Presidential Detailed: 2002 Honda S2000 aka Black Nightmare!

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PresdntialDtail

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This car had to be one of my worst enemies! I could not get a hologram free finish on the soft Honda Black paint for anything! I eventually gave up, let the owner take the car home and ordered some new "better" products to try and tackle it again. I started this car the middle of last month and had to wait on my new products to come in from the UK, so I just now finished the car today! I must say it was worth the wait and the money for the new products by 3M!! Enjoy!



Products:



Exterior:

Dawn Soap Pre-Wash

Optimum No Rinse

ONR diluted to clay lube

COBRA UMF Wash Mitt

COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's

Dual Buckets with Grit Guards

3m Masking Tape

Adams Professional Clay Bar

Meguairs APC+

Meguairs Hyperdressing

Menzerna SIP/Orange

Menzerna 106fa/White

UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)

Swissvax Pneu



LSP:

P21S "100%" 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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This particular s2000 was outfitted with some wonderful pin striping and also some rubber door edge guards! :-o:oops: Needless to say, they had to go!



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Luckily these peeled right off as they were fresh..

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The pinstriping was another story..which inspired me to invest in a nice little rubber eraser tool just for this purpose!

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Now my favorite part..REFLECTIONS!! I tell you Honda has one of the nicer black paints, just wish it wasnt so soft!



Remember this one..sure ya do! ;)

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WOW!!!!! My jaw actually dropped looking at these pics.

Amazing job! Those reflection shots are superb!
 
I love the 3M polish for light and dark colored vehicle's. The thing I like most is that there is no silicon in these products. I love using the 3M on my Black 2008 Saturn Sky Redline. It creates a beautiful, no swirl, no halogen finish. Anyway, great job!
 
Nice work! I used to own an S2K and post on S2KI. So, I've worked on a number of black S2K's in the past. They do have SUPER soft paint and can be a PITA. You did a great job on this one.



That car was in pretty rough shape before you started. It can't be older than '06 MY since that was the first year they used that design on the wheels (in fact IIRC they were only used '06-'07).
 
Mikeyc said:
Nice work! I used to own an S2K and post on S2KI. So, I've worked on a number of black S2K's in the past. They do have SUPER soft paint and can be a PITA. You did a great job on this one.



That car was in pretty rough shape before you started. It can't be older than '06 MY since that was the first year they used that design on the wheels (in fact IIRC they were only used '06-'07).
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Wheel swap.
 
Mikeyc said:
Nice work! I used to own an S2K and post on S2KI. So, I've worked on a number of black S2K's in the past. They do have SUPER soft paint and can be a PITA. You did a great job on this one.



That car was in pretty rough shape before you started. It can't be older than '06 MY since that was the first year they used that design on the wheels (in fact IIRC they were only used '06-'07).
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Oh crap! I just realized I titled it 2002! Yeah, its definitely a 2006. I just got rid of my 07.. ;( Black also btw..:dance
 
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