Time To Show Off Your Own Car!

[Marc08EX]

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Hey Marc,

Any ideas how good the paint is on the new Civics? My friend has the previous generation Civic Si 4door, his ENTIRE CAR is starting to get clear coat failure and he waxes his car regularly. Seems like Honda always have had a problem with clear coat failure...you see it a ton on the 1998-2002 Honda Accords. We have a 1994 Honda accord in our family and although the paint is old and oxidized, the clear coat is still there...maybe it's single stage?

Tommy,

I haven't heard anything about the 8th gen civics. They seem to be fine except for the night hawk black pearl. They are notorious for getting the crow's feet defect. I had a 1999 Accord and the clear coat failed too. IMO, Honda's have generally thinner clear coat than other manufacturers. It doesn't help that their paint is soft as well. So when someone details a honda and they don't know what they're doing, chances are they're going to remove a lot of clear eventually leading to CC failure.

What year and color is your friend's 8th gen civic? Has your friend tried bringing the car to the dealership?

[CreamPuff]

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Tommy,

I haven't heard anything about the 8th gen civics. They seem to be fine except for the night hawk black pearl. They are notorious for getting the crow's feet defect. I had a 1999 Accord and the clear coat failed too. IMO, Honda's have generally thinner clear coat than other manufacturers. It doesn't help that their paint is soft as well. So when someone details a honda and they don't know what they're doing, chances are they're going to remove a lot of clear eventually leading to CC failure.

What year and color is your friend's 8th gen civic? Has your friend tried bringing the car to the dealership?

I forget what year...but it's NBP...It's sad...clear coat is failing EVERYWHERE. He hasn't tried taking it to the dealership because he's out of warranty. But that's sad...for a possibly 5-6 year old car, and the clear coat is going already. My paint on my Lexus I think is perfect even after almost 4 years. My car is also garaged when I'm not driving it though...

I'm surprised we don't have more pics of forum members cars posted here yet....

He and I both detailed the car a few years back when it had really bad water spots...but we used Meguiar's Ultimate Compound...which reading a lot of the posts on the forums, it's actually pretty safe stuff to use. It's not like we wet sanded the paint you know?

[Meticulous-Detail]

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Click on my website. They Shelby GT500 is mine, along with the grey Toy Highlander and Ford Fusion. I put my personal vehicles on my site so customers can see how I take car of my own vehicles.

[Superior_Details]

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Here's my baby...
04 Mustang GT, 36,000 miles

[evomacky]

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I've yet to take a pic of my daily driver, but this is my weekend car that I love to death:






and one of my personal favorite shots I took:

[wifpd4]

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When I purchased the car, wife said, "take care of it or I'll take it".
So I went to Meguiar's Saturday school to learn the fine art of concerned car care.
She hasn't taken it yet.

Daily Driver - Photographed in front of oldest barn in Iowa.
Much care and feeding required for Obsidian Black. Meguiar's is the food.
Lexus RX450h - cross-over utility, AWD, hybrid


Down at the Mississippi River. Small, dinner boat in background


Reflection showing dinner boat.


The perils of a daily driver.

[smack]

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Looks amazing David.

[Marc08EX]

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Nice ride David and it looks perfect!

I love the black color of the RX's. I just remember how it gleams in the UQW quik tips video. It's just amazing.

[wifpd4]

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Thanks gentlemen,

I've done a lot of experimentation on the obsidian paint (Lexus clear coat). The list of products used reads like the Meguiar's catalog. As someone has said, you don't own black, it owns you.

[CreamPuff]

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What's with this? Barely anyone posting pics of their own cars...they must be dirty...lol

[Merlin]

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Here's my Daily Driver 2003 Toyota Camry with over 150,000 miles.

Took this hood pic last week.

[Mr Mustang]

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my pride and joy

[suicidekings]

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Since we are going with a mustang theme.... Here is my 2003 Mach 1. 1 of 869.

[Blackwolf_Oz]

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Just under 2000 Ks on the Clock.......I am obsessed!

1. Meguiar's Gold Class Car Wash
2. Meguiar's GOLD CLASS Ultimate Polish
3. Meguiar's GOLD CLASS LIQUID WAX

Meguiar's ULTIMATE LIQUID WAX after weekly wash.

[Michael Stoops]

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my 1995 F150, Its been in our family since new. It sits out side all the time so it dose get a weekly wash of gold class to keep her clean. Hear after a wash I just added a coat of UPW and the tires get Endurance spray or M40.

Good golly!! 17 years old and outside all the time?!?!?!? Looks more like you drove it off the dealer lot, detailed it to perfection, and then parked it in a museum. How many miles on this truck, and is it completely original?

When I purchased the car, wife said, "take care of it or I'll take it".
So I went to Meguiar's Saturday school to learn the fine art of concerned car care.
She hasn't taken it yet.

Looks like you learned well, David (but then, we've known that for a long time!). Beautiful reflections here.