Honda S2000 oxidation and swirl removal with Rupes UHS

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this Honda came in after a drive through car wash sprayed cleaners on the paint causing instant staining. there was also an a large amount of swirls and oxidation all over the paint. the customer had somewhat of a tight budget and an even tighter schedule since this was his only vehicle, so we decided to do a one step polish. After a few test spots with different combos the Rupes UHS system got the best results, all paint was topped with Menzerna Powerlock.

















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Great work. I love to see a nice S2K which is unmolested. Too many kids are picking them up cheaply and doing tasteless, funky mods to them.
 
Nice work! I miss my S2K. One of the most fun cars I've ever driven.
 
Great work! The car looks so much better than when it came in.

WaxMaster1 said:
Great work. I love to see a nice S2K which is unmolested. Too many kids are picking them up cheaply and doing tasteless, funky mods to them.
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This is sad but true. Same goes for many older Japanese performance cars. I can't remember the last time I saw a Prelude, Supra, or even an older WRX that isn't a "Frankenstein" both inside and out.
 
Matt@Revive said:
this Honda came in after a drive through car wash sprayed cleaners on the paint causing instant staining. there was also an a large amount of swirls and oxidation all over the paint. the customer had somewhat of a tight budget and an even tighter schedule since this was his only vehicle, so we decided to do a one step polish. After a few test spots with different combos the Rupes UHS system got the best results, all paint was topped with Menzerna Powerlock.

















finished results



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Wow man. Holy cow. One step?? I have to ask, What product did you use for the correction work? Also what pad did you use for the swirls and oxidation removal. I have a flex 3401. The Menzerna Powerlock looks amazing. I just ordered HD Proxy! We shall see how that looks after using HD Speed or HD Adapt.
 
Never ever take a convertible through a tunnel car wash. The roof will leak. Besides all the other bad things that can happen.
 
2011 Kona Blue said:
Wow man. Holy cow. One step?? I have to ask, What product did you use for the correction work? Also what pad did you use for the swirls and oxidation removal. I have a flex 3401. The Menzerna Powerlock looks amazing. I just ordered HD Proxy! We shall see how that looks after using HD Speed or HD Adapt.
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I used the Rupes UHS pad and polish, nothing else. I tried Sonax EX 04-06 and Menz PF2500, both removed the oxidation but couldn't remove the swirls as well as the Rupes system.
 
Nice job Matt and nice before and after shots.
 
WaxMaster1 said:
Great work. I love to see a nice S2K which is unmolested. Too many kids are picking them up cheaply and doing tasteless, funky mods to them.
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This is exactly what I was going to say.

Nice job! Which Rupes polish did you use? I miss my S2K as well.
 
WaxMaster1 said:
Great work. I love to see a nice S2K which is unmolested. Too many kids are picking them up cheaply and doing tasteless, funky mods to them.
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What, you don't like pink wheels and green mudflaps? With a chromed coffee can spewing raspy burbles out the back?
 
Very nice. I'm trying to pull my '05 S2k out of hibernation right now. Have a couple of mechanical issues to deal with first before I even think about paint correction yet.
 
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