What a busy week this has been, shortly after Silver DC5 Type S’s detail, Clubrsx member Matsuya contacted me about some needed love for his NHBP 2002 rsx-s. Through numerous PM’s and conversations on the phone it was decided that I would be making the drive up to his place in Corona. The drive was about 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours with some minor traffic. The car had 86-87k miles on it with pretty heavy swirling, etching and staining from the daily elements. According to the owner he said hes been taking the car to the gas station car washes weekly for the past 2 YEARS!!
Anyways on to the pics!


heres what I was working with


Rear Quarter panel swirling


Prepping for the two stage polish/wax


Before-Passenger front fender


After- Left side 1st stage polish/ Right side uncorrected


can you tell the difference?? 1st stage polish job on the left, no correction on the right.


passenger door swirling and etching


more swirling


Passenger door before


After- Left side 1st stage polish/Right side no correction

 

50/50 shot


Another 50/50


Before-Rear passenger quarter panel


After- Left side first stage polish job/ Right side no correction


Rear Trunk-Bottom (passenger side) 1st stage polish job/ Top (driver side) no correction.
Notice how hazed the driver side section is.


Driver side compare with driver side rear quarter panel. Driver side uncorrected(left)/ Driver rear quarter panel after 1st stage polishing (right).


Driver side Before


Driver side After- Right stage 1st stage polishing/ Left side no correction


Hazed/swirled reflection


The perfection is in the reflection!

 

driver side door after 1st stage polishing


Engine bay before


Engine bay “wipe down”, (not an engine bay detail)


NHBP reflecting like no other/ After a 2 stage polish job/wax


So warm and deep!

 

pics are now fixed

 

great job!! what was your cleaner polish? rotary or DACP?

 

That's a great job - PM me your rate sheet.

 

Nice job, would be good to post in the detailing section as well.

 

great job!

 

Please pm me when you can. I would like you to work on my E38.

 

thanks for the compliments everyone, for those who are interested YGPM!

 

Wow! amazing work & difference!

 

I'm not sure that will be a permanent fix. I had the same thing with a previous black Lexus and it was polished and worked on similarly but once the wax wore off, after a few months, the swirls were still there.

 

was this detailed? what products were used? machine or hand? There are too many variables that could have added more swirling such as improper washing with the wrong products.There are alot of hack detailers out there that use fillers in there products, this gives the illusion that the swirls have been removed when in fact they have only been filled in. Once the filler has been applied they try and seal it in with a sealant or wax which usually does not bond well with the filler. Give it a few washes and everything will be removed and the swirls will reappear. I bust swirls, not hide them.

 

great work!

side note: i think the admins will remove your thread since you're not a sponsor and should be in the detailing section

 

very nice work