My 2005 Honda Element had some clear coat issues and some small rust spots on the tailgate. In this video I show how I repaired these with tools most DIYers have. I also show how I ‘blacked out’ my emblems without damaging the vehicle finish.
I’m not a paint or body repair technician, I’m a mechanic, I’m sure I could have done better, but I’m very happy with the results of my efforts, especially the blacked out emblems. No matter what, I hope you find the information useful.
In addition to the clear coat repair, I also try and realign the hatch as well as upgrade my tail lights to LEDs.
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Looks great! But it's not quite as shiny. Can you buff and polish it to help with that?
Hello Eric Q&A have any of the civic rear power antennas for sale 92-95? Thanks for the post.
Wait about 1 month, lightly hand rub whole car with Maguire's Ultimate Compound.
It will blend all together. Clay bar & wax, make whole car pop.
Without even getting to halfway through the video to the close-up of the gate, I could already tell it was worked on from the horrible orange peel. Significant ripples like they never wet sanded in between.
Wow man exactly the video I needed again.
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I'm no expert, however I think I would have just removed all the emblems and sanded it all down so I wouldn't have to try to get not only the paint to match, but the clearcoats. For the emblems, just measure left or center of each from one side of the door and from the floor. I would naively think 15 minutes to clear the emblems, and then a cheap planetary sander with a few higher grit papers should have had it ready for prime and paint in 30-45 minutes tops. Yes, everyone's an expert on the internet…
I remember doing bodywork on cars in the 70s and all of those lovely metal emblems that were installed with either barrel clips or speed nuts. There were holes in the body panels for the pins to pass through and the barrel clips would cause rust to start around each of the pins. The speed nuts were especially annoying because they were very difficult to access. Sheet metal stampings had lots of sharp edges back in those days and I left lots of DNA samples behind. Japanese cars were among the first to start using glue on emblems which was fine by me. They weren't really expensive to replace at the time so it made my job much easier.
It really does not take much more time to wet sand it with 2000 and buff it by hand with polising compound to make it look way better. You do not need to do it right away either
Looks like single stage paint, probably a Maaco job.