Took delivery of my Crystal Black 2018 CTR

[b3arfruit]

Yesss this is the exact trade up that I'm looking to make. '17 SI Coupe to CBP CTR. I've read that it's hard to keep it shiny and nice. Are you planning on getting a ceramic coating?

I got it coated and have heard it still swirls, like the guy above mentioned. I know someone who has a black one and theirs seemed to be good. Definitely buying a foam cannon with PH soap. We will see how it turn up over time

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[Ctrnut]

Amazing congrats! welcome to the CBP club. Mine is holding up ok, maintenance is key

 

[CTRFK8]

Atleast get ppf(protects from rock chips/light scratches)for your front end. If you can afford it, get a ceramic coating. It might protect from very fine scratches?....but can still get swirl marks/rock chips from little I know.

With CBP, only thing you can do is try not to touch the paint or keep it in the garage as a show car hehe.

 

[b3arfruit]

Atleast get ppf(protects from rock chips/light scratches)for your front end. If you can afford it, get a ceramic coating. It might protect from very fine scratches?....but can still get swirl marks/rock chips from little I know.

Will definitely get a clear bra installed. For the front. Had it on my CSi and it was amazing.

 

[Superfly]

Congratulations! Looks awesome!

 

[Driveitlikeustoleit]

Welcome.
Looking good.
Happy detailing.
Enjoy.

 

[UFO CTR]

Atleast get ppf(protects from rock chips/light scratches)for your front end. If you can afford it, get a ceramic coating. It might protect from very fine scratches?....but can still get swirl marks/rock chips from little I know.

With CBP, only thing you can do is try not to touch the paint or keep it in the garage as a show car hehe.

definitely find a detailing guy/gal that you trust, then have the entire thing paint corrected, then front clear bra (ppf), then ceramic coat the entire car. The idea is to polish the shit out the car first, then seal it with Sio2. This will protect the polished paint underneath. Should not swirl anymore, unless a non MICROFIBER is used. Always use good/edgeless microfiber towels after coating.

one more good thing is no more waxing!!! car will alway POP with just a wash and dry. Absolutely / F-ing worth it is the additional funding is available.

 

[Dragnet]

@UFO CTR How much could someone expect to spend on said treatments?

 

[elijahw]

Said goodbye to my 2017 Honda CSi, and hello to my 2018 CTr. Haven't been this excited about a car since my 2011 CSi. Not looking to do much to this one, but I do have some winter wheels on the way. TN winters aren't the best. Definitely going to be my daily driver. This a long with a clear bra since most of my drive will be HW.

Did you lease or purchase the Si? What was the cost of the swap?

 

[CTRFK8]

definitely find a detailing guy/gal that you trust, then have the entire thing paint corrected, then front clear bra (ppf), then ceramic coat the entire car. The idea is to polish the shit out the car first, then seal it with Sio2. This will protect the polished paint underneath. Should not swirl anymore, unless a non MICROFIBER is used. Always use good/edgeless microfiber towels after coating.

one more good thing is no more waxing!!! car will alway POP with just a wash and dry. Absolutely / F-ing worth it is the additional funding is available.

I havent touched my CBP paint until last week when I washed the front end to install ppf. Car was parked in the garage, used a flashlight to inspect the ppf install later that night. If you have CBP, shine a flashlight when its dark, horrible!

Whatever protection polish/ceramic ect, i find it impossible to not get swirls unless you do all that like you said, park it inside a glass container and never touch it again lol.

 

[koochieman]

@b3arfruit Congrats on the car new CTR aswell as keeping it Honda

@TypeRinATL Holy smokes! I heard that the swirls were easy to get but even after Ceramic coating is applied?!?Also real quickly.. is it okay to place PPF'd over ceramic?

 

[Driveitlikeuboughtit]

I do hate that going the extra mile on my CW CTR doesn't seem to matter. I'm going purely for protection when I work on it - it always just looks "clean" no matter what I do to it. Flat white isn't going to pop much no matter what you do.

I miss that about black and metallics - the extra work always showed. You could stand back and be proud after you detailed.

 

[davemarco]

Atleast get ppf(protects from rock chips/light scratches)for your front end. If you can afford it, get a ceramic coating. It might protect from very fine scratches?....but can still get swirl marks/rock chips from little I know.

With CBP, only thing you can do is try not to touch the paint or keep it in the garage as a show car hehe.

Can you still get swirl marks on the PPF?

 

[UFO CTR]

@UFO CTR How much could someone expect to spend on said treatments?

I've paid a little over $2k for my car, but the clear bra was literally just the front bumper, grille, headlights. Same person quoted me $3.5k for the same, but entire front clip and mirrors will be ppf as well. So I say anywhere between $2k to $4k will be fair pending amount of ppf?

 

[Driveitlikeuboughtit]

I've paid a little over $2k for my car, but the clear bra was literally just the front bumper, grille, headlights. Same person quoted me $3.5k for the same, but entire front clip and mirrors will be ppf as well. So I say anywhere between $2k to $4k will be fair pending amount of ppf?

Shit man, that's enough to repaint the entire car.

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