S2KI Honda S2000 Forums - Detailed: 2006 Acura RSX

Wheels/Tires:
Meguiar's Deep Crystal / Mother's All Wheel Cleaner on wheels
Meguiar's APC on tires
Meguiar's Hyper Dressing on tires
EZ Detail brush for the barrels

Wash:
Gilmour Foam Gun
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss via Foam Gun and 2BM
Meguiar's Microfiber Wash Mitt

Clay:
Meguiar's OTC Clay
Meguiar's Last Touch

Paint Correction:
Flex 3401 VRG
Meguiar's G100
Meguiar's M105 / Meguiar's W8006 Pads
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish / LC Orange Pads / LC White Pads
Menzerna Nano Polish (106FF) / LC Grey Pad
Craftsman 500W Halogen Lights

LSP:
Menzerna Powerlock / Meguiar's Foam Applicator Pad (left 12 hours to cure)
Autoglym HD Wax

Interior:
Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer

I was excited to detail this car because it is a show car and also unique!!! The car had very tasteful mods & it had horsepower to back it up. The car arrived clean. It only had very light swirl marks underneath a layer of Arizona dust. Here are some before pictures... Sorry I only have a few pictures because I couldn't really capture the swirl marks with the intense arizona sun.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...I/IMG_4926.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...A/IMG_4927.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...I/IMG_4928.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...4/IMG_4929.JPG

Here are some wash pictures:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...4/IMG_4932.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...A/IMG_4933.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...k/IMG_4934.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...I/IMG_4935.JPG

I tried getting some clay pictures but the embedded dirt was very light.

All taped up and ready to go:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...g/IMG_4937.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...I/IMG_4938.JPG

After claying the car, I performed an IPA wipe down to see the true condition of the paint. I was shocked to see the amount of swirls the paint had!!! It didn't have that much swirls when we first inspected the car before delivering it to me. I guess the previous layer of wax hid all some of the swirls.

Since this car is a show car, I wanted the paint to look as perfect as possible. I decided to go ahead and use a 2 step detail right off the bat. I also recently received my Meguiar's M105 so I wanted to try that out as well. I used both Meg's M105 and Menz SIP throughout my paint correction phase. Here are some 50/50 shots:

Passenger Side Door:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...w/IMG_4940.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...o/IMG_4947.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...Y/IMG_4948.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...w/IMG_4949.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...g/IMG_4952.JPG

Driver Side Door:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...I/IMG_4958.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...U/IMG_4959.JPG

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...E/IMG_4960.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...k/IMG_4961.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...Q/IMG_4962.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...w/IMG_4970.JPG

You can literally see the pearl popping in the after shots... The pearl flakes were more noticeable and the color of the paint changed from a light hazy blue to a deep and rich blue. Here's a 50/50 shot I took just trying to show the difference in the reflection. You can really notice the clarity improvement achieved.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...s/IMG_4972.JPG

Driver side rear quarter panel:

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...0/IMG_4975.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...4/IMG_4976.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...M/IMG_4979.JPG

Passenger side rear quarter panel:

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...E/IMG_4984.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...E/IMG_4985.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...s/IMG_4986.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bjudXycjqGc/TD...k/IMG_4987.JPG

Approximate time: 12-13 Hours. I don't know why it took this long...