2009 Black Nissan GT-R Correction

Hey everyone! First of all, Happy Easter to those who celebrate! This weekend I was lucky enough to work on another Nissan GT-R. This one is a 2009 and is the dreaded Jet Black color. This particular vehicle had not been detailed in a while, and was in need of some TLC.

As with all of my jobs I started with the wheels, tires and wheel wells. The wheels didn’t look that bad, but I soon figured out they needed some help for sure. Here is what they looked like at first.







For the wheels I used wolfs Decon Gel, which is similar to Iron X…except better . Here it is dwelling on the wheels.







After it was allowed to dwell it was agitated with various brushes and then rinsed off. The tires and wheel wells were cleaned with Blackfire APC 3:1. The wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires were dressed with Blackfire Tire Gel (the OG stuff) and the wells were dressed with CG Barebones. Here is how it all turned out.



Next up was the paint. As normal I started off foaming the vehicle with a mix of Blackfire Shampoo and Blackfire APC. This was left to dwell for a few minutes while I agitated various parts of the vehicle to make sure all of the seams and emblems were cleaned.











Next I did a traditional wash on the vehicle with Blackfire Shampoo and a Griots MF Wash Mitt. After the vehicle was clean I used wolfs Decon Gel on the paint followed by a light claying with Ricardo Fine clay. This vehicle was not very contaminated at all since it has very low mileage. After it was dried we could see the true condition of the paint. Here are some pictures of the swirls, as well as some buffer trails/holograms left by another detailer.









I ended up spending the rest of the first day testing different combos to get this paint looking better. Many people know that Nissan GTR Black is a huge pain to work with. It’s hard in the sense that the swirls don’t buff out all that easily, but soft to the point that you can marr it with even the softest MF towels if you aren’t careful.

After tons of trial and error I came up with Menzerna FG500 on a yellow BS pad followed by Menzerna 106fa on a Tangerine HT pad. This finished very well and removed about 85% of all the marring and swirls from the paint.

Here are a few sun shots to illustrate the correction. These and the reflection shots were all taken while I was working so please excuse the dust and smudges.









And here are some random reflection shots. Most of these are pre-LSP except for the first one.















The LSP of choice on this vehicle was my newest wax, Auto Finesse Desire. Let me tell you, this wax is one of the best looking waxes I have ever used. It gave the paint a very warm glow, and the black was a mile deep when you looked into it. Also the beads are amazing. Take a look.





A few other notes, the glass was cleaned with Megs glass cleaner, the trim was dressed with Auto Finesse Revive, and the metal was polished with Swissvax Metal Polish. Here are the final pictures.







This was a long job, but it was well worth all the effort. I very much enjoyed working on this vehicle, and was very happy with the outcome. Thank you for taking the time to look, and I look forward to your feedback! Thanks!

 

Awesome job the paint was hammered David

The products work out well for you?

 

Thanks Martin. Desire is one of my top waxes at this point, and the trim product seemed to work very well. There was very little trim on this vehicle so I didn't get to really test it ou, but so far I really like it! Desire does look amazing! Can't wait to try spirit!

 

that finished amazing, great work. I love the hood shot close to the end with the tree reflection.

 

very nice work man!

do you detail out of the nissan cube as well? i can't see there being a lot of space even if the rear seats fold down...=)

 

Is that your cube? Is it matte black?


great work....... black always looks epic when done up

 

Looks pretty good to me. Well done sir

 

Davey Jones!!!!!! Nice save buddy! Soft paint is a bummer sometimes but looks like you came out with flying colors. Desire indeed has a sweet sweet looks to it!

 

Thanks man! That is my favorite picture as well!

Thanks man. There is actually more than enough room with the seats down. Granted, I don't have a water tank or a generator, but all of my other equipment and products fit in there with room to spare.

Thanks man! Yes it is my Cube, and yes it is wrapped in matte black vinyl!

Thanks man!

Thank you Jim! It was a little tough, but well worth it in the end! Thanks buddy!

 

Glad you liked Desire. It sure beads like CRAZY Wait till you use revive some more, it beads even better

 

Nice work on what we all know is very finicky paint...

 

looks killer! nice work. such a mean car

 

Thanks man! Desire was great! Not the easiest wax I've used, but certainly not difficult either. I don't know where I got Rejuvinate...lol. REVIVE was what I use dont he trim. Can't wait to try it out some more.

 

Thanks man! It was a challenge finding the right combo for this car for sure!

Thanks man!