Picked up my '08 TSX last night

[Mr Mustang]

Re: Picked up my '08 TSX last night

that looks good so far, I've always liked the TSX's

[RaskyR1]

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Nice TSX. I've been looking at TLs myself, but like the TSX too. Nice tinting too, I'll assume it's more than the MN state limit, but I won't tell.

Hahaha. It's dark but not to the point where cops will give me a hard time...one has to protect the leather right?

Awsome results with NXT 2.0.
I presume you are using the DA version of the Flex? One of my wish list for the year.

I have the FLEX XC 3401 VRG and have been pretty happy with it.


Thanks for all the comments guys.

[RZ Autodetailing]

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sweet ride ....like the wet red..

[Andy M.]

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Nice car! Best of luck with it.

Andy
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[C30-Mike]

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Awsome results with NXT 2.0.
I presume you are using the DA version of the Flex? One of my wish list for the year.

[Deaner5]

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Nice TSX. I've been looking at TLs myself, but like the TSX too. Nice tinting too, I'll assume it's more than the MN state limit, but I won't tell.

[RaskyR1]

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"Arrest Me Red" huh? Looks good, especially with the tint!

LOL, yeah....but it's an auto not the 6-speed so I'm pretty conservative with my spirited driving.

Thanks guys!

[roushstage2]

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"Arrest Me Red" huh? Looks good, especially with the tint!

[rebelde33]

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Wow nice work so far!

[RaskyR1]

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Updated pics after she got all polished up and had the tint & clear bra done. I'm glad I went with red.

[christian6984]

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Glad to hear its fixed, i bet it looks stunningly perfect now, all i seem to get is soft paints, Renault, Mini(rover), Vauxhall, Peugeot, Ford (except white). The challenge on the way is gonna be when my dad gets his VW Golf, should have to many problems as my mum is getting a citroen c3 (soft again). The minis the softest and trickiest you can marr and scuff the paint with finger pressure and a MF (its a PITA you have to be careful not to over work it as this makes the polish hard to remove and you dont want to be enthusiatic removing it.

[RaskyR1]

Re: Picked up my '08 TSX last night

Oh it may be that the one pass was not enough (assuming a polishing pad), you need to break down the polish obviously not till its dry but till its clear and hazy, you could follow up with #80 on a finishing pad to solve micro marring, and then the wax. Milder polishes are #82 or #9 i think if micromarring is still apparent or use the finishing pad with Nxt Gen Wax.

Oh also about the pressure before you finish polishing ease to nearly no pressure and slow the machine down a bit. see if this helps burnish the finish

Hope this helps
Christian

Well I played around with #80 again this weekend and it turns out that I wasn't allowing the polish enough time to break down completely. I have probably been doing this all along and simply didn't notice since I haven't worked on many soft paints like this, which is probably why I never really saw the micro marring issue.

I ended up working a section 12" x 12" for about 90 seconds with the FLEX on a speed of 5 and BINGO!


Thanks for the help.

[J. A. Michaels]

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Congrats on the new car. That is a good looking shade of red. Looks good so far. Enjoy!

[christian6984]

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I will play with it some more...it could be my technique that is causing the micro marring with M80. The paint does seem very soft so maybe I'm applying too much pressure, over or under buffing...

I did only give it one pass too as it was very late.


Thanks Guys! Coming from a Mazda 6 this thing is a LOT nicer.

Oh it may be that the one pass was not enough (assuming a polishing pad), you need to break down the polish obviously not till its dry but till its clear and hazy, you could follow up with #80 on a finishing pad to solve micro marring, and then the wax. Milder polishes are #82 or #9 i think if micromarring is still apparent or use the finishing pad with Nxt Gen Wax.

Oh also about the pressure before you finish polishing ease to nearly no pressure and slow the machine down a bit. see if this helps burnish the finish

Hope this helps
Christian

[rebelde33]

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Congratulations on the new Acura.