Mitsubishi Grandis - A Complete Makeover

[Gen2]

I cannot quite remember how old was this car but easily should be around 4-5 years old. All the while not very well taken care of so you can imagine the condition of the paint was. Basically there were swirls and scratches all over the car; this is what you will see with the halogen light,

Even under natural lighting, this is what you can see

After a good wash down and “intensive� claying, I proceed with the steps as follow for the defects removal,



1) Menzerna IP + Green wool pad + rotary @ 1800rpm (mainly to the horizontal panels and the most serious area)

2) IP/RMG mix + orange pad + DA @ speed 5



And this is what I got,



50/50 shot

Before on the hood,

After

Before on the front fender,

After

Some more at both the fender area,



Before,

After

Before

After

A 50/50 shot on the driver’s door,

Even under natural lighting you can see an obvious improvement on the clarity of the paint work too.

Last but not least we come to the boot area,



Before

After

 

[Gen2]

Next, I carried on with the following steps,



3) Pink Moose (VM/RMG mix) + white polishing pad + DA @ speed 4

4) Victoria Concours Red Wax applied by hand using foam applicator pad



By the time I finished with the exterior it was already pretty late, so I decide to go for the photo shots first instead of doing the interior. Lucky enough, managed to capture a few decent shots to show the condition of the car before the sun went down.

A few close-up shots,

At a different angle,

That’s all folks and I hope this long posting did not bore you to sleep. Thank you for reading through the posting.

 

[DiPsAuCe]

really looks good. very niice

 

[a.k.a. Patrick]

Very, very nice makeover. Thats a job well done.

 

[imported_Sludge1]

Looks awesome. You seem to be doing a lot of minivans lately. Enjoyed your post. Thanks. :bow

 

[P1et]

The paint was brought back to life, gorgeous! What did you use on the tires?

 

[gmblack3]

Most excellent correction on the paint Gen2!

 

[imported_smprince1]

Excellent work....that paint looks 100% better. :up

 

[detaildoc]

Great come back. Must cost you an arm and a leg to get supplies out there.

 

[BigAl3]

once again... :up

 

[Radicalrev]

walaowe...good job sia!!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Loved seeing the afters!!!!:2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

 

[SpoiledMan]

Awesome correction as always. Top notch work!

 

[Scottwax]

Excellent work as always.



I always look forward to your threads, I get to see cars I've never even heard of.

 

[Chris@Optimum]

That's a really impressive turn around, something to aspire to...I just started using a rotary 3 weeks ago.

 

[kaval]

awesome work as always, I always love seeing your C&B's; never short of stellar work!

 

[Woob]

Did you do that area next to the license plate by hand? Always found the area mars and has a weak clearcoat.

 

[imported_artikxscout]

stunning job!

 

[rwisejr]

Great job .Excellent turn around!!!! Like Scottwax said I love seeing cars we never see here from you.Very impressive work as always

 

[Gen2]

Just finished detailing a Subaru Impreza for today and only now than I managed to log in here. Thanks for all the kind compliments from you guys and they are really encouraging :bigups .

You seem to be doing a lot of minivans lately

You are right on your comment, I have done another minivan, a Honda Odyssey.

What did you use on the tires?

I used Meguiar All Season Dressing on the tires.

I always look forward to your threads, I get to see cars I've never even heard of.

Like Scottwax said I love seeing cars we never see here from you.

Likewise for me too. I enjoy seeing the postings from fellow autopians here, get to see all those fancy and super cars which are not seen here in Singapore.

...I just started using a rotary 3 weeks ago.

I think that is a good move, you tends to remove defects faster with a rotary and when you really get the hang of rotary, you can finish down perfectly without swirls or hologram.

Did you do that area next to the license plate by hand?

If the area is big enough for the pad on a DA machine to go in than I will use the DA machine, otherwise will have to use hand instead. For this car I used the DA machine on most of thearea next to the license plate and the tighter area by hand.