Now their engines.. thats a different story.

 

My Berlina paint has the same problems - Z-PC helps with swirls though. In my opinion the S2k paint isn't too bad - it beats some other cars...

 

Would our cars be lighter if we started a carbon paint black market?

 

The paint on the metal seems to be holding up well . The paint on the bumpers is another story .

Use only microfiber for washing and wax removal.

 

The S2000, NSX, and Insight should have better paint than most Honda/Acuras. IIRC the S2000, NSX, and Insight all get a 5 layer paint process (including clear coat) where as most Honda/Acuras only get a 3 layer paint process. The RL may get a 5-step too, I'm not sure.

 

yea.... 6 coats of zaino can do some barrier job on scratching, however
don't do jack for rock chip. maybe im expecting too much

 

it seems like in any car forum, people complain about their paint.. i own a TSX and i think the paint is pretty good! although mine is carbon gray

 

black is horrible. period. it is easily the single best looking color around for the first 5 minutes after you get done washing/waxing/killing yourself for 6 hours. after that 5 minutes though, it's back to durty girl-dom.

the paint on the mazda RX-8 i think is far worse then the S2000. My buddy has about 17000 miles on his RX-8 (Nordic Green) and the front end of that car is so chewed up he is already looking at either a repaint or a MS bumper. it is disgusting. all the way up the hood, fenders, front bumper, OEM lip, etc. the paint is QUITE soft on that car...