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Old 07-28-14, 04:16 AM
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Originally Posted by dasbuch
Mark is your car regularly parked within reflective distance of any windows (of a building or home)?

There is an increasing trend we are seeing in the US with newer windows they are putting in homes melting paint and plastic / vinyl parts on cars and homes. It can completely melt vinyl siding, because the Low-E reflective coating on some windows can combine with the convex window shape to create a magnifying-glass effect with sunlight. Example here: Melted Siding From LowE Windows - YouTube I've seen cars similarly damaged from this.

So you may want to look around where you park the car, is there a car with cheap metallic tint that parks next to you frequently, etc? Park in your usual spot and look for focus reflections on your car on a hot day, and check it with a laser thermometer. The temperatures from reflective surfaces can get really hot.

If not windows look for anything that might be reflecting on it. I can only imagine what the sunlight in Manila is like.
I always park my car under a covered parking. I have a 10 car covered garage in my office. My house has a 2 car covered garage. I leave the house 6:30am to bring my daughter to school then by 8:30am, my car is parked under. I leave the office at 5:30pm to pick-up my daughter then go home. I drive the car to the mall on weekends. Most of the malls here has covered parking.
Old 07-28-14, 08:17 AM
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Lexus Japan won't be able to help you. You have to deal with the arm of the company that serves your market.
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post more pictures, of the trunk and stuff, I am curious. I used to run a body shop, would like to see what if looks like with better quality pictures if you can.
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Try and take some pictures when the car is clean too...
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