Tacoma, ZR1, Audi A7, Altima, Camaro

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Scottwax

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2013 Toyota Tacoma, I did this one along with the ZR1 Corvette I posted here: http://www.autopia.org/forum/topic/132387-corvette-zr-1-with-optimum-coating-plus-a-tacoma/


 


Tacoma was pretty new, owner had already gone over it with IronX but didn't feel comfortable polishing it so he had me take care of it after the ZR1 hammerfest from the previous day. 


 


ONR wash, Opti-Raser to clay


Optimum Hyper Polish, Optimum MF cutting pad


Opti-Seal


Armor All on tires/wheel wells


 





 





 





 





 





 





 


The cell phone pictures I took of the ZR1 really didn't capture just how bad the paint was...


 





 





 





 





 





 


Half 'n half


 





 


Compounded: 


 





 


Polished...excuse the dust! 


 





 


I thought I'd be able to get more pictures the next morning but with cloudy skies and a chance of rain, it was already moved to its regular location. To recap, here was the process on the ZR1:


 


 


ONR Wash (customer had already clayed the car)

Meguiars M100 Compound using an American Buffing white foamed wool pad and Rupes 21 DA

Meguiars M100 (3 dots) and 3D HD Polish (1 dot) using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and Rupes

3D HD Polish using a Meguiars yellow foam polishing pad and Rupes

ONR wash

Optimum Coating (pro version) on the paint

Optimum Lens Coating on the headlights

Optimum Opti-Glass on the windshield

Armor All on tires/wheel wells


 


and a finished shot from my cellphone at about 8:30 pm that night...


 


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2013 Audi A7. Owner picked it up lightly used to replace his BMW 535. The paint had some light to moderate swirls, nothing too severe that a couple steps couldn't handle. 


 


ONR wash, Opti-Raser to clay


Meguiars M100 using a Meguiars MF cutting pad and Rupes 21


3D HD Polish, Optimum MF cutting, Rupes 21


Opti-Seal


Armor All on tires/wheel wells


 





 





 





 





 





 


 
2012 Nissan Altima. Owner lives in a new neighborhood that is still under construction so their car was extra dirty. 


 





 





 


During the ONR wash: 


 





 


Interior: 


 





 





 


3D Carpet Shampoo @ 16:1 dilution to clean carpets


Woolite/water @ 20:1 to clean vinyl and leather


(pics after dressing vinyl with Optimum Protectant Plus and leather with Meguiars Gold Class for Leather were blurry due to low light when finished)


 





 





 


ONR wash, Opti-Clay yellow


Optimum G-P-S using an Optimum MF cutting pad and Rupes 21


Armor All on tires/wheel wells


 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 


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2012 Chevy Camaro SS. I had Opti-Coated it in the spring, unfortunately, someone hit his car and much of it had to be repainted. They did a decent job painting it, not so decent buffing it (gas cap cover removed since it had a mat vinyl wrap): 


 





 





 





 





 


After compounding and polishing:


 





 





 





 


ONR wash, Opti-Raser pink to clay


Meguiars M100, Meguiars MF cutting pad, Rupes 21


3D HD Polish, Optimum MF cutting pad, Rupes 21


ONR wash


Opti-Coat 2.0 (which is what we'd used the last time and what insurance was paying for) on the paint


Optimum Opti-Glass on windshield (since it wasn't out when I first coated it)


Optimum Metal Polish on exhaust tips


Armor All on tires/wheel wells


 


By the time the car was coated, the sun was nowhere in sight...


 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 


 
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