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If by detailing you mean things like wax, polish, and condition --
I have never detailed any car I owned. Just wash & vacuum & wipe/dust, and sometimes steam clean the mats.
Did mine right around thanksgiving. Needed a slight paint correction after 3 years in various climates, weather and a few auto car washes when in the snow and temps at 0 degrees.
Simple process:
Good wash (including the engine compartment).
Clay bar with Adam’s medium grade clay bar kit.
Orbital buffer polish (electric, speed 3-3.5), with Griots COMPLETE POLISH, first with an orange pad and then with a blue pad (6” for both). Polished the windows too.
Nexgen Ceramic Spray Silicon Dioxide spray coating - did two coats on all painted surfaces - including the wheels. This product work as good as the super expensive coating that come in tiny little bottles. (I refresh after every other wash with a new coating layer).
RainX on the exterior windows.
Back to Black on all exterior trim.
Dressed tires and cleaned out wheel wells.
INTERIOR - Carpets with all purpose cleaning foam, interior cleaned and then interior detailed (hate the super shinny look and feel).
Exhaust tips - Meguiar's G211606 Metal Polish - 6 Oz Container, then a few coats of ceramic
The paint is very slick and deep looking. Removed about 85% of the fine swirls, I like to do the minimal abrasive as possible, so there is plenty clear coat left for future details.
Happy New Year Acura RDXers!!! Have you detailed your RDX for 2024 yet? Show us your photos!!!
Here's my 2019 Acura RDX Tech.
Update: Prior to detailing my RDX, I clay barred the entire vehicle. It removed the contaminants for a smooth as glass finish. I've noticed a 25 HP increase in performance, just from the clay barring. YMMV.
01-01-2024, 06:08 PM
