'99 Honda Rebel Motorcycle and '03 Miata

[weekendwarrior]

This bike was a little dirty and swirled.

I used a Surf City's metal polish, along with the Mother's Powerball Mini, various rags, and 0000 steel wool on the chrome. For the painted surfaces, I used the PC with a 3" polishing pad and SIP. For protection I used CMW, buffed off with OCW. The rubber lines got a coating of 303, and Meguiar's Gold Class Leatcher Cleaner/Conditioner was used on the seat.

Befores...





I sprayed the bike down with P21S Total Auto Wash, then rinsed that off. I then soaped it up with this little thing I picked up at a hardware store, with DuraGloss soap...



I dried it with the leaf blower, and microfibers, and was then able to see the swirls...



Here are the painted surfaces after polishing...




And a few after wax, 303, and leather cleaner/conditioner...






A few reflection shots in the garage...




Next up, the Miata...

[weekendwarrior]

The Miata was slightly dirty, and really swirled. I washed with Gold Class Soap, clayed, and washed the engine with P21S Total Auto Wash. Regular soap with a little APC was used to clean the wheels and tires.

Here's a before shot - not too bad...


Interior (After)...used QID, and vacuumed. It was in decent shape...

Engine (After)...I don't like applying dressing...it seems to just attract dust...



So I washed the car and inspected for swirls...





I then moved the car in for polishing. I used M105 with LC pfw on the hood and trunk at 1500 rpm, followed by M95 and a foam polishing pad at 1500 rpm, then finished with M83 with the PC and a polishing pad. The other panels got M95 on a foam pad at 1500, and were finished out with the PC, M83 combo. There were some defects that were too deep, so I wetsanded with 2000 grit 3M paper...
fender wetsanded...

Fender polished...

Then I wetsanded some more on the hood...


Hood all polished out now...


Then, I didn't want the trunk to feel left out...
Here is a before of the trunk...there were a few RDS...


Trunk all polished out...


The mirrors were single stage and had oxidized. They were cleaned up with the PC and some M105...
Before...

After...


M26 was applied for protection, and buffed off with OCW. Meguiar's Water Based Dressing was used on the tires and wells, and 303 on the top...
Finals...












Thanks for looking!!!

[BoostedMopar]

Great work!

[sal329]

2 great details. The Miata's paint looks amazing

[Twinscroll]

Pretty nice work on the motorcycle, a definite big improvement!

[BoostedMopar]

Second miata.....you own the next one