JDM Civic - Vtec! - Correction. (Very Pic Heavy)

[Branter33]

JDM CIVIC - 1.6 VTEC

Well as usual an outrageous delay with the write-up. It was almost 2 weeks ago that I done this car. It belongs to a friend of mine and at the early part of the year had a B16 dropped in it. Which I must say is mega fast for just being a 1.6. The car looked decent from a distance, but has NOT been well looked after! I'm sure my pal won't disagree here. We had a local cruise at the end of the week and he's also looking to sell it.

So onto the detail. This was done over the course of 3 evenings after (and during:p) work.

DAY 1

Was brought up to me on the Monday night, looking pretty sorry for itself... Good layer of winter road grime covering the car.

This is what it looked like...

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As you can see, the car was pretty bad. The only upside is that all this muck was hiding the array of defects and dents underneath it! You'll see what I mean later in the post!

The wheels, being white, were pretty black but we had taken them off a couple weeks previous to give them a thorough clean and put some PB Wheel Sealant on. So I wasn't to worried about getting them cleaned up.

Products used on the wheels were:

AS Smart Wheels 1:8
APC on Tyres and Arches
A variety of brushes

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After this it was onto the foaming. Done using my spray attatchment and CG Maxi Suds with a bit of APC to loosen up the dirt. Pressure washer packed in at the weekend :wall:

So sprayed on, left to dwell for 5 minutes whilst I went round all the panel gaps, badges, etc with the Megs Slide Lock brush.
Then rinsed.

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I let my pal feel a involved by doing the rinsing :p

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Then it was onto the wash stage:

2 Bucket Method with CG Maxi Suds
2 Lambswool mitts
1 MF Mitt

The car had all the door,boot shuts cleaned. And then rinsed...

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After rinsing, we soaked the lower panels in AS Tardis to remove the tar. This was left for a couple minutes and then wiped off with a MF. This had to be done a couple of times on more stubborn spots.

As you can see the car has never seen any protection as the water just sat on the paint. No beading whatsoever...

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But a marked improvement already! :thumb:

Then it was rolled inside to be clayed.

Products used were:


3 of us (Roped them into it!)
A mix of CG Maxi Suds and water in a spray bottle
Superfine yellow polyclay
A lot of patience

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This left the paint feeling a LOT smoother and the colour was brought out more. As this car has never been clayed before, never mind detailed.

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Out of all the panels, the boot and rear bumper were by far the worst. With some pretty bad contamination.

So after claying, it was back outside for a final wash. Same process as above and then rinsed.

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The car was then brought inside for the last time!

Dried off using:

AS Tango as drying agent.
Miracle Dryer to soak up initially. (Pat & Lift technique)
Waffleweave Towel to dry excess and then shuts, sills, etc.


This left us with this...

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As you can see, another improvement, but still FAR from the standard I was looking for. Even in normal light you can see that the finish is dull and flat. And the Carbon bonnet was looking pretty grey.

Now that the car was dried off and prepped up for polishing it was time to tape u the car...

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Leaving us with a tasty colour scheme :p

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[Branter33]

By this point it was already getting late as we hadn't started the car until almost 5pm. But as usual, I was too tempted to just leave it at that. So decided to do a quick test patch on the Carbon Bonnet.

Prodcucts used were:

Megs G220
Initially tried Menz FF P106FF on a Sonus Finishing Pad
Stepped up to 2 drops of Menz FF P106ff, 1 drop IP 3.02 on a Megs Polishing pad
Polish was spread at speed 2.5
3-4 passes to break down polish at speed 4
8-10 passes at speed 5 to work polish


Before
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After
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This made a vast improvement, especially with the clarity of the CF weave coming through. Although there was still a few RDS remaining full correction wasn't the aim. Just an overall tidy up of the car.

So with a test patch done, how could I resist doing the rest of the bonnet :p I mean, I can't leave a job part done :p

So I cracked on...

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You can really see the difference between the side of the bonnet that had been polished and the side that hadn't.

