Presidential Detailed: 2001 Honda S2000-Not 56k FRIENDLY!!

[PresdntialDtail]

This car was also part of the 4 car job I had in Palm Bay, FL. This one was not near as bad as the red S2K I just posted recently, however it still needed a lot of attention! This car also just returned from a day of Auto-x'ing and was very dirty to begin with. It also had some very bad hard water spotting on the front of the car and seemed to have a sort of "film" of hard water on the car creating a very white-faded looking residue.



Products:



Exterior:

Dawn Soap Pre-Wash

ONR diluted to clay lube

COBRA UMF Wash Mitt

COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's

Dual Buckets with Grit Guards

3m "green" Masking Tape

Adams Professional Clay Bar

Meguairs APC+

Meguairs Hyperdressing

Meguairs M105/Burgandy Wool

Menzerna 106fa/White

UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

Tons of (retired) Cobra Towels(AP)

Swissvax Pneu

Adams Metal Polish #1&2



LSP:

Optimum Opti-Seal applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Two coats of Dodo Juice Supernatural Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator



Tools:

Dual Work Lamps

Makita Hi Speed Rotary

World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush

Foam Pad Cleaning Brush

DD Detail Sponge

The Wheel Well/Fender Brush

The Spoke Brush

Canon Rebel XTi

Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow

E-Z Detail Wheel Brush

Swissvax Wheel Brush



BEFORE:

 

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The wheels are practically brand new, but very dusty from a dirt road making them look old and used.

This fender liner is also practically brand new..

The engine was also degreased and dressed.

 

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Before under the halogens..notice the white residue.

This was after washing and drying properly(the spots are not from me.)

Taped up ready for polishing..

 

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Some 50/50s. After Compounding.



On the hood.

Front Fenders.

The headlights were also treated by hand with M105.



Driver Side Before.

After.

Before.

After.

Passenger Side Before.

After.

 

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You might not have noticed the exhaust tips, but they need some work real bad!

So I took them off completely to give them a good cleaning/polish.

I used Adams Metal Polish #1&2 to get them shining again.

 

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In the halogen and fluorescent lighting..

 

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A few shots in the sunlight..

 

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And of course, the reflections we all love!

My new "Presidential" Uniform.

 

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I also touched up the interior a little..

 

[spK]

Nice work!

 

[PresdntialDtail]

Thanks!

 

[imported_Skydiver]

So this was a one step polish? nice job. What wax or paint sealant did you use after?

 

[PresdntialDtail]

Noo. It was a 3-stage polish. M105/106fa/Ultrafina followed by Opti-Seal and two coats of Dodo Juice Supernatural.

 

[Optimum Auto]

Nice job!!! Do you get alot of your s2000 jobs off of s2ki????



Chris

 

[chromecarz00]

AWESOME job on the tips but no after pix with them?

 

[GLuXuRy]

great job ... suprised you took the extra step and took off the exhaust tips, i might need to try out those metal polish's you used on my exhaust tips

 

[PresdntialDtail]

AWESOME job on the tips but no after pix with them?

Thanks, you must have missed it.



Before:

After:

 

[PresdntialDtail]

Nice job!!! Do you get alot of your s2000 jobs off of s2ki????



Chris

I was lucky enough to be a part of the s2k community(I owned one myself) before I even started my detailing business, so I get a lot of the local s2ks. I am also lucky to be in Tampa, which is one of the most active s2ki groups in the state. I am actually about to post TWO MORE!!! :heelclick