This was an interesting detail for me. I've never detailed a car "this old" and I kept thinking it was older than it actually was due to the body style being the same since the 70's! This car is a beast though with the Jag V12. Even in 94 this car had heated and massaging seats! Now that's what I call luxury . BTW excuse the lesser quality pics, I forgot to charge my DSLR and used the Sony P&S and just kept using it throughout the detail. The car was in for a whole exterior makeover, and an interior touch up. I spent around 15 hours on this car. When it first arrived to me: (large scratch that needed to be taken care of. Luckily it passed the "fingernail test" so I knew it wouldn't be difficult to remove) First up, as always, was the wheels. Before: They were first pressure rinsed to get rid of as much surface dirt as possible. Then I sprayed Autoglym custom wheel cleaner on the rims, and the tires/wheel wells received P21S TAW. Next the engine bay was CAREFULLY degreased. First I "rinsed" with the hose on "mist" as to not soak any of the 15 year old electronics. Then I sprayed P21S TAW on areas easy to reach, and away from electrical components, and then carefully agitated with a boars hair brush. After the engine bay was re "rinsed" I moved on to the body of the car. I foamed with with CG CWC and then followed that up with a 2 bucket CWC wash. Once that was complete I clayed the car with Megs Professional Mild clay and ONR as lube. I then taped up all the chrome trim and seals to prep for polishing. The combination for this car was a 3 step polish. 3M UK Fast Cut Plus on a 3M UK Yellow pad, followed by SIP on a 3m UK Yellow Pad, and then refined with Ultrafina on a 3M UK Blue pad. Befores: 50/50 in the sun before ultrafina: Most of the paint was corrected easily, but a few deep RIDS remained: The hood complete: 50/50 of fender done, door not: (scratch still needs some attention) Mirror before: After: Door/Scratch refined: And then one more pass for the one on the fender: Trunk before: And after: Rear quarter corrected, door not: Close up: Before LSP in the sun: Next was the interior. Sorry I forgot to take befores.. for some reason I never do this on interiors. I guess I don't really know how to take good before/afters of interiors like the exterior :shrug: Any tips would help! The leather was treated with LM Trio. Carpets cleaned with CG Citrus Pad Cleaner, and protected with 303 FG. Wood got Zaino AIO. Afters: The wheels were polished by the GF with Werkstat Prime and the protected with Acrylic. Tires got Megs HD 2:1 and wheel wells were dressed with Adams Undercarriage Spray. The LSP was Blackfire Wet Diamond which was topped by Midnight Sun Carnuba. I tossed around the idea of seeing how AB would look on BRG but opted to go with this combo for some more testing. All the afters: I opted to not put any dressing on the engine for safety reasons, but here's what it looked like after degreasing: Tucked away for the night: Thanks for looking! As always, C/C welcome! eace: Aaron
wow, good job bringing her back to life! Is that the Uber red applicator pad in the last pic, how large, or should say how small, is the flat surface at the top and bottom of the pad. I been thinking of getting it but have concerns of it fitting in a wax pot that is not as large as the BF pots.
That looks great, very good work on this one..for some odd reason I thought it would be single stage, I guess its a good thing it wasn't..
Two thumbs up! I saw you mention working on an older Jag in passing, so I've been looking forward to seeing this write-up. It came out beautifully. I don't want to OT your thread too badly, but I've got some suggestions for interior before/after photos.
British racing green is a fantastic color on that car and you brought it back to life again. Fantastic job on a great machine!
Great work on this one, Aaron! I see you like Blackfire Midnight Sun. Me too, it's one of the best waxes I've used and I absolutely adore it.
Great job on this one and I look forward to trying out Blackfire Midnight Sun over Blackfire AFPP very soon.
Aaron..great job on that beautiful classic...not usually a big fan of BRG, but damn, you made it look great!!!
you will be thrilled by stunning results from it. The only thing I feel needs to be improved is beading action, but it can easily fixed by topping Midnight Sun with CG Pete's 53.
Aaron great work ! Although I don't love greens that much you did bring it back to life. What lens are you using for your camera? I still can't get those bling shots lol.
Thanks a lot. I thought so too, so I started off with an Uber pad until no color came up, and I steppd up to the 3M UK pads! Thanks Roger! Sure is! Thanks Karl! Yeah just shoot me a PM or somethin' along the lines of that! Thanks a lot! Thank you! Thanks Carlos! Thanks Dana. What secrets? :shead: Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! It looks great on metallic.. the flake pop is INSANE! Thanks a lot! I actually hate BRG too Thank you! Thanks Nick! This is actually with the P&S lense which is why you get the crazy star bursts on a quality lense on a DSLR you won't get that.
