I'm really jelly. If I could have any color for the Fit that would be it (besides black... sucks the factory black is so terrible).

It's strange your paint failed that way. Mine isn't looking tip top at all though and i'm really disappointed in the quality of the paint itself. I'm going to claybar/polish/wax tomorrow and see if I can make it any better, but i'd much rather just repaint like you are.

I will repaint black with purple boat flakes one day lol

 

Plastic Dip White Pearl the entire car.

 

that's the thing..it wasn't looking good...... then it started looking faded.... then it looked like an eggshell...splotches all over....

they had a guy from honda corporate come down and look at it, he couldn't believe how bad it was.

i am really impressed with how fast they took care of it tho.

 

I'm not sure if 2012+ TW fits have changed, but mine is clear coated. I've done aggressive polishing (test area) to see if it was or wasn't, and I've confirmed with zero paint transfer. However, the paint code hasn't changed, and from the multitude of conflicting reports on TW'd Hondas, it really is a hit or miss whether or not you got a SS or DS job.

I'm actually curious, do you have any pictures of it before? And possible tell us what products/tools you used to upkeep your paint?

 

Economy car under $20k = not great paint.

 

With that color will be unique as far as to other Fits.

 

meguiars wax

never use any brushes.

all natural wash mits replaced monthly

expensive chamois

meguiars soap

had it buffed/polished/protected by the body shop i use.

i have some pics of it somewhere. it was bad...... the spots that were the worst were splotchy. looked worse in the evening. the car looked like a spotted cow.

 

while I agree, i had winter beater civics with 400k on the odo that looked better and had better paint than this...........

 

Fits line up

 

^ Dang

 

wet sanding/buff/polish in progress.... he polished a small area when i was there just to snag shots.... it's so hard to get pictures of a tiny area - the pictures don't do it justice.

check the hood in the pic (pre wetsand)







wet sanding:



looks so dull wet sanded...can't wait to see it buffed and polished.



not even buffed/polished, yet the blue pearl pops...

 

Haha blowin it up w/ the pearl white pics! I would be just as excited tho.

 

Holy crap, Nicotine's car is looking amazing.

Now it needs amazing wheels to complete it

 

Also this^

All my old beaters' paint was better than the Fit's is. I am never one to be super careful with my paint but i've found out I have to be with the Fit. I figured out pretty fast I can't get away with a drive through wash unless it's a brushless one. I know they're not good but I could always use one in a pinch without much fear with all my other cars.

 

The Fit also has a lot more "luxuries" than your old civics and such did.

 

What did I do to the Fit today?

I ignored the shitty paint and working on it by just using a lil' scratch-x on the worst parts...I know it's cheating.

 

My new wheels and wing I've been working on..

 

Information on spoiler? Great car.

 

The wing is custom.. I've been working on it for a month now.. You can see more pix on my Instagram: tealness

 

Thanks, did you use a different vehicle looks similar to the BYD ones on the Civic? Will check it out.