I don't know about the rest of the body on the truck, but the bumper was replaced and the hood was fixed and painted by a really crappy body shop. You could see the difference in the paint job close up and they didn't paint the whole hood. But they are out of business now. Those are the guys that spilled paint thinner inside my truck on the arm rests and ruined them. And didn't secure the tie rod. I had to take it straight to a repair shop right after picking it up to get the tie rod secured.
I've since been told by the Ridgeline community that the white paint that Honda used was absolute garbage and is known to have all sorts of problems. None of the other vehicles have this problem and we have all Hondas. My brother's Nimbus Gray Ridgeline doesn't have it & the Sierra Blue CR-V doesn't have it. I've been told I should probably just get a vinyl wrap on the truck. It not all over, at least on the hood and top. Problem with the top is that there's a moon roof. The window in the top moves. I really don't like it and never use it though. If I could redesign the truck it would have a roof rack instead.
I used to paint rocks with nail polish (never wore nail polish but 40 years ago I loved to paint rocks with it). I suppose I could start with the tiny spot in the front of the hood and worst case I can wipe it off. I'm thinking of getting a piece of white carbon fiber vinyl decal and putting it on to cover the damage and making it look sort of like a big fat stripe or something. Or just having the whole hood wrapped. The left fender and the front bumper had to be replaced. Although I noticed that the ****** repair guy didn't replace the plastic that broke along the front under the hood.
This is what the crud looks like on the roof of the truck:
The paint that peeled and was sticking up on the hood is gone now. The rainstorm last night washed it off.
I took a brief video of part of the last leg of my drive home on my road about halfway down and almost to my front gate. Free undercarriage wash. LOL.
It rained almost all day. I managed to get into the truck to drive into town while the rain was lighter. Grabbed some shower supplies from Walmart. I have bought like 4 deodorant sticks but they keep disappearing. I think my brother might have taken some of them since we both use men's deodorant. We use the same body wash too. I found that I like the smell of men's products better and you get more for less $. They upcharge women's products and put smaller amounts in. At least the shampoo he got is different. He got Old Spice scent and I got Tea Tree Oil.
I briefly talked to the pharmacist about trying to find out if my brother's insurance will cover a Dexcom G6 blood sugar meter bc he's having trouble with the regular meters not reading the test strips. He'll call back later.
Took a shower at my friend's house and sat for a bit waiting for the rain to let up enough to not get re-soaked on my way to the truck.
Mom is sick today though so I just had to bring her a bowl to barf in. She might have to cancel her appointment tomorrow.
