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you are so pretty cute

 
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I know...

 
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Superfly your car is cleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean!

 
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Yeah it will be very usefull if your fully bilingual youd be much more versatile.

 
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Thanx man, I'm pretty good with a polisher, use the good products too, figured if I could do a good job on a black car I'd be great on other colors. Polished the CCQ cars for the last 2 years. My hood , roof and trunk lid is scratched pretty deeply due to the last winters I drove it, snow brooms are killers on dark paint. Otherwise it would all look like this, this is last summer before I removed the stickers, original paint, driven in the winter.

 
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^^ Pretty shiny!!

 
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This shop quoted me for for about 10k for a k20a2 swap. I was like WTF! I forget the name of the place, but that seems really expensive.

 
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damn thats shiny
very clean

 
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I'll give you guyz a good deal on prepping your rides for the summer. Engine bay clean-up, wash, polish, wax. Will be like new if not better.

 
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When you polish does it remove minor scratches?

 
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how much will u charge for the whole thing?

 
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I remember looking at your car and thinking it was nice - except for maybe it'd probably look nicer with blacked out heads and the spokes of the wheels darkened up. But apart from those two personal preferences of mine I did enjoy seeing it - especially a black one that looked taken care of. As for not being there, you are what Ken told me, "a noobie, just stepping into the field" .. oh wait, that was about himself, but same principle Besides, being in a show is an experience that isn't to be missed - or so I'm told.

Very nice job .. what polisher do you use anyways? Thinking/knowing I'm going to have to attempt this come spring and just curious on the path to take.. I know I can do a decent job by hand, but well thats painful and long (from past experiences ) so point away

 
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@Superfly What you do to clean the engine bay?

 
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Don't know what he does.. what I did was ..

Start car to warm up (~10 mins).. stop car. Plastic bag over battery .. plastic/aluminium over alternator, air intake .. Rinse down (never with high pressure) .. spray liberally with "Orange Blast" (Citrus cleaner/degreaser).. Let sit for 5 minutes or so .. rinse off .. Depending on cleaniness repeat spray + rinse ... afterwards its getting into the nooks and crannies with a brush/rag .. re-rinse.. apply plastic dress-up for extra looks..

Its my procedure, though I rarely ever get the plastic dress-up (no one looks in there anyways ) At least I know its a lot cleaner looking afterwards

 
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I have a Makita variable speed polisher, I use mostly 3M products, especially for paint cleaners, scratch remover and glaze, final wax is also 3M, but I like the Color Magic Turtle Wax on dark cars it removes the polishing marks (white cloudy haze reflection left by polishing seen under direct light). The process does remove up to medium scratches and all oxydation and dirty old wax. Very safe for clearcoats, not as severe as a compound but more than 80% close. Remember that you can easily damage paint with a polisher if not use correctly no matter what you do. For the engine bay I use only Simple Green Automotive and some detailing. Depending on condition and color, I'd charge you between 100-120$, special 7th gen. price folks, same as CCQ members.

 
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Cool, sounds to me like you know what your doing and your good at it. How long does it take you to do the car?

 
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5-6 hours, I probably use 35-40$ worth of products and pads. The face of the owner when he picks up his car afterwards is worth $ to me.

 
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Thats a lot of love 5-6 hours. I can imagine it probably looks better than new if your paint isn't too damaged.

 
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One of our civic at SCP5 had a new paint job and I was able to improve the finish. Of course I used a milder product, 1 step and the finish was much smoother to the touch.

 
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Pressure washer Yes or No

 
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i cant wait for summer.....
but joliette is pretty far and we have to wait 5 to 6 hour until ur done...
is there anything to do there?
or we'll just keep u company till ure done

 
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I can do the work in Delson (south shore, other side of Mercier bridge), my buddy has a shop over there. www.NoRedline.com

 
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I don't have one, don't need one unless your car is really dirty, a good hose and a good quality mit and gentle touch does it for me.

 
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Three days without a response.. you all are ghey

Okay so I've been a little busy in life passing the time - playing Halo2 with 8 other people at once (good times, but had better times with 15 others in Ottawa ), shooting some pool, drinking some drinks .. what about everyone else?


And now for something completely different
Superfly, I'll think more about your car-polish option more when the time comes to do it.. seems like a fair price.. though I'll probably go and use the 100+ dollars I have on my Canadian Tire card and get a polisher+other stuff.. I like keeping the car clean and I know I'll put the tools to use.. and if I damage the paint, oh well - not like the car is in pristine condition anyways

 
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this thread is going down
anyone know where i could get a good 2 way alarm/starter

 
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I have Sherlock's basic one I think.

Here a link of someone installing one from another company.
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=192819

Here is another Alarm I found.
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=163323

I'm trying to find a thread I read a while back about how you don't need to have a high end alarm just one with a good setup. The thread mentioned having two sirens so that when the one siren was cut the second one would sound.

Here's a wiring chart
http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=153833

Viper Alarm

I here its better to get a shop to do it than DIY
http://www.directed.com/security/vip..._responder.asp

 
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thanks for all the link
but i was looking for montreal area
a shop to buy and install
cause i bought mine off internet but no warranty
and its for my brother's civic
i know that lebeau sells them but any of u guys has a good experience with a good job with a decent price

 
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@BeLowMe : where did you find your front lips? I love the look it's very nice!

 
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its the mugen style lip
but now its broken cause i didnt take it off for winter
i was to lazy and my car was too low
but its ok
i might buy a whole kit or a carbon fiber lip
it will depends on my summer budget
there's 2 store that has them
but i dont know if they have it in stock anymore
one is spark motoring and the other is high performance
if i remember correctly i think they go for 120-140
i dont remember cause i bought a lot of stuff at the same time
its a very nice lip
i might even buy the same style but in carbon fiber

 
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Is it difficult to install lips yourself?