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Originally Posted by KTN
Hi all,
Another new member to the forum starts on the Honda paint thread!
I too have a black civic (type S) which is now 5 months old and it's suffering from half a dozen stone chips to the bonnet (and all the other scratch problems etc. that people have had with the crappy Honda paint).
I've read through Hondas paint spec (Topcat's post) and I was wondering what thickness the supergaurd coating will add?
With paint specs there is normally a minimum figure (i.e. nowhere must the dry film thickness be less than x) and then there is a tolorence band where the average reading reside. Does anyone no what Honda's minimum figure is? (or are they saying 70 is the minimum?)
I don't think that DFT testers are all that expensive to hire. The DFT testing also seems a bit of a nosense because even if you find a bit the fails, you can find other bits that pass and only record what you want (sure they test 90 places, but where are they?)
Would there be any merit in getting an independant test done? Or would Honda just test it, say it's fine and dispute any other test? Getting some organsation with a solid reputation could make it difficult for Honda to do that.
Any thoughts?
K
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Supaguard is just an expensive Sealant and a total waste of money given how much dealers charge. In fact I would suggest no one gets this done when buying a new Honda unless the garage use a reputable independant detailing company otherwise all you will get is swirls sealed in.
I'm currently waiting for the paint manufacturer to inspect my paint as thats the only one they will take. My dealer is sorting this out with
HUK albeit
HUK will likely drag it on and on.
Looking at a few S2000's their paint seems far better so I dont subscribe to this ITS WATER BASED PAINTS argument that Honda seem to fob us off with.