Presidential Detailed: 2004 Mazda RX-8

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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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This car belongs to a fellow TR member(Tim Tim Tim). We had spoken about 4 or 5 months ago when he just picked up the car and it was in bad shape from the start, and I mean BAD. Haha! Tim gave me a call last week and told me he wanted me to work my magic on the car before he moved to Ohio, so we scheduled the car. We were unable to get a 100% correction due to time and budget, if it was even possible to bring this thing back to 100%. It looked like it had sat underneath a hard water sprinkler all its life, no joke! While we couldnt get it perfect, Id say the results were outstanding for what we did do to it! Ill let you guys be the judge! Enjoy!

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/Orange FLAT
Menzerna 106FA/White FLAT
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
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

A few shots before I got started..




No reflection at all, just hard water etching!


Some spot touch up paint, some car lots will do this sort of thing!


50/50 on the hood after 2 passes with SIP/Orange at 1800rpm






This same spot painting up close..


Now fixed..


Before..


After 2 passes with SIP/Orange at 1800rpm


50/50 of trunk..


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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 02:22 PM
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Final Rinse..


Some sun shots I managed to get before sundown..


Rear 1/4 panel..


Trunk..


Roof..


Some reflections..
Now some afters..




















And a couple overal after shots..






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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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Car looks great man, thank you very much.. Were both VERY happy with the job done and would recomend your service to ANYONE. Im sure with more time and money it could have came out better but I cannot complain 1 tiny bit. Thanks again
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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It's like night and day with this one. Once again, AMAZING WORK!!
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Old Dec 9, 2008 | 05:46 PM
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^ it really is.. I couldnt believe the difference in feel just after clay bar, then I couldnt believe it again after the 1st stage buff, then i couldnt believe it again after all the buffing and I still dont beleive it AGAIN after the wax lol.. Its literally ALMOST like new paint (other then chips and stuff from the duesh who had it before me )
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Wow, amazing work yet once again!!
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Thanks!
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how much did you charge for this, presidential?

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Originally Posted by racer_x
how much did you charge for this, presidential?
I currently charge $25/hr and this one took around 16 hours. Let me know if you would like to set something up! Thanks!
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