Poor quality paint?
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From: Houston, TX
Absolutely. Meet up with some other S owners or peruse existing threads. Everyone has chips on their front bumper cover and windshield.
Subforums exist for a reason. Do not post in a different subforum just for more traffic -- regardless of the forum site. If everyone did what you did then there would be no point in having any subforums.
Subforums exist for a reason. Do not post in a different subforum just for more traffic -- regardless of the forum site. If everyone did what you did then there would be no point in having any subforums.
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My 01 was pelted with chips even with only 35k miles on it. Even my 06 with 10k miles on it has some chips on it. I can't avoid them. Even the top of hood and the gas lid each have a chip on it as well. My girlfriend's Cobalt that gets beaten on the highway, and in brutal winter with 50k miles has virtually no chips on it. I think it's combination of thin paint, and the aerodynamics. Honda in general has pretty lousy paint IMO, and I don't think they did anything special for the S2K, so it makes sense. We just gotta live with it, or get a clear bra after a respray.
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I own a 2007 LBP S2000. There are paint chips all in the front of this thing. There were many there when I bought it from the previous owner last October. However, it seems like there have been more accumulating since then. It seems to me like the paint on this car is overly thin or brittle. I've got an 11 year old celica that hardly has any chips in it. I have more chips in one fender of the S2000 than I do the entire Celica. I've repaired a few of the chips, but there have been twice as many come back to take their place.
Has anyone else found this to be the case? I love my car and want it to look perfect, but it's looking like I'll need to repaint the whole front end to come close to achieving that.
Has anyone else found this to be the case? I love my car and want it to look perfect, but it's looking like I'll need to repaint the whole front end to come close to achieving that.
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From: North SF Bay, CA
I have a fair amount of small chips in my bumper. When I bought it the windshield was completely speckled too. I had it replaced as part of the deal. Original owner must have been a tailgater. But my fenders and hood are holding up great - hardly a mark. A Suzuka thing?
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Originally Posted by deepbluejh' timestamp='1308228861' post='20688378
I own a 2007 LBP S2000. There are paint chips all in the front of this thing. There were many there when I bought it from the previous owner last October. However, it seems like there have been more accumulating since then. It seems to me like the paint on this car is overly thin or brittle. I've got an 11 year old celica that hardly has any chips in it. I have more chips in one fender of the S2000 than I do the entire Celica. I've repaired a few of the chips, but there have been twice as many come back to take their place.
Has anyone else found this to be the case? I love my car and want it to look perfect, but it's looking like I'll need to repaint the whole front end to come close to achieving that.
Has anyone else found this to be the case? I love my car and want it to look perfect, but it's looking like I'll need to repaint the whole front end to come close to achieving that.
I noticed that after I put my Mugen rep splitter on, that I don't get any chips no where as before...
guessing that the mugen design helps stop, particularly front end chipping.