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I went ahead and finished the bonnet which I was really impressed with as the weave really stands out now and the colour is begining to get good depth to it :buffer:

Under Halogens
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Under Normal Lighting
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So got everything ready for the following day, and tucked the car in the corner of the warehouse for the night.

But before I went, I noticed the exhaust looking sorry for itself and could not resist!

So I used:

Megs Nxt Metal Polish
First with fine wire wool
Then buffed
Then with an old MF
Then buffed off


Before & After
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So at around half 10 we called it a night!

[Branter33]

DAY 2

This was to be a day of polishing. Managed to use some of my spare time during work to get on with it so I wouldnt be as rushed at night.

I started off on the passenger side rear arch. I tried a few combinations but I settled with the following:

Megs G220
Megs Polishing pad with 2 drops of Menz IP 3.02 and 1 drop of FF P08RD
Same polish used but Sonus SFX-1 spot pad for tighter areas.
The polish was again spread on speed 2.5
Broken down for 4-5 passes on speed 4
Then worked at speed 5 for 6-10 passes.
Worked down again to speed 4 for 2 passes to burnish the finish.


I settled on this polish choice of a mix due to not having much time to do all of the work so hoped to achieve a better finish and make it more workable with the FF added in.

Rear Quarter Panel Before & After
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And a 50/50
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Before & After
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And a reflection shot with half the rear panel done...

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I then moved onto the Fuel Cap and Rear Pillar.

Before & After
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Before & After
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And another shot to show how crisp the reflection was now...

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Now it was time to move onto the Passenger door. Same process used as above, although this was a bit harder. Again another panel with battle scars on it :p Which is a shame as it takes away from the end product.

The difference between Rear Quarter Panel and Door...
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Before & After on Passenger Door
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A Quick 50/50 & Finished
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The Lower Panels of the Door And Rear Quarter Panel were also done in the same way.

The passenger side of the roof was done in the same way but I got no pictures.

After this I moved onto the Front Quarter Panel which had a nasty scratch on it. As did a lot of the rest of the car :p So I wasn't going to spend much time concentrating on it as I could take the edges off it then using a Glaze try hide it later.

So Before
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And After...
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With the whole Passenger side now done I took a step back to take in the fruits of my labour...

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No begining to make some progress. I moved onto the front bumper. This was tackled with a spot pad as it was a bit footery.

Before & After
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Then onto the drivers side which was pretty bad and required 2 hits to get it the same standard as the rest.

Before & During
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And After 1 Hit
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I then tackled the drivers side of the roof and again due to it being awkward I didn't get any pictures.

Moved onto the drivers door next, which was really badly swirled. (I sense the use of an automatic car wash!)

I tackled the lower panels first as my back was still holding out for now so thought I'd get it done before I get too sore to lean down!! Only 20 and already my backs done in!

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And the door Before & 50/50(ish)
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Whilst I was doing this my mate showed up. So I thought I'd get him to start on the engine bay.
This started off like this:

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Process as Follows:

Citrus APC on painted surfaces and plastics
Degreaser for metal and built up Gunk
Variety of brushes
Loads of MF's
Drill and Emery paper to remove black coating from Rocker Cover
Plastic Cover on Rocker removed to be sanded back and sprayed black

[Branter33]

My mate got cracking with the engine whilst I moved back to polishing and onto the rear Quarter Panel. The car was now looking like this...

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Rear Quarter Before & After
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And the back end of the panel...

Before & After
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And 50/50 & Finished
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Now the whole driver side was finshed... Getting there now. :buffer::thumb:

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I then moved onto the last stage of polishing on the boot. This was pretty bad, but from previous details I have done. I noticed that in my opinion the back makes the biggest diference to the overall apperance of the car when polishing.

So onto the correction....

Before & After
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And a quick 50/50 (ish) of the Bumper
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Now that the boot was finished it was time to stand back and take a well deserved break!

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It was at this point that my girlfriend showed up with a sarny, some juice and some sweets to keep me going :thumb: Said I need to stop skipping dinner for detailing :p So she's looking after me!

