Nissan GT-R 28hr paint correction - Immaculate Reflections

white gecko

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GT-R was in pretty rough shape after some poor bodyshop work, and the owner wanted it looking proper again. 3 steps of corrective work and 28hrs later it was looking as it should.





Upon delivery



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Not sure what these spots were, but they would not wash or clay off.



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Typical bodyshop work....crank up the rotary buffer with a wool pad and dry-buff the paint.....sigh....



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Plenty of swirls in the soft GT-R paint



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50/50 on the hood



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Before...



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After a quick 50/50 for a side-by-side comparison



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Bumper didn't have as many swirls, but the RIDS were extensive and required heavy compounding to level out.



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After heavy compounding the defects were all removed. The haze from aggressive compounding would be eliminated with several polishing steps to restore the gloss



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Rear deck and spoiler needed a lot of work....



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50/50 after initial compounding on the rear spoiler. More work was to follow to eliminate even more defects....



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Clarity restored and final polishing to come in order to amp the gloss up further



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Passenger side issues....



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Some buffer-hop marks? Sure why not....the bodyshop is just batting a thousand



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How about some severe overspray? Yep that was there too.



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After compounding, hope returns



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Swirls in the tails....





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Sorting out



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Clarity restored



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Completed



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Thanks for checking it out!
 
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