Thought I'd get some more details going in here. This is a friends car I did a few weeks back. This car was imported from Japan in terriable condition, I guess the owner didnt care to much. It came in with tons of RDS and swirls and paint chips missing covering I'd say about 90% of the car and super oxidized. It had the worst rims ive seen in a long time. They were almost rusted and severe pitted all over the place and that required wetsanding and a lot of polish, weird for alumium rims. So first off a trip to the local paint shop to get some touch up paint and some sand paper. I just did the outside of this car since the interior wasnt so bad ang I knew this was going to be awhile. On with the pictures and explanation.
Total Time - 16 hours ( Just Exterior )
Wash:
2 Bucket Wash w/Gold Class
Waffle Weave Shammy
Clayed With Megs Mild Clay and Quick Detailer as lube
Re Washed w/ 2 Bucket
Polish/Wax:
Poter Cable 7424
Menz Power Finish
w/ LC Orange and Green Pads
Megs #3 Machine Glaze
BH Auto Balm x 2
Rims and Tires:
303 Tires + Trim
Mothers Metal Polish
Lotta Wetsanding 800/1000/1500 paper
Heres just a quick pick of the car to give ya an Idea, I'll do a before and after thing here.
Ok, before shot after a quick wash. Doesnt look so bad in this picture but I assure you its just the lighting.
Heres also a pic of the Clay, I wish I took more pictures of the other pieces. After doing about 1/2 the hood one side was all black, Gross.
After shot
Heres a Before shot of the passenger door. Here you can see all the scratches and swirls in the paint. Also the Clear coat on the car was starting to fail in a few spots so had to be careful while polishing.
After
Same thing Drivers Side
Might I add these cars have some crazy curves in those vents makes it tricky to polish
Heres a rear shot of the car its quite ugly and oxidized
Also heres a shot of the bumper with the first stage of polishing starting
Rear Deck Done
Heres a few pics of the rims I was talking about
During Polishing
After
Heres a right after polishing shot of the hood
Heres an after shot of the wing. After Polishing and a little BH the flake just popped out.
Shot of the Fender, you can see some more of the flake. Only a few little marks left you can see, way better then before.
And Full Side
And a nice hood reflection
Another shot of the hood. Here you can see a couple of the pits that were down to the metal. Had to use some touch up paint and some polishing.
Few extras
There we go I think thats most of them. Wish I took more pics, oh well next time.
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. I wish I had more pics of working on the rims but I was just so focused at the time to get it done haha. The shot of the polishing starting on the rear bumper pretty much sums up the whole car. Glad u guys liked it, I'll post up some more of my details soon.
