So let me start off by saying Hello to every one. I am a relatively new member here. I have a 2000 SH, leather interior, USDM fogs, side wind deflectors, Honda 6 disk in dash CD player and heated seats and mirrors, yay for Canadian Models. I've recently rolled 100k km, or roughly 60k miles for some of you.
The car is almost completely stock mechanically. I haven't changed anything on it yet but as I am starting to get into Auto X I plan on possibly getting some springs and shocks later as well as a rear bar.
So, having 6 days off of work in a row I managed to find some time to treat my baby. During a one hour gap in the rain, I pulled the car out or the garage for a through cleaning. I started by spraying all 4 wheels and their wheel wells with a couple shots of simple green. I then went around with a bucket with dish soap and a little amonia in it, I find the amonia helps cut through some of the tougher stuff. I grabbed a brush a cloth and a hose and scrubbed the wheels down like crazy. I also took the brush and cleaned out the wheel wells with the help of the hose. The front ones were not that bad, but I am positive the back ones dropped a pound or two of dirt each. After this I emptied the bucket and filled it back up with the same mixture.
Next the rest of the car got washed with this concoction. Some of you are probably going wow, he is an idiot, he is going to strip all his wax. Well, that is what I wanted it to do. Halfway through this it started pouring on me, so I finished it up and pulled it into the garage where it got wiped down with some micro fiber towels. After it got dried she got a through rub down with a clay bar, something that it has never had. After that came stage one and two of the meguiers 3 stage wax. Instead of using their caranuba I used Mothers paste tin wax instead. After that I figured that was enough for one day so I let it sit for the night.
The next day I came back and applied another coat of the mother's caranuba. I am not too sure if this stuff layered well, but to me the finish did seem to come out a little deeper and wetter looking. After all that I realized i forgot to wax the front bumper so I applied a single coat of a Zymol Cleaning wax to the front. That was it for paint care.
Next was all the exterior trim. I applied some Mother's brand Back to Black to a shop towel and wiped down all the exterior black trim I could find. This I found made a huge difference to how it looked. It really brought back that nice fresh black look to it all even though I hadn't noticed it looking not as great before. Windows followed. I used Stoner Invisible Glass. Let me just say this. I tried this because I saw McNab use it. It works beautifully. Better then anything I've ever tried and I've always had troubles getting clean windows. Inside and out I used this.
The interior started with a through vacuum front, back and under the seats. Floor mats were taken out and vacuumed. I tried using Stoner Interior spray or w/e they call it. WASTE OF TIME. It didn't do anything. Came out smelling alcohol based, then evaporated because you could do anything with it. This is in a cold garage too. When you drenched a mirco fiber with it, and wiped, it did not do anything different then just a plain micro fiber by its self. Upfront I used armor all dash wipes because I had nothing else. I do not really like these guys too much but they were all I had. The leather was also fully wiped down with Armor All Leather wipes. Which I do like, just not before an Auto X event as they tend to make the leather very slippery.
The tires also got a light coat of Eagle One Tire Wet.
So here is the finished product. The pain turned out incredible. The pictures don't really show how well it polished up but you can see all the little flakes reflecting now and it feels so incredibly smooth its also unbelievable.
There is a tire. Yes, I know the rotor is rusty. I plan on painting the calipers black some time and when I do I was doing to paint the rusty parts of the rotor that dont come into contact with anything black also. I also plan on repainting the rims at some point, black with a polished lip. When I do that I will also paint the wheel wells.
A head on Picture. Shaved front emblem.
Another up front.
Side.
Back and Side.
Back. With stickers removed.
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