Mazda RX-8 -- Detail for a friend

[jonnyboy]

My buddy just bought this RX-8 as an extra, for fun, car. He wanted the paint corrected and protected. He also wanted the interior cleaned and detailed. This won't be a daily driver and will always be garaged. He just wanted to make it look sweet and get it ready for summer.

Here is what I used:



Wheels & Wheel Wells

Amazing Roll Off -- tires, and wheel wells
Meguiar's Wheel Brightner -- rims

Wash

Dawn Dishwashing Soap.....

Engine

Amazing Roll Off
Dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant

Carpets

Folex -- spot treatment
Pro-Form (Sams Club) Carpet Cleaner -- Cleaning
Bissell

Leather

Clean -- Woolite 10:1
Condition -- Meguiar's Leather Cleaner & Conditioner (just got it!)

Interior and Door Jams

Meguiars APC+ 4:1
Plastic & Dash treated with 303
Alcohol & Water 50/50 for windows
Also treated all of the rubber seals with 303 Protectant

Paint

Klasse AIO w/ white CCS pad

Collinite 845 w/ Grey CCS pad





Some Before Shots:

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Some More After Shots

 

[Old Pirate]

Looks great jonnyboy, great clean up on the Mazda! BTW are you in the Yuba area? I was at Beale AFB back in the 70's for 6 months and the town your from sound familiar. I could be wrong.

 

[imported_Termigator]

Nice job on the Mazda. Always thought it was one of the cooler cars around. Your friend should take better care of it.

 

[jonnyboy]

Looks great jonnyboy, great clean up on the Mazda! BTW are you in the Yuba area? I was at Beale AFB back in the 70's for 6 months and the town your from sound familiar. I could be wrong.

Totally! Colusa is about 25 miles away from Yuba City and about 40 miles from Beale. You remember right my friend!

Jonathan

 

[imported_Luster]

Nice attention to detail! The car looks great. Keep up the good work!ancing Dot::biggrin:

 

[bmw5541]

jonnyboy,

The Mazda looks great. Great turn around. One think to keep in mind though. You did such a great job cleaning the wheels, so you might want to seal them, so they will be easier to clean the next time.

Thanks for sharing with us.:clap:

 

[jonnyboy]

jonnyboy,

The Mazda looks great. Great turn around. One think to keep in mind though. You did such a great job cleaning the wheels, so you might want to seal them, so they will be easier to clean the next time.

Thanks for sharing with us.:clap:

Oh crap.... I think I forgot to put that on there. I sealed them with KAIO and then Collinite 845. I could not believe the amount of brake dust that was on there. I wanted to make sure cleanup was easy for him next time. Thank you!! Great minds think alike Jonathan

 

[bmw5541]

Oh crap.... I think I forgot to put that on there. I sealed them with KAIO and then Collinite 845. I could not believe the amount of brake dust that was on there. I wanted to make sure cleanup was easy for him next time. Thank you!! Great minds think alike Jonathan

That combo will definately do the trick!

 

[durabio]

nice job! what did you do to the door pillars? I also have a friend who has an rx8 and the pillars look dead!

 

[jonnyboy]

nice job! what did you do to the door pillars? I also have a friend who has an rx8 and the pillars look dead!

The Klasse All In One works really good on those. I increase the speed of the PC7424XP up to 6 and go over them 2-3 times. It works awesome.