What to do during a blizzard? Coat my daily of course!

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Justins00ss

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So a while back my 08 Silverado LTZ was involved in a hit a run in Boston. Luckily the damage was isolated to the drivers fender and headlight.

And it just so happens that my neighbor is the appraiser for a high end body shop so I naturally brought the truck to him for the repairs.

The truck received the following

New OEM fender
OEM headlight
Blended the driver door

Then I had them strip and paint the hood due to clear coat issues previously

Strip and paint the bumper

Blend the passenger fender

I specifically asked him to not wetsand and polish anything on the truck and he followed up perfectly. The clear laid down nice with only minor orange peel on the door. I will take care of that at a later date.

So fast forward a couple weeks to yesterday morning. We were going to be getting hammered with snow so since none of us were going anywhere I figured now would be a good time to get the truck protected again.

I did a rinseless wash using Wolfgang Uber Rinseless wash.

Clayed with nanoskin medium grade prep pad on the PC using Uber Rinseless as a lubricant.

I corrected the non fresh paint with fast correcting cream, boss microfiber cutting pad and my g21.

Then finished polished the whole truck with Essence.

I used Gtechniq Crystal Serum Light for protection as it`s a very easy to use product.

I am very happy with the results on this 140k mile truck. It needed a little face lift.





 
Looks awesome Justin. I`m lucky to be in Aruba got out Saturday 7:30 am flight. My dad and brother and few select employees delt with the snow for me. My dad leaves for 3 weeks the day I get back so I`m sure I will have my turn to repay the favor. Hell he still owes me for 2 years ago he left the day before we started that 100" in 30 days onslaught.
 
trashmanssd said:
Looks awesome Justin. I`m lucky to be in Aruba got out Saturday 7:30 am flight. My dad and brother and few select employees delt with the snow for me. My dad leaves for 3 weeks the day I get back so I`m sure I will have my turn to repay the favor. Hell he still owes me for 2 years ago he left the day before we started that 100" in 30 days onslaught.
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Awesome! Thankfully I was living in Florida during the 100 inch onslaught!

You should see the truck now lol. Wife had to go out.
 
very nice!

what temp was it in your garage?

just curious how cold it was in there and how that affected the application/removal

on a side note

I really like that color....but it looks like you left some white hazing all over both sides below the door handles B)
 
512detail said:
very nice!

what temp was it in your garage?

just curious how cold it was in there and how that affected the application/removal

on a side note

I really like that color....but it looks like you left some white hazing all over both sides below the door handles B)
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Haha thanks man. Unfortunately it didn`t stay clean long lol.

I had my space heater running the whole time. I would say it was low 40s in there. As for application and removal I was able to let it sit a little longer but not much. It was still pretty much a wipe on wipe off.
 
Nice truck. Love the color.

For me - that`s WAY too much work just to have a filthy vehicle after the first 50 feet of driving. I get upset when it rains two weeks after I detail my vehicle.

We got the same storm on Saturday. I got Chinese take-out, a bottle of Jack and watched three movies.
 
dschribs said:
Nice truck. Love the color.

For me - that`s WAY too much work just to have a filthy vehicle after the first 50 feet of driving. I get upset when it rains two weeks after I detail my vehicle.

We got the same storm on Saturday. I got Chinese take-out, a bottle of Jack and watched three movies.
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Haha! Normally I am the same but seeing as the nose of the truck didn`t have any protection yet I figured why not.
 
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