Oakes

This client found us via search for a detailer and was referred to us, once he got in contact; he came down to see what we could do with the car. He had attempted to do some polishing himself and was not able to achieve the results he wanted. The goal was to achieve as much gloss and depth as possible from this Long Beach Blue Pearl paint, being a triple stage: primer, base blue and candy blue pearl on top. Client knew that front end was repainted but we discovered while working on the car that most of was repainted; only roof, trunk and door molding were original paint. The paint shop matched the color well, but didn’t do too great of a job with the finishing touches (multiple runs, not blended well in some places etc). However looked well in the sun. Paint gauge was calibrated to be used on aluminum panels of the car, checked thickness of the paint and it was in 150micron range, so we were healthy in that aspect. Owner asked us to remove clear bra, which took us about 6-8 hours alone, because the quality of the bra was lacing and left most of the adhesive on the paint.
With all that said, we went the extra step to bring the car completely back to life, not that it was exactly resting near flat line either!

Products used
4” pads on PC and 2” pad on rotary for tight places)
Chemical Guys CitrusWash
Meguiars M105 with purple wool pad
Menzerna 203(power finish) with orange LC pad
Menzerna 85rd with black LC pad
P21S paint cleanser
P21S Total Auto Wash
P21S Wheel Cleaner
P21S finish restorer (exhaust tips)
BlackFire Wet Diamond (BFWD) paint sealant blue LC pad
Meguiars PlasticX on orange pad for taillights
Wolfgang Fuzion wax
Rejex (wheel sealant)
Poorboys Bold and Bright for tire dressing

Procedure:
Did test panel on spoiler, yellow and 105 left too much behind. Wool and 105 got everything in first pass, amazing how good this combo works.
* Clear bra was removed.
* Trunk and front hood underside was wiped with quick detailer; all hinge area was cleaned with brushes, q-tips and MF towels.
* 3 stage polish on whole car starting from back, front bumper was done last since adhesive was removed last. Whole car was sealed and left overnight to cure.
* Exhaust tips were in good condition so they were only polished with P21S finish restorer
* Engine was done as well, used TAW, brushes, and MF towels, rinsed with water from pump sprayer (not with water hose). But we forgot to take pics
* Whole car except for roof was done with: megs 105 and purple wool pad, Menzerna 203 and LC orange pad, Menzerna 85rd and LC black pad, P21S paint cleanser, BFWD and LC blue pad
* Roof - Menzerna 203 and orange pad, Menzerna 85rd and black pad, P21S paint cleanser, BFWD and LC blue pad
* Taillights - Megs 105 and wool pad on pass side, plasticX and orange pad on driver side, Menzerna 203 and orange pad, 85rd and black pad
* Wheels sealed with Rejex,
* Tires dressed with PB Bold and Bright


Onto pics
The wash
Car was rinsed and sprayed with TAW twice, washed with CitrusWash. Car was dried and water was blown out with air compressor from door jams and hard to reach areas, dried all leftover water, did test panel with clay and it was clean. Wheels cleaned with ez-brush and Swissvax brushes and p21s WC.








The trunk correction
Started with 3-stage polish on spoiler. Took spoiler off, cleaned old adhesive squares, replaced with new once. Polished underside of spoiler with Menzerna 203, wiped with p21s paint cleanser and sealed it. Left it aside.
Spoiler before


after





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after


spoiler removed

dried up wax was in a lot of palaces but that’s from owner waxing it himself. At least it had protection.



took paint readings and they were healthy in 150 micron range




Under spoiler on trunk there was good amount of oxidation, which we wouldn't able to remove without removing spoiler, customer oked to remove it if it was needed.

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don’t mind polish on second spoiler, was going to start polishing and remembered to take 50/50 video


trunk sealed


sealant was removed next day from trunk, spoiler was put back on and sealed again









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Taillights





rear bumper before and after (1st polish stage)




passenger quarter panel




Nick going over with 203 and orange after I did 105 and wool, just insurance step that we got all imperfections out



reflection of pass side

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driver side quarter panel and door







door handles and black plastic pieces were polished as well



various crevices were cleaned with small foam brushes to get dried wax off




roof


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after first 2 stages, car was polished with Menzerna 85rd and black LC pad and then went over with p21s paint cleanser, BlackFire Wet Diamond was applied to entire car and left it curing overnight. In morning car was rinsed down, dried with towels and air compressor. Wolfgang Fuzion wax was applied at this point (impressed how it comes off with no leftovers like some waxes. Paint looked deeper as well







final pics












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Feedback appreciated! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did!

-Oakes

Steven Bell

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Damn Oakes-I've never seen blue look so good! The Wolfgang Fusion wax really does give it a lot of depth.



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CLtotheTL32

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Damn great job!

I'm in love with that color, especially on a NSX

sy272004

it did turned out great. starting to like that wax. it removes easily and doesnt leave oils behind that you have to keep wiping like other waxes

JS + XES

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wowzers good job

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

Nice job, nice car!

DaChef320

iTrader: (1)

damn nice job so how much did u charge the dood for ?

Costco

Damn, LBBP was already my favorite color on the NSX and you just made it that much better

dmassott

was it an auto? A guy would bring a blue one into Davis when i worked there. but odd that it was an auto, maybe the same guy

Oakes

This was a 6-speed manual car, and I'm also not at liberty to discuss pricing on the forum! Thanks for the kind words guys!

97BlackAckCL

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my dream car

LOVE that color, and especially love all the work you guys did, giving detailing a whole new meaning, taking the spoiler off (I'm going to have to try this) and even removing the door locks and such, very impressive work. Nice job guys

skyfox23

Very impresive, love the depth of the blue...150 microns, is that about average for all Acura's or was the NSX give a little more of a clearcoat??? I thought my TL-S was in the 120 micron range....you did a very extensive amount of work on the NSX, looks GREAT!!!!!!

1StGenCL

impressive work, removing the spoiler even!

paz840

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Great work, very thorough!

Beautiful color on that NSX!

TSC17

Very nice work and attention to detail buddy. I've got a '91 black NSX making a 400 mile round trip next weekend for me to work on. Beautiful cars, and you really made that blue look the way it's supposed to. Good documentation too.

crazyasiantl

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amazing work

Oakes

Thank you! It's Mike's, guy who works with me on all these cars, dream car as well. I wouldn'ts say it gives detailing a whole new meaning, this IS the meaning of detailing. Far too many have steered away from this approach, unfortunately. We didn't remove the door locks, those round holes were the bumper cover holes for I Believe the tow hooks. Thanks for the kind words!


I wouldn't say that's the average for all Acura's but I have been seeing anywhere from 110-160 for the Acura's I have done. This car was repainted mostly but was the same micron range as the factory parts. Thanks!

Thanks guys! I appreciate it!

Thank you Todd! I'm trying to be as descriptive in my writeups as you haha. I've got a few more NSXs making their way down soon, but not before a handful of Ferrari's and even a GTR All stuff you're familiar with though!


Thank you!

dannyrondeau22

beautiful!! Cleans up like brandy candy new!