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2000 Honda Accord (pics)
This is my parents' 2000 Honda Accord DX. It has 60,000+ miles on the odometer. I decided to go ahead and do a quick detail (yeah, right) on it the other night. Took 5-6 hours (including putting a second coat of wax on the following morning). Please enjoy and comment!
Process
Interior
Vacuum
Seats, floor mats, and carpet with ZMax carpet cleaner (great stuff, plus I got it at Big Lots for $2 a can)
Armor All Multi Purpose cleaner on some spots on the headliner
Quik Interior Detailer wipedown on plastics
Natural Shine on plastics
ZMax window cleaner on interior windows
NXT Generation car wash and spoke brush on door jams (the spoke brush broke after I got done - now I have to go buy a new one)
Exterior
Tires, hubs, and wheel wells cleaned with Tip Top APC
Wash with Tip Top Crystal Clean car wash, 2BM, microfiber chenille mitt
Smooth Surface clay, Quik Detailer
Wash again
Dry
Thought about polishing by hand, decided not to (for obvious reasons)
Cleaner Wax by hand
Ardex Viper Wax on windows, followed by M135
Ardex Viper Wax on mirrors and side plastic by windows
Turtle Wax F21 protectant on cowl (I don't use it on interiors, but I do use on stuff like exterior plastic trim sometimes)
NXT Insane Shine in fender wells
Tip Top New Blue Dressing on tires
Tip Top Super Shine dressing on bottom black trim
Muffler and exhaust tip shined with Hot Rims Mag and Aluminum Polish (no pics, but trust me it looked a lot better than it did before)
Coat of NXT 2.0 the following morning, followed by M135 wipedown
I took these pics in the garage. I'll try to get some better ones in the daytime sometime.
Headlights, polished with Headlight Restoration kit about a week and half ago. That is not hazing on the top, that's just glare from the lights.
This pic is a bit darker, but I liked the reflection in the door
Process
Interior
Vacuum
Seats, floor mats, and carpet with ZMax carpet cleaner (great stuff, plus I got it at Big Lots for $2 a can)
Armor All Multi Purpose cleaner on some spots on the headliner
Quik Interior Detailer wipedown on plastics
Natural Shine on plastics
ZMax window cleaner on interior windows
NXT Generation car wash and spoke brush on door jams (the spoke brush broke after I got done - now I have to go buy a new one)
Exterior
Tires, hubs, and wheel wells cleaned with Tip Top APC
Wash with Tip Top Crystal Clean car wash, 2BM, microfiber chenille mitt
Smooth Surface clay, Quik Detailer
Wash again
Dry
Thought about polishing by hand, decided not to (for obvious reasons)
Cleaner Wax by hand
Ardex Viper Wax on windows, followed by M135
Ardex Viper Wax on mirrors and side plastic by windows
Turtle Wax F21 protectant on cowl (I don't use it on interiors, but I do use on stuff like exterior plastic trim sometimes)
NXT Insane Shine in fender wells
Tip Top New Blue Dressing on tires
Tip Top Super Shine dressing on bottom black trim
Muffler and exhaust tip shined with Hot Rims Mag and Aluminum Polish (no pics, but trust me it looked a lot better than it did before)
Coat of NXT 2.0 the following morning, followed by M135 wipedown
I took these pics in the garage. I'll try to get some better ones in the daytime sometime.
Headlights, polished with Headlight Restoration kit about a week and half ago. That is not hazing on the top, that's just glare from the lights.
This pic is a bit darker, but I liked the reflection in the door
That interior is very clean and crisp, I like how the carpet and floormats came out also.
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