Hi everyone! This car belongs to my designer, and a very good friend. He's done my logo and business cards, and will be doing some other work for me too in the future. He's put in extra hours on many occasions to make sure everything is done well, so I wanted to return the same regard in this detail by going for as close to 100% paint correction as possible. I detailed his old car back in the summer, which can be found here - LINK The car was purchased a few months prior to the detail. While the owner was looking at the car, he told me the paint was in dire need of help. Boy was he right!!!!! Total work time for this car was 17 hours. It was quite cold around this time so I had bought some heaters to bring with me. Unfortunately they kept tripping the circuit breaker in the house, so I went without heat, hoping the polishes and compounds would be okay. Thankfully they were! Without further adieu, here is the 2002 Honda Civic SiR with 150,000kms. Upon arrival, it was evident that the car needed a lot of help. It looked very dull, lacking a LOT of gloss. It was just a plain mess! Wash & Clay After looking over the car, I prepared my wash: - CWG via 2BM with sheepskin wool mitts - Prepared with warm water (was cold outside) The rims did not receive much attention, as the owner intended to remove the rims and have snow tires mounted. I gave them a quick clean though: - Kleenol APC @ 4:1 on rims and tires Following a thorough wash, the paintwork was decontaminated with Riccardo Yellow Clay and ONR Clay Lube. The claying took a while as I had to heat up the clay before moulding it to reveal a clean surface again since the paint was quite cold. Moderate contamination was present. The most contamination was on the hatch portion of the car, as expected. After claying the car, I had a quick look at the paint: Paint Correction Given the above picture, I knew the paint would require a lot of cutting to remove the defects present. For this, I chose to use M105, for obvious reasons. I was lucky enough to have Picus lend me some PFW pads for this job, and I am thankful he did, because without them I don't think I would have achieved the results I wanted. So, a sincere thanks goes out to Picus! I must have washed the 6 pads I had at my disposal about 5 times. Hood: Driver's side fender: After SIP on white, and 106ff on black: Driver's side Quarter: After 106ff Roof: Rear Bumper: As you can see, the rear bumper was in very rough shape, and required a few stages of wetsanding with 2000 and 3000 grit. Here I am using a Meguiar's UniGrit 3000 grit sanding block, followed by SIP on a white pad. Passenger Quarter: This was probably one of the worst parts of the car. There was no clarity whatsoever! Required 6 steps of M105. After M105, and SIP: Passenger's side fender: After wiping the paintwork with IPA and polishing the paint to a high gloss with 106ff on black at 1400rpm, I washed the car with CWG to remove any polishing oils that would interfere with the LSP. At this point in time, the car was on jack stands as the owner sent out the rims to have snow tires put on, and to raise the coilovers for winter. It was cold!!! After carefully drying the car down with WW MFs using the blotting technique, I chose the LSP. The owner wanted a long lasting product. Longevity was first concern, and looks were second. For this, I chose 476S from Collinite. Afters: After shots were hard to get since the vehicle itself had no rims. It was extremely cold at this point, so we could not open the garage for pics either. I did the best I could for now in terms of pictures, however there'll be lots more in the Spring when I give it a post-winter detail and the owner adds some visual modifications. Thanks to Amer of amernabulsi.com for the wonderful documentation and photography during the detail! Thanks to all for looking! Kaval
Wow simply a fantastic job. Very impressed with your work and the results you achieved. That should have knocked the owners socks right off!
great detail! On your detail of his previous car it says you used IPA to wipe down after polishing. Where did you get the IPA from? I haven't really looked into it but, I wasn't sure where to get it in Canada. Brendan
Very nice!!! Thanks for taking the time to document it all, very impressive work! BTW - what towel is under the 476?
Amazing job, and in 17 hrs, would have taken me longer. The 476s is equal in both departments, shine and longevity. Shows what can happen with the right ingredients. Thanks for sharing.
That looks amazing man. That red pops like nothing else! When you say you made 6 passes with M105, you use the same pad each time?
I used to be a honda fanatic until my car got stolen but I still love EK hatches and I believe he should have kept his other car lol
Appears most of the stuff is from eShine Canada- Car Wax, Car Polish, Microfiber, Polishers, Tire Dressings, Detailing Supplies. as I have the same ones too. MF Towel is cookie Monster Buffing Towel. Drying towel is the dehydrator drying towel.
Thank you very much! The owner was and is still very happy. Thanks! IPA is just isopropyl alcohol. I get mine from the dollar store, and put it into a spray bottle. Thanks! It's a Cookie Monster microfiber from eShine. Thanks a lot! I am very impressed with 476S. It really does add a lot of shine and richness to the paintwork. The owner still comments on how well the car cleans up after just a high pressure rinse. Thanks supercharged! Thanks! I used the same pad each time. After that area though, I switched up to a clean pad. Thanks! Thanks! You're not the first person to say that! haha. I loved his EK as well. Thanks P1et! Thank you!
Thanks Denzil! The correction pictures were taken by me, and the rest were taken by Amer, the owner, my designer and photographer...all of which he's truly amazing at! Thanks! Haha thanks Buddy!
Well done, the vehicle looks great :applause: :applause: I have to agree the pictures look great, nice and sharp :thumb:
