STO edition Miata with aftermarket swirls* 56K, no

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The owner of this Miata was tired of looking at all the swirls. He knew they were there, but did not know how to remove. The car was a bit of a PITA to detail. It is small, but the swirls were REALLY deep. I returned the car to about 95% with some minor marring still left behind. I didn’t feel comfortable removing the amount of clear that would have been needed to fully remove the deeper swirls and scratches.



Evidently these suckers are pretty rare, it is a no-nonsense car for sure!! The owner bought the car and used and did not know much about the history. I thought for sure there were areas that had been repainted, but he wasn’t sure. The hood IMO had definitely been repainted, the orange peel did not match the rest of the car and there was “something� in the base coat.



The process was:



Wash

Clay with Meguiars aggressive clay

Rewash

Meguiars #84 via rotary polisher @1700 RPM’s with a meguiars cutting pad

Meguiars #83 via rotary polisher @1500 RPM’s with a meguiars polishing pad

Poorboy’s SSR1 via PC @ 5.5 with an S.M. Arnold finishing pad

Adam’s butter wax by hand

OCW



Tires dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing 1:1

Windows cleaned with Meguiars NXT and a WW MF



Interior was a breeze, vac’ed, wiped everything down with Costco APC 10:1 and MF.



Before:

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The engine was degreased with “MAGNUM� THEN DRESSED WITH eagle One Pro water based dressing 1:1



Before:
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Nice work on the paint, engine and interior! Not sure you can get the paint any better than it looks in those after shots. I definitely agree though, better to be on the safe side when deep polishing...especially when you can bring it to the level you did. :)
 
Scottwax said:
Nice work on the paint, engine and interior! Not sure you can get the paint any better than it looks in those after shots. I definitely agree though, better to be on the safe side when deep polishing...especially when you can bring it to the level you did. :)
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Thanks Scott, I appreciate that. I walked away from the detail feeling a bit disappointed. I just wish that I could have at least gotten the hood "correct."
 
The car looks great. Next time you do it, do him a favor and grab the back edges of his headlights and lightly pull up. They start to droop over time and develop that increased gap.



-GT
 
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