Presidential Detailed: 2006 Honda Civic SI

[Presidential_Detail]

Mike K. here on the TR, is the owner of this car and just picked it up a couple weeks ago and gave me a call. The overall condition of the car was pretty good and we just did a "basic" 1-stage polish on it. The car used to have a wind visor for the moon roof, but the Mike took it off and it had left some pretty serious clear coat damage from rubbing on it so much. There were also some pretty serious scratches on the roof from what seems like a laptop or books being sat down and slid across the finish often. I ended up using M105 compound on the entire roof and top pillars(between the roof and doors) and it did a pretty good job, to get any better would require wet sanding which we weren't looking to do this time around. Mike was very happy with the outcome as was I, especially for a single stage polish job.

Products:
Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/White
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Black WOW
Griots Garage Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Pneu


LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt 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:






Damage from wind visor..






Real bad swirling and buffer trails on the roof..




Wheels before..they were fairly clean already.

[Presidential_Detail]

AFTERS:






The roof damage is now barely visible..

[TIM TIM TIM]

my lord, even a car that already looked good looks 50X's better..

up next, 2004 mazda rx8 - the ultimate test

[Presidential_Detail]

Stay tuned for hammered RX-8 next week on Presidential Detailing.. :d

[Ro.]

^ Uh oh, maybe a test? Great job once again

[TIM TIM TIM]

a bit of a test, its got some pretty intense swirls and stuff in it.. I have faith in our man though and he can get it looking good... not expecting 100% but even 90% would be worth the money lol

[Presidential_Detail]

a bit of a test, its got some pretty intense swirls and stuff in it.. I have faith in our man though and he can get it looking good... not expecting 100% but even 90% would be worth the money lol

Ill do my best! I can assure you it will be atleast 90% better for sure though! Cant wait for those 50/50 shots..

[Mike K.]

Trust me it was all worth the money to me. Bill did an outstanding job on my car and I couldn't have asked for a better turn out. Bill was very flexible and worked around my schedule. Bill always kept me well informed and always showed up right when he said he would.

Thanks again!

Mike

[Presidential_Detail]

Thanks! Your car looks great man! Hope you dont get it too dirty before the show!

[TIM TIM TIM]

the 50/50 shots will be amazing. im still suprised the difference in this car and you didnt even do the "full" detail on it.

[btuner]

Sweet mike looks good! cant wait to see it in person

[Presidential_Detail]

Sweet mike looks good! cant wait to see it in person

It really looks great! You guys need to do a shoot of it while its still clean!