2000 Camaro Brought Back from the Dead

This is my friend's 2000 Camaro. The paint was in really bad shape, oxidizing and with really deep swirls and scratches. The wing on this thing was really beat up. This car has been going through the car wash since 2000 and it has never been clayed, polished, or waxed. Given the extent of the damage and the cc being rock hard, this was a 1 1/2 days project. Below is my list of materials as best as I can remember:

Wash and Dry:
High pressure nozzle, wool mitt, and Lowes GS Sponge
2 buckets with Grit Guard
Ultima Paint Guard Wash
Metro Vac N' Blow
2 Pakshak's 24" x 36" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Towel

Tires:
Sonus Rim Bright
Ace Powersticks
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2
CG Wheel Wax

Windows
Meguiars NXT Generation Glass Cleaner
Sonus Glass Polish & Chrome Cleaner
2 Pakshak's 16" x 16" Waffle Weave Micro Fiber Glass Towel

Clay:
Clay Magic
ONR as Lubricant

Interior:
Metro Vac N' Blow
UDM with brush attachments
Ultima Interior Shampoo and Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Interior Applicator
Sonus Cockpit Detailer and Sonus Total Eclipse
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Smooth Micro Fiber Towels
Sonus All in One Cleaner
The Edge yellow and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Portable Fluorescent Light

Rubber and Plastic Trim:
Sonus All in One Cleaner
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus v2

Headlights:
UDM, 4" LC orange and white pads
SIP, Meguiars Plast X, 106ff

Paint:
Flex and UDM
SIP and RD
LC foamed wool pad; 6.5'' LC yellow; 6.5", 5.5" & 4" LC orange; 6.5" & 4" LC gray
Ultima Autospa Dual-Foam Exterior Applicator
The Edge black and blue Detailing Swab Foam Tips
Craftman Halogens
Infratech CM5300 - COLOR MATCHER CM5300
Pakshak's 16" x 16" Ultra-Edgeless Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 16" x 24" Ultra-Plush Micro Fiber Towels
Pakshak's 4" x 6" "Big Kahuna" Ultra Micro Fiber Foam Applicator Pads
Z-5 x2, Z-2 x1, ZFX Flash Cure Accelerator, Z-16 between layers, Z-8

BEFORE:


































AFTER:

 

that camaro sure needed some total luxury care. And you did it! Great job!

 

Great work! The car came out nice.

 

Great work!:applause:

 

Very impressive!!!!

 

x2 ^^^^

 

Wow Great improvement on the paint work!

 

Just a SILLY turnaround!!! That must be a new car...

 

Lol! The funny thing is that she was actually thinking about selling it and buying a new car, but after she saw the results, she changed her mind and decided to keep it.

 

Son of a gun! You are right you did bring it back to life! Outstanding!:applause:

 

The car looks brand new :thumb:

 

That's what I call a Resurrection! How long did that take,and what was the cost?
Great Job!

 

I did a full exterior and interior detail, and it took me about 16.5 hours. The car belongs to a friend of mine, so I did not charge her. I had offered to do it for free simply because I like that car and because of the color, I knew it would look amazing. She offered to pay for the supplies, so I let her buy me the pads, the clay, and the Menzerna. She is so happy with the results and feels bad about all the labor I put into it that she wants to take me out to lunch the entire week :headbang:, I'll let her so she stops feeling bad. BTW, she is bringing back tomorrow, so I can add some Danase Wet Glaze.

 

nice!!

 

Super nice job! You saved that poor camaro.

 

Hehe, great job Doc! :headbang:

That was a very nice gesture of you! I did my friend's car too but for $100 and she felt bad because I had spent just over 12 hours detailing her car. So, she decided to tip me $100 and insisted on me keeping it.

 

Ok, so here are the pics after applying the DWG.

 

Magnificant detail !!! Now can the owner keep it that way !!!

 

I taught her how to wash and dry her car and I had her order over $100 worth of stuff like Waffle Weave Drying Towels, wool mitts, car shampoo, etc. If anything fails, she lives 10 minutes from me.

 

Wow very nice turna round, the vehicle was in rough shape but you sure turned it around well done :applause:

Oh by the way is this the owner:


Um...aranoia:...um...she looks hot by the way :whistle: