Oakes - Detailed: 2004 Acura TL - High Mile Daily

[OakesDetail]

A daily driven, high mile Acura TL in Gray was in definite need of attention. This is a more in-depth detail, with head and tail light restoration, full wheel treatment and even refinishing of the stock, rusted calipers! We did our best to document everything from the paint correction to the repainting of the calipers. This driven car, now looks showroom fresh!







Products used



Meguairs M105 and purple wool pad



Menzerna 106 and green pad



P21S Paint cleanser



P21S Polishing Soap



P21S finish restorer



P21S TAW



Meguairs Superdegreaser



Meguairs Wheel brightener



Stoners Tarminator (this product is amazing)



Chemical Guys Citrus wash



Chemical Guys wheel cleaner



Sonus Ultrafine green clay



CG maxi suds and ONR mix as clay lube



CG Jetseal 109



Rejex sealant for wheels





Process:



Car was sprayed with citrus degreaser and left on for a minute, rinsed off and washed with Citrus wash, then clayed the car, rewashed and dried. Cleaned wheels with CG WC and exhaust tips were cleaned with polishing soap. After car was washed all trim was taped off. Paint readings were taken, front was reading in 290-334 range microns (same was on white TL that we did, looks like its normal for Acura paint). Did test panel and after trying several combos we went with most aggressive combination because car was in pretty bad shape. After M105 car was polished with green pad and menzerna106. Tail lights were polished with same combo as car on PC. Headlights were wetsanded, polished and sealed. After final polishing, car was paint cleansed and sealed with 2 layers of JetSeal109 and hour apart. Brake calipers were refinished per customer request and were done as last step as we had deadline with the car and needed to take care of paint first. Calipers were removed, degreased and cleaned with metal brushes and brake parts cleaner. Then coated with 4 coats of paint per instructions. Everything was put back together and bolts torqued per Acura specs with digital torque wrench. Engine was washed as well.







Onto correction pics



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Headlights Before/After...HEAVILY pitted





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Tail Light Correction Before/After





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Engine Bay Before/After





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Wheel Before/After





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Brake Caliper Refinishing





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Final pics





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As always, thanks for looking and feedback appreciated!



-Oakes

[imported_reeeko99]

Nice job on the Rims and Brakes.

[Thrillseeker]

Looks new for a 7 year old car. Great job.

[ShineTech]

Great job. This detail made the car so much newer.

[LS1-MEX]

wow. looks amazing.

[dsms]

Really nice!

[Leadfootluke]

Looks great!



Nicely done.

[Junebug]

Excellant ! - I really like the brake work. That`s something I haven`t seen much of.

[OakesDetail]

Thank you all!!

[Scottwax]

Excellent work, love seeing daily drivers brought back like that.

[Accumulator]

Excellent work, love seeing daily drivers brought back like that.



Yeah, +1 from me too.



Ya know, IMO that thing wasn`t *really* all that bad...I`d say the owner had taken pretty decent care of it for a normal person (no, that`s not in any way diminishing the quality of the reconditioning).

[OakesDetail]

The car was certainly maintained well through its lifetime and miles, so it made for an ease of things.