So today we have a nicely modified 2007 Civic Si. This car is owned by a friend of mine who I met when I used to have the same type of car as this. He is headed to a big meet this weekend so he wanted his car to look its best. It was by no means in terrible shape, but did need some TLC to get it looking its best!!!
Products and Procedure
Wash and Decon
Foamed with Meguiars Gold Class mixed with OPC
Washed with Ultima Shampoo and 2 bucket method
Iron X applied to entire paintwork, let dwell, agitate, then rinse off.
Entire exterior clayed with Ricardo Yellow clay and Dodo juice Born to be Slippery for lube
Wheels, tires, and wheel wells
Wheels cleaned with Sonax FE and multiple brushes
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with OPC 3:1
Tires dressed with Muc-Off tire dressing
Wheel wells dressed with DP tire Gel cut 1:1
Correction and protection
Vertical panels corrected with Menzerna PowerFinish on a Cyan pad via PCXP
Horizontal panels compounded with M105 on Meguiars MF cutting pad via PCXP
Horizontal Panels polished with M205 on Tangerine pad via PCXP
Paintwork protected with Prima Banana Gloss then topped with Prima Hydro
Odds and ends
Exhaust tip polished and protected with Collinite Metal wax one 0000 steel wool, then terry cloth towel
Windows cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner
Trim dressed with Muc-Off Tire and Bumper dressing
Ok, I guess that just leaves the pics!!!
Here is my helper for the day, getting in the way as usual!
First I attacked the wheels which weren't terribly dirty, but had some baked on brake dust.
Sonax FE was applied and allowed to dwell for 5 minutes. The change in color shows its working
And here it is after being cleaned, and the tires having been dressed.
This car is turbocharged, and laid down some very high numbers on the dyno. However running a little rich coupled with not being washed recently left most of the car looking like this. It's a good bit of road tar, embedded brake dust, and soot.
Here is the foam dwelling helping to strip the lsp and remove any loose dirt particles before we touch the paint.
After being washed I applied Iron X to the vehicle. He it is while it's dwelling, before being agitated, and then rinsed clean.
Following that the car was clayed and then dried. Here is what the paint looked like. Tons of before pictures were taken due to being short on time. Most of the car was covered with swirls just like this. The roof, hood, and trunk were a little deeper, but not much.
All the vertical panels only required one step to remove most of the defects. The horizontal panels got hit with two steps to get out most of the defects and leave a highly refined finish. I would say the car is 90% corrected, with a few RIDS left here and there. You will see some RIDS in the pictures, but the swirls were gone.
Next we moved to the exhaust tip. If you think the trunk was covered in soot, check this thing out!!!
And all cleaned up and protected
And finally here are some full after pics, and reflection pics.
And here are just two that I was having fun with. They are pretty heavily edited, but I think they look super cool.
Thank you for taking the time to look at my thread. I would love to hear your feedback!!! :dblthumb2:
Products and Procedure
Wash and Decon
Foamed with Meguiars Gold Class mixed with OPC
Washed with Ultima Shampoo and 2 bucket method
Iron X applied to entire paintwork, let dwell, agitate, then rinse off.
Entire exterior clayed with Ricardo Yellow clay and Dodo juice Born to be Slippery for lube
Wheels, tires, and wheel wells
Wheels cleaned with Sonax FE and multiple brushes
Tires and wheel wells cleaned with OPC 3:1
Tires dressed with Muc-Off tire dressing
Wheel wells dressed with DP tire Gel cut 1:1
Correction and protection
Vertical panels corrected with Menzerna PowerFinish on a Cyan pad via PCXP
Horizontal panels compounded with M105 on Meguiars MF cutting pad via PCXP
Horizontal Panels polished with M205 on Tangerine pad via PCXP
Paintwork protected with Prima Banana Gloss then topped with Prima Hydro
Odds and ends
Exhaust tip polished and protected with Collinite Metal wax one 0000 steel wool, then terry cloth towel
Windows cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner
Trim dressed with Muc-Off Tire and Bumper dressing
Ok, I guess that just leaves the pics!!!
Here is my helper for the day, getting in the way as usual!
First I attacked the wheels which weren't terribly dirty, but had some baked on brake dust.
Sonax FE was applied and allowed to dwell for 5 minutes. The change in color shows its working
And here it is after being cleaned, and the tires having been dressed.
This car is turbocharged, and laid down some very high numbers on the dyno. However running a little rich coupled with not being washed recently left most of the car looking like this. It's a good bit of road tar, embedded brake dust, and soot.
Here is the foam dwelling helping to strip the lsp and remove any loose dirt particles before we touch the paint.
After being washed I applied Iron X to the vehicle. He it is while it's dwelling, before being agitated, and then rinsed clean.
Following that the car was clayed and then dried. Here is what the paint looked like. Tons of before pictures were taken due to being short on time. Most of the car was covered with swirls just like this. The roof, hood, and trunk were a little deeper, but not much.
All the vertical panels only required one step to remove most of the defects. The horizontal panels got hit with two steps to get out most of the defects and leave a highly refined finish. I would say the car is 90% corrected, with a few RIDS left here and there. You will see some RIDS in the pictures, but the swirls were gone.
Next we moved to the exhaust tip. If you think the trunk was covered in soot, check this thing out!!!
And all cleaned up and protected
And finally here are some full after pics, and reflection pics.
And here are just two that I was having fun with. They are pretty heavily edited, but I think they look super cool.
Thank you for taking the time to look at my thread. I would love to hear your feedback!!! :dblthumb2:
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