What's with Honda's paint?
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What's with Honda's paint?
Don't know if you all have noticed but I've seen countless Hondas from various model years with fading, oxidizing paint finishes. Some are really, really bad. An employee here has a 7 year old black Accord and I've watched as the paint has progressively been eaten away by the sun.
What is the issue with their paint and has it been corrected?
What is the issue with their paint and has it been corrected?
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I am not sure if I am seeing what you see, but I see a 7 years old vehicle which was exposed to sunlight everyday and night on the street without a garage to store in, of course i can tell.
So far my Neighbors have an 08 Accord, and 09 Civic, in a double garage. He took care of both, his and his wife. I can barely tell the cars have over 80k milages on it.
My wife sister camry is different, she never cared about it beside routine maintenance. Quick wash only, never Wax or detail. No garage, Street parked every day, Texas weather. I am telling you an 06 camry....and it look like ...garbage.
Also I think it has been almost 20 years that all vehicles come with clear protection coating ? They did not before in the 90ish, when you polish or wax, you can see a bit of the paint color, but not modern vehicles though
So far my Neighbors have an 08 Accord, and 09 Civic, in a double garage. He took care of both, his and his wife. I can barely tell the cars have over 80k milages on it.
My wife sister camry is different, she never cared about it beside routine maintenance. Quick wash only, never Wax or detail. No garage, Street parked every day, Texas weather. I am telling you an 06 camry....and it look like ...garbage.
Also I think it has been almost 20 years that all vehicles come with clear protection coating ? They did not before in the 90ish, when you polish or wax, you can see a bit of the paint color, but not modern vehicles though
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as solid as these cars are, this is an issue with some of the late 90's early 00's Accords and Civic models. I see them with faded and dull hoods everywhere. My wife's 02' Accord EX V6 Hood has done this same thing, not long after we had bought it. Now the rear bumber is starting to peel as well. I'm in the process of correcting this for her so she can sell it.
We get some pretty good amount of UV here in the summer. My sister's 9 year old Accord has issues with clearcoat. Then again, our previous Camry had major oxidation. My black Lexus GS400 does not come with clearcoat, but the paint is oxidizing and in some cases, cracking. It all depends on how you take care of the car because I've seen many older Honda/Toyota with fantastic paint. Unfortunately, my cars are parked outside and I have little time to detail them.
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I have a 2003 AP1 and it's paint does not have any peeling. It is kept outside and never waxed before I took ownership. I know all S2000 were made in Japan. I am not sure that makes a difference, but where were your Hondas made in?
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It pays to do a little searching.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
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I love my Integra but man the paint is horrible. It's been fading since I bought the car (it was 10 years old). I used to hand wash and wax it but I gave up, there are parts of the car that have faded a ridiculous amount. Thinking of getting it repainted the stock color, Milano Red. The MR is a beautiful color.
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Don't know if you all have noticed but I've seen countless Hondas from various model years with fading, oxidizing paint finishes. Some are really, really bad. An employee here has a 7 year old black Accord and I've watched as the paint has progressively been eaten away by the sun.
What is the issue with their paint and has it been corrected?
That's not to say, of course, that ALL black paint jobs are going to have trouble over the years....but, IMO, buying that color just increases the chances of having paint problems. In effect, you're rolling the dice.
Last edited by mmarshall; Feb 19, 2014 at 10:19 AM.
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It pays to do a little searching.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
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It pays to do a little searching.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
http://www.hondaproblems.com/problem...ng-paint.shtml
This is what Ive been seeing. Apparently there was also a class action suit.
Last edited by IS350jet; Feb 20, 2014 at 06:02 AM.
We have a '93 Accord in the family and while it's paint has peeled, it was also neglected and has been in California and Arizona sun and now resides in Vegas with my sister.
Now my own paint looks showroom new because I maintain it. I always get compliments when folks find out it's 6 years old and flawless. People need to remember that word maintain cause they sure don't
Now my own paint looks showroom new because I maintain it. I always get compliments when folks find out it's 6 years old and flawless. People need to remember that word maintain cause they sure don't
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(Google "Milano Pink Honda")