Black Altima

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jermy4

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Detailed this Altima for a friend this weekend.



I washed it, clayed it, hand polished with Meg's #2, hand polished with Meg's #9, and applied Meg's #26 by hand.



Mother's chrome polish on the wheels after going over them with some fine steel wool. NXT insane shine tire spray on the tires.



I think the wheels are chrome but I couldn't get them to shine no matter what I did to them. I think all the chrome rusted away and they are nickel wheels now :rolleyes:



I'm not 100% happy with the results but there is not much else I can do since the car was in such bad shape and I don't have a rotary or PC. I think it's time for me to start doing some research about electric polishers.



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ScubaStevo said:
Those look like polished aluminum wheels. Use some mag wheel cleaner/polish on them and they should look good.
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I didn't think polished aluminum wheels would rust like that. Are you sure?
 
Wow, your arm must be falling off... I couldn't imagine doing three steps by hand, especially on a car that bad.
 
I probably spent about 10-12 hours on the car but that includes the interior which I didn't any before or after pics for. I also cleaned up the engine a little bit.



I did get some mag wheel polish and they are a little shinier but they still don't look like they should. I think he'll be happy tomorrow when I give it back to him.
 
Makes me want to find a car like that, detail the heck out of it and turn around and sell for $1000.00 more.
 
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