Then after a quick bite to eat it was back to the detailing and whilst the tape was still on, I applied the Glaze.

Products Used:

Megs G220
Red Moose Glaze on a Sonus Finishing Pad
Spread on speed 2
Then worked in for 2-3 passes at speed 4


Taking us from this....
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To this...
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Then it was time once again to call it a night... Verging on half 11 this time. But who cares, its normal to stay up late, in work, detailing cars :lol:

[Branter33]

DAY 3

So day 3 began, the day before the cruise. So I was hoping to tie up all the loose ends and get a couple layers of protection on before the day finished. I didn't have much to do in work so took full advantage and got on with the car.

I started off by cleaning out any of the polishing dust that got into the door sills, shuts, etc. Then out came the Natty Paste Wax Blue.

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This was applied via a German Apllicator to all the sills and door shuts.

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This was left to cure whilst I applied the wax to the outside of the car, using a Clearkote MF applicator. Was left to cure whilst I applied a coat of PB Wheel Sealant and finished up the interior.

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Wax On
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Wax Off
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So now with a nice coat of proection on it, the cars really beginng to look good...

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So all the other processes are as follows:
Interior

Was hoovered and Wet Vac'd at the start
Hoovered again once dry
Plastics scrubbed down with APC when needed or water with MF
No dressing on the interor Plastics
Glass was done with Turtle Wax Glass Polish
Then Air freshener was AS Blast Citrus

Exterior

Wheels recieved 2 coats of PB Wheel Sealant
Glass Polished with Turtle Wax Glass Polish
Trims done with CG New Look Trim Gel
Tyres done with CG New Look Trim Gel also
Exhaust recieved a coat of PB Wheel Sealant aswell to try keep it in good condition
Paint recieved 2 coats of Dodo Juice Purple Haze
This was followed by 2 coats of Z8 :argie:

Engine

Plastics & Hoses were dressed with CG New Look Trim Gel
Metal polished using Megs Metal Polish
Plastic Cover sprayed black an re-fitted


This left the engine looking MUCH better. Still not 100% perfect, but all in a vast improvement.

From this
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To This...
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And now onto the final pictures. As usual I've went a bit snap-happy. But this time I think its a brilliant transformation and due to us doing it over three days I was actually able to relax and enjoy the detail. I hope your all as impressed as I was. :thumb:

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Hopefully thats not tooo long for you all to read :D

All comments welcome

Cheers :thumb:

Max

[dannyhall]

Nice job you've done! I've never seen so many swirl's! LOL

[Ben]

Stunnin mate. Done a really good job :y:

[craigy_87]

looks really good man, can see what you mean about wee dints in the side an stuff offt nearly as bad as mine :P
you ever do marks RS?

[Ash-VTR]

Very good job

[frankie]

top job mate.

the carbon bonnet has come up amazing.

[Ferg]

Such a great turn around! And another awesome right up!

[Branter33]

Thanks for all the comments lads :y:

looks really good man, can see what you mean about wee dints in the side an stuff offt nearly as bad as mine :P
you ever do marks RS?

Aye, they are a pain in the arse. Especially as you notice every wee mark as throughout the detail.

Nah man, Ive spoke to him about it a few times but it's just never materialised.

[dobbo_1]

looks mint that mate need to get mine done

[a17vts]

What a great job you have done.

I am so so impressed. I could really do with my car getting this sort of TLC.

[Mattt-VTR]

Done a fucking great job there mate, the difference between the before and after is ALOT!! Also makes the appearance of the car a lot better, nice work buddy!

:y:

[Dazza1]

Very good quality job mate keep up the hard work it defo paid off:y:.

[Peasnall]

what a transformation, top job

[Wayne]

Great work branter:y: nice pictures and write up as always;) i gave mine the z8 treatment the other day, saxo looks fantastic now:hug:

[Branter33]

Thanks all :y:

Great work branter:y: nice pictures and write up as always;) i gave mine the z8 treatment the other day, saxo looks fantastic now:hug:

Cheers wayne.. What did I tell you, Everyone NEEDS Z8 in their life! :p

[Hopcraft]

Quality job & write up.

