AndrewCasillas

Im already in love with my car

justnspace

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what products did you use?
how long did it take you!? lol. it usually takes me 12 hours to fully detail my car

AndrewCasillas

I work at a body shop as a detailer so I have a good speed when it comes to a full detail. My wheel brightener, tire shine, car soap, interior cleaner, Nuba wax (Gold Class Carnauba Plus liquid), clay bars and microfibers are all Meguiar's. My Compounds, polish, pads, spray waxes and glass clearers are 3M. I use all those because that's what my work pays for and I love the results. I also sanded down my headlights with 2000 and 3000 wet (3m) and then compounded and polished with a coat of "Once a year wax" from 3m after the polish. I wanted to take my wheels off to clean the inside of the rims and calipers but I ran out of time. It took me about 4 1/2 hours for everything.

Im sure I forgot something so just ask if you have a question!

justnspace

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cant beat free product!!!!!!!!!!!

i'm waiting for it to clear up here in Texas to do the Kia.I did the TL in the fall.

I think you'd appreciate our wash and wax section, since you are a detailer.

Wash & Wax - AcuraZine Community

truonghthe

Nice I need to do My TL soon too.

ct_ua6

Looks like your leading the pack, spring is definitely on the way! Look forward to cleaning mine up to, nice job!

Oh Sickest TL

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spring?? theres still 5ft of snow where I live lol

are those wheels painted a diff colour?? the finish looks ALOT darker, they look sweet though

truonghthe

They painted black.

Steven Bell

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We'll need more picture....sunlight pictures.

AndrewCasillas

I just found that section a few days ago! Its my go to

Thats just gotta be the light because theyre stock. Although I did wax them after I cleaned them up so maybe thats why? Im going to get some glass coat to put on them soon tho maybe thatll look nice too. Thanks man

Next time ill get a nice pic in the sun

JTS97Z28

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If thats light playing tricks on our eyes thats crazy because those things look downright black, or atleast like the darker replica ones that are available.Even the center caps are still the normal color.

Cant wait to see it with the aspec front end back on!

justnspace

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they look black to me too.

it matches tires and it matches the window visors which we all know tires are black and visors are black too

Also, center caps are different color....big indicator that the wheels are painted black

Oh Sickest TL

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Interesting, you sure those aint painted boss??
here are mine straight new from the dealer last fall

truonghthe

I have seen the car ad before on cars.com and yes the rim painted black, yes I do have a dark color rim like you came from Honda as well.

Steven Bell

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Hey Andrew-I know you're new here. But I wanted to tell you about the Multi-Quote Button. It's the middle icon in the lower right hand corner of each post.

Clicking on it allows you to respond to more than one person in a single reply. It will look like Post #10.

Be sure to give it a try.

AndrewCasillas

They do look really black in the picture lol but if you go to my other pictures on here you can see that they're they stock color. It almost makes me want to paint them a glass black haha

Oh crap haha sorry about that! hopefully i did it right this time!

JTS97Z28

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I just went through ur other thread and you are right they definitely aren't full out black, but they still don't match the stock center caps whatsoever. So black has been eliminated IMO, but I'm still gonna say those were either resprayed oem wheels, or they are the darker replica wheels available on eBay. Finding out if they are oem would be easy enough but probably doesn't matter one way or the other. Looks good!

Oh Sickest TL

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my thoughts exactly

AndrewCasillas

How can I tell if theyre OEM?

Steven Bell

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No worries Andrew! A lot of guys don't know about it, but LOVE it once they do.

JTS97Z28

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Just yank a wheel off real quick and look inside the spokes. Should say "Enkei" and some other things such as well specs.

truonghthe

Here is my dilemma about the wheel, freaking Honda switch vendor and color.

JTS97Z28

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^^ ahh that would drive me nuts to have two different shades of gray Type S wheels :-)

truonghthe

No biggi I still have the original wheel that match the rest of the grey.

Oh Sickest TL

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^ your back wheel looks like the colour of all 4 of mine. and yes they did switch vendors

Steven Bell

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Yikes....that would drive me crazy too.