CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

FREAKIN CLEAN CIVIC EG6 RHD detailed for a car show

So, after the skyline, I had another RHD I had to do before the next week car show.

The car is 100% OEM, with oem paint and oem rubber! OEM wheel too. 20 year old paint is usually in very bad condition and considering the car is black it's even worse! The challange I had to deal with is the very thin paint left on the car. About 100 microns. So, instead of doing a full correction and remove like 20 micron on the paint, I decide to remove about 10 microns and the rest would be final polishing to burnish the paint for a higher wetness and reflection. This way your eyes won't see the swirls/defect but the extreme wetness the paint shows.

Also, the owner wanted something really durable. So, I decide I would put one coat of Klasse High gloss sealant instead of a wet-looking carnauba wax like Pinnacle souveran ( too bad, it would have been even more wet after haha)

Product:

2 bucket washing
MEG shampoo +
Sheepsking wash mitt
Lot of Microfiber
50/50 alcohol/water for final wipe down.
SSR2 | Orance CCS
CG Nano polish | white pad
Menz Final polish II | white pad
Riccardo blue Clay bar
Klasse Sealant
PB Wheel sealant
SSR2 | WG finger applicator on wheel
303 protector on trim and engine
Meg APC+ 4:1 for engine.
PB QD+ for added slickness



Initial conditon of the paint:


Pretty intense under 2x 250w halogen spot:



Hood:


Key scratch... Hater I guess:



50/50 shot!

A lot better hen! This is after doing my 3 pass compound.

Hood:


fender:


Quarter panel:


Left light is untouched, I hope you can see the difference. Result will be better once I polish with Plastic polish.


No before. Sorry guys, but, at the end, what is important is the final result no ?


After-shot, paint is darker,reflection is better, wetness factor and the clear coat is no more oxided.



Wet tire too!! haha


The sky is the limit!


Free advertising haha!




I've been able to diminish the effect of the key scratch but as you can see, when it's white, it's because you see the under the paint, there's no way to correct this kind of defect.


here's my favorite shot!! see how wet it is!


See ya next week guys.

[cobrAA]

I thought this detail was too hot to include it in this thread, However here's the link, for futur reference, a Skyline GTR R32 showroom condition 99% correction.

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/media/42241-skyline-gtr-detailed-showroom-condition-99%25-correction.html

[cobrAA]

Since it's way too hot over here, I decide to do some work inside in the garage !

Polishing a cluster cover and then coated with a sealant for anti-static protection.

Before:





After:




Look tons better now!

[cobrAA]

This owner just got his new truck and want to add some shine and protection to his new tucson 2010.

Let see what I can do.

Leather conditioner
303 uv protectant
1 coat of ultra durable was
DP MAX WAX for extreme wetness

Fabric-guard on fabric
A professional wash done by myself!:yhea:
Wheel sealant.


Inside of the wheel was done too with a wheel brush.




Some interior shot :







WET-LOOK:

[cobrAA]

Volvo S60 charcoal

Initial condition: Lot of brake dust on wheel,faded plastic trim, almost white, paint is pretty mat too and chalky and lots of RDS ( Random deep scratches)

Riccardo clay bar
SSR2
Orange pad Lake country CCS
Makita
Hi-tech spray wax
QD+ spray wax
303 Protector








Prepping the car to not stain the plastic trim



For 1-step, I'm stunned by the correction




No doubt the wheel look better and the wheel well have been detailed too


Pretty wet for a pearl charcoal paint!


Exemple of some RDS I corrected

Better no??



Headlight polishing


Trim protective treatment.











thanks for looking!

[cobrAA]

10 hours!! Man I could do the valve covers in 40-60 min...

sorry I call BS. no way you can sand from 320 to 2000 + polishing in 40 minutes. WTF man?

Prove it then lol.. geez

[DJ]

Jesuss. I was going to do my valve covers polished, and then you said 10 hours and i regretted even thinking that hahaha. Good work my friend! Looks awesome!

10 hours!! Man I could do the valve covers in 40-60 min...

[cobrAA]

Here's a friend of mine who was completing in a SQ audio competition and there's point allowed for the installation and how clean it is. So, he ask me to do a quick interior detail.

Produit:
All purpose cleaner d
Salt remover
Professional upholstery stain-remover ( for coffee stain)
Micro-fiber towel for dust
303 protector
degreaser for door jamb
little brush for crack
Galaxyhot water extractor
Air compressor to clean vent


before:

Just a bit of salt....

LOTS OF DUUUUUSSTT!

A lot of coffee stain everywhere, he must learn to drink while driving haha


after:

No more coffee stain.


While washing the trunk with my extractor


Wash the seat quick just so the dust can get wet and trap more dust this way. Wet dust is easier to trap than dry dust.




Door have been degreased.


Here's what you do with an air compressor and lil brush.




Rubber transfer, I guess? Who cares? It's gone now haha.





Damn, I'm looking forward to do some JDM but hey, I won't force anyone ! Maybe next summer ''tuner'' will trust me more and gives me a try.

[cobrAA]

Jesuss. I was going to do my valve covers polished, and then you said 10 hours and i regretted even thinking that hahaha. Good work my friend! Looks awesome!

thanks for the comment, I would like to do more JDM car and especially skyline but.. oh well.. as long as I have some jobs to do, whatever the car is hen!

[cobrAA]

hey, on the sentra, how do clean up the black plastic? i need to get my fan shroud cleaned right up. and other plastics.

do you use the same for interior and exterior plastics?

it's called 303 protector. degreaser then finish it with a coat of protector.

[Brody_Howell]

umm... 10 hours approx lol. if not more!

Jesuss. I was going to do my valve covers polished, and then you said 10 hours and i regretted even thinking that hahaha. Good work my friend! Looks awesome!

[Bugsly17]

hey, on the sentra, how do clean up the black plastic? i need to get my fan shroud cleaned right up. and other plastics.

do you use the same for interior and exterior plastics?

[cobrAA]

Im definitely coming back to this thread when I do my twin turbo pipe. How long did it take you to finish it?

umm... 10 hours approx lol. if not more!

[bellis_GTR]

Im definitely coming back to this thread when I do my twin turbo pipe. How long did it take you to finish it?

[cobrAA]

Twin turbo pipe polishing.

150
220
320
400
WET 400
WET 600
WET 800
WET 1000
WET 1500
WET 2000
Steel wool_ metal polish
Polishing pad with metal compound
metal polish
metal sealant

before :




bigger grain:



gettin smaller:


now, this is polishing! :


2000 step:



Sorry about the light in my work place, it make the pipe look pretty fugly but you can still see there's quite a bit of reflection


Last step: Polished with the metal compound, then, with a microfiber I slightly rubbed my metal polish to pick up any compound residu and then put 2 coat of metal sealant.


No pic in the engine because it's under construction and have been scratched a lil bit.