Paint Stone chips?

1800sport · 23rd March 2008, 14:32

Has anyone else suffered with stone chips on their bonnet/bumper after having only owned their pride and joy for a couple of weeks. We got one after 2 weeks and were gutted. I went back to the dealers to complain about poor quality paint work and all they gave me was some touch up paint. We now have a few stone chips

Btw, the car was only being used on 50 mph A roads at the time.

Thanks for your replies in advance

FWH · 23rd March 2008, 14:35

Most of us I am afraid.

Many threads on it.
Not a unique Honda problem though, most or all modern cars are more prone to chips.

wahhhaaahhhhhhhhhhh (stone chips)

Soft paint - warranty?

Really Weak Paint??

(Stone) chips with everything!

Paint quality moan!!

Dimplyred · 23rd March 2008, 14:37

Yes lots and lots of us!!!

Re-sprayed front end!

Most Stone Chips in the Least amount of Time

Bloody stone chips

Do a search there are a lot of other threads too.

FWH · 23rd March 2008, 14:54

Now Wiki-fied.

Weak paint - Civinfo Wiki

1800sport · 23rd March 2008, 15:09

Thanx guys!

1800sport · 23rd March 2008, 16:13

Wow. I've been reading the paint related threads for a while now. I'm discussed by how a car manafacture has been able to get away with this. I think some sort of blockade (by us civic owners) to the honda dealers should be happen and then see what these f****** would do with potential new customers coming in to test drive their dodgy painted product.

FWH · 23rd March 2008, 16:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1800sport

Wow. I've been reading the paint related threads for a while now. I'm discussed by how a car manafacture has been able to get away with this. I think some sort of blockade (by us civic owners) to the honda dealers should be happen and then see what these f****** would do with potential new customers coming in to test drive their dodgy painted product.

We should also put bricks behind our wheels, just in case the handbrake fails.

However, this is not only a Honda issue. Modern enviormentally friendlier paints are weaker than older paints.

For example, I was also looking a Merc A-Class when buying the Civic.
Looking at the bonnet of 1-year old second-hand cars in the show room was interesting - loads of touch up on every one.

simon1 · 23rd March 2008, 18:16

I'm interested to know whether there are any colours more or less prone to stone chips. Would it be possible to have some sort of poll and then we may see atrend, as was done with the 'wiper on footbrake' thread.

1800sport · 24th March 2008, 08:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by FWH

We should also put bricks behind our wheels, just in case the handbrake fails.

However, this is not only a Honda issue. Modern enviormentally friendlier paints are weaker than older paints.

For example, I was also looking a Merc A-Class when buying the Civic.
Looking at the bonnet of 1-year old second-hand cars in the show room was interesting - loads of touch up on every one.

It begs the question of what sort of paint do high end manufactures like Beamer's, lexus's, Jag's use. I can not imagine their customers tolorating this nonsense. Unless the manufactures cake on the paint for higher end cars they must still be using enviroment UNfriendly paint

angie4m · 24th March 2008, 08:21

Someone mentioned at the Scottish meet on Saturday that Watchdog have a complaint form on their site about the Honda Paint. Think they are looking to see how many people are effected and how....then maybe just then they will go to Honda UK about it

simon1 · 24th March 2008, 10:51

Well they are not making it easy to find as I've searched for it and can't find any form on the Watchdog website - hey and I haven't even got my Civic yet!!

1800sport · 24th March 2008, 12:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

Someone mentioned at the Scottish meet on Saturday that Watchdog have a complaint form on their site about the Honda Paint. Think they are looking to see how many people are effected and how....then maybe just then they will go to Honda UK about it

I'll look into that. Thanx

MisterTee · 24th March 2008, 19:47

There's nothing much you can do about stone chips, it's part and parsel of driving around on a road. You can buy various kits to stick on the front of the car to stop them chipping, but I gave up worrying about them years ago, they're like freckles, the more you count, the more you see!

I also tend to drive waaaay behind the car infront on the motorway, enough space to let any stones hit the ground rather than my car!

angie4m · 25th March 2008, 08:19

They are part and parcel of driving put the fact is I have stone chips everywhere on my car bottom of the doors, wings, skirts, bonnet and i've only done 2000 miles! like others on this site I have owned another car before which didn't chip like this and that was a new BMW Mini so it wasn't something from back in the day when they made good paint. But even BMW paint now adays isn't what it used to be............skirt on one of our cars looks almost white due to stone chips! So i'm glad mines isn't anywhere near as bad as that!

When I was cleaning the engine bay on my CTR on Sunday with a microfiber cloth as bit of paint came away

Seems that the paint is rather too too soft! I did think that it had maybe been like that and I hadn't noticed but I found the 1.5cm by 4mm bit of paint stuck to the cloth!

flyguy40@ · 25th March 2008, 11:14

I know on my black crv i had a nightmare with stone-chips,why do manufacturers put white primer under black paint,i guess all the cars just get primed together then they are seperated for the different colours!!I had an older silver crv and a white civic,no where near as many chips!I just hope my ctr does not get chipped to death,but i think it will.Wish they would just go back to using paint with the lead in it,much tougher!!

1800sport · 3rd April 2008, 00:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by angie4m

When I was cleaning the engine bay on my CTR on Sunday with a microfiber cloth as bit of paint came away

Seems that the paint is rather too too soft! I did think that it had maybe been like that and I hadn't noticed but I found the 1.5cm by 4mm bit of paint stuck to the cloth!

Thats soul destroying. Sorry to hear that.

angie4m · 3rd April 2008, 08:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1800sport

Thats soul destroying. Sorry to hear that.

