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:

 

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





Luckily these peeled right off as they were fresh..






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

 

Before..


After First Polishing step..50/50


50/50..after SIP/Orange..


Halogens..final.






Final Full Sun Shots..

 

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!

 

You thought those were good? That was before LSP, now after waxing..

 

Products Updated.

 

Haha, so can a car get too reflective that it's a hazard to other drivers?

 

If its chrome, yes! This is as close to chrome as paint gets..

 

Looks Great! I'm a pretty die hard Griot's fan for polishes and waxes and actually prefer meguiars #26 for glass. The heavy weights on my rap sheet so far includes a Ferrari 360 Modena, MB E55 AMG, Ford GT, 2008 S6 and RS4, and have an F430 scheduled this summer. The owner of the GT is good friends with a Veyron owner so I might get my hands on that sometime this summer

 

That would be nice!!!