Kei's

So I got an A-Spec lip from Randy@PerformanceAcura and I put it on the other day. I decided it was such a nice day so I ended up doing a full detail on the car.

I began washing the entire car around 1pm, after the wash I put the lip on.

Here's the lip installed. Randy is probably the best person I've ever dealt with for parts and customer service. I have no doubt that if you need any Acura parts he is the one guy to go to. Big thanks to him!



So then the detailing went underway. I didn't take many photo's along the way. No before/afters either, but Randy knows how bad my car was before. haha. Sorry about the repetitive angle, that's where the seat is in my garage, and damn it's tiring detailing for 11 hours.





So here is how reflective black can get




close up



I finished this whole process around 12:30 am. That's about 11 hours on the car, with a stop for dinner and misc. breaks.

As I was sitting enjoying some beats, drinking a cold beer and staring at my work this clown shows up on my driveway



So then at around 1:15 am we decided to venture for a photo shoot. We shot until 4am.

We went to Clifton first, got kicked out by the Police and then headed to the Casino. Hope you guys enjoy.

ecliptics

nice pictures, cars, reflection, and legs lols

tclavell

looks great! I would hope after 11 hours of detail it would look good

Nice photo skills as well

ttribe

Argghhh!! Next time wear PANTS for those pictures!

Kidding. Anyway, nicely done.

04DCTL

that tsx is sick as shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
and your car is spotless good job on the detailing

princelybug

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Great NBP! But, the TSX looks sweet, too.

cbr04

nice job. great pics!

sol_da_man

what steps did you go through while detailing? the reflection is great! car looks awesome

Kei's

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I would have wore pants but man it was hot that day.

This is what I used

2 Bucket wash with P21s
Meguires Clay Bar
Optimum Polish with Orange Cutting Pad
Menzerna Intensive Polish with white polishing pad (only on some parts of car)
RMG with bonnet
Pinnacle Liquid Souveran with blue pad

Also did the interior and cleaned inside all fender wells/breaks/suspension/links

And ya the TSX is more photogenic it being much more modified than my TL.

Kei's

Here are pics I took this morning of the Detailing job.

Daylight pics are much better way of seeing the reflections.

KzooTL

Looks like a nice deep gloss you got going there.

Nice house, i could fit 3 of mine in that 1 hahah.

1FreshTL287

wow ur nbp looks insane! nice job! that TSX is sickkk tho...when u start modding urs the two of you are gonna have some sickk pics lol

elkayem

For a second, when I scrolled down to the top of this picture, I thought it was a shot of the TSX wheels.

Is it just me or the Ferris wheel, and the TSX's wheels look alike? LOL

MinDawg

very nice

lenjaiah

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damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn wish i had the space to do that and EVERYTHING ELSE!!!!

NICELY DONE!!!

what kind camera is that btw?

Kei's

Thanks!

It's a Pentax K100 D with standard 18-55

paz840

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beautiful pics


what is RMG?

therein60mins

niceeee... the modding continues!....... lol

how much did you pick up your front lip for??...... you live not too far from ray laks honda in buffalo where tim works... im surprised you didnt pick up the whole kit...... i picked mine up this past weekend for a REALLLLY good price...... =]

Kei's

I got the Lip for 290 tax in. How much is it at Ray Laks?

Paz840 : RMG stands for Red Moose Machine Glaze, a glaze made by Clearkote.

Thanks for the coments!

IndyBlackTL

Dude.. I detail for a living and I dont think I could get my NBP that nice. Wow. Maybe I should try... but when you do it alllll day.. you dont wanna work on your own car. lol.

Lovin it though!

Brian

LTxArucAx60

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Nice Pics. LOvinig the TSX and your tl is sweet too!

Kei's

Wow thanks that means a lot!

I know I could have done better as the Optimum left some micro marring that could be seen upon VERY close inspection under direct sunlight only. But like you said, I got lazy cause it's my own car.

I could have taken it out if I used the Menzerna on the who car but I got so lazy and only used it for the rear bumper/quarter panel. haha

BIGSBY916

Bling Bling!!! I Knew I Should Have Got A Black One!!! Nice Man!

phoms

nice picss

SweetJazz

Great reflection shots!

I don't get why you used the Optimum Polish on an orange (light cut) pad and the Menz Intensive Polish on a white (polishing) pad? Is this a typo? Normally, you use the Optimum Polish on a white (polishing) pad and the Menz Intensive Polish on the orange pad. The Optimum Polish and orange pad will definitely leave some micro marring.

Kei's

Hm not a typo but maybe I read wrong on Autopia.

From what I got, the Optimum is a more abrasive so I use it on a light/medium cut pad to get out the heavier scratches and use the Menz on the polish pad to get the fine scratches out? or are you suppose to use less abrasive product on rougher pads.

Is this wrong?

ILLustriousUA6

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excellent job on the detail man.

Kei's

Thanks!

chill_dog

Awesome detail job!!

The TSX looks good, too, although I also thought the ferris wheel shot was a shot of its rims at first, too .

sol_da_man

FOR REAL!! i was a detailer for about 3 years and when you detail all day, you are waaaaay to worn out to take care of yours. i've got a few nice days in the forecast, gonna polish mine up tomorrow night after work. the OP's NBP gave me some inspiration.

jmkiang

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Man I need to do this to my NBP.

Looks amazing!

BTW, $290 for the front lip seems pricey. I got the entire kit for ~$550

056spdtl

very nice

AcuraATLBoi

WOW! Makes me wanna put in a 12 hour job on my Pearl! Car looks great!

Kei's

550 tax in??? Man that's a blow to ego. I think it'd be cheaper for me
to drive over the border, buy it and pay acura to get it installed and it will be cheaper.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words! I will be detailing that TSX soon as well, then an Audi A4 (black as well, horrible paint condition) and maybe a CSX soon.

I'll post some pics of those hopefully.

mmade22

That's what I call a mirror finish. Looking good.