At least it was under the bonnet

uncler · 3rd April 2008, 09:05

I agree, the paint seems very easy to damage! Likewise, the front of my car is covered in stone chips. Also, I really swirled the paintwork on my Civic (see it under Cleaning & Styling). Now, I still don't know how I got it so bad - I've had about 20 cars over the past 11 years, including several black ones, and none have swirled and scratched like this one has. Pretty annoying!

robbo51 · 3rd April 2008, 09:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterTee

There's nothing much you can do about stone chips, it's part and parsel of driving around on a road. ..................................

Sorry. Youre wrong!!
My Renault Megane 2 was stone chip free after 25,000 miles
My Skoda had only a couple after 18,000 miles
My VW Bora had none after 34,000 miles
My mate's BMW 5 series (New shape) is stonechip free after 50,000 miles!
My CTS is covered in them and its only 10 months old
Simple fact .......HONDA PAINT IS CRAP!!

1800sport · 4th April 2008, 01:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by robbo51

Sorry. Youre wrong!!
My Renault Megane 2 was stone chip free after 25,000 miles
My Skoda had only a couple after 18,000 miles
My VW Bora had none after 34,000 miles
My mate's BMW 5 series (New shape) is stonechip free after 50,000 miles!
My CTS is covered in them and its only 10 months old
Simple fact .......HONDA PAINT IS CRAP!!

I had a 2000 Fiat Seicento with 64000 miles and that has 2 stone chips. So you are right... Honda Civic paint work is Pants

23rd March 2008, 14:32	#1 (permalink)
1800sport Valve Cap Join Date: 14th March 2008 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Stone chips? Has anyone else suffered with stone chips on their bonnet/bumper after having only owned their pride and joy for a couple of weeks. We got one after 2 weeks and were gutted. I went back to the dealers to complain about poor quality paint work and all they gave me was some touch up paint. We now have a few stone chips Btw, the car was only being used on 50 mph A roads at the time. Thanks for your replies in advance

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FWH Super Moderator Civinfo guru Join Date: 3rd June 2007 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,863 Thanks: 3 Thanked 27 Times in 24 Posts	Most of us I am afraid. Many threads on it. Not a unique Honda problem though, most or all modern cars are more prone to chips. wahhhaaahhhhhhhhhhh (stone chips) Soft paint - warranty? Really Weak Paint?? (Stone) chips with everything! Paint quality moan!! Last edited by FWH; 23rd March 2008 at 14:40.

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1800sport Valve Cap Join Date: 14th March 2008 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanx guys!

23rd March 2008, 16:13	#6 (permalink)
1800sport Valve Cap Join Date: 14th March 2008 Location: nottinghamshire Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Wow. I've been reading the paint related threads for a while now. I'm discussed by how a car manafacture has been able to get away with this. I think some sort of blockade (by us civic owners) to the honda dealers should be happen and then see what these f****** would do with potential new customers coming in to test drive their dodgy painted product.

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simon1 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 10th December 2007 Location: UK Posts: 224 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I'm interested to know whether there are any colours more or less prone to stone chips. Would it be possible to have some sort of poll and then we may see atrend, as was done with the 'wiper on footbrake' thread.

24th March 2008, 08:21	#10 (permalink)
angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,499 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Someone mentioned at the Scottish meet on Saturday that Watchdog have a complaint form on their site about the Honda Paint. Think they are looking to see how many people are effected and how....then maybe just then they will go to Honda UK about it

24th March 2008, 10:51	#11 (permalink)
simon1 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 10th December 2007 Location: UK Posts: 224 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Well they are not making it easy to find as I've searched for it and can't find any form on the Watchdog website - hey and I haven't even got my Civic yet!!

24th March 2008, 19:47	#13 (permalink)
MisterTee Supporter Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 23rd February 2008 Location: Manchester,UK Posts: 105 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	There's nothing much you can do about stone chips, it's part and parsel of driving around on a road. You can buy various kits to stick on the front of the car to stop them chipping, but I gave up worrying about them years ago, they're like freckles, the more you count, the more you see! I also tend to drive waaaay behind the car infront on the motorway, enough space to let any stones hit the ground rather than my car!

25th March 2008, 08:19	#14 (permalink)
angie4m Why Do I bother? Civinfo guru Join Date: 28th September 2007 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 2,499 Thanks: 10 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	They are part and parcel of driving put the fact is I have stone chips everywhere on my car bottom of the doors, wings, skirts, bonnet and i've only done 2000 miles! like others on this site I have owned another car before which didn't chip like this and that was a new BMW Mini so it wasn't something from back in the day when they made good paint. But even BMW paint now adays isn't what it used to be............skirt on one of our cars looks almost white due to stone chips! So i'm glad mines isn't anywhere near as bad as that! When I was cleaning the engine bay on my CTR on Sunday with a microfiber cloth as bit of paint came away Seems that the paint is rather too too soft! I did think that it had maybe been like that and I hadn't noticed but I found the 1.5cm by 4mm bit of paint stuck to the cloth!

25th March 2008, 11:14	#15 (permalink)
flyguy40@ Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 7th March 2008 Location: forres scotland Posts: 41 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I know on my black crv i had a nightmare with stone-chips,why do manufacturers put white primer under black paint,i guess all the cars just get primed together then they are seperated for the different colours!!I had an older silver crv and a white civic,no where near as many chips!I just hope my ctr does not get chipped to death,but i think it will.Wish they would just go back to using paint with the lead in it,much tougher!!

3rd April 2008, 09:05	#18 (permalink)
uncler Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 22nd November 2007 Location: SE London, UK Posts: 121 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I agree, the paint seems very easy to damage! Likewise, the front of my car is covered in stone chips. Also, I really swirled the paintwork on my Civic (see it under Cleaning & Styling). Now, I still don't know how I got it so bad - I've had about 20 cars over the past 11 years, including several black ones, and none have swirled and scratched like this one has. Pretty annoying!