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Old 10-30-2007, 09:53 PM
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Driven Auto Detail: 2002 Honda S2000

This job has an interesting story behind it. A guy I know that does mobile bumper repair told me about a guy opening up a detail shop about 10 minutes west of where I live. A few weeks later I just happened to be in the area so I figured I'd drive by this place to check it out. After finding it, I decided to stop so I could talk to the person running the shop. I wasn't sure how he'd react to a competitor coming into his shop. I personally just wanted to meet another detailer as there aren't a ton of them around. Long story short, I ended up talking to the owner for 3 hours. Thankfully he was just finishing up a job and it was the end of the day for him. Anyway, while I was sitting in his office he got a phone call from a guy that found his phone number in the Yellow Pages. After figuring out that this shop was 45 minutes away from his house, he decided that it wouldn't work for him to him to bring the car to the shop. So what does the shop owner do? He tells the guy, "Hold on a second. I've got one of my mobile guys sitting here with me. I'll let you talk to him." The shop owner proceeds to hand me his cell phone, leave his own office, and shut the door behind him. After talking to the customer for a few minutes, I landed a deal to detail his car. I was blown away that this shop owner would do something that nice for a competitor. He turned out to be a really great guy. I thanked him many times and told him I'd take care of him for taking care of me like that. He didn't want anything from me. He was just glad I could help the guy out. Even though we're competitors, it's nice having a positive relationship with a fellow detailer. Ok, on to the job.

Vehicle: 2002 Honda S2000
Color: Silver
Service: Full Detail
Additional info: This car is a garage queen. Out of a 4 car garage, this car gets 2 full spots to itself. The car was recently driven to NC and back so it had a fair amount of bugs guts and tar. However, since it's not a daily driver the paint was in very good condition. Even with my Briankman light, I could only find very minimal swirls.

EXTERIOR
-Wash-
Pre-soak vehicle with foam canon using ## CW&G.
After a 5 minute dwell time, foam was rinsed.
Wash was finished via DP 4-in-1

-Engine-
Pre-soak with water
Spray with Meg's Super Degreaser then ## CW&G via foam gun.
Let dwell for 5 minutes
Rinse
Dress with Meg's HD 2:1
Run engine for 20 minutes

-Tires, Wheels, & Wells-
Tires cleaned with Meg's Super Degreaser
Tires dressed with DP Tire Gel
Wheels cleaned with DP Gel Wheel Cleaner
Wells cleaned with Meg's Super Degreaser
Wells dressed with Meg's HD 2:1

-Paint-
Clay with TOL clay
Polish with Optimum Poli-Seal via UDM and LC CCS white polishing pad
Protected with PB EX w/Carnauba

INTERIOR
-Carpets and Mats-
Vac'ed with Rigid
Pre-treated with DP Total Interior Cleaner
Cleaned with Durrmaid hot water extractor

-Leather-
Cleaned with Woolite & water (6:1)
Conditioned with Meg's Detailer Line Cleaner/Conditioner

-Plastics-
Cleaned with DP Total Interior Cleaner
Dressed with DP Interior Protectant

-Glass-
Cleaned inside & out with DG Rain Repel (if you haven't tried this glass cleaner, you're missing out!)

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Cool story and very nice detail!
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Old 10-30-2007, 10:13 PM
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Great story! Karma's a funny thing..people who do good for others have that figured out Nice reflection shots from the silver..not easy to do..looks good.
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Old 10-30-2007, 10:29 PM
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Old 10-30-2007, 10:39 PM
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Great story! Karma's a funny thing..people who do good for others have that figured out Nice reflection shots from the silver..not easy to do..looks good.
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Great story, Great write up, Detail was in a word well .... GREAT! Funny how you stopping by just to meet the guy results in you getting a detail job and man you certainly made the most of it.
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Old 10-30-2007, 11:18 PM
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Nice job! He must have been at Fall Colors. It's a pretty big S2000 meet. That Meguiar's made the leather WAY too shiny though for my taste.
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Old 10-31-2007, 03:48 AM
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That's a nice little Honda you got there! Great job!
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