91 Acura NSX Clean Up

**mgm2003** · 11-13-2005, 06:56 PM

1991 NSX with 85K on the clock.

I detailed this car over the summer after 15 years of neglect. This time it was much easier (7 hours vs. an entire day the first time around). The owner put on 5K or so over the summer and it was time to freshen up this beast. Over the winter heâ€™s installing a chip, performance exhaust, and putting on some new rubber. He wants to keep up with the new Vetteâ€™s.

Process Usedâ€¦..

Wash: Pretreated with Optimum QEW, and washed with Optimum Car Wash

The rims & wells and jams were cleaned with Optimum APC, and dressed with BnB. All outside trim was treated with TR. The jam seals got Poorboys leather cleaner and conditioner. The exhaust got SSR2.5 on the pipes, and TR on the housing. The jams were protected with OCW and #425.

The paint was polished with the Metabo and Optimum Polish 1400 RPM with an orange pad on a few areas, and a polishing pad on the rest.

I glazed/sealed with Finish Kare #FX-185, and primed the pad with FX-100 spray (lightly misted) using a polishing pad @ 1700 RPM. I topped it with Poorboys QD+ (now called QW+) on a finishing pad @ 700 RPM. I mixed about an ounce of S&G with 10oz of QW+ (only used 1 oz for the entire car). IMO is added some pop to the paint vs. using QW+ unmixed.

The interior was done with Kids N Pets on the carpets, APC 6:1 on everything else, and Vinegar/Water on the glass. I dressed with TR and #40. The seats were treated with Poorboys Leather cleaner and conditioner.

Here are a few after shots.

In the garage after FX-185/FX-100 step.

Driver Side:

Passenger Side:

Deck Lid:

**GregCavi** · 11-13-2005, 07:08 PM

you always have great work and you always make me buy more fk1!! haha. Great job!

Greg

**BLACKWRX** · 11-13-2005, 08:20 PM

what magazine did you get those out of,
jk those are excellent pictures, they look like pictures out of the 1991 acura nsx catalog......excellent job, i would have loved to see the before pics

**CBlakeNS** · 11-13-2005, 09:17 PM

Looks great man, nice work...do you have pics of how it looked awhile back when it took you 7 hrs to do over the summer?

**getright** · 11-13-2005, 09:25 PM

amazing job. those nsx`s are truly a classic vehicle (a little young to be a classic i know but.......) that you have restored to a perfect shine. those cars can be made so fast with some comptech parts like headers, exhaust, supercharger, hight boost pulley etc...... i love those honda`s. you are truly a talented detailer.

**mgm2003** · 11-13-2005, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by CBlakeNS

Looks great man, nice work...do you have pics of how it looked awhile back when it took you 7 hrs to do over the summer?

Over the summer it took an entire day -and I had help! This weekend it took 7 hours to clean up.

I took before shots in the summer, but it looks like the pics on photobucket have been deleted. If I have them on my home PC, I`ll post them on Monday.

**G35stilez** · 11-13-2005, 11:37 PM

A true pool of red!

Nice work, John. I always enjoy your posts.

**3Dog** · 11-13-2005, 11:53 PM

Optimum QEW has been released?

Car looks fantastic!!

**joe.p** · 11-14-2005, 01:35 AM

the 1st pic in the garage looks nice. this car drips with wetness and the bnb looks nice on the tires. the time you spent :yes: on the car really shows your end results, great work.

**LikeaRock** · 11-14-2005, 01:39 AM

Looks great! What kinda camera do you have, the pictures are incredible!

**mgm2003** · 11-14-2005, 08:06 AM

Thanks everyone.

GSRstilez: Ditto on your posts. I`m dying to know if the `package` made its way to your hands yet?

LikeaRock: I use an Olympus (forget the model). It`s 5 or 6 years old. You want it? (LOL).

3Dog: Optimum QEW will be released before the end of this year.

BLACKWRX: Here`s the only before shot that I could dig up. It`s the front end -not the best pic, but you can get a pretty good idea of the cars condition.

**G35stilez** · 11-14-2005, 11:05 AM

John: I had to cancel my appointments this weekend (too much to get done around here). I will certainly be home Friday or Saturday or this week. I am VERY excited to get it.

Also, Targey JUST started carrying Kid N Pets, so I picked some up. Not only did it eliminate the smell and stain, but Buckley hasn`t gotten near that area again. So, thank you, for turning me onto it.

**agentxc_02** · 11-21-2005, 11:23 AM

great job :sorcerer: u really did some magic to get it to shine like that
:yes: where is the car now?

**mgm2003** · 11-21-2005, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by agentxc_02

great job :sorcerer: u really did some magic to get it to shine like that
:yes: where is the car now?

Thanks man! It was a joy to work on. I`m convinced that the neighborhood kids thought it was a Ferrari. (LOL).

My 6 year old son was pleading for a ride, but his mother put her foot down on that.

The car is hibernating for the winter