My First Detail! (Satin Silver w/ PICS)

[maecrispy]

So I finished my first detail after getting help from some great people on this forum!



Started off easy: 2 month old 2004 Acura TL (Satin Silver) w/ *very* minor swirls and scratches.



Tools: (all by hand)

Dawn Wash

DACP

WG Polish

WG DG Sealant x2

Z-12 Glass Polish

Z-16 Tire GLoss



Wanted to use WG QD but didn`t know if reformulation was out yet and I ran out of Z-6.



Pics aren`t great but in my defense (other than being my first time), seems hard to get good depth and reflections from silver and I`m not that good of a photographer. :D



(pics are below)



Tips/suggestions on how I can do better next time are greatly appreciated.



Next project: friend`s 2002 NPB (black) Honda Civic with extensive swirling (shudder)

[maecrispy]

3/4 View, left side:

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Right side close-up:

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Hood - garage lighting is low, ah well:

[MattZ28]

Looks great! :up

[maecrispy]

Trunk:

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Fully body, right side:

[imported_Unreal]

That looks great. Good results on the silver

[stilez]

Detail looks awesome!



I absolutely love that car! Please give me your honest opinion on it...Any problems? How many miles? Any mods planned?

[Antonio Wright]

Amazing work by hand.

[Pats300zx]

Wow nice work....:up

[maecrispy]

Originally posted by GSRstilez

Detail looks awesome!



I absolutely love that car! Please give me your honest opinion on it...Any problems? How many miles? Any mods planned?



Thanks for all the nice comments all!



As far as the TL, I absolutely love this car. No problems whatsoever for me. Earlier vin`s had rattle/queaks/memory seating problems but I`ve seen none on mine.



I`ve got about 3K miles on it. Great handling and wonderful interior with all the techno toys I could want. To give you an idea, I test drove and researched the G35, 330cxi, IS300, and the CTS. The TL came out on top. :p



Minor mods only since this is my daily driver and my wife and I share the car. Only mods done so far are replacing door/dome lights with LED`s, replaced stock EL-42`s with gForce KDWS. Will tint 35% all around. Might spring for A-Spec package but that`s about it.

[tkr128]

Nice detail and car!



I have to admit, I didn`t like the new TL when I first saw it but it`s really starting to grow on me.

[Jesstzn]

Excellent job .. you did well grasshopper .. nice car too !!!!

[groebuck]

Recent Motor Trend ranked TL, g35, Saab 93 aero and CTS - g35 came out on top TL came in #3 (hmmm...not what i have been hearing).. I have an 03 TL-S and would kill for a 6 speed on this engine :) - luckily I can get that in the new TL when My lease is up