Any cautions about doing an older model Accord?

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I've been asked to do a full detail on a 2000 model Accord. Are there any products I shouldn't use for paint correction? Are the Megs 105/205 products ok? Seems like I read something about pre-2005 paint being different?
 
I would just caution against unrealistic expectations. On a car that old, obviously a daily driver, likely has been neglegted, perhaps detailed a few times in the past, a few resprayed panels maybe. Unless the owner bought it new and knows the exact condition of the paint just be carefull when trying to chase after every little defect. I've seen older honda/acuras with less than 2mils paint thickness that are simply impossible to restore without striking through the CC in some areas.

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volrus said:
I've been asked to do a full detail on a 2000 model Accord. Are there any products I shouldn't use for paint correction? Are the Megs 105/205 products ok? Seems like I read something about pre-2005 paint being different?
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Depends on the condition of the paint. The difference between 6th generation Accord paint and later years is that the paint was of higher quality back then. Todays Honda paint quality is...lacking.

Below is a picture of a 1999 Accord V6 I did years ago by HAND when I first started out into detailing. While not a great picture, results are descent even by hand.

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Review the paint infront of you, and perform a test spot. Only YOU can determine with the results of your test spot if the paint will need aggresive compounding from a product such as M105. Dont take my word or any one elses word to get the 105/205 combo because you dont know and we certaintly dont know the results of your test spot yet.

Below is a thread I wrote on working with M205 on a 7th generation Accord that might guide you in the right direction.

www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/59393-maximize-your-product-s-full-potential.html

Below is a great article by Mike Phillips on how to perform a Test Spot.

www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/50162-how-do-test-spot.html

Hope this helps.
 
Thanks, this is a one owner with 230k miles. Color is gray/silver. Still the original paint, never wrecked. It's a family member's car so I know all the history. Gets washed regularly but very rarely (maybe every couple years) gets waxed. Never polished and never sealed.
 
When you say full detail do you mean the client wants the swirls gone? if it's not in bad shape I would do a test spot with a white pad and M205 and see if that will remove the swirls, with gray/ silver you won't have to do much to make it look good. What are you going to seal it with? I just did a 2007 Accord with CC failure on the A post and B post. the car had never been waxed nor keep up. where the CC was gone I used good old #7 to help clean and restore some of the gloss.



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Bamafire said:
When you say full detail do you mean the client wants the swirls gone? if it's not in bad shape I would do a test spot with a white pad and M205 and see if that will remove the swirls, with gray/ silver you won't have to do much to make it look good. What are you going to seal it with? I just did a 2007 Accord with CC failure on the A post and B post. the car had never been waxed nor keep up. where the CC was gone I used good old #7 to help clean and restore some of the gloss.
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I agree. Also nice work on that 7th gen!
 
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