You have such a cushty little set up there !!

[FinchysSaxo]

Awesome Job! Carbon bonnet looks so much better. The car looks quite nice now, good write up aswell enjoyed the read :)

Finch

[Chuffy]

Very well done mate. I'm impressed.

May be a daft question but does your mate keep the number plate on the sunvisor?

Very jealous of the warehouse

[Predator_R32]

very nice indeed :y:

[Tom5190]

mint job that, love that civic aswell. lovely pics

[Branter33]

Thanks for all the comments lads :y::y:

Quality job & write up.

You have such a cushty little set up there !!

Cheers man.

I know, it is a good place to have, although it does seem to be colder in there sometimes than it is outside!! Still, beats braving the elements to clean the car!

Very well done mate. I'm impressed.

May be a daft question but does your mate keep the number plate on the sunvisor?

Very jealous of the warehouse

Thanks :y:

It used to be down on his bumper but kept falling off so it has been up on the visor for a while now. Drove past the police, even close up and they didn't say anything. As far as I'm aware, the front plate only needs to be displayed. Its only the back plate that needs to be lit up.

Don't quote me on that :p

[kcsaxo]

top job and you were right about the panels being messed up, i can see a huge dent near the rear quarter. btw does your company sell those 5 gallon buckets in the background :)

[Branter33]

top job and you were right about the panels being messed up, i can see a huge dent near the rear quarter. btw does your company sell those 5 gallon buckets in the background :)

Thanks man :y:

The dents are annoying, considering the likes of the big one at the bottom of the rear quarter panel now that its so clean, just reflects the light wierd and stands out more!

What buckets?? If you've noticed the white 15L tubs with the red lids on them... They're red beaded hand cleaner. (Would make cracking buckets though, never even noticed before!) Although we do sell buckets :y:

[Saxo_Scott]

very good write up. my friend has the same bonnet on his civic!

other white wheel going on?

[kcsaxo]

aah right, shit thats a lot of hand cleaner! you lot dont accept cheques do you as i hate signing up only to use the site once.

[Chuffy]

Thanks for all the comments lads :y::y:



Cheers man.

I know, it is a good place to have, although it does seem to be colder in there sometimes than it is outside!! Still, beats braving the elements to clean the car!



Thanks :y:

It used to be down on his bumper but kept falling off so it has been up on the visor for a while now. Drove past the police, even close up and they didn't say anything. As far as I'm aware, the front plate only needs to be displayed. Its only the back plate that needs to be lit up.

Don't quote me on that :p

I guess that makes sense since the front plate dont need lights.
Wonder how it works with speed cameras?

Anyway nice work done anymore wet sanding since doing your saxo?

[Branter33]

very good write up. my friend has the same bonnet on his civic!

other white wheel going on?

I forgot to mention that... The other wheel was getting a tyre fitted onto it. We put the wheel back on before we went up to the cruise :y:

aah right, shit thats a lot of hand cleaner! you lot dont accept cheques do you as i hate signing up only to use the site once.

We do accept cheques, but, the buckets we get are more hygiene based. And don't really take too well to being knocked about! lol. We have ran over the buckets numerous times in the vans (not on purpose mind you!) and they aren't the strongest.

I guess that makes sense since the front plate dont need lights.
Wonder how it works with speed cameras?

Anyway nice work done anymore wet sanding since doing your saxo?

Well for normal speed cameras theres no problem because they only take a picture of the back of your car. But I don't know how it would work with the average speed cameras, as they face you (I think)

I've used the wetsanding on a few occasions but I tend to try and polish out all I can and leave wetsanding as a last resort. In saying that, the Audi TT I done a while back required some.. And that paint was HARD.

I'm going to meet a guy on Sunday to give him a bit of tutorial on his newly purchased UDM, so may also give him an introduction to some other techniques such as the 'Slow Cut Method' and wetsanding. :y:

[keithm_007]

I must say that is bloody top drawer stuff! Don't think it's quite been given the recognition it deserves this thread. Top effort!

