This car has 114k miles and is new to the owner. It needed an exterior detail bad, and you'll see that in the pics to follow. The interior is in great shape for the age of the car, and it rides like a dream. It feels solid and was well maintained through its life and it for sure shows.
The engine hadn't been touched (cleaned) in years as well.
Total time was approximately 12 hours from start to finish, as I could take my time since this isn' the owners DD.
Process:
Wash w/ Meguiars Gold Class
Clay w/ Sonus Green
SSR2.5
OP (twice on some panels)
Pinnacle Souveran - 2 coats
Here are some befores:
Here is the engine before:
Engine after clean:
Here are interior shots before cleaning:
Like I said, all-in-all, the interior was in great shape with normal to light wear and tear for an 11 year old car....
Floor mats after cleaning:
Now on to the pain of the exterior condition... Total time on the exterior was about 9 hours to correct. Areas of the paint were severely marred and it was swirl city in some areas.
Here's the Sonus clay after I clayed the whole car:
On to the polishing....
I did a test spot on the front of the hood with the steps that I thought would work. I knew in order to get these scratches out, since I could feel some of them with my nail, I had to use something stronger, which is why I chose the SSR2.5 to start.
Test section:
Since this worked, I started working various parts of the car...
Trunk before:
Trunk after:
Hood before:
Hood after:
The side panels seemed to be the worst...
Driver's door before (this is the condition that 90% of the paint was in):
Driver's door after (which received another coat of OP after this shot to completely correct):
Driver's rear door corrected and driver's door not corrected:
Roof after correction:
Rear after correction:
I finished at night time, so no good shots of the car outside. Hopefully the owner will take some this upcoming weekend since it supposed to be beautiful outside and sunny. Also it's been cloudy the past two days, which is disappointing because the correction came out great and the car has a renewed shine that I wish everyone could see....
Here are a few afters with the 750 back at home:
My reflection shot for the time being!
Thanks!
The engine hadn't been touched (cleaned) in years as well.
Total time was approximately 12 hours from start to finish, as I could take my time since this isn' the owners DD.
Process:
Wash w/ Meguiars Gold Class
Clay w/ Sonus Green
SSR2.5
OP (twice on some panels)
Pinnacle Souveran - 2 coats
Here are some befores:
Here is the engine before:
Engine after clean:
Here are interior shots before cleaning:
Like I said, all-in-all, the interior was in great shape with normal to light wear and tear for an 11 year old car....
Floor mats after cleaning:
Now on to the pain of the exterior condition... Total time on the exterior was about 9 hours to correct. Areas of the paint were severely marred and it was swirl city in some areas.
Here's the Sonus clay after I clayed the whole car:
On to the polishing....
I did a test spot on the front of the hood with the steps that I thought would work. I knew in order to get these scratches out, since I could feel some of them with my nail, I had to use something stronger, which is why I chose the SSR2.5 to start.
Test section:
Since this worked, I started working various parts of the car...
Trunk before:
Trunk after:
Hood before:
Hood after:
The side panels seemed to be the worst...
Driver's door before (this is the condition that 90% of the paint was in):
Driver's door after (which received another coat of OP after this shot to completely correct):
Driver's rear door corrected and driver's door not corrected:
Roof after correction:
Rear after correction:
I finished at night time, so no good shots of the car outside. Hopefully the owner will take some this upcoming weekend since it supposed to be beautiful outside and sunny. Also it's been cloudy the past two days, which is disappointing because the correction came out great and the car has a renewed shine that I wish everyone could see....
Here are a few afters with the 750 back at home:
My reflection shot for the time being!
Thanks!
are PITA to clean.