99 Honda Prelude, spray or wrap, Donegal

318coupeDl

Hi,

I need some advice.

I have a 99 Honda Prelude, which is Red, however very badly faded. Almost white in places. It also has some laquer peeled off the wing. The car is solid, and has only 40k Genuine miles.

If i wrapped the car would this cover the peeled laquer?

And which would people recommend.

Thanks in advance. Any advice well be appreciated.

biko

Not DIY effort, moved to main forum.

Wrap is the easy way to sort this. Check with local companies for opinions and quotes.
You can even wrap it yourself, did you intent to do this?

Wibbs

Ah yes, Honda pink. Wrap sounds like a plan. Far cheaper too I'd imagine? My only concern with a wrap would be rust. Hondas of that age are near guaranteed to have some rust hiding away, usually in the rear quarters, wheel arches and sills. Wrapping the car could hide all sorts of bubbling nastiness that would be spotted on paint.

JohnBoy26

318coupeDl wrote: »

Hi,

I need some advice.

I have a 99 Honda Prelude, which is Red, however very badly faded. Almost white in places. It also has some laquer peeled off the wing. The car is solid, and has only 40k Genuine miles.

If i wrapped the car would this cover the peeled laquer?

And which would people recommend.

Thanks in advance. Any advice well be appreciated.

Get the wing repainted and get the rest of the car polished, I know it will fade again eventually but with a little maintenance the results can be long-ish lasting

911s

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

Get the wing repainted and get the rest of the car polished, I know it will fade again eventually but with a little maintenance the results can be long-ish lasting

Wrapping won't hide rust bubbles, in fact it will
magnify any imperfections underneath it, same
for peeling lacquer.
If vinyl is fitted to peeling lacquer then the
vinyl may lift with the lacquer. My advice, sand
and paint.

Eoinbmw

A budget paint job would be far better than a wrap in my opinion!
1500 would get it painted to a respectable level!

Phil.x

Strip it down fully, sand, fill, respray.
Future classic.

Phil.x

OP, is that yours on done deal,

318coupeDl

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the replies.

I have decided to get a full exterior respray. I am going to keep to the original red.

I am just about to order a set of bumber lips and skirts, The only ones I can find are Fiber Glass, as i am new user i cannot paste link to kit. They are on ebay from a polish company. CLC ( car loving criminals).

Has anyone any experience with their kits?

Once car is sprayed. I am going for a nice 17 5 spoke rim, and that it. Hopefully she will turn out nice.

Can anyone recommend a good panel beater in Donegal?

Thanks for all the advice.

I will attach pics as i go.


Cheers

318coupeDl

Eoinbmw wrote: »

A budget paint job would be far better than a wrap in my opinion!
1500 would get it painted to a respectable level!

Agree. . Please see my below post

318coupeDl

Phil.x wrote: »

OP, is that yours on done deal,

Not sure if that was meant for me. . New to this site.

Mines isnt on donedeal now, that were i saw her 2 years ago. Bought her up in omagh. On driveway since. Breaks my heart to look at her all faded. Finally got pennys together to start her. So canny wait to see her finished.

Love old honda to drive.

318coupeDl

This is what I am hoping for.