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HD: Wrecked 04 TSX Detailed (Pics+Vid)
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05-23-2010, 04:02 PM | #1 |
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HD: Wrecked 04 TSX Detailed (Pics+Vid)
VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST
Ok, so this car was so trashed that I decided I'd enter it in the monthly competition. I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but you get the idea. The story behind this detail is the car was purchased at night and when the owner saw it in the sun, he was very disappointed with how many swirls and defects were in the paint. It has been detailed twice, once by the dealer and once by a hack, and the owner had lost faith in detailing. The owner is my neighbor, and has seen the work I had been producing and decided to let me have a go. It's a daily driver, so we agreed to get it to be about 90-95%, which is exactly what it got to, only the deepest RIDS remained. For those of you who know me, I love to mix polishes, and this was no different. I mixed the last step, about 40%/60%-106FA/85RD and jeweled the paint after the 106 had broken down which added a lot of depth to the paint. Wash: Meguiars Gold Class 2BM w/ Grit Guard Sheepskin mitt Uber red and blue WW drying towels Clay: Riccardo Yellow Clay ONR Clay lube Uber red towels Paint: Makita 9227C/3M Perfect-It backing plate Uber Green/ M105 using the KBM Uber Blue/106FA,PO85RD Uber Original MF Towels M105 inside handles LSP: Gloss-it Concourso Gloss Uber Red notched applicator Uber No Name Super Plush towel Misc: 303 Aerospace 1Z Cockpit Premium Various Brushes and MF towels Meg's Wheel Brightener Folex Meguiars Hyper Dressing Meguiars APC + Meg's Endurance Tire Shine Leather Master's Vital Reconditioning Cream Lexol Leather Cleaner UQW in door jambs Surf City Grime Destroyer Stoner's Tarminator Meguiars All Metal Polish 0000 Steel Wool Poorboy's Wheel Sealant Black WOW The swirls were much worse than I could ever capture, I wish I could have captured the full extent of them. Unfortunately, it was mostly cloudy all day both days and I was only able to get a couple sun shots. When I inspected it, the sun would hit one side of the hood and the swirls would go all the way to the other side. It was insane. Everything that's possible to be wrong with the paint, was wrong here. Let's start with a couple general pics after the car was delivered. Oxidized bumper: Ok now onto the wheels, pretty bad but nothing that's I haven't seen before. It did take a while to remove the excessive amount of tar all over them, especially in the barrels. I forgot pics or the barrels, but you can see in the after pics that they are clean. I use a soft Proline Grout sponge for the face: Tires dirty as they can be: And then tar was removed: Crappy exhaust 50/50: Interior was in pretty bad condition, forgot to take many pics though. Looking for an OEM finish so Cockpit Premium was used and 303 on the plastic button and switches. 50/50 Various things: 50/50 of handle, top not done yet: Ok, now onto the fun! The paint. Be careful, remember this was even worse in person. You might :thud: So make sure someones nearby! You've been warned... Clay after about 1/3 of the hood, it was rough as sandpaper: Notice how dull and grey the paint is, I didn't even need light on it to see the scratches: :applause2: Concouso beading: VIDEO: YouTube - Detailing Bliss TSXD If you made it this far, thanks for reading! :mounty: |
05-24-2010, 05:42 PM | #3 |
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Wrecked is an understatement, wow. Very nice turn around!
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05-24-2010, 06:07 PM | #4 |
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a detailers nightmare.... black on tan with an owner who doesnt take care of it!
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05-25-2010, 12:04 AM | #6 | |
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Thanks! I can't remember the exact time, but it was somewhere in the low 20's hour-wise.
Yea lol, sad to say that the pics didn't even do it justice. I couldn't get good sun on either of the days when I worked on it except for a few minutes at a time. When I first inspected it under full sunlight, my jaw dropped. Quote:
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05-26-2010, 12:53 PM | #9 |
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Looks awesome! Sadly, my mom's 04 Accord looks similar, and I'd try to fix it if I wasn't 2300 miles away...
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06-27-2010, 04:43 PM | #11 |
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Wow - awesome job! That paint was destroyed.
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