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So Adam, a fellow board member from a Racing Community I'm a part of had his wife's Toyota Matrix done last year and at that time I told him his Accord would look fantastic if it was shown a little love. He planned on it but lived with it for a while until this week when he decided to shave 8-10 years off it's 10 year life in the elements.
This Dark Royal Blue Metallic 2008 Accord is IMO the best daily driver one could have. His was a family members before he got it but the costs, the reliability set this baby very high on my list of smart cars to own. The before story is that it was garaged and protected but honestly, it doesn't appear to have ever been waxed or "protected" in any way. The entire car had each panel measure in at between 5.75mils - 6.5mils total. He has washed it and kept it out of the elements but it was in dire need of some love.
Water spots and heavy swirls dominated the vehicle. It never looked Royal Blue but rather looked like a dull lifeless black and the metallic flake never had a chance to make it to the human eye through all the swirls and scratches.
We approached this with a goal of 90% + correction and to seal it up with a ceramic coating. Looking at the options with Honda having soft paint, I decided to use CarPro Essence as the final polish as it finishes out beautifully on soft paint, but then it also serves as a great SiO2 primer base for the 2 layers of Cquartz Coating I targeted to protect his daily driver.
Here are some before and after shots but a link to the gallery for those that want to see the details.
Thanks for viewing and thanks again to Adam for trusting me with both of his cars!
Full Gallery Located Here
Here's a quick video of the before as it really shows the condition well. View in 1080p for best results:
COUPLE BEFORE PICS:
Here's a couple before and after JUST Compounding (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Again, Another BEFORE (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Again, JUST Compounding (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Here are a couple Merlin shots of once she was all done
Again, the FULL GALLERY is located Here
Process Involved:
This Dark Royal Blue Metallic 2008 Accord is IMO the best daily driver one could have. His was a family members before he got it but the costs, the reliability set this baby very high on my list of smart cars to own. The before story is that it was garaged and protected but honestly, it doesn't appear to have ever been waxed or "protected" in any way. The entire car had each panel measure in at between 5.75mils - 6.5mils total. He has washed it and kept it out of the elements but it was in dire need of some love.
Water spots and heavy swirls dominated the vehicle. It never looked Royal Blue but rather looked like a dull lifeless black and the metallic flake never had a chance to make it to the human eye through all the swirls and scratches.
We approached this with a goal of 90% + correction and to seal it up with a ceramic coating. Looking at the options with Honda having soft paint, I decided to use CarPro Essence as the final polish as it finishes out beautifully on soft paint, but then it also serves as a great SiO2 primer base for the 2 layers of Cquartz Coating I targeted to protect his daily driver.
Here are some before and after shots but a link to the gallery for those that want to see the details.
Thanks for viewing and thanks again to Adam for trusting me with both of his cars!
Full Gallery Located Here
Here's a quick video of the before as it really shows the condition well. View in 1080p for best results:
COUPLE BEFORE PICS:
Here's a couple before and after JUST Compounding (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Again, Another BEFORE (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Again, JUST Compounding (Not polished or coated yet) - Just Meg's Ultimate Compound on Purple Wool
Here are a couple Merlin shots of once she was all done
Again, the FULL GALLERY is located Here
Process Involved:
- Washed with Meg's Gold Class
- Iron X
- Nano Sponged
- Tool of Choice, Flex 3401 Buffer
- Meg's Ultimate Compound on Lake Country Purple Wool Pads
- CarPro Essence on Lake Country WHITE Hybrid Force Pads
- CarPro Cquartz UK as the final LSP
- Ultima Tire and Trim to accent the details
