Very interesting about the lip spoiler; I didnt know the under body kits were made in Japan...but still, if the kits are painted with Honda's San Marino Red, why should it matter where they come from? Why wont the shine hold?

 

The plastic used to make the kit is not urethane.
It's a low temp cheap Japanesse Polyethalene(sp?)
Holy shit! Japan made something $h1tty, surprise, surprise--they do have people not perfect robots building cars.

So, the point--they can't bake on the finish like they can for the car when it runs down Marysville Production line. The spoiler kits are air dried--aka not as hard a finish. If you ever get the chance to read the back of the side moldings it says Made in Japan. I have a spare set, if I dig them up I'll post a pic.

Why do I have a spare set? Because they break easy in shipping unlike the more bendable OEM type urethanes.

 

way to hide that automatic/ with the manual shift boot. haha:nono:

 

I wasn't trying to hide it, plus I have the Level10 setup.

 

My other accord, 14 years old ^, 186,000 miles.


I am honestly having a hard time at spotting the amazement too. When a car is one year old, and taken care of, shouldn't it shine like that?

I mean, 21,000 miles is really nothing for a honda..hondas run for 200,000 miles.

When it looks that great at 200,000 miles then I can go WOW, thats awesome!

Until then..it does look good..but no different then any other new car.

Nate.

 

I didnt know any of this about the spoiler kits...all I know is they definitely do not have the same shine as the rest of the vehicle, you are right....there are so many places on my kit that I can see that are going dull....and now my ****in bumper is dull because of the guy who wetsanded the damn area; and now last night when I caught a glimpse of the passenger side of my car under a parking lot's lights I saw tons upon tons of swirl marks, oxidation spots, water spot scarring....I couldnt believe it....the car looked like complete ass...I didnt even wanna drive it home...seems like the spoiler kit is the least of my troubles now; I need to get rid of all these paint scars but I NEVER have a chance to do it because every single weekend here it rains---no exaggeration.

From certain angles, my paint looks weak and "coated over" with a haze-like formation---like the clear coat has been eaten away and the color is beginning to fade; I cannot garage the vehicle anymore; that is not an option, so its outdoors all the time.

I will never buy a red car again; I had an "Aztec Red" 1991 Nissan 240SX and had constant problems with the paint and the way it picks up damages; I know you all love your San Marino, but I cannot deal with the maintenance necessary for this color. If you have a spoiler kit already mounted on your car, why do you say "why do I have a spare? Because they break easily during..."? Why would you need another shipped and worry how they break----if you already have one on the car right now?

 

DJ Scotty:

I ordered my side skirts from Handa-Acc. and they broke during shipping. So they sent me anther set and never asked for the cracked set back.

You may want to try having your car professionally detailed. Then try and wax it 2-3 times as often as you do now. This is the only way really to help prevent further damage. A good pro-detailer should help hide all the current damage and frequent detailing will help maintiane the look. You may want to even try some of Fred's recommended products.

Water spots are life--they just take work to conceil. Unless you plan to purchase a tan, silver, or white car in the future you will always be able to see mother nature at work on your paint.

Show your car some TLC and eventually I think you should be able to hide some of mother natures damage.

My front bumper has many, many small dulling chips. I tailgate --that's life too for me. I hide them well by detailing and polishing the front bumper often. I mean--
A. I can quite driving
B. Repaint every summer (100-200 for a complete bumper in my area.)
C. Detail alot--I like option C, so I just go to town often.

Hope you have some luck with your paint, don't loose hope she can be saved. In addition, flourescnent lights magnify all paint damage about 1million times, so don't judge your paint too critically. Remember, car show rooms have special lighting to hide paint damage too.

 

I hear ya Chad; yeah, the other night I was out at a diner here in NY with my woman and walking back to the car, I noticed----under those HORRIBLE, NASTY parking lot lights----all the damage on the passenger side as I was getting ready to let her in the car---and by "damage" I mean paint scarring from water spots, TERRIBLE, HIDEOUS swirl marks, spiderwebbing all over the paint----it looked awful. But this was under bright lights; during the day, if the car isnt in direct sunlight, you cant see these marks really, and the car just appears shiny and detailed up if she was just washed; but my car looks NOWHERE near what Fred's (the guy who started this thread) red coupe looks like, even though I know mine is a 99 and his is definitely newer; still, it breaks my heart because I do not have a garage for the car anymore and so this is the result---and what can I expect after the winter we had in the northeast? We had snowstorms every other day up here, and that destroyed my baby, too.

So I guess I will consider having the car professionally detailed; a couple of years back, I was driving to my last job one morning and I drove right through a bucket of paint that dropped off a truck and landed in one of the lanes on the road I was on----white paint splashed all over the front and sides of my car as I crashed right into the bucket...I had a body shop work on the car all day, and they got all the paint off and simonized the vehicle for me too. Now, years later, she looks like shit again because of the weather, oxidation and the fact that I dont have protection for her under a garage. And it sucks that this color is picking up all the damages associated with weathering, aging paint. This is definitely my last vehicle in a flashy color like this; the next vehicle will be silver or some such color.

You recommend waxing the vehicle to conceal some of these paint damages; a traditional paste wax that needs to dry and haze up, or a liquid wax, do you think?

 

I would atleast do 3 steps. Just using Wax isn't going to do shit. I recommend the following:

All of these products are from Poorboys , who are located in NY, if you call them at 845-627-5907 and ask for Steve, tell him You know Fred Cook and he will give you a discount.

Wash Car - If you have your own car wash soap, then use it. If not I would use Poorboy's Spray and Wipe. It's a waterless car wash, you just spray and wipe.

Polish - I would use Poorboy's Professional Polish.

Sealant - I would use Poorboy's EX Sealant.

You will be amazed at the results you will get after using all of these products.

 

Thanks Fred...

I shall consider all these steps to getting the car looking better---let me ask you...first, wash the car...this is no problem, but I am assuming you mean first wash and then dry, correct? And THEN move on to the polish, right? Can you give me the suggested procedure for applying the polish please? How is it put on and used for best results as on your red coupe? And then sealant, same thing...how is it applied? Can you give the procedures for these?

And as for car wash soap, I know you are an advocate of the Meguiar's HI TECH wash, as I am of the Gliptone; is the HI TECH really that good? I know you have recommended it many times and I want to try it actually before I go out and get the Gliptone again....right now I have some shit ass Turtle Wax car wash soap that sucks big fat Rhinocerous dick; I am going to look into the Meguiars...