Presidential Detailed: 2001 Honda S2000 TURBO!!

[Presidential_Detail]

This is the former S&R Racing car here in Tampa, a friend of mine picked the car up about a month or two ago and gave me a call to get it cleaned up for a show coming up. I must say, Ive seen the car before and was a little nervous with all the fiberglass molding and unsure condition of the paint. The entire front end is all aftermarket and I wasnt sure how the paint was going to hold up either, since it had cracked in a couple spots due to the flexing of the kit. Basically I told Rob, that I could make the car look a whole lot better, but was a little nervous to go for a full correction and he agreed. I ended up going at it with SIP/Orange and following with PO85rd/black and got very good results, actually night and day but the deeper swirling and some deeper scratched remained. Well on to the pics..

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna PO85rd/Black
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Black WOW
Griots Garage Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Pneu


LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

BEFORE:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4782.jpg

Some pretty serious water etching..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4785.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4787.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4789.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4815.jpg

There was quite a bit of hologramming from a previous detailer..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4816.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4817.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4818.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4819.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4822.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4823.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4824.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4830.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4831.jpg

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We took the wheels off to clean up the undercarriage..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4783.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4791.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4792.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4798.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4799.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4810.jpg

Wheel After..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4800.jpg

Then we worked on the undercarriage..
BEFORE:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4793.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4794.jpg

AFTER:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4801.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4804.jpg

Rob being the helper he is, tightening the lugs..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4805.jpg

[Presidential_Detail]

Now in the halogens..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4825.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4826.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4827.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4828.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4829.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4844.jpg

50/50 on the hood with SIP/Orange..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4842-1.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4843.jpg

[Presidential_Detail]

Taping off the edges to polish the inner rim of the vent..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4846.jpg

A couple more before/afters..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4850.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4853.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4858.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4859.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4870.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4872.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4873.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4876.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4878.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4879.jpg

And the rest of the afters in the halogens..there wasnt much sun where I was working..not to mention the tent I had to use because there was no garage accessible.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4855.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4856.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4862.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4863.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4869.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4887.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4890.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4967.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4968.jpg

Couple of the sun shots I managed to get..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5016.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5018.jpg

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Now finally finished..
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4848.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4988.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4990.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4993.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5001.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5020.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5021.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4978.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_4979.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5037.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5039.jpg

And finally my favorite..I love to see the cars bead up after I finish them! :D
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/IMG_5026.jpg

One on the way to the show that my GF took, I just cropped it. ;)
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b238/TheTwanksta94/Primogen%20S2k/bridge.jpg

[nitro78]

fantastic write up and a beautiful job! my favorite pic is the hood showing the canopy almost perfectly.:righton:

[mikep288]

fantastic write up and a beautiful job! my favorite pic is the hood showing the canopy almost perfectly.:righton:

Agreed, it almost looks like the hood needs to be ironed! Outstanding turn-around as usual!

[Emile]

Amazingly nice job with the after pictures. It's crazy how much more clarity and reflectivity you get after paint correction.

[killrflake]

Fantastic job bringing the paint back to life. Great pictures as well and the reflection shots are super.

[Showroom Shine]

Great Detail! The hood shot reminds me of The Batmobile! Black is So Awesome with no flaws!

[Presidential_Detail]

Haha! Thanks guys! Cant wait to post the next one!

[Mr. DC5]

Amazing.

[Old Pirate]

Great job Billy, looks sweet...........:cheers:

[Reddwarf]

Great job! That is just brilliant work. :applause:

[Presidential_Detail]

Thanks!