2002 Acura RSX - Silver (full - rough shape)

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by m4gician, Aug 9, 2010.

  1. m4gician

    m4gician Birth of a Detailer

    Hey everyone,

    Again, nice to be posting up my work online for everyone to see. This car had just over 230,000km on it and from what I can tell had never been detailed. It's been washed, but that's the extent of everything that's been done to it. The owner was going to be selling it very soon and needed it prepped before sale as he had just replaced this baby with a 335i coupe. It was a challenge, but these are my favourite cars to do because the transformation is usually very dramatic. I had my assistant work on the interior while I blasted the exterior with polish twice and a sealant. Claying this car took a lot of time as well because there were so many rust spots, rail dust or debris. The sections of clay I show are only after one small panel. One side note is that I polished the headlights with Optimum Polish (new formula) with an orange and white pad then plastix. I did the exhaust with blue magic cream.

    Wash & Dry
    - Washed with Poorboys SSS
    Wheels & Tires
    - P21S on the wheels, ARO on the tires, 3:1 Zep Citrus on wheel wells
    Clay
    - Ricardo Blue clay + lube
    Polish
    - SIP
    - XMT360
    Seal
    - Klasse SG

    BEFORE shots:
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    wheels&tires:
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    Thanks for looking guys, I'll do my best to post another write-up soon.
     
  2. vtec92civic

    vtec92civic Nuba Guru

    looking good man. I guess it's safe to say the wheels were never washed before LoL. Man they were brown.
     
  3. CU2MIKE

    CU2MIKE Guest

    Great turn around! and DAMN those wheels were filthy lol
    Artsy shot looks good too, i like the reflection (even though its hard to capture that on a light colored car)
     
  4. Dangler

    Dangler Birth of a Detailer

    wow, those tires were nasty!!!

    great job
     
  5. RustyBumper

    RustyBumper Jedi Nuba

    Nice job. Reading this thread reminded me that I have to work on the wife's car soon. What was your process for cleaning up the lights?
     
  6. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Nice.

    Just a question... I have a vehicle this weekend with the same "brown" spots on the rims (where the spokes meet the outer rim) and I have tried previous chems with no luck in removing it... I was planning on taking a bit of compound to the spots to remove... But it looks like you got it in the wash step! How did you do it!
     
  7. m4gician

    m4gician Birth of a Detailer

    Well depends. Follow the rule of least aggressive to max aggressive chemical first. Start with soap, wheel cleaner, then p21 gel. Use a brush. Elbow grease usually out does many compounds.

    A pressure washer is invaluable as well for rinsing.
     
  8. kustomizingkid

    kustomizingkid Nuba Guru

    Looks great!

    Those are wheel brightener wheels for sure.
     

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