My First Time: My Civic

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Gimics

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Paint was really new, so there wasn't much wrong with aesthetically. Theres some swirls and it was really dirty but nothing major. Phyiscally, the paint sucks.. theres bubbling, some webbing and lots of overspray, but you won't notice much of that in the pics. . .



ps. i know my wheels and tires suck.



Process:



Rinse

Cleaned tires and wheels with Sonus Rim Bright

Rinse

Wash with Meg's NXT using 2 bucket method and Sonus Der Wunder Mitt

Rinse

Dried with WW microfiber (which didn't seem to work as well as I thought it should have, but did not leave any streaking or water marks)

Clay bared with Sonus SFX Ultra-Fine Detailing Clay - this wasn't doing much of anything, and the paint bubbles were just thrashing the clay so I didn't do the whole car.

Hand polished with Sonus SFX-1 Restore Polish - took at least 3 hours to do the whole car. I took my time and tried to do the best i could.

Wiped down with MF polishing towel.

Hand polished with Sonus SFX-3 Final Finish - took about an hour. Harder to take off than the Restore Polish, ? , and didn't seem to do much.

Waxed with Meg's NXT.



Pictures:



Before Wash:

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After all (no chrome either):

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Before:

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After Wash:

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After Polish + Wax:

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Reflect :p :

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Great job. That thing is bright. I bet driving down the road it looks like a fireball. Nice work. Keep it up.
 
Nice work..I dont think the wheels/tires are that bad at all. I would recommend leaving that chrome wheel well trim off as you did in the after pics though, that will make your fireball look ghetto-fabulous ;) Very bright red!
 
Looks great especially for your first time! Wheels are always better then hubcaps, even if they are silly small.
 
lol thanks. No one's noticed yet.. but the front tires are actually winters as apposed to the smaller all-seasons in the rear. My wheels are actually really crummy looking, I just didn't want to post the pics... heres a few off.. whatever is on the rims peeling off :



Before cleaning, but still couldn't get most of what looks like rust off:

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Other wheel, even after cleaning.. theres some spots that look like bird dung:

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lol.. um... anyways. Thanks for the comments. I'm hoping to get a PC soon and have a go at my family's vehicles. My bothers got some wicked like.. cuts.. in is paint and my dads trucks skratched to crap (took it on a little bush trip, unknowingly, a few years ago :nervous2: ) so those will hopefully be alot more miraculously over hauled than this freshly painted "fireball".



Kyle
 
Thanks guys. It actually took like 12 hours.. it wasn't easy. It was my first try too. I think I kinda cheat with the pictures too.. showing before wash and after finish... lol. The dirt on the car makes it look pretty grubby. I was still happy with the result, but i'm deffinatly gonna grab a PC next year after the snows all gone. Thanks again.



Kyle
 
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