Presidential Detailed: 2004 Mazda RX-8

PresdntialDtail · 12-09-08, 03:57

This customer had spoken to me about 4 or 5 months ago when he just picked up the car. I met up with him to look at the car and it was in bad shape from the start, and I mean BAD. Haha! The customer gave me a call last week and told me he wanted me to work my magic on the car before he moved to Ohio, so we scheduled the car. We were unable to get a 100% correction due to time and budget, if it was even possible to bring this thing back to 100%. It looked like it had sat underneath a hard water sprinkler all its life, no joke! While we couldnt get it perfect, Id say the results were outstanding for what we did do to it! Ill let you guys be the judge! Enjoy!

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange FLAT
Menzerna 106FA/White FLAT
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

A few shots before I got started..

No reflection at all, just hard water etching!

Some spot touch up paint, some car lots will do this sort of thing!

50/50 on the hood after 2 passes with SIP/Orange at 1800rpm

This same spot painting up close..

Now fixed..

Before..

After 2 passes with SIP/Orange at 1800rpm

50/50 of trunk..

PresdntialDtail · 12-09-08, 03:58

Final Rinse..

Some sun shots I managed to get before sundown..

Rear 1/4 panel..

Trunk..

Roof..

Some reflections..

Now some afters..

And a couple overal after shots..

NRZ · 12-09-08, 04:25

Those black wheels look awesome on that car!! Very nice turn around considering what you started with.

PresdntialDtail · 12-09-08, 04:33

Yeah, he didnt have those painted when I first saw the car, I must agree they look awesome! Hes going to lower it a bit next and it will be perfect!

MuttGrunt · 12-09-08, 04:35

great turn around billy - some real money shots u got goin

PresdntialDtail · 12-09-08, 04:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuttGrunt

great turn around billy - some real money shots u got goin

Thanks! Nice license plate!

jordanrossbell · 12-09-08, 10:29

Love those reflection shots, very nice work

TSC17 · 12-10-08, 06:44

Nice save Billy...looks like you've been keeping yourself busy lately!

sal329 · 12-10-08, 07:14

Came out looking great, nice job

PresdntialDtail · 12-10-08, 07:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by TSC17

Nice save Billy...looks like you've been keeping yourself busy lately!

Thanks! Man I have been non-stop everyday for the last 2 weeks! haha! I am currently working on a 08 civic SI and I have to finish the black s2k once my UK 3M UF comes in! Then I got two more scheduled in the next week and a half!

Scottwax · 12-10-08, 07:15

Nice job, looks really deep and wet.

Bet it was fun buffing out a car with that many curves and flares.

PresdntialDtail · 12-10-08, 07:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Nice job, looks really deep and wet.

Bet it was fun buffing out a car with that many curves and flares.

Yeah tell me about it! I had to turn one fender that should be two sections into like 4-5! And tape off every adjacent panel as I went so not to touch the other one with the backing plate/pad edge...