Presidential Detailed: 2002 Honda S2000 aka Black Nightmare!

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This car had to be one of my worst enemies! I could not get a hologram free finish on the soft Honda Black paint for anything! I eventually gave up, let the owner take the car home and ordered some new "better" products to try and tackle it again. I started this car the middle of last month and had to wait on my new products to come in from the UK, so I just now finished the car today! I must say it was worth the wait and the money for the new products by 3M!! Enjoy!

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106fa/White
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

BEFORE:

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This particular s2000 was outfitted with some wonderful pin striping and also some rubber door edge guards! :-o:oops: Needless to say, they had to go!





Luckily these peeled right off as they were fresh..






The pinstriping was another story..which inspired me to invest in a nice little rubber eraser tool just for this purpose!

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Before..


After First Polishing step..50/50


50/50..after SIP/Orange..


Halogens..final.






Final Full Sun Shots..

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Now my favorite part..REFLECTIONS!! I tell you Honda has one of the nicer black paints, just wish it wasnt so soft!

Remember this one..sure ya do! ;)

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You thought those were good? That was before LSP, now after waxing..

[jon102034050]

wow, very nice work! looks really clean

[billyblooshoes]

damn dude. very nice turnaround on a vehicle that is definitely not easy to work on as far as correction goes. kudos!

[mikevets68]

wow that s2000 reminds me of my car!! lol im in awe of your work brudda! good job

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Thanks guys! :D

[SmokdOutA4]

hey man how did you get those swirlies out? my car is giving me nightmares with them....bought some swirl remover stuff at a little detail shop but didnt work

car looks great tho too.....where in tampa are you?

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hey man how did you get those swirlies out? my car is giving me nightmares with them....bought some swirl remover stuff at a little detail shop but didnt work

car looks great tho too.....where in tampa are you?

Only way is by machine polishing with good products, I dont have any off the shelve stuff. I am actually located in Holiday near 54, but I am mobile.

[Kvn22]

Breathtaking work. A true art.

[Jersey Anthony]

wow man that is some of the best work i have ever seen

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;) Thanks guys!

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Product list updated.

[MikeWasHere05]

Damn! I'm in FL, YGPM.

[JRMSLINEA4]

WoW!!

[lilvalentino]

Amazing, its not only good looking, i found some interesting S2000 facts for you!

[jimmya4]

wow id probably pay 2 thousand dollars more for this car over the one in the first pictures if they were seperate cars for sale. very nice job

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wow id probably pay 2 thousand dollars more for this car over the one in the first pictures if they were seperate cars for sale. very nice job

If only the dealerships understood that! Thanks though!

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1. What products were you using before that couldn't tackle the swirls?

2. Whats the difference from the products before and the UK ultrafina?

The reason i ask is because i worked on a yellow s2000 with MINOR swirls which i thought i could tackle easily and it ended up taking around 10 hours with meguiars products.

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1. What products were you using before that couldn't tackle the swirls?

2. Whats the difference from the products before and the UK ultrafina?

The reason i ask is because i worked on a yellow s2000 with MINOR swirls which i thought i could tackle easily and it ended up taking around 10 hours with meguiars products.

the problem wasnt the swirls not being removed. I got the swirls out with just SIP/Orange pad. However I couldnt finish down on the soft paint with anything I had, so I had buffer trails(holograms) throughout the paint. I was finally able to remove them with 3m uk ultrafina on a 3m uk finishing pad. the 3m UK stuff was just better than the menz po85rd I was using before. I spend an average of 15-16 hours on all of my cars, this one was upwards of 20 since all of the problems I was running into!