Presidential Detailed: 2002 Honda S2000 aka Black Nightmare!

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This car had to be one of my worst enemies! I could not get a hologram free finish on the soft Honda Black paint for anything! I eventually gave up, let the owner take the car home and ordered some new "better" products to try and tackle it again. I started this car the middle of last month and had to wait on my new products to come in from the UK, so I just now finished the car today! I must say it was worth the wait and the money for the new products by 3M!! Enjoy!

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106fa/White
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita 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

BEFORE:

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This particular s2000 was outfitted with some wonderful pin striping and also some rubber door edge guards! :-oops: Needless to say, they had to go!





Luckily these peeled right off as they were fresh..






The pinstriping was another story..which inspired me to invest in a nice little rubber eraser tool just for this purpose!

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Before..


After First Polishing step..50/50


50/50..after SIP/Orange..


Halogens..final.






Final Full Sun Shots..

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Now my favorite part..REFLECTIONS!! I tell you Honda has one of the nicer black paints, just wish it wasnt so soft!

Remember this one..sure ya do!

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You thought those were good? That was before LSP, now after waxing..

[xfactor78]

wow those reflection shots are probably the best ive seen. good job!

[kaval]

WOW!!!!! My jaw actually dropped looking at these pics.
Amazing job! Those reflection shots are superb!

[protojason]

Incredible Reflections!

*slinks back to his white car*
-jason

[Holden_C04]

Very, very nice! Keep it up.

[lloydapalooza]

black cars are so satisfying to detail. i polished my mom's black lexus and it looks 10x better. nice job, it looks perfect.

[Street5927]

I love the 3M polish for light and dark colored vehicle's. The thing I like most is that there is no silicon in these products. I love using the 3M on my Black 2008 Saturn Sky Redline. It creates a beautiful, no swirl, no halogen finish. Anyway, great job!

[MuttGrunt]

EPIC reflections. those are the type of shots i use as my cpu's background