The most reported Subaru paint issue by a distance. Owners describe it starting as a small patch - often on the roof, bonnet or around wheel nuts - and spreading. Once clear coat has let go, coating over it will not bring it back; it needs repainting. We would rather tell you that on day one than coat over a problem.
Anything driven on dirt and gravel collects chips along the lower doors, sills and front bar. Coating will not stop a stone, but it makes the surface easier to keep clean so chips get spotted and sealed before they rust.
Roof bars, bike racks and rooftop tents scuff the roof and the rails around them, and grit trapped under a crossbar grinds in every time it moves. It is one of the few places on an SUV that almost never gets washed properly.
Queensland sun works hardest on the horizontal panels. On a car parked outside - which most Subarus are - the roof and bonnet dull years before the doors do.
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