Recent content by Tru_Shine

Hey Everyone, This was a restoration type detail that I was excited to get my hands on. I am such a big fan of these old school Porsche's and when this owner called me to come out and look at it, I was right on it. Once I inspected the car I knew right away the potential that it had. We...

This is a Maserati GranTurismo S... but not just any GranTurismo S..... This is an MC Sport Line. With a Ferrari Engineered 4.7L V8 pushing out 434hp and 360tq this "MC Sport Line" version means that it comes with Carbon Fiber exterior accessories such as front and rear carbon-fibre...

For this detail, I traveled out to Dandrige TN to take on a this beautiful Electron Blue Metallic C5 corvette. The customer wanted the paint perfect and swirl free and he wanted me to apply Optimum coating, aka Opti-guard. Opti-Guard or Opti-Coat is a Semi permanent coating that will prevent...

BMW Jet Black...... A professional detailers favorite color............Or worst Night mare? Different manufacturers all use different types of paints and clear coats. Some paints can be soft, some can be hard. For example, Honda, Porsche, Nissan GTR..... all of these paints are typically very...

I know Barry Theal already posted a write up on this, but he left out A LOT of cool pics. so i decided to put one together and give it a "Tru Shine Touch" hopefully it will blow Barry's write up out of the water.... lol (J/k Barry)....... I'm not really though.....I'm serious..... this is going...

Garry Dean......... Eat your heart out :D haha j/k here is a video I put together yesterday, spent about 15 hours editing everything. but I'm real happy with how it turned out.

What's up everyone, I Figured I would go ahead and start a build thread and show what all I have done to the car so far. I know it will be a long time before I finish everything for the final detail write up. I still have a lot of work left to do and the weather is to cold outside right now...

I am proud to bring to you this product review of the NEW Backing Plate System for the FLEX 3401 VRG by Lake Country This new backing plate system gives you the choice of swapping out backing plates for your Flex 3401 from the factory 5.5 to a 4" or 6" Why is this called a System you...

Here is a write up of a detail I did this past summer while in Nashville TN. This Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII has the Full Race Twin Scroll 4088r turbo kit pushing out 800whp. These Evo's are notorious for the paint fading out due to their single stage paint and the owners not keeping the...

Tru Shine tackles a Campagna Motors T-Rex I had a chance to work on somthing a little different a few weeks ago, I was contacted by a local customer asking if I could make a difference in his T-Rex. I was excited to see what I could do for it but more importantly I wanted to take it for a...

This is one of the other cars David and I was able to take care of while we were out in Huntsville AL. The owner had just got back from his trip to Texas and the front of the car was covered with bugs. This car had never been washed and only wiped down with MF towels and detail spray, So I knew...

I had a new client from Huntsville AL contact me after he seen my work on that White Ferrari 458 Italia that I detailed a few months back. He called and told me he wanted 3 of his cars to receive the treatment that was done to the white 458 Italia. After discussing what cars he had and what each...

One of my Clients gave this to me as a Thank You tip. It has Never been used or Charged at all? He showed me the receipt that came with it from back in 2002. it was a christmas gift and he never had a need for it. It did come with a really cool Meguiars bag, 2 batteries, instruction manual...

This client sent me a message on my Facebook asking me if I could help him out with a little problem he was having with his paint. The Client had mentioned to me that he had someone wetsand and buff his entire Lexus IS350 a few weeks prior. This car was fully repainted by a Lexus Dealership a...

I had a chance to work on this Beautiful Factory Five Racing Shelby Cobra a few weeks ago. I wanted to work with the customer and show him a few products and techniques that might help with the washing and maintenance of this type of car. With the Cobra's not having a roof, you cant really just...