What did you pay for your FL5?

[Bonito]

Msrp here. Family member long time Honda career.

As another Georgia poster looking for one in red I am both thrilled for you and incredibly jealous!

 

[captainscott60]

Msrp here. Family member long time Honda career.

Congratulations. Beautiful car. But if I was a family member? I would have insisted they give me the car at cost including all the trunk and advertising money ? enjoy your new ride.
regards

 

[NarsBaller]

Not sure what the cost of living is for you guys but direct conversation wise you are paying what we do in Canada, assuming you paid MSRP.

Yes $72600 is the MSRP of the FL5 here in Australia, does not matter which state you are in.

 

[007]

I’m strongly considering a low mileage ek9 type R for around $50k at this point. May as well buy a legend. I test-drove it for the first time recently and wow, talk about raw. The car is spectacular. Just get in and go. No bullshit electronics or big iPads. Pure af.

 

[CaryH]

better get that $240 back, splash guards aren't available for fl5's

[/QUOTJE]

Just caught another lier...lol

 

[mbaapk]

I did full Xpel ultimate PPF with ceramic on my 21 M2C and probably wouldn’t do it again. It always felt like a waste of money.

Repainting the front bumper and hood would be much cheaper and still look better (fresher) than a 5 or 10 year old PPF ever would.

If I had to do it again, I’d get ceramic only because it helps with cleaning. Or perhaps I would only wrap the front bumper, hood, and rockers with PPF because those are the only high impact areas. That would run about $3k, give or take. Then again, repainting the same areas would likely cost less and look better.

So yeah, I probably wouldn’t do PPF again. It’s not that PPF doesn’t help protect the paint. It certainly does. But to me it’s a waste of money because of the aforementioned reasons.

I suppose it comes down to preference. Do you care so much about having original paint in mint condition after 5-10 years of driving that you’re willing to fork out thousands to protect it or do you repaint those areas every 5-10 years and call it a day? - I’d choose the repaint 9/10 times, unless I intended on selling the car for $1 mil on BAT in the future where original paint is priority to nerd collectors.

One thing to consider is that pulling off PPF after many years is a gamble. Every professional detailer will tell you this.

With this one there is something to be said that its has original paint. Its likely the last ice R and made in Japan. The idea of a respray makes me want to ?.

PPF is easily steamed off after 10 years. No gamble at all. Wraps are the PITA to avoid.

 

[mbaapk]

I’m strongly considering a low mileage ek9 type R for around $50k at this point. May as well buy a legend. I test-drove it for the first time recently and wow, talk about raw. The car is spectacular. Just get in and go. No bullshit electronics or big iPads. Pure af.

Two completely different cars. Both legends in there own right.

 

[007]

With this one there is something to be said that its has original paint. Its likely the last ice R and made in Japan. The idea of a respray makes me want to ?.

PPF is easily steamed off after 10 years. No gamble at all. Wraps are the PITA to avoid.

Depends who does the respray. I’ve seen body shops do a better job than the factory. I’d much rather have a clean respray than boast about original paint that looks faded and beat up…

Because that’s the thing people forget - PPF doesn’t magically protect against all rocks and debris. Most decent size rocks will go through it and damage the paint regardless, which may not be immediately obvious.

And no, pulling PPF off after 10 years is NOT easy. Often times it comes off with paint from the impact areas. I’ve seen this many times over two decades. There’s a reason why not a single PPF installer guarantees that pulling old PPF off will work. First thing they tell you is that it can pull paint because it happens frequently.

 

[DarthTrizzle]

With this one there is something to be said that its has original paint. Its likely the last ice R and made in Japan. The idea of a respray makes me want to ?.

PPF is easily steamed off after 10 years. No gamble at all. Wraps are the PITA to avoid.

My car will never be in a museum so I don't think a front bumper respray is going to effect me much. I have a friend who does great work that will respray my bumper for $500. As long as it's not accident damage I don't think it will effect the resell value much if at all.

 

[mbaapk]

Depends who does the respray. I’ve seen body shops do a better job than the factory. I’d much rather have a clean respray than boast about original paint that looks faded and beat up…

Because that’s the thing people forget - PPF doesn’t magically protect against all rocks and debris. Most decent size rocks will go through it and damage the paint regardless, which may not be immediately obvious.

And no, pulling PPF off after 10 years is NOT easy. Often times it comes off with paint from the impact areas. I’ve seen this many times over two decades. There’s a reason why not a single PPF installer guarantees that pulling old PPF off will work. First thing they tell you is that it can pull paint because it happens frequently.

I agree to disagree - a good ppf shop can easily remove quality ppf after that time. Even with wraps, paint coming off is usually driven by crappy adhesive and covering repainted panels that had not been primed correctly.

Maintaining original paint is for my own joy!

 

[007]

I agree to disagree - a good ppf shop can easily remove quality ppf after that time. Even with wraps, paint coming off is usually driven by crappy adhesive and covering repainted panels that had not been primed correctly.

Maintaining original paint is for my own joy!

If you want to blow several grand on a PPF, be my guest lol. Nobody’s stopping you. I had it and wouldn’t do it again. A respray is cheaper and will look better. Plus, we’re talking Civics and BMWs, not Lambos.

 

[mbaapk]

If you want to blow several grand on a PPF, be my guest lol. Nobody’s stopping you. I had it and wouldn’t do it again. A respray is cheaper and will look better. Plus, we’re talking Civics and BMWs, not Lambos.

I did and I love it. Ceramic coat on Monday!

 

[Tickle]

I can't fault people from doing what they can to protect their vehicles and keep it looking to do longer.

I'll have mine professionally detailed on the outside and I'll take care of the inside and maintain it.

I'll have PPF applied on the rear bumper where things go in and out. I'll the film it comes with replaced and I'll have some applied where I get in and out.

The rest... Well it'll be what it'll be

 

[007]

My car will never be in a museum so I don't think a front bumper respray is going to effect me much. I have a friend who does great work that will respray my bumper for $500. As long as it's not accident damage I don't think it will effect the resell value much if at all.

I’m an enthusiast through and through and even though I’m anal about the way paint looks, I would always choose a well resprayed bumper over beat up PPF on a used car.

Part of the problem with PPF is that it always yellows over time (even if they tell you that it doesn’t) and wears out (to what degree depends on many factors obviously). So while the original paint underneath may still look ok, one needs to have PPF redone eventually to make it look good. The “self-healing” nonsense is all marketing. When enough debris hits the front end, every PPF tears and starts looking like crap.

 

[Dallman]

Here is my accessories list. Paid $1500.00 more for taxes. Traded in my FK8

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