Presidential Detailed: 2008 Honda Civic SI

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Old 12-11-2008, 11:21 AM
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This car belongs to Willis here on TR. He saw some of my work online and looked me up. He just purchased the car and said it had only been washed twice since he'd gotten it! There was just a little over 9k miles on the odometer! This is my kind of guy, haha! So, obviously there were some dealer defects and some minor hard water etching on the roof, trunk and spoiler but overall the car was in real good shape, just need a light swirl removal.

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
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
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/WHITE FLAT x2
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

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50/50




Complete hood polished..
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Etching on roof..owner didnt want wetsand, but M105 got them about 99%




Working in SIP after M105




Its nice when you cant tell where the paint/glass end and begin!


Same damage on the Wing..




After 1 pass with M105/Wool..


After M105/Wool & SIP/White




Same damage on trunk also..


After M105/Wool & SIP/White


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Drivers side in halogens..


After SIP/White x2..


And since it was dark, all I got are some cool reflections! This car looks SO WET!




















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Old 12-11-2008, 12:08 PM
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Another nice one.. I was wondering how much better it was going to look since it already looked pretty good.. Deff. an improvement though, im sure the owner will be happy.... Just like every other customer of yours lol
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Thanks!
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Old 12-11-2008, 01:37 PM
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yep im very happy with way the car turned out, it sucks it rained today lol. all that work and now its all dirty. Thanks again Billy
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yeah same hapend to my 8 willis lol
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MmMm soo blue!! Great job
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Thanks guys! Tim and WIll let me know when you get a couple hours and Ill wash them up for you again for free, kind of a rain policy!
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