My Dream: "The Magical Honda Amaze iVTEC"

[Rockfella]

The Amaze is one helluva vehicle. It will soon blow the Dzires away. It can't be beaten at this price point. There are very few flaws in the car. The only one I have come across is lack of pen drive support of all brands. My HP doesn't work in the player lol. I am loving the drive pleasure. Also the fact that the driver seat is height adjustable to a great extent! 23/24 notches up n down.

 

[sethumurugan]

Karthik, amazing abservation about your car. Hope you would have enjoyed your trip. Pls share us your experience as well as photos.

 

[Rockfella]

The Amaze is one helluva vehicle. It will soon blow the Dzires away. It can't be beaten at this price point. There are very few flaws in the car. The only one I have come across is lack of pen drive support of all brands. My HP doesn't work in the player lol. I am loving the drive pleasure. Also the fact that the driver seat is height adjustable to a great extent! 23/24 notches up n down.

Update:

http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...sb-read-error-new-honda-amaze.html#post360282

 

[Karthikkrish]

Karthik, amazing abservation about your car. Hope you would have enjoyed your trip. Pls share us your experience as well as photos.

Thanks, this trip gave me lot of experience, confidence and time to observe cars behavior.

BTW, am writing the Travelogue will post it shortly.

Update:

http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/f...sb-read-error-new-honda-amaze.html#post360282

Thanks for the info. BTW, I haven't faced any such problem till date.

 

[Rockfella]

Thanks for the info. BTW, I haven't faced any such problem till date.

Your pen drive worked in the first go.

 

[Karthikkrish]

Your pen drive worked in the first go.

Yes Buddy, I have used 3 different pen drives, up to 8GB, till date

I love the player, it resumes from where we stopped. So in Audio Book we don't miss the continuity

Dear all,

At last posted my Road Trip to Wayanad in The Voyage Junction, Please check below link.

Amaz(e)ing Road Trip to Wayaanad

 

[Karthikkrish]

One unfortunate day, my car’s driver side wheel arch along with the front bumper brushed with a White Ford Fiesta (cab) which was carelessly parked blocking path. There was a complete 4” x 3” white patch, initially I miss took it to be the primer of my car. Thanks GOD and thanks Ford, it’s just the white paint of the cab.

I have tried all the methods (car wash shampoo, rubbing with soft to rough cloth and even tried with my nails to scratch it out) to remove the white paint impression failed. My friends suggested a paint shop job, but I am not convinced without giving a try from my end. Since this is covering both the metal part (wheel arch) and the plastic part (bumper).

Finally I thought of buying a polishing compound to do this job. As I am familiar with “Formula 1” products, I planned to buy “Scratch Out”. There are two products available in the same name, but in different form “liquid” and “Paste”. To my surprise, there are no clear differentiations between both the products even in their official site, but I went for the Paste since its bit costlier than the Liquid.


This is what they advertise:

• Heavy-duty paste removes the toughest paint problems from all finishes.
• Extra strong to remove moderate scratches, bird droppings and tree sap.
• Restores paint color, making paint finishes look like new.
• Won't scratch clear coat paint like conventional rubbing compounds.

Before I write my personal opinion, let’s see few things.

Some paint defects


A close up look on scratches and “Law of reflection”

Basic science teaches us, that, when light hits a surface, the rays of the light are bounced back and this is called reflection.

When the surface is plain and shiny, we get the best reflection; if the surface is rough and uneven the light reflections is scatter, which helps us to identify the rough/uneven surface.

Light Reflection vs Plain and shiny surface


Light Reflection vs Rough and uneven surface


Role of polishing compound in the above case

Polishing compound is made of micro abrasive particles, which are rubbed on the rough/uneven surface to smoothen the scratch marks and make the surface even.

That is scratching the clear coat and smoothen the uneven and rough surface to near flat and plain. (Please note that we are removing some portion of clear coat (very little) and smoothen the harsh scratches) By doing this we get a plain surface and this reflects light higher than the uneven/rough surface. This obviously gives some reflection, which in terms increase the shine on the surface.

So this is just a Cosmetic makeover and not a permanent cure and more over this polishing doesn’t end here, and to will fill the gaps waxing is must after polishing. Only this produce a fresh clear coat look and shine. (For deep scratches we can use clear coat pens (Fix it Pro or equivalent) to fill the wounds which is more effective than wax)

Coming back to my personal experience, I have removed all the white paint impression with the help of this polishing compound.

I have tried the “Scratch out” on my OVRM, where clear coat was damaged when a cabbie hit my OVRM with his OVRM.

Damaged clear coat with matt like finish. (Before polishing)


Repaired clear coat with glossy finish. (After polishing and without waxing)


In my personal opinion it works as advertised. But don’t expect a magic or miracle this will only help you smoothen the surface for higher reflectivity.

 

[venkythaniks]

Good explanation Karthik. It was very helpful.

 

[Karthikkrish]

Good explanation Karthik. It was very helpful.

Thanks for your compliment, Buddy.

BTW, Our buddy AppU is organizing a Chennai Meet 2014, so please check the below thread and try to join us

http://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/automotive-meets/16137-2014s-first-chennai-meet-22nd-feb-3.html

 

[HaruH]

Hey Karthikkrish nice shearing with that result and explanation. I use Moto Max rubbing compound for such scratches but it only removes scratches on plastic part very easily, not effectively does the same for metal parts. Can you tell me the result of yours on metal parts??

 

[Karthikkrish]

Hey Karthikkrish nice shearing with that result and explanation. I use Moto Max rubbing compound for such scratches but it only removes scratches on plastic part very easily, not effectively does the same for metal parts. Can you tell me the result of yours on metal parts??

Harun,

As for as polishing compound, we are applying it on the clear coat and repairing the clear coat alone. So there is no difference whether we use it on metal part or plastic part.

Might be in your case the scratch density must have been more on the metal part (where you test and tried) than the plastic part, so that u assume the polishing compound works well on plastic part. (Just a Wild guess).

You can add some pictures to check and analysis!!!

 

[HaruH]

Harun,

As for as polishing compound, we are applying it on the clear coat and repairing the clear coat alone. So there is no difference whether we use it on metal part or plastic part.

Might be in your case the scratch density must have been more on the metal part (where you test and tried) than the plastic part, so that u assume the polishing compound works well on plastic part. (Just a Wild guess).

You can add some pictures to check and analysis!!!

I don't have any of the pics as of now. As per your expert comment will tried out again with some pictures.

 

[Karthikkrish]

Done my 3rd Free Service @ 5,000 km

Engine Oil change cost INR 1415 including tax.

Rattling noise @ A-pillar, at higher gears at lower speed, was arrested

Rotated the front and rear tyres as per Manual.

Next service is @ 6 months/10,000 km interval.

 

[Karthikkrish]

Rattling noise @ A-pillar, at higher gears at lower speed, was arrested

Oh NO! It starts rattling again, but very rarely.

I have no Idea, whether this is due to my style of driving???

Need to take to Service Station back