Wheats027
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- Daniel
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- Syracuse, NY
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- 2018 Civic Type R - Championship White
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Hi All,
I bought my 2018 CTR about a month ago. I drove it home and she has been sitting in the garage since. I'm in upstate NY and there will be snow/salt on the ground for atleast another month or so . In the meantime I decided to prep and polish the car for a "wheels off detail"
Having put the car under some proper lighting after bringing it home I noticed quite a few swirl marks and a couple heavier imperfections. I'm not suprised by this as I feel sometimes a showroom floor car has it worse than cars that sit outside. Kids and even adults love to put their paws all over a cars paint for no reason. Drives me crazy!
Here is a quick shot you can actually see from a camera phone of what appears to actually be a door ding on this brand
new (9 miles on the odometer) type R.
After seeing that I realized it was time for a full "wheels off detail" as I want the car to be ready to go for springtime.
First I started with the removal of the wheels to be prepped and coated with Carpro DLUX trim/wheel coating.
I also hit the brake caliper with the DLUX as it states it can withstand extremely high temps above 800 degrees
Here is a shot of what Carpro DLUX looks like after curing on the faux carbon trim. I wanted to use this in places I also wanted extra UV protection like the headlights as well. You can see the difference to the right of where DLUX has been applied and cured.
Here are a couple shots of the car after I did 2 stages of polishing. (not that I could get good before and afters of the removal of swirl marks on this particular white car with a phone camera. I used Carpro Fastcut on a microfiber pad and finished down with Carpro Reflect on a polishing pad.
Im going to finish the car off with a layer of Carpro Cquartz (ceramic) and top it off with a coat of Gliss hyperslick coating.
Anybody else have to do some paint correction and protection right from the showroom floor?
I bought my 2018 CTR about a month ago. I drove it home and she has been sitting in the garage since. I'm in upstate NY and there will be snow/salt on the ground for atleast another month or so . In the meantime I decided to prep and polish the car for a "wheels off detail"
Having put the car under some proper lighting after bringing it home I noticed quite a few swirl marks and a couple heavier imperfections. I'm not suprised by this as I feel sometimes a showroom floor car has it worse than cars that sit outside. Kids and even adults love to put their paws all over a cars paint for no reason. Drives me crazy!
Here is a quick shot you can actually see from a camera phone of what appears to actually be a door ding on this brand
new (9 miles on the odometer) type R.
After seeing that I realized it was time for a full "wheels off detail" as I want the car to be ready to go for springtime.
First I started with the removal of the wheels to be prepped and coated with Carpro DLUX trim/wheel coating.
I also hit the brake caliper with the DLUX as it states it can withstand extremely high temps above 800 degrees
Here is a shot of what Carpro DLUX looks like after curing on the faux carbon trim. I wanted to use this in places I also wanted extra UV protection like the headlights as well. You can see the difference to the right of where DLUX has been applied and cured.
Here are a couple shots of the car after I did 2 stages of polishing. (not that I could get good before and afters of the removal of swirl marks on this particular white car with a phone camera. I used Carpro Fastcut on a microfiber pad and finished down with Carpro Reflect on a polishing pad.
Im going to finish the car off with a layer of Carpro Cquartz (ceramic) and top it off with a coat of Gliss hyperslick coating.
Anybody else have to do some paint correction and protection right from the showroom floor?
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