2005 TSX - Complete Turn Around

CU2MIKE · 2010-08-15 23:27:30

Before Wash: http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/1896/dsc0001s.jpg (http://img818.imageshack.us/i/dsc0001s.jpg/) http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/579/dsc0002tm.jpg (http://img693.imageshack.us/i/dsc0002tm.jpg/) http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9770/dsc0003oj.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/dsc0003oj.jpg/) http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8403/dsc0004dt.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/dsc0004dt.jpg/) http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/6500/dsc0005cz.jpg (http://img705.imageshack.us/i/dsc0005cz.jpg/) http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8498/dsc0007x.jpg (http://img828.imageshack.us/i/dsc0007x.jpg/) http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/721/dsc0008oz.jpg (http://img84.imageshack.us/i/dsc0008oz.jpg/) http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7871/dsc0009xv.jpg (http://img444.imageshack.us/i/dsc0009xv.jpg/) http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1956/dsc0010i.jpg (http://img826.imageshack.us/i/dsc0010i.jpg/) After Wash: http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/4556/dsc0012i.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/dsc0012i.jpg/) http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/3430/dsc0013ra.jpg (http://img717.imageshack.us/i/dsc0013ra.jpg/) http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/5411/dsc0014dz.jpg (http://img265.imageshack.us/i/dsc0014dz.jpg/) http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/1254/dsc0015bc.jpg (http://img413.imageshack.us/i/dsc0015bc.jpg/) http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/7808/dsc0016si.jpg (http://img51.imageshack.us/i/dsc0016si.jpg/) http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3636/dsc0017nq.jpg (http://img832.imageshack.us/i/dsc0017nq.jpg/) http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1142/dsc0018iq.jpg (http://img121.imageshack.us/i/dsc0018iq.jpg/) http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4232/dsc0019ja.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/dsc0019ja.jpg/)

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08-15-2010, 06:27 PM

CU2MIKE

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2005 TSX - Complete Turn Around

Before Wash:

After Wash:

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08-15-2010, 06:33 PM

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Car was so bad I didn't bother taking 50/50 shots.
Here are the after pictures:

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08-15-2010, 06:38 PM

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Here are some more:

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08-15-2010, 06:41 PM

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Materials used:
2 bucket method
optimum soap
Mother's clay bar (had one sitting around)
Griot's 6 inch ROP
Griot's 3 inch ROP
LC CCS 3 inch, 5.5 inch, and 6.5 inch orange pads
Prima Swirl
LSP is P21S 100% Carnuba

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08-15-2010, 06:41 PM

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Car looks nice, Mike!

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08-15-2010, 06:42 PM

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Part II coming this Wednesday
Exterior plastics needs to be dressed still, forgot my BlackWOW at home.......

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08-15-2010, 06:43 PM

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Car looks nice, Mike!

Thanks Scott!

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08-15-2010, 07:53 PM

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Why did you remove the awesome watermarks.... people pay to have that shit on their checks......

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08-15-2010, 08:02 PM

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08-15-2010, 08:30 PM

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Nice job Mike-looking forward to Part 2.

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08-15-2010, 10:39 PM

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Nice job Mike-looking forward to Part 2.

Part 2 is just conditioning exterior plastic trim pieces with BlackWOW lol.

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08-16-2010, 12:33 AM

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hmmmmm..... blackWOW huh? I wonder how good it works on skin....... I could use a little help

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08-16-2010, 12:39 AM

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Wow, nice turn around! Is that salt that had stained the car so much or water spots?

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08-16-2010, 01:02 AM

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Wow, nice turn around! Is that salt that had stained the car so much or water spots?

Bad water spots from sprinklers I believe. Owner of the car said he does not have access to a garage, resulting in the car being parked outside.

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08-16-2010, 06:19 PM

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wow great work, how long did this take you?

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08-16-2010, 08:23 PM

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wow great work, how long did this take you?

Thanks! Didn't take very long, bout 6 1/2 hours.

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08-17-2010, 12:16 AM

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wow...very nice!

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08-17-2010, 02:26 AM

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Wow....some of the worst water spotting I've ever seen!

Great work!

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08-17-2010, 02:48 AM

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wow...very nice!

thank you!

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08-17-2010, 02:51 AM

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Wow....some of the worst water spotting I've ever seen!

Great work!

I know! I told him, "this is the worst car I've done", lol.
For 100 bucks (running the same 100 dollars single stage polish promotion here and t s x club), it most certainly turned out very nice!
Oh and 1 advice, since I know you detail too. If you ever come across a car this bad, or a car that needs clayed badly, DON'T CLAY FIRST, polish first, then clay, it'll save you so many clay bars lol.

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