My battle against Orange Peel, Altezza (IS300) No 56k!!!!

[Mr Singh]

Hey Guys, I recently took a stab at getting rid of the nasty OP I had, I'm bit fussy when it comes to certain things...



Prior to this huge task the car has been regularly treated to Meguairs products,

Gold Class Shampoo,

Gold Class Wax

NXT Wax (with Zymol Shampoo)

3 Stage DCS



I have been very impressed with the above products, but a friend offered to let me use some of his stuff along with the PCP for my paint flattening process..



Enough is Enough i have to get rid of OP!



I know I won't get rid of it 100%... but here's how today turned out.



Here's what was leant to me,



Porter Cable Polisher (with counterweight and Velcro backing pad attached)

Power Inverter

Extension Lead

Meguiars Detailing clay and quick detailer spray

3 Sonus Polisher Pads (Orange, Blue, Green)

Sonus Shampoo (new bottle)

Sonus SFX 1 (use with orange pad) & 2 (use green pad)

Klasse All in one (use with blue pad)

Klasse Sealant Glaze

Pinnacle Souvereign Carnuba Wax



I also bought some Alu Belgom metal Polish, seems to be very rated amongst polishing veterans!



Anyway this is today's efforts... So on with the pics!!!!

Goodies! Pictures not too clear but the car is filthy!

Shampoo Pre-rinse

Suds

Washed with Meg's Lambs wool Mit

They haven't been cleaned in 2 weeks!

 

[Mr Singh]

Nice and Clean.

Orange Peel

More of it!

I can't and won't accept this!!!!!

Looks savage huh?

 

[Mr Singh]

PC setup with Orange pad and SFX-1 ready to go!

Rear door done, Orange Peel reduced by atleast 60-70%!

Now time for the rest to be Wet sanded!

Looks savage huh

Look, my cars a Blackboard! lol

 

[Mr Singh]

Roof pillars Compounded with SFX-1, Orange Peel almosts non-existant now there.

At this stage, i'm getting tired so time for another snap

This picture does the wing no justice, orange peel gone by 80-90%!!!!!!

Passanger side done, and i'm thrilled with the results!



More tomorrow as continue with the driver side.



Also, i won't be doing the bonnet as this was paint last year and i had the bodyshop wetsand it, its flawless as it is, but will be SFX-1'd anyway... Same with the bootlid and front bumper.

 

[Mr Singh]

Some pics from today.

2000 grit wetsand.

2x SFX-1

Orange Peel, so not an issue!!!!!

Left Pillar 2x SFX-1. Right Pillar 1x SFX-1

Thats phenominal clarity, shine, depth and smoothness for just 'Compound'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mr Singh]

Driver side wing during SFX-1

More SFX-1

4 coats of SG, 1 coat of Pinnacle Wax Later

Center of the wheels hit with Pinnacle Wax, and rims with Alu Belgom Metal Polish

How low? the under side was resting on the grass

 

[Mr Singh]

Very black, very flat, very shinneeyy!!

King of 'dumped' ?

Will get some better pics.



Pinnacle Wax is simply Amazing!!!!!! the car started to go little hazy with the SG, Wax darkend the colour and made the paint look extremely wet!!



Next, layer on some Pinnacle, its beading very well!! will get some more Close up shots soon!



Enjoy!

 

[4830Deuce]

wow! that looks awsome! any advice for someone that is going to attempt this over the winter months? great job! :buffing:

 

[Mr Singh]

First tip...



Make sure the sand paper is well soaked, i left them over nite.



Start off with the finest Wet and Dry you can find, i started with 1200, it was little too course for some of the panels, but i went with 2000 grit in the end



Do a test first, don't rub the whole car down thinking it will be fine, if you go thin you'll be screwed! do somewhere concealed like door jam, normally the paint is thick enough so you can trial and error.



I would advise you have some serious level of paitence, this whole saga took me 2wks to complete due to poor british weather.

 

[vdog0531]

awesome work and patience on this work! i've wetsanded some panels that have been repainted and had lots of op but i always use my rotary and never my pc. i didn't think the pc had enough bite to tackle a wetsanding job. your car is incredilbe! mod list?

 

[03k20a2]

nice job, do you have any sanding marks left anywhere that the pc couldnt get out?

 

[Mr Singh]

Thanks.



Mods... mmmmmmmm



Too many to list lol.



Its a JDM Spec Lexus, Altezza. 210BHP N/A, 6sp manual.



Quick list of mods,



Blitz Supercharger kit - about 270bhp

TRD lightweight Flywheel

TRD Organic Clutch

TRD Quick Shift

TRD Sway bars

Brembo Crossdrilled/Groove brakes all round

HKS Silent Hi-Power exhaust

HID kit

Apexi N1 Type V Coilovers (i drive it that low all the time!)

3 pc iForged custom made wheels, 8x19s and 9.5x19s

Audio;

Clarion DRZ9255

Alto UCS Pro

TRU Technology C-7.2AT (all tube amp)

TRU Technology C-7.4T (hybrid tube amp)

TRU Technology C-7.2 (Sub amp)

RE XXX12 sub

RE XXX6.5 mids

RES Audio matched tweeters



List goes on!!!



Click my signature link for full pics!!

 

[Mr Singh]

nice job, do you have any sanding marks left anywhere that the pc couldnt get out?

After the first pass of SFX-1 there were few, but i repeated over the entire car and all was gone!

 

[4830Deuce]

thanks for the tips...and oh yeah that car is sick! :spot

 

[papi_jay]

Very impressive sound system also singh ! Especially your choice of head unit !

 

[PaulTso]

wow, awesome job man. especially all that with a PC.

 

[Mitchubishievo]

:shocked :shocked :shocked :shocked :shocked is all I have to say. That's a beyond sweet looking.

 

[pontman43]

WOW, that looks great! Bad *** car too! You have more gutts than I do, I couldn't bring myself to wetsand my paint. I'd be too afraid that I would mess up.

 

[imported_hadboosttroy]

You have guts!! Awesome car though, i can safely say that is the only is300 that hasn't made me gag. you make it look good.

 

[zainoshine]

That turned out GREAT!



That's a scary job...I don't think I'd ever attempt a full body wetsand without at least a paint thickness gauge.