with my m3 being so expensive to fix up, i finally found a new hobby.. something about the instant gratification a good auto detail gives, is priceless.. but since this is honda related, i thought id share with my old friends..

this car came back from the body shop yesterday after having some fender bender damage repaired and they decided to hit the whole car with their rotary buffer before i went to pick it up.. it looked like the whole car was a hologram.. buffer trails everywhere.. but with some high quality german polish, my handy porter cable, and honda's soft clear coat.. i was able to correct all that..

washed with dawn to remove any wax they might have put on the car at the body shop, then polished with Menzerna PO106FF w/ orange LC pad on the PC.. after the paint correction it got a nice coat of Menzerna FMJ to seal the paint.. then topped off with a nice coat of Victoria Concours wax.. onto the pics..

some are blurry, but i dont have a tripod anymore so forgive me..













crystal clear reflections









freshly paint matched mirrors



engine bay



interior





i have some other pics of other details ive done if you guys wanna see.. none are hondas though..

EDIT: new pics added on last page!


Modified by MTK Kommander at 4:59 PM 12/9/2007

 

that came out very nice

 

Nice work!

 

There must be some new pics of M you can post besides that crappy Honda

On a more serious note... my TL could use some treatment like that

 

wow! **** looks great

only if you were in the bay

 

Any online sites for Menzerna?

good work

 

did you vacuum those "stripes" into the floor mats and seats??

looks awesome man!!

 

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very

 

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On a more serious note... my TL could use some treatment like that </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha..well i did happen to polish it too.....

didnt have the wheels or the tails on at that point because i was thinking of selling it, but they're back on now and keeping the car..









and now a couple pics with the wheels and tail lights back where they belong, but the car is actually filthy here.. sold my rotora brakes

 

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good work</TD></TR></TABLE>

Autogeek.net Mike

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I haven't seen you post for awhile .

 

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good work</TD></TR></TABLE>

i buy all my stuff from detailersdomain.com he sells everything you need.. the stuff i cant wait to get next is the swissvax concourso.. $225 for the wax! just waiting til my victoria wax runs out

 

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looks awesome man!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

no, i use a brush..if you brush up, then down.. the part you brushed towards you will look darker in the light, and the part you brushed away from you will be lighter.. i do this on my lawn too with a weighted roller like they do on baseball fields..

 

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Autogeek.net Mike

I haven't seen you post for awhile .</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah autogeek is a good site as well.. i bought the 106ff and my pad kit from them..

yeah i havent really been posting on many forums other than m3forum.. and i dont post much on there either..

 

i will have an M3.

 

nice work

 

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prices will be dropping considerably after the e92 m3 comes out in the first part of 08.. best time to buy..

 

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LOL

Got pictures of that?

 

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LOL

Got pictures of that?</TD></TR></TABLE>

as a matter of fact....



and my neighbors front section.. he put in some baller sod grass so it stripes way better than my lawn

 

Very nice job on a black car.I also use menzerna and love it.I have never used the Victoria.Great work man

 

nah, her car is that forest green color.. but i have done a black is300..









and a black f150

 

Amazing. I wish I had the time and patience to do that.

 

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the civic only took me 6 hours.. started on it after work.. took a small dinner break after polishing.. came back to do the paint sealer and wax.. finished up around midnight..

 

love the shiny paint

 

omfg m3 is sex

 

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as a matter of fact....



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LOL

Thats great. Definately do that to a home you're trying to sell. get bonus points for that.


How much you charge for a whole interior and exterior detail like that? I want to have a good job done like that on mhy wifes car.