The screaming chicken in BLACK / extreme make-over, Superior Shine

[Superior Shine]

1982 Pontiac Trans Am with 27,xxx original miles. Her finish had lost its luster. Poor old girl needed some love. We were there for her. :cooleek:

 

[Superior Shine]

Her neglected finish was original single stage black enamel. After a through wash we decontaminated the surface of her with clay then deep cleaned the paint with Meguiars #105 on a rotary polisher. Rotary work was followed with #105 with one of us using the G110V2 and the other the flex DA.



Here is a 50/50 shot...

SHHHHHHH .. I am in my polishing zone.....

Obviously she was single stage. I went with the yellow wool SOLO pad as her paint was soft. I found the other wool pads I had in my arsenal were too aggressive.

 

[Superior Shine]

Her beauty had been restored!! She now shines like the day she was born.

 

[Superior Shine]

Here you see the dual xenon illuminating a very faded and dull finish with very very little reflection properties.



BEFORE -

AAAAHH swirl free, like we like'em! :spot

I thought it would be fun to post a few before and afters side by side pics .....

 

[a.k.a. Patrick]

You stud! Helluva transformation Joe......

 

[GallagherAuto]

WOW...Awesome Work. :xyxthumbs

I bet the owner will keep her for a while after that detail.

 

[DetailnByDustn]

Excellent job! Nice TA

 

[tibbsonaphone]

Wow. An '82 T-top Trans Am with a tan interior and cowl hood. Give it a red strobing lightbar and you can be the Knight Rider.

 

[Rtom]

Awesome job! Gotta love those side by side, before and after, comparison pics.

 

[pushtiulk]

great work. congrats

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

That just rocks....



What a fun job and a great transformation!

 

[Barry Theal]

Wow not thats a nice detail. Car looks awesome. Nice to see it get a supioer shine makeover!

 

[cheetoh]

Amazing!!!!:drool: You brought that Pontiac back to life!!

 

[Apollo_Auto]

These kinds of turn arounds just make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside... Awesome work, Joe!

 

[Shelbrain]

Nice work on the detail, your post mentions that the car has 72k miles, but the odomer reads 27k which is even cooler for such young miles on an older car like that.

 

[DaGonz]

The 85 mph speedometer was a travesty.



Joe... that firebird now sports a "Superior Shine!"

 

[D Tailor]

That is indeed Superior! Fantastico!!

 

[MarcHarris]

Beautiful work! I think working on old faded single stage must be the most rewarding paint type to work on. I love the before and afters as well as the 50/50 style shots!

 

[Old Pirate]

Always a pleasure to see your work Joe, love the correction work to save this Black Beauty!:2thumbs:

 

[dsms]

Thats paint correction! Great job!