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Old 02-20-2009, 05:46 AM
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As per title, I gave my S a quick detail today using some Dodo Juice Lime Prime on a DA polisher and got a reasonable amount of paint transfer onto the pad! Now I assume that the New Formula S2000's are not clear coated however before this happened I was convinced they were. Is something wrong here or is it the norm?

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Old 02-20-2009, 05:56 AM
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i think all s2000's have clearcoat... maybe the wax you used and how dirty the car was....
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what pad did you use ? was this applied via rotary or DA ?
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Originally Posted by MickS2K,Feb 20 2009, 02:46 PM
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Da polisher mate! No problems on the detailing side of things, I've been detailing for years but this car definately has no clearcoat which baffled me! :s
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Maybe someone has done some touch-up work or spraying etc and you picked it up.
Or is it coming off from every panel?
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The car does have a clearcoat
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Absolutely every panel mate! The pad was blood red by the time I had finished!
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Originally Posted by MickS2K,Feb 21 2009, 09:22 AM
Absolutely every panel mate! The pad was blood red by the time I had finished!
Perhaps someone has used one of the stained polishes in the past.
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All of the S2000 range have clearcoat apart from the original white S2000 (GPW)

There is something very strange about your car Mick, if you are near Hatfield I would like to see it, I can measure your paint to see what might be happening with it.

If you do not have a clearcoat then you MUST protect that paint with a wax else it will eventually go pink
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