Mitchubishievo
New member
Background: I met the owner last year at a fun filled Redline Time Attack. We had plenty of memories come from that day, and I hinted he should come up to Chicago sometime for a detail, jokingly of course.
Fast forward to last Februrary, when he PMed me about getting a tune froma local here in Chicago. I replied with what I though he should do, and dropped the detail bomb again.
Fast forward to tuesday night. I get a call from Taylor that he's left St. Louis and is a mere 5 hours away :lol:. He makes it over here at 9:30, and crashes at my place for the night. The next morning was an interesting one.
I started out preparring (before pics, products, etc.) for his detail around 9:30 am. Washed the car, engine bay, door jambs and then cried when I saw what was ahead. But so much for even getting started...we decide to go get his car tuned before it's detailed, so we set out somewhere around 1:30. To make a LONG story short, the wastegate spring was set at 27 psi instead of the 18 it should've been. But this took a long time to figure out/fix. After all is said and done, it's almost 10 pm. We get back, and I decide "Screw it, I got over 3 hors of claying to do, I'm doing it now".
Claying took OVER 3 hours and 45 minutes to get it to where I have it now. It's 3 am on thursday (my b-day too) and I decide to finally call it a night.
I'm up at 9 am the next morning, and witha total of about an hour in breaks/receiving phone calls, I finish the car at 7:30 at night.
If I was gonna work on my B-day, I was hella glad it was for Taylor. I got his stuff done, and gave him some bonus fixes :lol:.
Here was the Process:
-Wash with gold class/warm water in bucket, sheepskin and hot water rinse bucket (Two Bucket Method).
-Clay with FK1 425 as lube
-Menzerna IP/Cutting Pad/Speed 6(very slow passes)
-Menzena FPII/Polishing Pad/Speed 6 (on hood, trunk, and fenders)
-EX-P/Finishing Pad/Speed 3
-Wenol Red, Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish, mircrofiber and #0000 steel wool for really bad spots for the Exhaust
-Plexus on headlights/taillights
-Original Armorall on Tires
Engine
-Washed with remaining wash solution, a few squirts of Simple Green automotive, and sponges
-303 Aerospace on everything
Interior
-Hardcore vacuuming
-10:1 APC wipedown on all suraces
-Leather Cleaner/leather brush
-Leather Cleaner/Folex microfiber wipedown of headliner
-Four Star Leather Conditioner
-303 Aerospace on ALL vinyl/plastic surfaces
FOR LATER:
-Custom Powdercoated NT-03's
.
And now, for a crap load of before pictures.
Engine Bay:
Side marker before/after {thumbup}
Fast forward to last Februrary, when he PMed me about getting a tune froma local here in Chicago. I replied with what I though he should do, and dropped the detail bomb again.
Fast forward to tuesday night. I get a call from Taylor that he's left St. Louis and is a mere 5 hours away :lol:. He makes it over here at 9:30, and crashes at my place for the night. The next morning was an interesting one.
I started out preparring (before pics, products, etc.) for his detail around 9:30 am. Washed the car, engine bay, door jambs and then cried when I saw what was ahead. But so much for even getting started...we decide to go get his car tuned before it's detailed, so we set out somewhere around 1:30. To make a LONG story short, the wastegate spring was set at 27 psi instead of the 18 it should've been. But this took a long time to figure out/fix. After all is said and done, it's almost 10 pm. We get back, and I decide "Screw it, I got over 3 hors of claying to do, I'm doing it now".
Claying took OVER 3 hours and 45 minutes to get it to where I have it now. It's 3 am on thursday (my b-day too) and I decide to finally call it a night.
I'm up at 9 am the next morning, and witha total of about an hour in breaks/receiving phone calls, I finish the car at 7:30 at night.
If I was gonna work on my B-day, I was hella glad it was for Taylor. I got his stuff done, and gave him some bonus fixes :lol:.
Here was the Process:
-Wash with gold class/warm water in bucket, sheepskin and hot water rinse bucket (Two Bucket Method).
-Clay with FK1 425 as lube
-Menzerna IP/Cutting Pad/Speed 6(very slow passes)
-Menzena FPII/Polishing Pad/Speed 6 (on hood, trunk, and fenders)
-EX-P/Finishing Pad/Speed 3
-Wenol Red, Mother's Mag and Aluminum Polish, mircrofiber and #0000 steel wool for really bad spots for the Exhaust
-Plexus on headlights/taillights
-Original Armorall on Tires
Engine
-Washed with remaining wash solution, a few squirts of Simple Green automotive, and sponges
-303 Aerospace on everything
Interior
-Hardcore vacuuming
-10:1 APC wipedown on all suraces
-Leather Cleaner/leather brush
-Leather Cleaner/Folex microfiber wipedown of headliner
-Four Star Leather Conditioner
-303 Aerospace on ALL vinyl/plastic surfaces
FOR LATER:
-Custom Powdercoated NT-03's
.And now, for a crap load of before pictures.
Engine Bay:
Side marker before/after {thumbup}
