Quick 04 Accord Detail

[pontman43]

This is my dad`s car and he wanted to wash it so I decided to go ahead and remove those swirls while I was at it. It was a school night (first day), so I couldn`t work on it too long. ;) I started at 8:00pm and stopped at about 10:15pm, not too bad.

Process:

Wash

Clay

Opt. Polish with green propel pad (PC)

Wax with Mother`s carnuaba cleaner wax (found this as a good 1 step) with blue pad (PC)

That was it, like I said it was a quicky. Came out pretty good though. I`ll do the thing again one weekend, probably as a Bday present (next month).

Car info: 2004 Honda Accord Coupe V6 6spd, Saphire Blue



Before:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/pontman43/IMAG0011.jpg



After (polish only)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/pontman43/IMAG0038.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/pontman43/IMAG0039.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/pontman43/IMAG0041.jpg



I wasn`t able to get any good pics of the whole thing at night, but I`ll try to take some pics of it when he gets home and post them.



Let me know what you guys think of this quicky. ;)

[Tasty]

Looks like a nice improvement in the halogen shot, but a full sun daytime shot of the whole vehicle would be nice. We used to have an `03 Accord before we traded it in for the baby mover, and I love that body style. So sad to see the new `06 rear end on the Accords, it`s an abomination.

[pontman43]

Looks like a nice improvement in the halogen shot, but a full sun daytime shot of the whole vehicle would be nice. We used to have an `03 Accord before we traded it in for the baby mover, and I love that body style. So sad to see the new `06 rear end on the Accords, it`s an abomination.

My dad got home too late for full light pictures today, but I`ll QD and take pics tomorrow.

I haven`t seen the new rear for 06, unless your talking about the brake lights changing. Do you have any pics of the new rear, by any chance?

[Tasty]

http://automobiles.honda.com/models/exterior_gallery.asp?ModelName=Accord+Sedan



Rear end styling, and new wheel design combine to give a more granny look to the `06. I think the new Civic design now makes the Accord look like a total POS.

[qwik5o]

Ok. Opinions on the polish?



I can`t believe you did that in that little of time. Is it better than SSR with a PC do you think?

[pontman43]

http://automobiles.honda.com/models/exterior_gallery.asp?ModelName=Accord+Sedan



Rear end styling, and new wheel design combine to give a more granny look to the `06. I think the new Civic design now makes the Accord look like a total POS.

WOW, Ive never seen that and I am a subscriber to every car magazine about. That does look like crap, but it does have some cool things. I like the lights, all red and styled like the couples, and I like the 3rd brake light, but that bumper looks like sh*t! Its like a mix between, a maxima, civic and accord coupe, could have been good, but that bumper is too much.

[pontman43]

Ok. Opinions on the polish?



I can`t believe you did that in that little of time. Is it better than SSR with a PC do you think?

Well, I like it. It spreds good and uses very little once the pad is loaded. It has a long working time, which is good. With my pad choice it was effective at removing the slight swirls, although not 100% but I didn`t work it that long and I didn`t use an agressive pad. In comparison to the SSRs, I only have the 2.5 which is a lot more agressive than opt. IMO. Two completely different products. But if you want a comparison, then the opt. has a longer working time and takes longer to work, it (OCP) goes on more even, comes off easier, but doesnt do as much as the SSR2.5. I would rather use the OCP than SSR2 or 1 assuming they work like SSR2.5, but 2.5 is better for getting rid of deeper stuff. Also in my case with the little time to work, I would recomend the SSRs, but I only have 2.5 and that wasnt really needed.

Now thats my version of a review, very unorganized and makes little sense. Sorry, but that my first. Hope it helps at least a little.

-Skye

[DSVWGLI]

Nice improvement, I cant wait to get my Optimum.

[pontman43]

Well I couldn`t get any full sun pics because it sits outside and the morning dew with dust is a bad combo. I`ll post next time its washed maybe. Sorry guys. I`ll definitly post up when I do the full detail too.