tough not to stop immediately and check it out. When I got to work, there was a golfball size dent right behind the bottom side of my freakishly clean car's drivers door. I guess it's a trip to the paintless guy for me.