Cars Paint Hardness

[waxandshine]

Hey everyone. A while ago i was looking around the forums to research the type of clearcoat for a couple of cars and found it a bit of a pain, as did others i saw. So i thought id make a thread listing every car (that i could find!!!) and list them. So if anyone ever has the question they can simply look here. Any replies simply needs the name followed by Soft ,Medium or Hard. You can also add the model, colour, year or paint type (No need to write if it is clearcoated, this will be assumed, only mention single stage). Moderators will update this post with anyones replies. I hope people will join in on this and add their experiences to help others.



AC -
Acura -
Adler -
Alfa Romeo -
Alpina -
Alpine -
Ascari -
Aston Martin -
Audi - Hard. One 00 blue A6 i did was soft though
Austin -
Austin-Healey -
Auverland -
Avanti -
Bentley -
Berkeley -
Bizzarrini -
BMW - Hard
Bristol -
Buckler -
Bugatti -
Buick -
Cadillac -
Chevrolet -
Chevron -
Chrysler -
Citroen -
Daewoo -
Daihatsu -
Daimler -
Datsun -
Dodge -
Ferrari -
Fiat -
Ford -
Honda - Soft. Soft
Hudson -
Humber -
Hummer -
Hyundai -
Isuzu -
Jaguar -
Jeep -
Jensen -
Kaiser -
Kia -
Koenigsegg -
Lada -
Lamborghini -
Lancia -
Land Rover -
Lexus - Soft, 06, black, single stage.
Lincoln -
Lotec -
Lotus -
Maserati -
Matra-Simca -
Maybach -
Mazda -
McLaren -
Mercedes-Benz -
Mercury -
MG -
Mini -
Mitsubishi -
Moretti -
Morgan -
Morris -
Nissan -
Noble -
Opel -
Panther -
Peugeot -
Pontiac -
Porsche - Medium
Proton -
Renault -
Riley -
Rolls-Royce -
Rover -
Saab -
Seat -
Skoda -
Smart -
Subaru -
Suzuki -
Talbot -
Toyota - Soft
Trabant -
Triumph -
TVR -
Vauxhall -
Volkswagen -Hard
Volvo -
Westfield -
Yamaha -

[Kevzaz]

How can you tell the hardness?

/noobquestion

[nrengle]

Honda/Acura (same company) All CC's are soft. Some of the championship and taffeta white and the newest red (07+) are single stage.

[waxandshine]

Originally Posted by Kevzaz

How can you tell the hardness?

/noobquestion

By machine polishing

[michael k]

Good Idea!
My nissan maxima has hard CC and
T4R has horrible and soft CC.

[ASPHALT ROCKET]

If you do a search D&D auto detailing made a chart a while back and posted it.

[sal329]

Not all BMW paint is hard and my Accord Satin Silver is def not soft soft

[waxandshine]

Couldnt find the chart.

Under Honda, "soft. soft" doesnt mean it's very soft, it means one person has said it's soft, full stop, and someone else agreed that it's soft, if the next person had of said medium it'd be "soft. medium" next to honda.

If not all Bmws have a hard cc then say it, that's the point, it gives people a fair idea of what they have ahead of them. If the majority of bmws have hard clearcoat, which they do, then if someone else has had a different experience they post up saying what it is and the model year colour etc. so other members know that that spec bmw doesnt have a hard clearcoat if they happen to be starting work on it.

[sal329]

The chart then is very confusing

[carguy]

Just bought my wife a ( 07 ) Nissan Sentra, what about the clearcoat on this vehicle?