I got a good dent in my driver side front fender when we were pulling the motor last year, I leaned on it by accident trying to get some torque on a tranny to engine bolt.

Honestly, Honda sheetmetal is only one step above foil wrap in terms of thickness. I only get dents on my Honda cars, I have never had a dent on any of my domestic vehicles over the years.

 

You want the car to be light, or you want thicker sheet metal, you can't have both (without it costing a lot more to build).

 

On all the S2000s I've owned, I always noticed how the quarter panels seemed to dent so easily. And not sharp dents from doors or tools, just very small waves in the metal.

 

Fish. hit the nail on the head with that one

 

sigh i have this too. it pisses me off but not enough to take care of it since i track the car now. my hood is LBP in color and i have soo many gashes and what not from auto crossing. lol maybe when i get better ill get the paint re done and body work.

 

I just picked up an 04 in silver stone. I notice them in the rear quarters when looking for them at the right angle in the right light, but I can't justify removing them since the car is 8 years old, DD, and parked in a apt complex. I'm just happy I'm not the only crazy one who it bothers. Maybe one day I will have the car resprayed and a very very light body filler in place to make it smooth like glass again. It's not just s2k's, but any car older than 5 years will have tiny imperfections.

 

IMO, Honda sheet metal is just way too thin. Both our '10 Pilot & '13 Fit show the same imperfections in the metal, and the Fit is only 10 months old and has 5k miles.

 

I have the dent fish talking about on my rear passenger side 1/4 panel.