Our 2006 Forester was involved in a sort of freak accident--a guy was hauling a sofa on the highway and it blew off and guess where it landed--right in front of our car. In any case, the body shop replaced and re-painted the bumper cover. However, a few weeks later when it was inspected by the insurance rep he said he saw dye-back and had them repaint it. Now the manager of the body shop says the bumper he got from Subaru is defective. He says it was coated with some kind of waxy substance and the paint wouldn't adhere as well as it should. He ordered a new bumper cover from Subaru and he said this one doesn't have the waxy coating, so it should be okay. Does this sound fishy? Why would Subaru put some kind of coating on its unpainted bumper covers? Has anyone heard about this? I am just wondering if there is a known problem with Subaru replacement bumpers or if this is just some nonsense on the part of the body shop.
-yngver