2007 Honda Civic Si

2007 Honda Civic Si - Peeling Clear Coat

Overall Paint Job Due To Peeling Clear Coat

2007 Honda Civic Si
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This 2007 Honda Civic Si was a great little car, ran great and still tight like a new one. Unfortunately it had the typical Honda paint peeling issue. Honda makes a great car but whoever is in charge of their paint department needs to be fired.

There are many reasons paint can fade, flake and peel but the number one cause is it is applied too thin. The other would be using a lousy paint system.

The best systems are those that the base-coat and the clear bond. IF they do not bond properly, you get peeling clear coat.  Below is a gallery of pictures that were taken throughout the process of repairing the peeling clear to the finished product.

I am pretty much a one mane show, which means I am terrible of always getting step by step images.

All of my cars in my pictures and videos are actual real customer's cars, so usually my main focus is to get the job done. However, I plan to do better in the future on collecting more photos.

Slide Show

Click on any image below to open a larger view and a slide show. You can click the arrows to the right or left. Each image has a brief description for each step of the process

Was brought in because top and various places on car were peeling and fading.
The gloss was dying and it had scratches here and there.
Car had to be DA sanded to smooth out the peeling clear coat.
DA sanding continued and some wet sanding on the less damaged panels.
Sprayed 2 coats of urethane primer over the DA sanded areas to level the surface back out.
After block sanding down the primer, applied 2 more coats for final block sanding.
Primer ready to be sanded.
Due to the sunroof, it made it easier to paint the top section first.
The painted top section will get masked off for final seal and paint.
Car in sealer. Sealer color was shade matched for top coat for best coverage.
Basecoat and Clear have now been sprayed, car in booth.
Finished product, driver side.
Finished passenger side
You can see how deep the gloss looks, you can catch my reflection.
Complete and ready to go back to it's owner.

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