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yeah it heals scratches but it can also absorb. so imagine you left a bird poo on the paint for a week, the clear coat will eat up the poo and stuck there. good luck getting them off. i think glass clear coat is stronger and better IMO.
I have this on my GS and I honestly can't tell a difference in anyway. Frankly, I feel it's a nice marketing line but in reality, it does little to nothing.
Read it in our owners manual under cleaning and washing your car. IS has self healing clear coat for light scratches for if you go through a car wash or something.
Read it in our owners manual under cleaning and washing your car. IS has self healing clear coat for light scratches for if you go through a car wash or something.
Oh wow. What about swirls? Anyone have experience with that?
Doesn't sound like a huge deal for them judging by the amount of space dedicated to this feature
I have this feature outlined in my Japanese pamphlet, but I'd guess it should be somewhere in US ones as well. Really, just a tiny mention on a single page outlining color selections.
Here's what it reads (both Japanese and English are my secondary langs, so bare with me
Also, it's called self-restoring coating in the pamphlet.
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Self-restoring coating, protecting beauty of the car.
Main description:
Self-restoring coating, which automatically restores small scratches, which might result due to car wash etc, is implemented for all colors. Including components which easily stick to each other on molecular level, this technology keeps your car looking like new for a long time.
Small type:
Self-restoring coating is unable to repair deeper scratches like the ones by a key or a coin. Depending on depths of the scratch and outside temperature, the time for restoration can vary. In addition, it is possible to shorten the time to restore by applying warm water to warm up the coating in the affected area. Expected life for the coating is between 5-8 years. However, even after that time passes, it still would keep the paint in a better, less prone to scratching conditions, comparing to standard paints. In case of waxing your car, please don't use compound (abrasive?…)-containing waxes. Applying the available as a dealer option Lexus body coating, doesn't degrade the efficiency of the self-restoring coating.
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Hope this helps My car will be coated with Lexus body coating, so that's an extra layer of protection, and I never use automatic car washes etc, but still a real nice feature to have!
Pic below, just to give an idea of the level of importance of this feature in Lexus'es eyes.
Self-Healing Paint??
