RPD - Pewter 2001 Pontiac Trans Am

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by SilverGTV8, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    2001 WS6 63k miles
    First detail for this season and a good warm-up, This is my detailing partner's car and has been put on the back burner for a while.

    He has always taken good care of the paint and cleanliness, but the car has never seen any correction. Condition was already way better than normal, but we wanted to see if we could make it even better.

    The car has years of wax on it, mostly Zaino and NXT. Looking at the car to start you would think it needs nothing, but we need to strip the old wax off. As you know Pewter is a tough color to show correction.

    PS my partner really love zaino, great stuff and it shows!

    Total time: 2 5-6hr sessions
    Wash
    CG Citrus Wash + Gloss
    P21S TAW
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
    Swissvax Wheel Brush
    MF Wash Towel
    Wheel barrels were scrubbed, scotchbrite, and some compounding.
    Prep, Compounding, Finishing
    Porter cable XP
    Flex
    Menzerna PO203
    Menzerna 106FA
    Prima Amigo
    Menzerna PowerLock
    AutoGlym HD
    Prima Slick
    Mother's Chrome Polish
    ONR clay bar dilution
    CG Extreme Shine
    Uber Clay Var
    Uber Orange 5.5" pad
    Uber Green 5.5" pad
    White lake country 6” pad
    Orange Lake country 6” pad
    Uber Black 5.5" pad
    Uber Orange 3" pad
    More MF towels
    3m Painter's tape

    Process
    Wash, light clay, tape.
    1-2 pass’s 203 w/ orange, 1 pass 106FA with white/green, 1 pass Amigo w/blue, Powerlock, AutoGlym HD, Slick
    Tips & Wheels - Chrome polish, Powerlock, CG Extreme Shine
    Under hood given a quick treatment and interior fully done + weather strip treatment.
    Wheels removed and given a full treatment
    Before Pics
    Condition is not too bad…
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    A little marring of the top layer from storage (car cover)
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    Very light RIDS, plus some older wax may have started to break down and yellow a bit
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    Some light scratches like this here and their
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    Couple deeper scratches
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    Plastic is scratched and a little hazed
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    Gotta get all the nooks and cranny’s
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    Water etching and glass stains, yeah we gotta fix that. (Especially those t-tops, which I already did last season, they were horrible)
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    Here We Go this is what I’m talking about
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    Lots of old rubber (But to be honest I gave up on some of it, might get at it later)
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    Progress
    Lets get started, start taping.
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    Remember those 2 scratches, Almost gone after the 1st pass, you really got to catch it in the light to see.
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    Attacking the plastic
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    Getting shiny
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    Bumper correction before and after. We know how those F-body bumpers feel like sandpaper
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    Over 10 yrs of filth.
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    Power Locking
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    RESULTS
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    OUTSIDE (sun goes down early still so more of that silver is showing then the gold)
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    The LSP was AutoGlym HD, but I might actually throw some Z2 on it for the hell of it too.
     
  2. Kaban

    Kaban Welcome to Detailing

    Very nice work. I like those Pontiacs too!
     
  3. SilverGTV8

    SilverGTV8 Jedi Nuba

    Thanks.

    you should hear this thing too.. So freaking loud... I did a bit of filiming when he started it, it is so loud the mic had trouble with it but I think one gets the idea...

    YouTube - DannoWS6 After Detail Idle
     
  4. Road Trash

    Road Trash Birth of a Detailer

    Saw his/your post on LS1Tech. Nice work.
     
  5. Rcrew

    Rcrew Wax on..Wax off

    Looks nice!
     
  6. Danny

    Danny Nuba Guru

    Very nice work man I wanted a black 2002 WS6 but didnt get it because I didnt want to finance the difference that I didnt have in cash so I got a 2004 black Mustang GT instead the one in my avatar.
     

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