Presidential Detailed: 2008 Honda Civic SI-Not even 9k on the clock!!

[Presidential_Detail]

This customer had seen some of my work online and looked me up. He just purchased the car and said it had only been washed twice since he'd gotten it! There was just a little over 9k miles on the odometer! This is my kind of guy, haha! So, obviously there were some dealer defects and some minor hard water etching on the roof, trunk and spoiler but overall the car was in real good shape, just need a light swirl removal.

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/WHITE FLAT x2
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu



LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

Before:

50/50

Complete hood polished..

 

[Presidential_Detail]

Etching on roof..owner didnt want wetsand, but M105 got them about 99%

Working in SIP after M105

Its nice when you cant tell where the paint/glass end and begin!

Same damage on the Wing..

After 1 pass with M105/Wool..

After M105/Wool & SIP/White

Same damage on trunk also..

After M105/Wool & SIP/White

 

[Presidential_Detail]

Drivers side in halogens..

After SIP/White x2..

And since it was dark, all I got are some cool reflections! This car looks SO WET!

 

[RaskyR1]

Top notch work once again! You gotta love FBP! :cheers:

I think that thing looked pretty bad for such low miles.




FYI, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and get me the Canon XSi! I have two classic 60's Corvettes lined up that will pay for it...that way my girl can't complain to much.

 

[Presidential_Detail]

Thanks And Nice!

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks And Nice!

Do you own an 8thgen?

 

[Dusty Bottoms]

That paint looks incredible! Awesome work!:applause:

 

[Emile]

Wow! Amazing job, really nice before and after pictures!

 

[killrflake]

Very nice turnaround and that color is fantastic.

 

[supercharged]

Very nice! Lovely color!

 

[dublifecrisis]

hey-Do you go from SIP straight to LSP? that fiji blue looks incredible.

 

[builthatch]

I think that thing looked pretty bad for such low miles.

hehe...it doesn't take much. my wife's 07 was almost instantly a mess when she got it......

so soft. so so soft.

 

[Presidential_Detail]

Do you own an 8thgen?

No, just oddly enough I scheduled two back to back! Weird huh? haha!

hey-Do you go from SIP straight to LSP? that fiji blue looks incredible.

These new civics take very well to SIP on a white pad, only hondas I have ever gotten LSP ready results from with absolutely awesome results!The FBP is a GREAT color!

hehe...it doesn't take much. my wife's 07 was almost instantly a mess when she got it......

so soft. so so soft.

You can normally LOOK at a Honda and it will scratch! :lol:

 

[Anthony Orosco]

Very nice work

Anthony

 

[RaskyR1]

No, just oddly enough I scheduled two back to back! Weird huh? haha!

I figured maybe you owned one since you were posting on the 8thcivic. :cheers:

I had the first '06 Si in MN, but sold it 18 months later after a few tickets.

 

[Presidential_Detail]

I figured maybe you owned one since you were posting on the 8thcivic. :cheers:

I had the first '06 Si in MN, but sold it 18 months later after a few tickets.

Haha! Believe it or not I got most of my tickets in a Ford Ranger(red) than I did in my S2000!!! And trust me, I did alot more crazy stuff in that than a truck! The civic before the s2k wasnt too good for me either...haha! I need a radar!

 

[AudiTTman]

Well i knew i recognized you from the Audi Forum. I just talked to you recently about using the wool pad. Once again, you did an amazing job on the Honda. It looks so wet, that....fish could swim in it hahah

One more thing, where did you learn to tape that car up so well. I can never get a good long piece off without totally butchering it , hahah

 

[Presidential_Detail]

One more thing, where did you learn to tape that car up so well. I can never get a good long piece off without totally butchering it , hahah

Haha! Thanks! The taping just takes a bit of practice..if you go slow enough you can get the tape to bend pretty well with the contours of the car, takes a bit longer but worth it in the end!