Abused Black Civic (Lots of 800x600 jpegs)

[stilez]

Well, before we get started, I'd like to say that the specs on the paint after polishing/waxing are the blue flake in the paint reflecting off the sun. I could not get a good close-up of it, but it's not lint...I use microfibers .



So this Civic is a 1998 with 160k miles on it. It was garaged, but not really washed and NEVER protected. The process was:



Wash - Mother's Gold

Clay - Clay Majic

Rinse and Dry - Pakshak WW MF

Polished - SFP x 2 w/ LC White Polishing Pad on the Makita 9227c

Wax - S100





Before

After

Swirled to Hell

Pretty Much All Removed

Dull, Swirled, and notice the bad scuffs where the "Civic" and "DX" were removed by the owner with a plastic spatulla :scared

After

 

[stilez]

Gashed and Swirled Rear Bumper

After

Whole Rear Bumper

On the Left (Wash and Clayed) --- On the Right (Wash, Clayed, and Polished)

All Done

All Comments and Questions Welcomed!

 

[tom p.]

Nice effort! :up

 

[fieval_72]

considering the condition of the car...nice work...the condition of that car looks pretty much like mine...now i have something to shoot for ^^

 

[randy98mtu]

Very impressive. :up

 

[rathi60]

Nice work!!:up

 

[TN9thSi]

That's a substantial difference. Nice work, it turned out great.

 

[imported_ajbarnes]

Great job! Remarkable improvement.:xyxthumbs

 

[tangix2001]

Big improvement. How are you coming along with the rotary?

 

[2000_EBP_civic]

nice work but i got a question....whats with the front tires ??

 

[maharaja]

Nice work, how long did all of that take you to do?

 

[stilez]

Thumper: The rotary is my majic tool. I have done a lot of extensive research and am very confident with it now. It has earned itself back so many times over.



2000_EPB_civic: Hmm... My friend JUST bought the car and put those on. Nitto NT-555 Drag Radials on the front and Toyo FZ4's on the back. He is doing a B20 Block/Type R Head. He has a JRSC in his garage ready to go for it as well. It's definately gonna be a contender.



maharaja: Took me a little over 4 hours for the complete exterior. I took my time (nothing to do for the rest of the day) and didn't rush it, but if need be I could have gotten it done a little bit quicker.

 

[tangix2001]

Thumper: The rotary is my majic tool. I have done a lot of extensive research and am very confident with it now. It has earned itself back so many times over.

People worry so much about using a rotary but like you've seen the results are night and day. Nothing to it once you get used to it.

 

[Blue-Sun]

nice job!



david

 

[reevis]

just like night and day! great job!

 

[2000_EBP_civic]

2000_EPB_civic: Hmm... My friend JUST bought the car and put those on. Nitto NT-555 Drag Radials on the front and Toyo FZ4's on the back. He is doing a B20 Block/Type R Head. He has a JRSC in his garage ready to go for it as well. It's definately gonna be a contender.

interesting... CRVtec is a cool idea but why not get a GSR/ITR motor, sleve it and then slap on the JRSC? at least taht way when you sleve the block you can prep the bottom end for high boost?

 

[stilez]

interesting... CRVtec is a cool idea but why not get a GSR/ITR motor, sleve it and then slap on the JRSC? at least taht way when you sleve the block you can prep the bottom end for high boost?

This is true. Myself, I'm more of an all-motor guy, but this kid has researched this a bunch. He contemplated the idea of a K20 in there, but I think the install price might kill him. Who knows.



I will be detailing this car every couple months, so I will keep updates on the mods as I go.