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 have several moderate scratches scattered thorough out the finish which 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 defects difficult...

We got rocking on the D300 to give Justin a head start to where I could follow 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 did a little 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

 

[Pats300zx]

Amazing work Chad. I love that color !!!!

 

[mjlinane]

Awesome work!!

 

[Old Pirate]

A must for the Prowler Forums! Awesome work as always Chad.:bigups

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Gorgeous! Don't see too many Prowlers around anymore, but they were always interesting cars.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great work Chad, but I expect that when I saw your name as the poster!

 

[AndrewBigA]

nice work! i like the first finished photo of the prowler the best. nice work on the bimmer wheels as well.

sweet! :rockon

 

[mustangmikeFL]

great work! That's a great looking car now

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

DIALED! :yourrock

 

[Bunky]

Very nice looking ride!!!!

 

[rwright]

Wow :drool: Superb as always Rasky, thanks for sharing.

 

[mrclean81]

Man I've wanted one of those since they came out. Just such a unique looking car. Beautiful job on it.

 

[ZL1Mark]

Rasky, my Idol!!!

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! :yourrock

 

[Troy@Protekt]

That looked like a fun one. Nice work Chad. :bigups

Was that the Opti-guard you were applying with an air brush?

 

[BIOLINK]

Nice work as always.:yourrock

 

[RaskyR1]

Thanks again guys!

That looked like a fun one. Nice work Chad. :bigups

Was that the Opti-guard you were applying with an air brush?

Yes. I like using it for intricate areas like grills and some wheels. I also feel, in theory at least, that by using the "no-touch" application that it leaves behind a thicker layer of protection. :bigups