2001 Plymoth Prowler, Paint correction and Opti-Guard application

[RaskyR1]

Justin and I teamed up again last weekend on this Proweler, which belongs to a good client of mine. The paint condition was actually in very good shape overall, but it did had several moderate scratches scattered thorough out the finish where were deeper than what could be removed with a 1-step polish. At first we were just going to try and spot hit the deeper ones, but after washing and inspecting the finish more closely, it was clear that there was just too many and it made more sense to just go with a full 2-step correction. Total correction achieved from our process was about 90-95%.





Process:



Wash - Foamed with CGCW and OPC, rinsed, then washed with CGCW.

Wheels - CG Diablo Gel and various brushes, polished with Mothers mini power ball and Megs chrome polish

Tires - OPC, dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing

Suspension comp - OPC and various brushes

Clay - Blackfire clay and M34 as lube

Paint correction - D300/MF on the GG6 followed by PO85RD/Crimson LC on the Flex PE14 rotary

Glass - Megs D120

Exhaust tips - Megs Chrome polish

Coating Prep - Foamed with CGCW and OPC, rewashed with CGCW followed by Eraser wipe-down

Coating - Optimum Opti-Guard, applied to paint, trim, and wheels.





Before pics

Owner had several areas with wax/polish splatter or excess in cracks....jokingly I told him I was taking his Porter Cable away from him.

Foaming car down

Justin doing work on the suspension arms

No more beading!

Metallic made capturing defect difficult...

We got rocking on the D300 to give Justin a head start to where I could followe behind with PO85RD on the rotary

Carefully working the 3" and 4" in some tight areas

VERY carefully working the front grill with 3" Opt MF pads on the rotary at low rpm's

Justin going to town on the wheels

Two person application of OG is great!

 

[RaskyR1]

Finished pics!

I also do a polishing and applying of Opti-Guard to a set a BMW wheels for a good friend of the owners.

As always, thanks for looking!



Rasky

 

[Scottwax]

Damn fine work, looks amazing in the sun!

 

[maxepr1]

Looks good Chad! Airbrushing rims....huh, why not wipe it on?

 

[classictouchllc]

Really beautiful job!

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks guys!

Looks good Chad! Airbrushing rims....huh, why not wipe it on?

I applied it to the barrels by hand, but I like using the airbrush for more intricate wheels. I also feel, in theory at least, that it leaved behind of thicker layer of product.

 

[Phishy4]

This was a great car to work on. Good paint, the shapes of the panels are great to work on and having so much exposed stuff makes it really easy to get to the barrels of the wheels and get behind the fenders, etc. Loved it.

 

[JohnKleven]

Excellent work gentlemen. The sun shots say it all.

 

[Jokeman]

Nice work Chad!

 

[Fast Eddie]

Excellent work as always Chad...

 

[Leadfootluke]

Great work Chad!



I hope my Orange car turns out to look something like that too

 

[Lotuseffect]

Great work guys. That is a great color for that model.

 

[Uber Auto Conditioning]

Nice work Chad. What did you use on the rear bumper? I did a Prowler last summer and polished with 205/white LC pad on a PC/speed 3 and it worked ok. The paint/plastic color came off on the pad and couldn't be cleaned so the pad was junk.



Glad the team thing is working out for you guys. I'd love to stop by sometime and check out the shop. Got any cool projects lined up?

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks again guys!

Nice work Chad. What did you use on the rear bumper? I did a Prowler last summer and polished with 205/white LC pad on a PC/speed 3 and it worked ok. The paint/plastic color came off on the pad and couldn't be cleaned so the pad was junk.



Glad the team thing is working out for you guys. I'd love to stop by sometime and check out the shop. Got any cool projects lined up?

The rear bumper was a plastic/rubber material so we did not polish it. Just cleaned it and left it alone.



Nothing special coming up as of right now...BMW's, Audi's...normal everyday cars.