Honda Civic Type R detailed
04-26-2009, 12:27 PM
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My Ride: Bmw 530d 2004
This is my coworkers Honda Civic Type R. It's from between 2001-05, but unfortunately I don't know the specific year of this one.
However, my coworker asked to do something for the swirls. I thought "Ok, let me see it..." without knowing the coming annihilation.... of my arms and back
!
So the paint condition was pretty bad. The worst was (and still is) the front end, which was ravished by rock chips. I couldn't do anything on them, but the overall looks improved a lot! I spend 1,5 days doing this (14h + 5h)
. My friend hasn't seen the car yet, but will do on Tuesday. I hope he's satisifed with the results.
I did the outside detailing only.
And please open up the pictures to have a better look if your browser shrinks them.
The process was:
1) Pre-wash
- Korrek Lensitil BR Solvent Wash Spray
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Turtle Wax Big Orange
- Two bucket method + Mother's Sheepskin Mitts + sponges
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18 clay
- Turtle Wax Big Orange as lubricant
4) Polish
- Presta Ultra Cutting Creme Light + Lake Country CCA Orange pad
- Menzerna PO105RD+ Lake Country CCA White pad
- W?RTH Fast Wax (A quick detailer actually, not a wax) as moisturizer
- Flex XC 3401 VRG
5) Wax
- Autoglym Super Resin Polish
- Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection
- Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer
6) Tires, black plastics and exhaust tips
- Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing
- Autoglym Bumper Care
- Turtle Wax Chrome Polish
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Befores:
- The patient. See my sapphire black on the background as a reference for "black"
.
- Dirt, anyone?
No wax or any else LSP was on the car
- It's a pirate car... Type ARRR!
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Pre-wash:
- First weapon: Korrek Lensitil BR Solvent Wash Spray!
- Next I picked up the K?rcher+ foam lance and Autofoam as ammunition
- Foamed!
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Claying:
- Z-18
- I use Turtle Wax Big Orange car shampoo as a lubricant (in claying)
- The hood was quite clean, but I got some big climpses off on the sides.
However, my coworker asked to do something for the swirls. I thought "Ok, let me see it..." without knowing the coming annihilation.... of my arms and back
! So the paint condition was pretty bad. The worst was (and still is) the front end, which was ravished by rock chips. I couldn't do anything on them, but the overall looks improved a lot! I spend 1,5 days doing this (14h + 5h)
. My friend hasn't seen the car yet, but will do on Tuesday. I hope he's satisifed with the results.I did the outside detailing only.
And please open up the pictures to have a better look if your browser shrinks them.
The process was:
1) Pre-wash
- Korrek Lensitil BR Solvent Wash Spray
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Turtle Wax Big Orange
- Two bucket method + Mother's Sheepskin Mitts + sponges
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18 clay
- Turtle Wax Big Orange as lubricant
4) Polish
- Presta Ultra Cutting Creme Light + Lake Country CCA Orange pad
- Menzerna PO105RD+ Lake Country CCA White pad
- W?RTH Fast Wax (A quick detailer actually, not a wax) as moisturizer
- Flex XC 3401 VRG
5) Wax
- Autoglym Super Resin Polish
- Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection
- Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer
6) Tires, black plastics and exhaust tips
- Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing
- Autoglym Bumper Care
- Turtle Wax Chrome Polish
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Befores:
- The patient. See my sapphire black on the background as a reference for "black"
.- Dirt, anyone?
No wax or any else LSP was on the car
- It's a pirate car... Type ARRR!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Pre-wash:
- First weapon: Korrek Lensitil BR Solvent Wash Spray!
- Next I picked up the K?rcher+ foam lance and Autofoam as ammunition
- Foamed!
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Claying:
- Z-18
- I use Turtle Wax Big Orange car shampoo as a lubricant (in claying
)- The hood was quite clean, but I got some big climpses off on the sides.
04-26-2009, 12:29 PM
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Polish:
- Welcome to the swirl city! Or hell...!?
- I guess the car was washed with a rock
- And the halogens are just 300W each
!
- It was the same all over
- I was going to start on this panel at the beginning
- But before that I wanted to make sure everything was safe
- The roof was apparently repainted
- Then taping things
- After trying couple of milder combos I decided to go with Presta Ultra Cutting Creme Light + Lake Country CCA Orange pad
- First 50/50's
- Welcome to the swirl city! Or hell...!?
- I guess the car was washed with a rock
- And the halogens are just 300W each
!- It was the same all over
- I was going to start on this panel at the beginning
- But before that I wanted to make sure everything was safe
- The roof was apparently repainted
- Then taping things
- After trying couple of milder combos I decided to go with Presta Ultra Cutting Creme Light + Lake Country CCA Orange pad
- First 50/50's
04-26-2009, 12:30 PM
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- Another angle
- I did the left side and then continued to hood
- After the second pass with Menzerna PO105RD+ Lake Country CCA White pad
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Wax:
- After polishing the whole car I was fully exhausted and decided to come back on the second day and wash the car again with the same method as earlier. What a pleasure it was to rip off all the tapes and start the easy part.
- The wheels were quite bad and I couldn't do much to them with my limited weaponry. They would have need some tougher things.
- Careful drying of all the holes and folds was needed
- Couple of pictures before any LSP
- I did the left side and then continued to hood
- After the second pass with Menzerna PO105RD+ Lake Country CCA White pad
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Wax:
- After polishing the whole car I was fully exhausted and decided to come back on the second day and wash the car again with the same method as earlier. What a pleasure it was to rip off all the tapes and start the easy part.
- The wheels were quite bad and I couldn't do much to them with my limited weaponry. They would have need some tougher things.
- Careful drying of all the holes and folds was needed
- Couple of pictures before any LSP
04-26-2009, 12:31 PM
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- Autoglym Super Resin Polish is always a good choice to go
- Followed by the Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection
- Autoglym Bumper Care for black plastics
- Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing to enhance tires
- And Turtle Wax Chrome Polish for exhaust tips
04-26-2009, 12:33 PM
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- Make your choice (You can't go for the fuel truck though
)!
Ok guys! What do you think? All comments and questions are welcome
!
04-26-2009, 01:29 PM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
Wow Anza! You're a good friend to have. I bet your pal didn't even recognize his own car! Great work.