2004 black G35 coupe, 2001 Civic DX interior

[imported_Picus]

Hey everyone. Been keeping busy - here are the details from Monday/Tuesday. I did one more on a Protege5 but the owner wouldn't let me take pics? Oh well.



2004 black G35 coupe. Overall the paint was pretty swirled and the clay took off a lot of junk, one or two rock chips but nothing major. Infiniti paint is kind of tricky, it likes a lot of passes. It came out pretty well. The only thing that bothered me was the swirls seen on the clear bra are actually under it, so there is no removing them. The weather was lovely - 40F, windy, light mist... The owner has some tasteful mods done so it definitely turns heads. Process was QEW wash, clay, SFX-2 on an orange pad, SFX-3 on a white pad, Z2 Pro, OCW. Interior was vacuum, shampoo carpets, lots of APC, dress with 303.



Before:

After:

 

[imported_Picus]

Interior on a 2001 Civic DX. No access to water so it was kind of tough, but it came out well. The only really tricky part were the scuff plates which I got out using full strength Simple Green Auto and a lot of brushing. Rest of the interior was vacuum, spot clean carpets and seats, megs interior cleaner on all the bits, AIO on the dash plastic, dress with 303.



before

after

Cheers.

 

[03k20a2]

nice that g35 looks great

 

[ritchic]

Nice work I love the reflection on the G35

 

[steck]

that G35 is awesome. good work. those exhaust must get pretty hot to turn blue like that (LOL).



WOw a 'dead pedal' on a civic...guess when you're really pusing it eh?! (i'm a big fan of the 'dead pedal' BTW)

 

[Jake11375]

Looks good. That G35 is to die for. :drool: Great job.

 

[imported_mrecktid]

Front license plate on the G35 ftl



other than that great worK!! what do you mean by lots of passes? Like polish for a few minutes, reload, polish some more, than again and again?



Or just polish for quite awhile?

 

[LightngSVT]

That interior looks amazing considering you had no water to work with!

 

[imported_Picus]

Front license plate on the G35 ftl



other than that great worK!! what do you mean by lots of passes? Like polish for a few minutes, reload, polish some more, than again and again?



Or just polish for quite awhile?

Ya, Ontario laws Actually cops here are pretty strict about it in my experience too. I got pulled over on the way home from the dealership in my car (still no holes in the front bumper at the time!)



By lots of passes I mean that typically on other cars I will test a spot with say, sfx-2 and an orange pad and if that doesn't do much I'll move up to sfx-1 or a yellow pad, right? With Infiniti paint I've found (since I seem to detail a lot of them) that instead of moving up in abrasiveness it's actually better to just suck it up and do 2 or even 3 passes with say, the sfx-2 on an orange pad. The paint isn't hard, it just seems to want to hold on to some fine scratches sometimes. For example on this one the hood required 3 passes to get it to where I was happy with it. I just found when using harsher polishes (sfx-1, ssr3, etc..) you don't get much better results and you get a lot of hazing, which adds a step anyway (to remove the hazing). Make sense?

That interior looks amazing considering you had no water to work with!

Thanks man, I know it isn't perfect but the lack of water kind of caught me off guard. Luckily I carry a couple gallons with me so I just used a spray bottle * a lot* on the mats and stuff. Thanks the detailing gods for woolite!



Cheers fellas.



Oh and steck - that's how that exhaust comes, it's part of the look I guess. I wish I could let you guys hear it - man the VQ sounds good in those stock but with that exhaust it could pass for a V8.

 

[imported_hadboosttroy]

that G35 is awesome. good work. those exhaust must get pretty hot to turn blue like that (LOL).



WOw a 'dead pedal' on a civic...guess when you're really pusing it eh?! (i'm a big fan of the 'dead pedal' BTW)

dead pedal is factory. I actually have never driven a car without one (honda acura bmw subaru nissan etc.)

 

[imported_Picus]

dead pedal is factory. I actually have never driven a car without one (honda acura bmw subaru nissan etc.)

My car doesn't have one! I kind of wish it did...

 

[BigAl3]

props on the g35, looks great! :bigups

 

[stilez]

Beautiful work!





That G is Gorgeous.

 

[Scottwax]

Black G35 paint... :bat



Can be a real PITA, mars pretty easily but the swirls can be tough to remove. Optimum Compound followed by Menzerna 106FF seems to work well for me.



Massive improvement! The paint look so much better. :xyxthumbs



Good job on the Civic too, you earned your money on that one.

 

[imported_Picus]

Beautiful work!





That G is Gorgeous.

I know, I was totally lusting after it. I love his wheels. Normally I'm more of a split spoke guy, but the ones he has just have a perfect lip and suit the drop well.

Black G35 paint... :bat



Can be a real PITA, mars pretty easily but the swirls can be tough to remove. Optimum Compound followed by Menzerna 106FF seems to work well for me.



Massive improvement! The paint look so much better. :xyxthumbs



Good job on the Civic too, you earned your money on that one.

I didn't even think to try OCC - I'll definitely give it a go next time. The longer working time probably helps getting out those stubborn scratches. Thanks!

 

[imported_mrecktid]

OoOoOOo I gotcha now, guess when I hit up my brother's coupe I'll be sure to keep going at it if it doesn't get fixed the first pass or two