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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 11:17 AM
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ok i know it's not an s but i am working my way back

some of you may know that i sold my S last year to buy a house and i drove a POS ford for the last 8 months.. i hated the thing and i could never get excited about detailing it like my S and other cars - anyway i picked up this 'Lude from a good friend this past week and MikeyC helped me yesterday

we clayed it, DACP, Klasse AIO and then topped it with something MikeyC had (like s100)

here are some before and after shots


before pas side



after pass side



before nose



after nose



before rear



after rear (still needs work as i plan to remove the emblems / vtec sticker



money shot



it's good to have a car i'll enjoy working on again
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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Congrats!!! The car looks nice. You guys did a great job.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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bass-
wow, great job... espcially like the headlight improvement!!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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Nice Steve! Youll have fun with it. Love pearl white.....

Your avatar is epic!
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wanabe,Mar 26 2006, 04:01 PM
wow, great job... espcially like the headlight improvement!!
The headlights were one of the areas I worked on.

Steve, I think once you get some 4" pads you should go over the headlights one or two more times with some Menzerna Intensive Polish. Then follow up with one or two treatments of Menzerna Finishing Polish II or the Megs DACP. I think we could have gotten them even better. Also, the car looks great now that you have the summer wheels on.
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 03:01 PM
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nice transformation
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by wanabe,Mar 26 2006, 04:01 PM
bass-
wow, great job... espcially like the headlight improvement!!
That was ALL mikeyC - he used his PC with a 4 inch pad and some Meriniza - came out great because i thought i was going to have to wet sand them
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Old Mar 26, 2006 | 06:48 PM
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Car looks great Steve! Glad to see you back in something more sporty!

I need to buy a PC!
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Old Mar 27, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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Looks great

but one question what did you use on the licence plates to get them to change like that ??!

looks very nice, rear tail lights look impressive too.

Wheels lift it as well for that all round job.


How long did it take you guys to do it?
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Old Apr 3, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by robs_silver_s2k,Mar 27 2006, 04:40 PM
Looks great

but one question what did you use on the licence plates to get them to change like that ??!

looks very nice, rear tail lights look impressive too.

Wheels lift it as well for that all round job.


How long did it take you guys to do it?
Those are special camera plates we have in MA the orig pic had the old owner's plate on it

it took three of use (me, MickeyC, and another guy) about two hours -
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