My new Acura is scratch swirl city

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waxacura

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The seller of my new 03 CL lives in a dusty, dirt area and apparently the paint took the worse of it. Anthracite metallic with light scratches all over the car. I am a newbie and have no machine. I think I'm gonna have to trust a local detailer to hopefully fix it.

I'd love to do it myself but?. It's gonna need a machine. Beautiful color metallic paint, too bad the clear coat is all scratched. I'm hoping it can be fixed.

I'm gonna wash, and clay bar, but have no machine to work on the clearcoat.

is it okay to just finish with wax for now, I have NXT. til I learn more or find someone knowledgeable to fix it. would that Meg Xcolor maybe help?

I'll try to post some closeup pix tomorrow.
 
If you are not able to use a machine, you can use ColorX, or #9, to reduce the appearance of the swirls, and then hide them with #7, or Meguiar's hand polish (can't remember the number 81?) and then top with wax. It'll improve the appearance dramatically until you can get to polishing them out.
 
Thanks, I'll see what I can get at the store today. Maybe I'll take it by a detailer to get their opinion too. I'm praying it is repairable. They are light scratches but are on every panel I looked at, you can see the direction that they were rubbed in. Thanks for your help, I'm nervous caause I just bought it.
 
waxacura said:
Thanks, I'll see what I can get at the store today. Maybe I'll take it by a detailer to get their opinion too. I'm praying it is repairable. They are light scratches but are on every panel I looked at, you can see the direction that they were rubbed in. Thanks for your help, I'm nervous caause I just bought it.
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If your going to a detailer .. ask him the proceedure and products he will be using to repair it. Some use glazes with a lot of fillers and in a week or 2 the swirls are back. We have 2 locals here that do that.
 
Sorry to hear that the paint is not in good shape.



Can you send a pic?



How's the car in general? Is it what you expected?
 
if their really bad, take it to the autobody shop, and get a few spots wet sanded out. Should only take a good shop an hours work maybe 2, and the fix is permanent.
 
I doubt it will have to come down to wetsanding, that's for pretty severe scratches. The order of attack to try would be PC with a cutting pad, and then if it doesn't work, go to a rotary. Wetsanding would be a last resort.
 
Thanks all. the seller said he neved waxed it!, ( don't know why), but he kept it washed.

I washed it good with some Meg car wash, clay barred the tops and windows, pulled some dirt off, noit much, washed again and rinsed real good, dried.

Then I threw on some Meg NXT, this seemed to cover all the scratches I saw before. Maybe in bright sun I will see them, but otherwise they're gone, I should say covered. I'm glad it's hideable.

I'll see how it wears and looks, then decide what to do next on the paint. Gonna clean the interior, leather, etc. Inside is in near mint shape just want to clean and protect it.

I'm taking some pix today, sun is out.
 
It cleaned up real good with NXT, I'll see how it goes for now. I can barely see any swirls or flaws in direct sun, not at all like before, it had never had wax on it. did the windows with NXT too.

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Very NICE looking CL you have there waxacura!



Glad to hear those scratches came out. I can't imagine owning a car like that and never waxing it. A definite no-no! :nono



That's a type-S isn't it? For the money Acura gives you a lot of car.



Best of luck with your new ride.
 
Thanks again, it's the Type S (260hp) with the rare 6 speed manual shift and Navi. (only 2700 6speeds made) , and about a quarter of those had the Navi.



Love the black interior, my other 6 speed was white/tan, no navi.

Put another coat of NXT on today, I'm gonna take the wheels off and clean them and the wheelwells next weekend.

Did I say it's fast too:eek:
 
Yupper, those type-S's are fast mammas!



I have the auto with the sequential shifter and love it. Gives me the best of both worlds. With a bad left knee that's my only choice.



When you feel like trying other products on the car give CLearkote's Vanilla Moose a shot. I'd be curious to know what you think. I've become a big fan of VM topped with a good carnuba.



However, what you did with your CL looks terrific!



Keep up the good work! :xyxthumbs
 
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