Detailed : 2007 Honda S2000

[Duy]

About a year ago, my younger brother purchased a 2007 Honda S2000. The car made it's way into my garage shortly after the purchase and of course I worked my magic on it. Since the initial detail, the car has been residing in California where my brother is a travel nurse. It normally sits outside all day in the Cali sun and when it gets dirty, the car find it's way through an automatic car wash. He didn't exactly remember how many washes it went through but he makes an effort to find a touchless wash if available. Fast forward a year later and I get a text from him, "i'll be in town next weekend with the S2000, can you detail it?" What's family for right? So I made plans to fit his car in. We discussed what we would do with the car for correction and as for protection, we decided on a ceramic coating by CQuartz.

Exterior

Car was washed, decontaminated with IronX and clayed. We started off the exterior by correcting his headlights. I used my PC7424 with Lake Country Thin Pro grey pad and McKee's 37 All In One Headlight Polish. Headlights were then sealed with Meguiars Keep Clear Headlight Coating.

Before

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After

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Moving onto the paint, car was corrected with Makita PO5000C on forced rotation mode using Lake Country Hybrid Orange Pad with Jescar Correcting Compound and Lake Country Hybrid White Pad with Jescar Micro Finishing Polish. The smaller and tighter areas I used the same compound and polishes but with my PC 7424 and Lake Country Thin Pro pads orange and white.

Before Hood

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50/50 Hood

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After Hood

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Another Angle Before Hood

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Another Angle After Hood

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Before Trunk

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After Trunk

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Before Trunk

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After Trunk

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Before Fender

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After Fender

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Before Pillar

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After Pillar

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Before Sideview Mirror

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After Sideview Mirror

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Before Door

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After Door

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Before Door

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After Door

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Before Sideskirt

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After Sideskirt

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Before Rear Quarter Panel

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After Rear Quarter Panel

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Before Rear Bumper

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After Rear Bumper

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Before Trunk

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After Trunk

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Before License Plate Frame

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After License Plate Frame

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Before Front Bumper

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After Front Bumper

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Before Front Bumper

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After Front Bumper

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Before Tire Dressing

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After Tires Dressed

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Car was all corrected and ready for it's ceramic coating. I laid down 2 coats of CQuartz UK. Here are the finished results.

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It was a very fun detail for me, especially working on a red colored car again. My brother was surprised beyond belief, he didn't think the ceramic coating would make the 10 year old paint pop that much. All in all like I said, it was a fun detail for me and being that it was family, no charge other than my brother supplying the CQuartz. Hopefully it was a good read for everyone else and thanks for viewing!

[Tasmania]

Looks really good! The headlights were cooked like a chook.

[LEDetailing]

Awesome results and great photos/documentation.

You're an awesome older brother too!

No charge.. Little brother better get you one hell of a Christmas present:)

BTW, S2000's are my favorite Hondas of all time. I expect them to appreciate in value too. I want one!

[yellosuzku]

Car looks great, perfect for cruising in that California sun.

[RippyD]

Excellent work on that.

[fly07sti]

Stellar job yet again. Really enjoy your write ups and seeing how you take care of your family's rides. That S2000 looks Wet! Hopefully he doesn't keep running it through the swirl O matic when he gets back out here to Cali.

[ICEMAN]

very nice!! Youre a good man!

[Duy]

Looks really good! The headlights were cooked like a chook.

Thank you, before the detail he had mentioned his headlights weren't bright anymore like they used to be and he was going to buy new bulbs. I told him it was because of the yellowing and oxidation. After they were corrected, he took it out for a night drive and I received a text from him saying how bright it was again. Mission accomplished!


Awesome results and great photos/documentation.

You're an awesome older brother too!

No charge.. Little brother better get you one hell of a Christmas present:)

BTW, S2000's are my favorite Hondas of all time. I expect them to appreciate in value too. I want one!

Thank you, I stay with him all the time when I visit Cali so for the free stay and board, I figured I could at least take care of his car. They are awesome vehicles, just with my stature, not the tallest at 5'6" but I weight 200lbs so it's a tight fit for me. Maybe I should stop hitting the gym!


Car looks great, perfect for cruising in that California sun.

Thank you!


Excellent work on that.

Thanks!


Stellar job yet again. Really enjoy your write ups and seeing how you take care of your family's rides. That S2000 looks Wet! Hopefully he doesn't keep running it through the swirl O matic when he gets back out here to Cali.

Thank you! I enjoy documenting all these details for everyone to view so as long as people enjoy them, I'll keep them coming. I told him, touchless only going forward!


very nice!! Youre a good man!

Thank you!