Share with you guys a couple of pix from this fridays job i did of a GE8
I used a makita 9227 rotary buffer with some yellow pads from meguiars for the cutting and some black pads from meguiars for the polishing. also used the meguiars G110V2 DA Polisher



a 50/50 shot of the hood and swirls


water spots


Dirty Engine


more swirls Yikes!


My Foam Cannon! I didnt take a picture of the fit covered in foam but this is an example of me using my foam cannon

some of the products i used, i also have some stuff on there and werent shown but in my bag




Here are some afters



Hood 50/50 shot

 

looks nice!

 

Mine is black too and I HATE those swirls from the crappy factory paint, if you were closer i'd pay you to do mine. I don't have the skills or time but it's been bugging me since I got the car. Awesome job.

You're in Santa Ana? Fitfreak.net price quote in case i'm ever down south with the car

 

thank you dang car took me about 8 hours

 

pm sent sir

 

Wicked nice job!

Could you send me info on how and what you used to degreased your engine? did you protect any special areas etc...

 

i use Meguiar's super degreaser at 4to1 dil ratio and agitate it a lil more with some brushes and rags. I also use a pressure washer with low psi, dont wanna slice any cords. For dress up i like to use Meguiars All Season Dressing which is a natural look finish but if the customer wants a high gloss, Meguiars Hyper dressing is the way to go

 

Whoah! info appreciated.....still question remains.....did you just spray down the whole bay or did you wrap anything... is my main concern....

 

the engine bay is stock so i didn't wrap or cover anything, but if a customer has after market intake etc then i have to take pre cautions.

 

So even the alternator you left exposed? You let it dry before running it?

Also, what pressure washer are you using?

 

Looks great! Meguiers is all I use to detail my 2007 Fit and my engine bay gets detailed every time the car is washed so it stays looking pretty. This is my last year to show but I will always keep it clean and looking nice with Meguiers.

 

older cars they advise covering the arlternator but on newer ones there sealed well enough to just rinse it.

as for a pressure washer i use an electric one only because i'm mobile and i cant be carrying a gas powered one all over the place, way too heavy and the psi is too much for a car. its a workforce brand 1800 psi

 

good to hear about you using Megs out there. what products to you like to use? on your exterior?

 

good job and good info!

 

AHh She looks pretty now nice 8hrs is perfect thats the way to do it perfect im the same way it takes me 3 hrs to wash my ge8 i get all the crack all the door welds ect haha but my motors dirty wanna clean mines lol how much u charge

 

thank you sir
depends on the service you want just engine bay degreasing?

 

psynx- when you did your engine bay, did you wrap anything to cover all the electronics?


i need to get me a electric pressure washer next time. my 09 GE's engine bay looks like a public toilet. usually i do a wipe down on my cars so the engine bay looks clean, but the 09, i didnt do anything. my wife uses the car primarily and she doesnt really take care of it so i kinda abandoned it. hahaha.

 

the one i got at home depot is nice, and affordable and its also gentle on the vehicles

 

yeah just a cleaning in the engine do u cover stuff ?

 

just pm you sir