Detailed: 2005 Acura NSX Long Beach Blue Pearl

This client found us via search for a detailer and was referred to us, once he got in contact; he came down to see what we could do with the car. He had attempted to do some polishing himself and was not able to achieve the results he wanted. The goal was to achieve as much gloss and depth as possible from this Long Beach Blue Pearl paint, being a triple stage: primer, base blue and candy blue pearl on top. Client knew that front end was repainted but we discovered while working on the car that most of was repainted; only roof, trunk and door molding were original paint. The paint shop matched the color well, but didn’t do too great of a job with the finishing touches (multiple runs, not blended well in some places etc). However looked well in the sun. Paint gauge was calibrated to be used on aluminum panels of the car, checked thickness of the paint and it was in 150micron range, so we were healthy in that aspect. Owner asked us to remove clear bra, which took us about 6-8 hours alone, because the quality of the bra was lacing and left most of the adhesive on the paint.
With all that said, we went the extra step to bring the car completely back to life, not that it was exactly resting near flat line either!

Products used
4” pads on PC and 2” pad on rotary for tight places)
Chemical Guys CitrusWash
Meguiars M105 with purple wool pad
Menzerna 203(power finish) with orange LC pad
Menzerna 85rd with black LC pad
P21S paint cleanser
P21S Total Auto Wash
P21S Wheel Cleaner
P21S finish restorer (exhaust tips)
BlackFire Wet Diamond (BFWD) paint sealant blue LC pad
Meguiars PlasticX on orange pad for taillights
Wolfgang Fuzion wax
Rejex (wheel sealant)
Poorboys Bold and Bright for tire dressing

Procedure:
Did test panel on spoiler, yellow and 105 left too much behind. Wool and 105 got everything in first pass, amazing how good this combo works.
* Clear bra was removed.
* Trunk and front hood underside was wiped with quick detailer; all hinge area was cleaned with brushes, q-tips and MF towels.
* 3 stage polish on whole car starting from back, front bumper was done last since adhesive was removed last. Whole car was sealed and left overnight to cure.
* Exhaust tips were in good condition so they were only polished with P21S finish restorer
* Engine was done as well, used TAW, brushes, and MF towels, rinsed with water from pump sprayer (not with water hose). But we forgot to take pics
* Whole car except for roof was done with: megs 105 and purple wool pad, Menzerna 203 and LC orange pad, Menzerna 85rd and LC black pad, P21S paint cleanser, BFWD and LC blue pad
* Roof - Menzerna 203 and orange pad, Menzerna 85rd and black pad, P21S paint cleanser, BFWD and LC blue pad
* Taillights - Megs 105 and wool pad on pass side, plasticX and orange pad on driver side, Menzerna 203 and orange pad, 85rd and black pad
* Wheels sealed with Rejex,
* Tires dressed with PB Bold and Bright


Onto pics
The wash
Car was rinsed and sprayed with TAW twice, washed with CitrusWash. Car was dried and water was blown out with air compressor from door jams and hard to reach areas, dried all leftover water, did test panel with clay and it was clean. Wheels cleaned with ez-brush and Swissvax brushes and p21s WC.








The trunk correction
Started with 3-stage polish on spoiler. Took spoiler off, cleaned old adhesive squares, replaced with new once. Polished underside of spoiler with Menzerna 203, wiped with p21s paint cleanser and sealed it. Left it aside.
Spoiler before


after





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after


spoiler removed

dried up wax was in a lot of palaces but that’s from owner waxing it himself. At least it had protection.



took paint readings and they were healthy in 150 micron range




Under spoiler on trunk there was good amount of oxidation, which we wouldn't able to remove without removing spoiler, customer oked to remove it if it was needed.

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don’t mind polish on second spoiler, was going to start polishing and remembered to take 50/50 video


trunk sealed


sealant was removed next day from trunk, spoiler was put back on and sealed again









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Taillights





rear bumper before and after (1st polish stage)




passenger quarter panel




Nick going over with 203 and orange after I did 105 and wool, just insurance step that we got all imperfections out



reflection of pass side

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driver side quarter panel and door







door handles and black plastic pieces were polished as well



various crevices were cleaned with small foam brushes to get dried wax off




roof


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after first 2 stages, car was polished with Menzerna 85rd and black LC pad and then went over with p21s paint cleanser, BlackFire Wet Diamond was applied to entire car and left it curing overnight. In morning car was rinsed down, dried with towels and air compressor. Wolfgang Fuzion wax was applied at this point (impressed how it comes off with no leftovers like some waxes. Paint looked deeper as well







final pics












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feedback is welcome. deff enjoyed this one.

 

Looks great, nice color blue. Where'd you get a 2inch rotary backing plate and pad?

 

Hey Misha i wasn't aware that you were Oakes LoL. Nice work man.

 

from rubishboys in UK

im not. i work with him and do write ups sometimes, since i did most of work on this car i did the write up

 

nice ill have to get that 2" pad myself. Also great job I bet he will be a returning customer

 

Beautiful! I believe he got it from Rubbish Boys.

 

Bejizus (don't know if that correct spelling, looks close)

I love that car and that color!

You have made one Acura ownder very happy, thanks for sharing.

 

Hey man!
Awesome job!!!
Car looks amazing, thats one of my favorite cars ever

 

looks good. im glad to hear the wax didnt leave you any leftovers, lol.

 

Love those NSX's and you def brought the paint back to life!

LuDawg

 

that is a beautiful blue, the shape has aged so well

you let BFWD cure overnight, was it any harder to remove?

 

its actualy easier to remove if you leave it to cure longer. we have removed it earlier in some cases and its little harder to remove then if you let it cure longer. maybe its just me or maybe its the way it is

 

nice detail and write up

 

NSX is my fav

 

Nice work :thumb: how do you like the overall performance of you rotary since you

purchased it?

 

Great job, dude! This color is amazing, I absolutely adore it, one of my favorite colors. Fuzion is a very nice wax, I like it myself even better then Souveran...

 

thanks guys

rotary works great even though didnt use it on this car, did use it on A6 and GTI couse of their hard clear. i like it. deff is faster with correcting paint with different backing plates i have. although now id say that makita clicking speed wheel would be nice i think. if we get another one maybe will get makita but i dont know yet

 

Where did you get the extension on the rotary. That is awesome

 

forgot who but guy on here had them made by a shop and sold them to us

 

Nice job, the Fuzion wax is definitely a wax to own...plus the refill makes it a pretty decent value, compared to other similar performing waxes.