This car belongs to my uncle. He asked me if I could polish it out as he will be giving it to his son as a gift for his 18th birthday on December 23rd. He's a good kid so I went the extra mile and coated the car after correcting it. This was a full interior and exterior job. It only has 18k miles on it and it is a V6. Don't let the SS badge fool you lol. My uncle decided he wanted a clone but the exhaust tone gives it away lol. This has to be one of my favorite colors that I have worked on. This is how it arrived. With a nice coat of dirt on it. The defects underneath the layer of dirt I started off using this wash method by Mike Phillips (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...shing-car.html) Here is Ironx doing it's thing Followed that up with a foam bath using Meguiar's Hyper Wash There was no sign of any protection on the paint. The water just stuck to the surface Pulled it into the garage. This is what I was working with. Defects on the trunk On the rear drivers side quarter panel Went on to clay the car. This is what I pulled out on a small section of the trunk. It was similar around the entire car. There was also some white overspray on a few areas of the car. I knew I was going to have to compound but I started off with a test spot with M205 and a Meguiar's thin yellow foam polishing disc. I did this on the door as I also tried a couple other combinations to see what works best. M205 did a good job but the defects were pretty deep. My camera couldn't pick them up. Video of the test spot. https://vimeo.com/148760788 I ended up moving to Meguiar's D300 on a microfiber cutting disc. This was doing a better job but even that was struggling a bit. I ended up using Meguiar's M100 on a microfiber cutting disc. The paint on this is on the hard side. The good news is that both D300 and M100 finished LSP ready. Here's the drivers side front fender after using the M100/microfiber combo. There were some deep scratches on the fender that would require more work than what is needed. After compounding with M100 and the microfiber cutting disc, I moved to M205 on a thin yellow polishing disc, followed by Menzerna SF3800 on a thin black foam finishing disc. M100 on microfiber did dust so I ended up doing a quick rinseless with Meguiar's D114 to remove all the compound dust from the paint and from the crevices it found it's way to (ie door panels, trunk, etc). After that I followed up with a couple wipedowns of Carpro Eraser. The coating of choice was Optimum Gloss Coats newest formula. Thanks Vega from Autopia for matching the Autogeek cyber buster deal on gloss coat. This is what is included in the package. One thing to note is that I did not use the provided foam applicator. I ended up using a CarPro suede applicator and the CarPro applicator block. It worked flawlessly. This is a 10cc syringe. This is what I have left after applying 2 coats to the paint. Here are the end results on the car Trunk looking good. Driver side rear quarter panel looking good It was a bit overcast when I took these The interior was not bad. A quick vacuum cleaned up most of it. Followed up with some Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer and Natural Shine. The rubber was a bit dry. The dirtiest part was the glass. My brother came over and he decided to give Blackfire All In One Tire and Trim Protectant a go in the engine bay. This is all he used. Before After Air intake before All dressed Final shot of my 4th gen behind this 5th gen Products used: Paint: Wash: Meguiar's Hyper Wash Decontamination: CarPro Ironx, Clay with Meguiar's M34 Compound: Meguiar's M100 + Meguiar's 5" microfiber cutting disc Polish: Meguiar's M205 + Meguiar's 5" thin yellow polishing disc, Menzerna SF3800 + Meguiar's 5" thin black foam finishing disc Coating Prep: CarPro Eraser Coating: Optimum Gloss Coat (new formula). Applied 2 coats Tires: Meguiar's D143 Non-Acid Wheel & Tire Cleaner at 2:1 Pinnacle Black Onyx (2 coats) Wheels: Meguiar's D143 Non-Acid Wheel & Tire Cleaner at 2:1 with various brushes Clayed Polished with M205 Detailer's Pro Coating Prep Polish Pinnacle Black Label Paint Coating Version 1 (using the remainder I have only on the face of the wheel) Wheel Wells: Meguiar's Super Degreaer Meguiar's Hyper Dressing Exhaust Tips: Meguiar's Medium Cut metal polish Meguiar's Fine Cut metal polish Wolfgang Metal Sealant Trim: Front cowl, window trim, roof trim, shark fin antenna, rear valence were cleaned with Mothers Back to Black Heavy Duty Trim Cleaner, dressed with Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant Glass: Clayed Detailers Pro Krystal Vision Glass Cleaner Detailers Pro Glass Restorer Polish + Lake Country Hydro Tech Tangerine Polishing pad Detailers Pro Coating Prep Polish Detailers Pro Glass Coating Interior: Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer Meguiar's Natural Shine Detailer's Pro Krystal Vision Glass Cleaner 303 Fabric Guard (seats and floor mats) Blackfire Leather Conditioner Engine Bay: Adam Lug Nut Brush Blackfire All In One Tire & trim Protectant
Thanks. On this particular car the paint was hard. Plus the defects were deep. Almost like if it was washed with a brillo pad lol. Thanks.
Thanks. I ended up keeping it a few extra days. My uncle stopped by after work and he was amazed with how it looked inside and out. He told me it looked better than when he got it off the dealer lot. I then drove it to their house as they are only 5 mins away and dropped it off. It was dropped off on the 23rd which was his actual birthday. My uncle called him outside and he looked at it like it wasn't his. He said it looked different. He then caught on that it was not dropped off for any recall work like my uncle had told him lol. He was ecstatic with how it looked. I set him up with a starter wash kit to maintain it.
