1998 Accord Paint Damage
THE RED 6th GEN Coupe
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From: Chicagoland, IL
Originally Posted by fstop128
not true it was known fact in the early 90s that honda had crappy paint on their accords and civics. i was told to hand wash and wax. its a factory paint defect and honda along with other manufacturers knew this. my accord has been in my family since it was new. washed and waxed regularly. never neglected and the clear coat failed. it was more obvious on darker colors esp that dk blue color in of the 90 to 93 accords. my cousin had such a dk blue accord ex and it was garage kept and the clear coat failed early on.
I doubt the paint changed much from 98 to 00.
MalleusMaleficarum
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From: Asheville, NC
Originally Posted by fstop128
not true it was known fact in the early 90s that honda had crappy paint on their accords and civics. i was told to hand wash and wax. its a factory paint defect and honda along with other manufacturers knew this. my accord has been in my family since it was new. washed and waxed regularly. never neglected and the clear coat failed. it was more obvious on darker colors esp that dk blue color in of the 90 to 93 accords. my cousin had such a dk blue accord ex and it was garage kept and the clear coat failed early on.
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From: new york city
my car is a 1996 accord original paint and it looks great. I wax my car once a year only and I regular go to those car wash. I think your car got a crappy paint job. maybe your car was repainted and they just did a shitty job .
THE RED 6th GEN Coupe
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From: Chicagoland, IL
The more I look at this the more it looks like machine carwash over time damage.
The wear on the roof lines up with the wear on the door almost.
I take my leased car through the car wash a lot, my heaviest swirl marks are on the rear of the car as apposed to the front, much in the same fashion.
If this was defective paint it would have peeled off, this paint has been effectively buffed or sanded off.
The wear on the roof lines up with the wear on the door almost.
I take my leased car through the car wash a lot, my heaviest swirl marks are on the rear of the car as apposed to the front, much in the same fashion.
If this was defective paint it would have peeled off, this paint has been effectively buffed or sanded off.
Pic Whore
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From: NJ
Originally Posted by hidewai
i got the same problem bro....i asked many body shop...they all said i got to repaint it.....and one store offer 4500 and other 2500...why the price so much different?????????
price depends on quality of work.
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Hi
I wanted to share this experience with the folks who responded to my posting. I opened up a case at American Honda to look into the paint damage on my vehicle. i did send them pictures of the damage. After much deliberation, they agreed to pay me $700 toward the damage and allowed me to get it repiared at the body shop of my choice. Since I am selling the vehicle, this worked perfectly well for me as I can get a better price for it now.
Thanks
patriot301
I wanted to share this experience with the folks who responded to my posting. I opened up a case at American Honda to look into the paint damage on my vehicle. i did send them pictures of the damage. After much deliberation, they agreed to pay me $700 toward the damage and allowed me to get it repiared at the body shop of my choice. Since I am selling the vehicle, this worked perfectly well for me as I can get a better price for it now.
Thanks
patriot301
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