I am thinking of getting the Honda dealers teflon body coating. Apparently, it keeps the car in showroom condition after just a wash.
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I've never heard of it, but teflon has to be baked on. It also known to scratch easily. If you ever needed to do some paint touch-up, this would strongly interfere with it. Sorry I can't provide any experience with it though.

Lance

 

What exactly is teflon anyway?
Nothing sticks to teflon coated frying pans and stuff.
And teflon coated bullets are supposed to penetrate bulletproof vests.
And now on cars? If nothing sticks to teflon, how do they get teflon to stick to the car?
What's up with that?

 

It's definitely one of the best ways the dealers have found to extract a little more money from your wallet. Take the money you'll save and buy some Zaino and wax the damn car.

 

Details of the process are on http://www.tst.co.uk

If it scratches very easily then I am concerned as that is the last thing that I would want.

I am really looking for something that helps me protect against stone chips without turning the car into an ugly beast. Bra's are not for me (Or my car)...

Regards,
S.

[Edited by SimonJackson on 04-27-2001 at 10:18 AM]

 

The last dealer I worked at was very big into the 'coatings' and would charge between $500 and $1000 for the paint protection. The salespeople would sell it like it was a clear sheild that went over the car. I was talking to the detail guy one day and he said he always had to explain what it actually was to the customer when they'd pick up their car. It is just a wax, a very expensive wax. He did say that it held up pretty well but the kicker to me was that the 5 year paint protection needed a 'renewer' applied every couple months. Always seemed to me that if you just waxed it every couple of months it would look great forever anyways.

-Trevor

 

Yes - I just got this done yesterday, before realizing that this was probably just a waste of money.

Dealers are like sharks When I signed my papers, it was already late at night and the guy just kept telling me, how can you NOT get paint protection with such a beautiful car??

I gave in.

 

What the dealer is probably trying to sell you is a product called Perma wax made by Kar Kraft systems. Although it is a good paint sealer wax it's not worth what the dealers charge for it (in my opinion). I would bet you could pick up a bottle of it at a auto paint supply shop for a fraction of what you'd pay a dealer.

 

This is wher stongard comes in...

-Shing

 

Don't do it.