2000 Honda S2000

heffergm

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Here's my wife's Honda S2000, 90K miles, daily driver. I've actually just started getting into more "serious" detailing, so I've been practicing on the S2K and my WRX over the last few months with various products, and learning how they all work with the PC, etc. The car's for sale by the way, so if you're interested lemmee know :)

This time, it was:

Wash/clay/wash
ZPC polish w/white LC polishing pad
* however, when I polished a few weeks ago, I wasn't being incredibly picky about removing scratches. I really just wanted to brighten up the paint, which it definitely did. Today I went back over some spots, like the door handles (details below) to really clean things up.
Z5 x2
Z6 wipedown

Oddly enough (and I noticed this when we first bought the car), either the clearcoat is tinted red or there is no clearcoat. The car bleeds all over my pads.

The front end of the car is beat to hell from rock chips, and it has its share of other bumps and bruises, but it still goes like stink.

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Here's a closeup of the door handle before hitting it with a yellow cutting pad, followed by a polishing pad:
s2khandlebefore.jpg


And after (ignore the color shift, it's just the camera):

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And one final gratuitous "I can rev this high" pic:

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Good work on the detail! I really like that car, but because I'm over 6' and 200 lbs, I can't fit in it well. The S2K has a very impressive engine also.
 
audiboy said:
Good work on the detail! I really like that car, but because I'm over 6' and 200 lbs, I can't fit in it well. The S2K has a very impressive engine also.

Yeah, I'd stay away :) I'm 5'10", 140lbs and it's snug as a bug in a rug.
 
Nice car your wife has heffergm ! Keep it looking like that and you'll have a long & successful marriage !!! :lol:

Of course I'm biased about the car. I've had my 05 S-2000 (also red) for about 8 months. It's a fabulous 2 seater. Fun as all get out!

And yes, from what I've read, there is some red in the clearcoat and that's why your pads will be heavily tinted when you're using a scratch remover, especially on 6 YO paint. Even my new S has some residue of red on the pads when I'm done removing micro scratches.

Good luck with the car. Have fun !!!
 
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