Make It Shine: Very Wet Honda Civic Hatch

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kaval

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Hey everyone. I had the chance to detail the car of a good friend. It is a 1999 Civic with 204,000KMs on it.



I have been without a camera for the past few details but thankfully my friend has an XTi so he snapped quite a few pictures. It was nice for once for someone to be taking pictures while I focused at the task. After the car was done, we went to a parking lot to shoot some proper pictures.



Process:

- Wash via double-buckets, Optimum Car Wash & Sheepskin Mitts

- Dry with WW MFs

- Clay with Riccardo Clay & ONR diluted to Clay Lube

- IPA wipedown

- OP on LC 6.5" white pad, and Sonus 6" white pad via rotary @ 1600rpm

- IPA wipedown and rinse

- Opti-Seal x2

- Tires dressed with owner's Armour All-Foam when we reached the photoshoot destination.



I was very happy at the level of gloss achieved, and Opti-Seal amped it up quite a bit after that as you will see in the pictures.

















































































































After 2 coats of Opti-Seal:































Special thanks to Amer for the pictures and letting me use the camera! I definitely have to get a DSLR soon :D



Thanks for looking!



Kaval
 
nice job and write-up! you gotta love those hatchbacks, it's a shame they stop making them. they never go out of style IMO...
 
BigAl3 said:
nice job and write-up! you gotta love those hatchbacks, it's a shame they stop making them. they never go out of style IMO...
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+1 I'm a huge fan of 6gen Civics. 5th and 6th gens have aged very well.



Beautiful car, great work. Paint looks astounding. :clap:
 
Thanks for all the comments! The car drives VERY well for it's age. It honestly feels like it has 100K on it, if even that. The motor is a stock but very healthy D16Y7. Car is pretty much stock except for PIC Coilovers 8K/10K.



The previous owner of this car was a detailer as well, so he knew how to take care of the car properly, hence why it has aged so well.
 
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