2003 Redrock Pearl Honda Pilot Detailed

G35stilez

G35stilez

Ari Gold
Up for detail today was a 2003 Honda Pilot in a beautiful Redrock Pearl color. The owner found me on the forums drove about 90 minutes to have the work performed.

The vehicle was reasonably dirty with a decent amount of swirls, but the biggest area of hurt was the plethora of fallout on the horizontal surfaces. On the hood and roof, I could barely move the clay. A 6" x 6" spot yielded 4 kneads and still, was only about 95% clean. The paint and glass chewed up a half bar of Meguiar's Overspray clay.

The interior wasn't anything too bad. I am working on my steaming techniques, so it took a little long (2hrs), but came out really nice. My finals were:

-Kids & Pets to pretreat
-Steam clean entire interior
-303 Aerospace on vinyl/rubber/plastic
-FK1 #425 on glass/trim

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Exterior finals were:

-Meguiar's Hyper Wash
-Meguiar's Aggressive Overspray Clay with Hyper Wash lube
-Meguiar's Wheel Brightener cut 3:1 on wheels
-TOL Tire Cleaner cut 1:1 on tires/wells
-Amazing Roll Off cut 2:1 on plastic

-Optimum Polish via rotary and LC Cutting Pad @ 1400 rpm x 2
-Menzerna FPII via rotary and LC Polishing Pad @ 1500 rpm


-Zaino Z5
-Zaino Z8

-CG VRT cut 2.5:1 in wells
-Meguiar's Insane Shine Tire Dressing on tires (applied with an EO Tire-Swipe leaves for a nice sheen)
-Meguiar's ASD on trim


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After wash/clay
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After compound/polish/seal
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After
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After
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Couple favs
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Questions/Comments, feel free!
 
Looks fantastic as always! Hopefully the owner will take better care of it from now on.
 
Looks great!! What is your steam cleaning technique (type of steamer, process, etc...)?
 
I can always tell when Liz does the detailing, and you work the camera. Well done!

-JK

An excellent looking detail as always.

The interior came out especially nice. Let K&P dwell for 10 min., hit it with steam, and it erases most anything you throw at it. Are you using steam on the jams too?

p.s. -Nice 4-sale write up on your Acura! That has to be the most comprehensive seller write up that I've ever read :)
 
Thanks all :).

pmd: I put the MF in the attachment and shoot the steam through it. Hard to explain, but you'd have to see the attachment.

John: Yep, steam in the jams too.

Thanks.
 
Your detailing skills are always first rate. The interior looks good as do the wheels and the wheel wells. Wheel wells are something that I try very hard to avoid doing.

I have to agree with CBlakeNS that the before and after pictures are very good.
 
cwcad said:
Your detailing skills are always first rate. The interior looks good as do the wheels and the wheel wells. Wheel wells are something that I try very hard to avoid doing.

I have to agree with CBlakeNS that the before and after pictures are very good.
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Don't feel bad Kirk.

Sean is an ANIMAL when it comes to detailing.

He's a great source of information, and has an extensive catalog of experiences (which adds a TON of value to this board).

Thank God he's humble -because he's in a class of his own!
 
mgm2003 said:
Don't feel bad Kirk.

Sean is an ANIMAL when it comes to detailing.

He's a great source of information, and has an extensive catalog of experiences (which adds a TON of value to this board).

Thank God he's humble -because he's in a class of his own!
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You certainly would get no argument from me on that score.

Sean is a detailer's detailer. His work is my benchmark.
 
What kind of steamer are you using, Sean? Looks like it does a helluva lot better job than mine usually does -- it tends to take me twice as long because I have to go back over stuff twice.
 
I'm always amazed at how you get cars cleaned, then polish/wax. I guess you really like the Meg's Prof series.
 
GSRstilez said:
... but the biggest area of hurt was the plethora of fallout on the horizontal surfaces. On the hood and roof, I could barely move the clay. A 6" x 6" spot yielded 4 kneads and still, was only about 95% clean. The paint and glass chewed up a half bar of Meguiar's Overspray clay.
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Sean,

Excellent work, of course. Regarding the above, I wonder if the ABC decontamination system would've made the job a little easier. You could clay during the "B" stage. All of that with the understanding that there probably should be an extra charge for such a procedure.
 
Bill D said:
Sean,

Excellent work, of course. Regarding the above, I wonder if the ABC decontamination system would've made the job a little easier. You could clay during the "B" stage. All of that with the understanding that there probably should be an extra charge for such a procedure.
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Bill, Have you used the ABC decon kit? Thoughts?

I tried the FK process a year or so ago, and didn't think it did anything above and beyond clay. It didn't 'chemically' leach out water spots, bird etchings, etc.. so in my mind, why bother when you can go straight to clay. I'm not trying to say that it doesn't work. In fairness, I've only tried it twice. I'm sure in certain cases/conditions it probably works 'as advertised'. I tried it on a few cars with dark paint that sit out 24 x 7. Both had neglected paint and water spots bedded well into, or past the clear.
 
I'm considering pulling the trigger. I can see the value both to the customer and to me ( saving some time). My understanding is the Valugard system is more effective than the FK. That would be the one I would get.

For a customer, I'd do a little education/sales pitch to get them to understand the benefit of the system. I'd also check to see if there are any pamphlets available ( or just create some myself) and supply one during the inspection/price negotiation stage.
 
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