This low mileage 2009 beauty came rolling in Saturday morning. Ravi took advantage of my American Cancer Society Fundraising price in which I took donated practically 35% of the cost to ACS. The car was in pretty good condition, a few scratches here and there which I removed with Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound. Swirls were taken care of with my go-to Menzerna products as I do for almost all Honda paints. What the car needed most, however, was a clay job. Anyways, if you would like to contribute to the American Cancer Society, here is the link (click me).

It’s one thing to have a girl who understands car care, it’s another to have that same girl drive one of the few 5speed Manual 2000 Honda Accord coupes! Serena’s car came in looking pretty clean (woohoo white cars!), but a quick hose to the paint reviewed all the dirt sitting on the paint waiting to be washed off. Under the halogens, defects were hard to capture due to the color of the car (sorry for the lack of more before pictures – as you can see I gave up after taking the before of the front end haha), but for the most part, the paint was rough, hazy, and dull looking. Nothing a thorough clay job (Thanks Serena for helping!!!) and a good polish can’t take care of! Trunk jams and gas cap area definitely never received any attention – so I gave it a good ONR wipedown. Seals had caked in residue from her previous wax job, Black WOW took care of that, while the headlights got hit with the wool pad to bring them back to life.

Too nice! She even brought me a bagel & juice before I started, and a Cinnamon roll before she took off! Thanks again Serena!

Another Nighthawk Black Pearl job today. Brian’s Si was delivered to me the night before for me to work on the next morning. Brian’s main concern with the car was to rid the swirls and to apply a good layer of LSP. I went to my go-to product for my Honda/Acura jobs, Menzerna P085RD. A few scratches were noted and taken care of. On the front bumper it looks like someone backed up into him leaving some deep scratches on the paint. After 30 minutes of testing different combos, I was able to remove almost all of the scratches on the bumper with a purple foam wool pad paired with Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound. The yellow pad/Optimum Compound didn’t even leave a dent in it! Anyways, I took a ton of pictures on this one since the car turned out great! I especially love working on cars when I can take my time and work on my own pace (without the client waiting around). Brian was very happy with the results, and it sounds like I may be doing his girlfriends IS250 in the near future! Stay tuned!

Today’s job is one that packs a bunch of tasteful mods along with a few engine mods paired with its K20 under the hood. Son’s Nighthawk Black Pearl has not been detailed in over a year, and when he did, it was by hands. He was nice enough to leave the car unwashed a month for me (Thanks Son), leaving a ton of dirt and dust on the paint hiding the tremendous amount of swirls. Fortunately, the NHBP is the same color code as my fellow Acuras (TSX’s, TL, RL’s etc) that I had a lot of experience working on, so I assumed the clear coat on this Si would be very much alike. And it was! Check out the pearls on this bad boy!