CTS-V Full Color sand / Correction

[Lucci Elite]

I recently picked up a 2011 CTS V Coupe, it was a demo used by the dealership and I got a smoking deal on it so I couldn't pass it up! After about a week of looking at how terrible the paint and texture was on my car I decided to fix it! Myself and Justin knew that this was not going to be a fun task to do in between all of the other cars we were correcting but the outcome was sure worth it all! After our prep process we pulled it inside to get some before shots with the Sun Gun and take reading with the DFT Combo. Once we checked the readings we determined what steps we were going to do. The sanding process was carried out with a Trizact Sander, starting with 1,500 dry, 3,000 wet, and finished with 4,000 wet. 4-5 steps were used in bringing the paint back to life. The car was topped with a coat of Crystal Rock, and the two others I have been testing. Enjoy the photos.





Sonax Full Effect

Foamed

Before Damage Shots

Nasty Texture (GM Quality)

Under The Sun Gun

Sanding Process

After 1 Step/ 50/50's Of First Step

Clarity Coming Out Nicely

Had My Good Friend Demyan From LuxPdr Pull Some Dents Out On My Babies

After Polishing Before LSP

 

[Lucci Elite]

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Painted My Lights

1 Of 3 Different Swissvax's Curing

Final Reflection/Sun Shots

Thanks For Viewing!

 

[gmblack3]

We all know how horrible the OP usually is on GM black paint, now it looks stunning!



How much CC did you remove to remove the OP?

 

[David Fermani]

I love those V Coupes! That's alot of work. Nice job.

 

[tom p.]

This is an amazing transformation! Car looks great. Has a true sinister look to it. I like it

 

[Captain McFunk]

Looks great, how do you like the car? I'm about to buy a sedan myself!

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Damn that car is baller..... looks amazing!

 

[NEDetailing]

Amazing. Really nice car man. Imagine how many more they would have sold if THAT was the actual demo car, haha. Came out fantastic!

 

[Scottwax]

Damn, thats a real balls to the wall correction!

 

[mybigmam]

massive turn around... well done.

 

[justin30513]

That's how you do it and do it right!

How many hours and did you only use D/A's for the polishing?

 

[JohnKleven]

Awesome work, and congrats on your new car looks great.

 

[CTSV]

We all know how horrible the OP usually is on GM black paint, now it looks stunning!



How much CC did you remove to remove the OP?

they have supposedly changed the paint process to reduce it for 2012, haven't seen a 2012 CTS to check out the difference. Mine is just as bad as the Raven here, which is also a 2011.



Nice work! Always wondered what an OP-less V looked like

 

[tssdetailing]

Great read and those before/afters are just stunning. Love that car too-have fun and be safe. Just putting these up to show the difference adjacent to eachother. It looks like a polaroid man!

 

[Tru_Shine]

Sick job Jimmy!

 

[Nopstnz8]

Amazing transformation dude! Props to you!

 

[Lucci Elite]

That's how you do it and do it right!

How many hours and did you only use D/A's for the polishing?

70 hours with two people so 140 hours total... and I used my Festool Shinex Rotary with a purple wool pad to knock out the sand scratches then followed with a DA and a surbuf pad to clean it up before I went on to the final polishing steps!

 

[tssdetailing]

70 hours with two people so 140 hours total... and I used my Festool Shinex Rotary with a purple wool pad to knock out the sand scratches then followed with a DA and a surbuf pad to clean it up before I went on to the final polishing steps!

and that took 5 passes?! wow.

 

[RaskyR1]

Great work on a bad a$$ car Jimmy! Nothing like a well leveled black finish! :drool:

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

Insanely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!!!



What was the process for painting the lights and what products did you use?