This was my first detail on a car other than my own and my buddy let me use his 2004 Imola Red 330CI ZHP as a guinea pig over the past few weekends. The ZHP was not in the best shape since she had only been washed and never sealed or waxed. The surface was dull and there was a lot of spider webbing and a few RIDS. Corrected the spider webbing to about 95% and the RIDS to ~80-85% which was the goal. When all was said and done it turned out really well and my buddy is thrilled (he helped out a ton and I actually had him hit a few panels with the PC after some instruction). The best picture that really shows the "pop" back in the paint is the shot of the Left Front After (LF After). We opted for a glaze since he is getting ready to sell and wanted to have it primed for a photo shoot (but after seeing how good it looks, my buddy is having 2nd thoughts on selling ) Thanks to everyone of this board for their advice and insight (I'll update the "post" pix with some close-ups, just need a sunny day). Week 1: Engine: ZEP degreaser (50/50 dilution) CD2 Wash: 2 bucket, 2 SS, 2 GG, ONR wash Clay: Meguiar's Smooth Surface Clay ONR Clay Lube Correction: PC7424 A mix of 4" and 5.5" pads (x 1 or x 2) depending on the level of correction needed M105 - LC Orange Pad Menzerna P106FA - LC White Pad Temp Paint “Protection”: Danase Wet Glaze x 2 1Z Glanz Wax x 2 Week 2 I wasn't really happy with the “pop” the DWG left and I decided I wanted to try something else, so I went with RMG (....all I can say is “Wow” to RMG). Wash: 2 bucket, 2 SS, 2 GG, ONR wash Clay: Sonus Green ONR Clay Lube Correction: I wasn't really happy with the final correction on the hood so I hit it again with the following: PC7424 Menzerna PO83Q – 4” LC Orange Pad (1 pass) Menzerna PO87MC – 5.5” LC White Pad (1 pass) This did the trick Glaze: ClearKote Red Moose Machine Glaze (RMG) x 1 by hand Wax: Pete's 53 x 2 by hand QD: FK425 He had the wheels refinished by a 3rd party so I don't know what they used on them. Engine Before Engine After (this shot was taken 2 weeks after the CD2 application) Hood Before Hood After I Hood After II Hood After III Roof Before Roof After I Roof After II LF Front Before LF After RR Before (worst RID) RR After RR After II Bootlid Before Bootlid After I Bootlid After II Full After (Sorry for the pix being cut off, but its the best full shot I have for now)
Awesome job, the car looks great. I like RMG more on Red but my fav if using a glaze is Prima Amigo on reds
Sweet ride, great job, congratulations :applause: That color reminds me of my beloved St. Louis Cardinals :chips:
:lol: Do something with that NL Central division crown this October since my beloved Cubs don't know how to do so. As always .......... wait 'til next year :thud:.
Thanks everyone ! Appreciate the compliments. One thing I didn't mention and someone asked me about was the different wheels in the before pictures vs the after pictures. Story: My buddy had been wearing his winter wheels all year since his summer wheels were in bad shape, tons of curb rash (see video link below). I started the car when he had the winters on and between my start (week 1) and finish (week 2) he had the summer wheels repaired and put on the car, hence the 2 different sets of wheels. Here's what they looked like before: YouTube - MOV03663 I don't have an after video but I believe this is the 2nd wheel shown in the video, the repair shop did a hell of a job:
Looks great and looks quite familiar given I have a 2003 in the garage. After seeing the wheel repair I'm going to get started on having mine fixed as well. The previous owner had some curb run-ins as well. Looks great!
