1999 Accord Type R - Paint Correction

[Paul Smith]

Evening all,

 

Not a 350Z or a Nissan for that matter, but a performance saloon that holds a special place in my heart, the Accord Type R.

 

Got a PM from a fellow member on AccordR.org asking if I'd carry out some paint correction on his new purchase. A couple of weeks later I had a Pirates Black ATR sat back in my garage.

 

I won't apologise for the lack of pictures. The temperature on the day was hovering around 1 degrees and there was a strong wind blowing through that car park so I was in no mood to be taking photogenic snaps for everyone else to enjoy.

 

The owner wanted the paint brought back to a respectable finish, good enough for the odd meet and bring back the purple to the paint.

 

The car had roughly 130,000 miles on the clock, and when I first saw the car up at Knockhill I thought the paint looked OK but it wasn't until a good snow foam and over an hour with the spray and clay bar that I saw how bad it really was :-(

 

 

 

 

So the usual list was carried out -

 

*Full car washed using two bucket method and Meguiars shampoo plus.

 

*Front, sides and rear of car de-tarred using AS Tardis.

 

*Full car re-washed again.

 

*Bodywork clayed using Meguairs Medium clay bar.

 

*Full Body correction carried out using Porter Cable DA Polisher, 3M compounding pad and Megs Ultra Cut Compound #105.

 

*Full car then polished using 3M Perfect IT III Ultrafine SE Polish and 3M Perfect IT III SE Polishing Pad.

 

*Bodywork then sealed AG Extra Gloss Protection.

 

*A coat of Collinite No.915 Marque D'Elegance Car Wax then applied.

 

Before claying -

 

 

 

 

 

After claying-

 

 

 

 

Some shots after compound-

 

 

 

 

Some shots after polish-

 

 

 

 

 

Owner had a new set of powder coated wheels to fit to the car so no time was spent cleaning the wheels and I was asked not to valet it either. It didn't make for the best of pictures but the paint came out good and a good coat of what I like to call "winter wax" should keep the owner happy until the better weather arrives.

 

 

 

Good to be back in Accord Type R again.

[Ricey]

Good turn around especially given the temperature! I bet there were a few numb fingers on the go there!

[bronzee]

At least you were working under cover. Looks good.

[Paul Smith]

Yeah, already invested in a set of finger-less gloves.

 

Got a nice Nissan to do in the next couple of weeks that Ill post up, another 4 door ?

[Richyfingers]

Pirates black is such an awesome colour. Looks great now.