Acura RSX Correction for a forum referral

[C. Charles Hahn]

A few months ago I was contacted by a member on another forum via a referral from David Fermani (Thanks David!) to perform some paint correction on his daily driver Acura RSX. At the time, the car was in need of some paint work where a previous repair had started to delaminate.

With the repairs completed a couple weeks ago, the car was brought to me last Wednesday for some clean-up and correction work. When it arrived the car was covered in a lot of overspray; nearly 3 hours of work with Meguiar`s aggressive clay was required in order to remove it. Once everything was fully decontaminated the car was polished with D300 on a MF cutting pad, with the repaired panel polished using M205 and a W8207 polishing pad. Protection was provided compliments of Opti-Seal. Here are some pictures:

Before











S100 Total Cycle Cleaner aerosol was used to clean the exhaust tip and remove bugs from the front of the car:







Here you can see the automatic wash scratches and RIDS that covered most of the car:



All gone:



More swirls on the hood:





Gone:





And finally, a few after shots:















There were several of the deeper RIDS which did not come out of some areas on the car, since this was only a one-step polish. The amount of defects that did come out however are a real testament to the power of the Meguiar`s DA Microfiber system.

Thanks for looking!

[Concours.John]

I`ve tried out the system and been happy. The car looks great.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks John. The MF system has become my go-to for one step enhancement details; the results have been consistently good on just about everything I have used it on.

[TroyScherer]

Very nice Charlie!!! I am amazed that you can use D300 on a MF cutting pad and get it to finish down LSP ready. I just picked up the Megs MF kit and plan on using it on my RSX soon. (I was originally planning on waiting until next year to do a full correction but this has me really excited.)

What machine did you use? I am planning on using my PCxp with the MF system but I also just picked up a Flex 3401.

[C. Charles Hahn]

Very nice Charlie!!! I am amazed that you can use D300 on a MF cutting pad and get it to finish down LSP ready. I just picked up the Megs MF kit and plan on using it on my RSX soon. (I was originally planning on waiting until next year to do a full correction but this has me really excited.)

What machine did you use? I am planning on using my PCxp with the MF system but I also just picked up a Flex 3401.

Thanks Troy! Yeah, to be honest I`ve been a bit surprised at how well D300 and the cutting pad can finish down as well; especially on finishes as soft as this Honda paint.

I used my G110v2 for this job; I haven`t had too much luck with the MF pads finishing down as well with the Flex DA.

[Old Pirate]

Nice indeed, looks like a hit by Meguiar`s DA system. Looks sweet!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Nice indeed, looks like a hit by Meguiar`s DA system. Looks sweet!

Thanks! The DA MF system is a winner for sure!

[Thomas Dekany]

Awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks Thomas!

[Pats300zx]

Awesome work !!!

[Erock]

Looks great...
Just a thought for all you RSX owners. I have a 2005 Rsx of my own. I used a Deflesko paint gauge on my car not too long ago and found out that the factory paint is SUPER THIN!!! In some areas it was less than .9 mils.
I suggest using caution when considering your compounds, I will be using less agressive products like XMT360 to acheive a good shine and will not be pulling out the m105 to do any correction.
I will be appying Cquartz in the future to really protect the thin clearcoat.
Paint gauges are not cheap so i thought i would pass the knowledge on to those not fortunate enough to have used one.
Shine on you crazy detail hounds!!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks guys... Erock, that`s an excellent suggestion about keeping an eye on paint thickness -- I`ve been finding more and more these days that factory paint just keeps getting thinner.

[Iomcamaro]

Love the car, not so much the color. But nice job on the detail. It looks great!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Thanks! I didn`t care for the color at first either, but once it was polished out the metallic really makes it pop.