1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

[karazyman]

Hi guys,

This past weekend, I got to work on my coworker's 98 Civic that he had bought from another coworker. The car was basically never waxed, and was heavy in swirls. I'll let the pictures speak for itself.


Before Shot - After wash with NXT - It doesn't look bad under the shade.


Before Shot - After wash with NXT


Before Shot - After wash with NXT


Before Shot - After wash with NXT


Before Shot - Swirl City - Look again and this is through out the whole car


Before Shot - Swirl City


DIrty Paint. This is only from the hood. The roof was 3X as bad.


Swirl City


Before and After - Test Spot


Before and After - Test Spot


Before and After - Test Spot


Waiting for Wax to dry.


Waiting for Wax to dry.


No More Swirls!


No More Swirls!


After Shots - Daylight!


After Shots - Daylight!


After Shots - Daylight!


After Shots - Daylight!


After Shots - No Swirls


After Shots - No Swirls


After Shots - No Swirls


After Shots - Daylight!

Process:

NXT Soap
Blue Clay w/ QD
2-3 passes of #80 w/ W8006 Pad
#21 w/ W9006 Pad
Exterior Trim Detailer

[noswirler]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

GERAT JOB
LOVE THOSE BLACK CARS

[Rick McDonough]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

karazyman, Nice Work! That Honda looks amazing! The only thing I'd add to it is a little tire shine...

[Mike Phillips]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

Nice write-up, great documentation with your pictures, we can see you taped all the trim off, you did a "Test Spot", and then finished off the entire car with professional results the first time.

Thank you for taking the time to share this with the MOL forum and great job!

[gorin002]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

thats nice

[bmgamble]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

Excellent work! When you say "passes", do you mean applications or just going over a few times with the same application? Nicely done!

[Tom Claessens]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

That one looked horrible in those befores.
Good job and black always gives a bit more justice to a detail!

[karazyman]

Re: 1998 Honda Civic Sedan (Black)

GERAT JOB
LOVE THOSE BLACK CARS

Thanks! Me toO!

karazyman, Nice Work! That Honda looks amazing! The only thing I'd add to it is a little tire shine...

Thanks! Actually, I did use Armor-All Tire Shine, Only had time to put one coat on which usually doesn't shine much. But the photo doesn't do its justice. it's actually nice and glossy in person.

Nice write-up, great documentation with your pictures, we can see you taped all the trim off, you did a "Test Spot", and then finished off the entire car with professional results the first time.

Thank you for taking the time to share this with the MOL forum and great job!

Hi Mike, Thanks for posting! It means a lot. I really only taped off the plastic/rubber moldings that I felt the polish and wax might give me problems after, so i left the chrome trim pieces alone to save me some time.

thats nice

Thanks!

Excellent work! When you say "passes", do you mean applications or just going over a few times with the same application? Nicely done!

Thanks! When i say passes, it actually means both haha. I go over it with the same application first, and made sure the PC went over it a couple times to polish evenly. Then i take the polish off to see if the scratches were removed. Then I spot polish areas where I felt I could use a little more pressure.

That one looked horrible in those befores.
Good job and black always gives a bit more justice to a detail!

I think I really shocked him when I was done. He was so happy that He didn't even want me to touch the interior.


Thanks for the comments, and Sorry for the late replies, I have no internet access at work!