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Old 11-12-2008, 05:10 PM
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Default Presidential Detailed: 2001 Honda S2000 TURBO!!

This is the former S&R Racing car here in Tampa, Rob(Primogen- our best ex-CO) picked the car up about a month or two ago and gave me a call to get it cleaned up for a show coming up. I must say, Ive seen the car before and was a little nervous with all the fiberglass molding and unsure condition of the paint. The entire front end is all aftermarket and I wasnt sure how the paint was going to hold up either, since it had cracked in a couple spots due to the flexing of the kit. Basically I told Rob, that I could make the car look a whole lot better, but was a little nervous to go for a full correction and he agreed. I ended up going at it with SIP/Orange and got very good results, actually night and day but the deeper swirling and some deeper scratched remained. Well on to the pics..

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

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Some pretty serious water etching..


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There was quite a bit of hologramming from a previous detailer..
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We took the wheels off to clean up the undercarriage..
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Wheel After..
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Then we worked on the undercarriage..
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Rob being the helper he is, tightening the lugs..
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Now in the halogens..
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50/50 on the hood with SIP/Orange..
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Taping off the edges to polish the inner rim of the vent..
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A couple more before/afters..
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And the rest of the afters in the halogens..there wasnt much sun where I was working..not to mention the tent I had to use because there was no garage accessible.
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Couple of the sun shots I managed to get..
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Now finally finished..
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And finally my favorite..I love to see the cars bead up after I finish them!
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Old 11-12-2008, 06:43 PM
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wow you know its done by the best when you cant tell where the car ends and begins.. amazing job!!
 
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damn!! nice job...
so how much did u charge him for this???
 
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Old 11-12-2008, 07:27 PM
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Thanks for the compliments, I cant really post prices or anything without a vendor account but you can pm for me details.
 
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another job well done!!
 


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