KMG
New member
This car belongs to a neighbor of mine and it was bought out of a junkyard for $800 with a bad transmission. The car has roughly 181k miles on it, and the exterior was quite rough. The interior is next to perfect in the car so he wanted to get the exterior up to par on it. The car is Nighthawk Black Pearl, however with all the paint defects it looked more dark gray/black and was hiding all the blue pearl and metallic.
Before Pictures
picture of the car just after being dropped off
lots of dirt build up residue after intalling a new windshiled gasket
more dirt build up behind the rear wheel
some bugs on the front bumper
some bird droppings and other dirt built up on the roof
you can see swirls along with buffer tails on the trunk lid
this picture shows the condition of the hood
Wash Process
first step of the cleaning process was cleaning the wheels and tires
the vehicle was then treated with a foam pre-soak prior to the 2-bucket wash
all set up for the 2 bucket wash
Post Wash Inspection
all washed and up looking good, pictures can be quite deceiving though
the true condition of the hood, which was also in very poor shape with lots of swirls and scratches
another picture of the same area
pretty much the entire car looked like this, this is the driver side door
behind the rear quarter window on the driver side
Paint Correction Process
the car was pulled inside and taped off to begin the compounding and polishing process. this is a picture of the passenger side fender covered in swirls
another picture of the passenger side rear quarter
taped off for my test spot on the passenger front fender
let the fun begin
50/50 shot after being compounded
the same area after being fully compounded
50/50 shot of the passenger side door
50/50 shot of the rear passenger quarter
hood taped off for a 50/50 shot
actual 50/50 shot of the hood after being compounded
this is a shot of the trunk lid, you can see the buffer tails and swirls on the area that has not been corrected
the car was then pulled outside and power washed off to remove some of the dust build up from compounding process
a lot more clarity on the hood after removing all the previous defects
Coating Process
the car was wiped down with Eraser to prep it for the coating application
Finished Product
finished product, the car now has lots of gloss and depth which it did not previously have
Thanks for looking!
Before Pictures
picture of the car just after being dropped off
lots of dirt build up residue after intalling a new windshiled gasket
more dirt build up behind the rear wheel
some bugs on the front bumper
some bird droppings and other dirt built up on the roof
you can see swirls along with buffer tails on the trunk lid
this picture shows the condition of the hood
Wash Process
first step of the cleaning process was cleaning the wheels and tires
the vehicle was then treated with a foam pre-soak prior to the 2-bucket wash
all set up for the 2 bucket wash
Post Wash Inspection
all washed and up looking good, pictures can be quite deceiving though
the true condition of the hood, which was also in very poor shape with lots of swirls and scratches
another picture of the same area
pretty much the entire car looked like this, this is the driver side door
behind the rear quarter window on the driver side
Paint Correction Process
the car was pulled inside and taped off to begin the compounding and polishing process. this is a picture of the passenger side fender covered in swirls
another picture of the passenger side rear quarter
taped off for my test spot on the passenger front fender
let the fun begin
50/50 shot after being compounded
the same area after being fully compounded
50/50 shot of the passenger side door
50/50 shot of the rear passenger quarter
hood taped off for a 50/50 shot
actual 50/50 shot of the hood after being compounded
this is a shot of the trunk lid, you can see the buffer tails and swirls on the area that has not been corrected
the car was then pulled outside and power washed off to remove some of the dust build up from compounding process
a lot more clarity on the hood after removing all the previous defects
Coating Process
the car was wiped down with Eraser to prep it for the coating application
Finished Product
finished product, the car now has lots of gloss and depth which it did not previously have
Thanks for looking!
