What have you done to your CX-9 today?

[sm1ke]

Very clean install!

The black trim looks amazing, I'll need to do mine!

Thanks! The coating does a decent job of hiding minor oxidation and scuffs too.

I forgot to mention the rubber piece on the inside of the liftgate that's kind of sagging down between the hinges. It's missing 3 clips. They look like the push-clip plastic fasteners for the body trim, but they have a small nub at the end instead. Gonna have to find a few of those clips to replace them.

 

[sm1ke]

Vinyl wrapped a few small interior trim pieces and installed them.

 

[sm1ke]

Applied some of that ceramic trim coating to the engine cover. I'm hoping this will make it easier to clean.

I also ordered a pair of exhaust tips. Just need to work on getting the OEM tips off. I don't think they're screwed onto the pipe, but they don't want to come loose after giving them a few good yanks.

 

[shawnee]

Applied some of that ceramic trim coating to the engine cover. I'm hoping this will make it easier to clean.

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I also ordered a pair of exhaust tips. Just need to work on getting the OEM tips off. I don't think they're screwed onto the pipe, but they don't want to come loose after giving them a few good yanks.

A good few yanks always makes me come loose Other than that, always good to see @sm1ke work on his car

 

[sm1ke]

A good few yanks always makes me come loose Other than that, always good to see @sm1ke work on his car

Looking a bit more closely at the tips, I think they may be spot welded to the piping, so these 2.5" inlet tips won't work. I'll be returning them today. I ordered a pair of 3" inlet tips, which I know for sure will slip over the OEM tips.

 

[sm1ke]

This weekend I got a few things done. Got the front windows tinted to 35%, installed a pair of LED reverse light bulbs, and replaced the slightly damaged SkyactivG emblem on the liftgate with a new one (Note: the OEM SkyactivG emblem is a pinned emblem that will leave 2 small holes if removed). I may actually remove the new emblem to properly polish that area, then reattach it. It's smaller than the old one, and I can still see the outline of the original emblem.

I also took some time on Saturday to polish the car. It isn't perfect, but it's like 80% there. I'm happy with maintaining it at this stage since the paint already has some imperfections from the last 3 years, like touch ups from rock chips on the hood, a small scratch that was made worse with touch up paint on a door, and a bit of wear and tear on the rear bumper from loading and unloading stuff in the trunk.

The flake in the paint really pops out now. Here's a quick video showing a before and after.