[Branter33]

I must say that is bloody top drawer stuff! Don't think it's quite been given the recognition it deserves this thread. Top effort!

^^

Legend :y::A:

[craigy_87]

quick question max, what lens you using with the 400D?

[shooorn94]

Awesome write up there bud and the transformation is amazing, clearly can see it on the rear and on the bonnet. Really impressed :y:

[Krys_23]

Wasn't suprised to see another good job when i seen your thread bud :y:

[Branter33]

Wasn't suprised to see another good job when i seen your thread bud :y:

Thanks mate :y: Appreciated.

Awesome write up there bud and the transformation is amazing, clearly can see it on the rear and on the bonnet. Really impressed :y:

Cheers!! :y:

quick question max, what lens you using with the 400D?

I was using a 35-135mm lens for that. I sometimes use the 50mm but I get a wider angle with the bigger one so it's better for in the warehouse. :y:

[rushy_23]

Was looking at this thread at work, you have done a pretty amazing job of that.

[craigy_87]

I was using a 35-135mm lens for that. I sometimes use the 50mm but I get a wider angle with the bigger one so it's better for in the warehouse. :y:

ah right kool kool can i ask a favour? do you think it would fit my canon 20D? its just i've bought one but its the body only an i'd like to check its workin 100% incase i need to open a paypal dispute lol
even if i just took the camera to ya, you whack your lens onto my camera take a pic an thats us lol :homme:

[bullit]

super duper mate. really is

[scottyvtr]

what a difference amazing!!!!

next time we're in EK we will look you up lol !!! :y::y:

[jam3z]

THATS AWESOME! have you every done that before?
looks like you put a lot of effort in to it, youve inspired me to give it a go myself.

also post a pic or two of the after on ur engine.

[Elliott]

looks mint, that clay really brings the colour out!

[evans1089]

all that work and effort you put into it mate has actually made me like civics! looks spot on :y:

[Roj]

jeezz, im actually astonished at the turn around! the bonnet looks absolutely insane! awesome job

[carlfrank]

good job mate bonnet looks brill
:y:

[DaveyBoy]

b.e.a. youtiful

[Jimmy-Boy]

very very very good clean - do mine?

[saxo_bigbass]

verygood! whats that hand sybol meant to be?

[Dan]

Awesome work as usual bud. Couldnt even tell it had a cf bonnet until it had been washed lol

[saxo_ron]

Really really top job.

How much would a detail like that cost? I dont have the skills or equipment.

[Mr_X]

looks very good, wish mine came up that good.

[kcsaxo]

that hand symbol is some brand of performance company iirc.

[mirrorman]

bloody hell thats a bit of an improvement

[daveg1]

how much to do mine?????

[Branter33]

:y: Cheers all for the comments :y:

Bit of a delay on replying, Ive been working for STV for the past month so been working silly hours.

But I'm back at my old job for now, so plenty of time to get some details in.

Also big bit of news as I am going into business with a friend of mine. Were starting up our own Detailing business so keep watching this space :p Weve got a unit, rents all sorted. Pricing up an indoor wash bay, etc. And we get the keys on 5th January :y:
So should be able to post up a lot more details, with better cars and better results.:y:

ah right kool kool can i ask a favour? do you think it would fit my canon 20D? its just i've bought one but its the body only an i'd like to check its workin 100% incase i need to open a paypal dispute lol
even if i just took the camera to ya, you whack your lens onto my camera take a pic an thats us lol :homme:

Yeh that would be fine bud,I'm free every week night if that suits?

very very very good clean - do mine?

Would be a fair jont up here mate :p James would be worth a shout but :y:

verygood! whats that hand sybol meant to be?

Its some Jap performance symbol I think.

how much to do mine?????

I would do them off my own back just now for about £60 but will be charging proper prices once the company is up and running.

[a17vts]

if you weren't sooooooooo far away I would pay to have this sort of service done for sure.

Good luck with the business Mate.