getakey

On the spacer section between the roof and the side panels, the clear coat is blister and peeling. No sign of rust. It just started happening over the last few weeks and went from one blister to many blisters all the way from front to rear. What do you think could cause this? Its only on the passenger side. Driver side is fine.

oo7spy

Do you park in the sun often?

getakey

At work, car is parked outside in sun. The pasenger side would be facing West at work, but why only the spacer affected? I wax frequently

At home, garage.

oo7spy

I just know that the sun ate the shit out of Legend #1's clear coat.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

a clear coat fail is embarrassing... is it the factory paint?

oo7spy

It apparently isn't uncommon to Japanese cars, though.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

with road grime, global warming, acid rain, and the death of Whitney Houston its taken a toll on our paint.

getakey

factory everything

Right now, it is just happening on that one strip down the passenger side. I'm hoping that it is something specific to the strip rather than a precursor to something that is going to spread

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

agreed, keep us posted.

db22

My carbon grey had the same issue only worse. The cost of the plastic strip is greater than getting them re-painted.

oo7spy

One of us is confused about which part is peeling here. I understand the picture to be from the strip between the roof and door which is part of the rear quarter-panel (i.e. metal).

BuLtL00

I am pretty sure that piece is not metal..mine are fine though.The rubber strip above the windshield is fading on mine.

oo7spy

Honda melded a piece of metal with plastic, smoothed the seam, and painted both materials to look like one piece?

getakey

The strip runs the entire length of the roof from the windshield to the back window. I'm not sure whether it is plastic or metal

oo7spy

So, it's between the upper part of the quarter panel and the roof? If so, I retract my last post.

I think the material explains the issue as well. The sun ate away at the clear coat of the painted plastic before the metal.

HEAVY_RL

iTrader: (1)

fer tha picts