Zaino'd my Integra for Winter (new Canon A610 pics)

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stilez

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So I got a new camera for my birthday:



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So far I have just been shooting in Auto mode, but the pics have still been coming out nice. I have to start working with some manual settings, but overall, I like the camera a lot.





On to my car; I usually take the lip kit off for the winter to save the paint but I've been hit twice in the front and once in the rear so why bother :)? I might as well help plow the snow. I will get it resprayed in the spring before I sell her. The paint on my rear decklid spoiler was in nice shape, so I took it off and sealed/touched up the holes. I will swap my stock wheels on sometime this week but as of now, the weather hasn't been all too bad (only 8" the other day :)).





For the combo, I wanted to go with something strong. I took my time on this evening (Saturday) and spent about 5-6 hours getting her 95%+ swirl free. My finals were:



-PB SS&S Wash with pressure washer

-No clay needed

-Menzerna PO 85RD via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1500 rpm x 2-4 in some areas (tried Z-PC before but it was a bit too much cut)

-Z6 wipedown

-Z5 (ZFX'd) x 3

-Z8 after each Z5 layer



-PB Wheel Sealant x 2 on wheels

-Zaino Z16 on tires

-Z8 on glass

-Flitz on exhaust and rear license plate frame







This is how I started off :(

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In the garage (notice the staining and dirt from the spoiler plus the marring on the rear decklid)

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After

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The next day

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Car looks amazing, as it always does. You have skills. So how do you like your new Canon? I recently bought the Canon S2 IS and absolutely love it! The only thing I find with the Canons in Auto mode is that they tend to use a pretty high contrast setting.
 
Send that camera back. It was hard to see the pictures because of so much shine. :LOLOL



Now to be more serious. Interesting that you found ZPC had to much cut compared to Po85RD.



Guess I have a lot to learn. Have used the Zpc once. On my wife's 300 Touring. Produced great results but the paint is in pristine condition. May be there is hope that all I will need for the black truck come spring will be ZPC instead of the Menzerna Twins.
 
Thanks everyone.





Chuck: The Canon is excellent. My current peeves about it are the flimsy 'doors' guarding the areas to plug in my cords. Also, for $250+, I expected some rechargeable batteries and a charger. I covered that quickly, but other than that, excellent marks all around.





cwcad: I found Z-PC to cut up around Optimum polish. The depth and richness of the paint was very comparable to PO 85RD which is excellent but I had very faint hazing from the rotary. Furthermore, Honda is known for very soft paint, so I will be trying Z-PC on harder paints (pretty much everything) in the future.



I found it to cut nice around 1500rpm on the rotary for the first pass, then back down to 1000rpm for the next 2. After that, on most paints, I would say it finishes clean.





tumbler: Why not Zaino? Personally, I like the look better than the Klasse twins and FK1 #2180 which look a touch plasticky to me. Z5 provides nice depth and very durable protection.
 
Nice detail again.



Is that it in its winter state? no more black wheels or trim coming off?



Looks really good!
 
Dang! You've probably heard this many times before, but that is probably the best looking Integra I've ever seen!
 
Glad you have a garage this winter Sean!!



The Teg looks stunning as always...even with the bumps and bruises. :2thumbs:
 
You've got a nice lighting setup in that garage. Looks like you know how to handle a camera as well.

Car looks great too, and I actually prefer it without the wing.
 
Your car looks excellent as always...well, except the first two pics! :LOLOL



What kind of durability are you getting out of your Zaino winter regiment?
 
lookin pretty damn good! sucks to hear about the teg gettin tapped a few times from all different angles. that is not cool at all. after spring hits and you repaint and sell her, what you plannin on gettin? i know that when we talked before, you had many different options and i was wonderin if ya settled on somethin yet. again, teg looks great.



Vernon
 
throw some red vinyl over those spoiler holes until you have them fixed properly. from far away...you cant really notice either.
 
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