Hey everyone! First of all, Happy Easter to those who celebrate! This weekend I was lucky enough to work on another Nissan GT-R. This one is a 2009 and is the dreaded Jet Black color. This particular vehicle had not been detailed in a while, and was in need of some TLC.
As with all of my jobs I started with the wheels, tires and wheel wells. The wheels didn’t look that bad, but I soon figured out they needed some help for sure. Here is what they looked like at first.
For the wheels I used wolfs Decon Gel, which is similar to Iron X…except better
. Here it is dwelling on the wheels.
After it was allowed to dwell it was agitated with various brushes and then rinsed off. The tires and wheel wells were cleaned with Blackfire APC 3:1. The wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires were dressed with Blackfire Tire Gel (the OG stuff) and the wells were dressed with CG Barebones. Here is how it all turned out.
Next up was the paint. As normal I started off foaming the vehicle with a mix of Blackfire Shampoo and Blackfire APC. This was left to dwell for a few minutes while I agitated various parts of the vehicle to make sure all of the seams and emblems were cleaned.
Next I did a traditional wash on the vehicle with Blackfire Shampoo and a Griots MF Wash Mitt. After the vehicle was clean I used wolfs Decon Gel on the paint followed by a light claying with Ricardo Fine clay. This vehicle was not very contaminated at all since it has very low mileage. After it was dried we could see the true condition of the paint. Here are some pictures of the swirls, as well as some buffer trails/holograms left by another detailer.
I ended up spending the rest of the first day testing different combos to get this paint looking better. Many people know that Nissan GTR Black is a huge pain to work with. It’s hard in the sense that the swirls don’t buff out all that easily, but soft to the point that you can marr it with even the softest MF towels if you aren’t careful.
After tons of trial and error I came up with Menzerna FG500 on a yellow BS pad followed by Menzerna 106fa on a Tangerine HT pad. This finished very well and removed about 85% of all the marring and swirls from the paint.
Here are a few sun shots to illustrate the correction. These and the reflection shots were all taken while I was working so please excuse the dust and smudges.
And here are some random reflection shots. Most of these are pre-LSP except for the first one.
The LSP of choice on this vehicle was my newest wax, Auto Finesse Desire. Let me tell you, this wax is one of the best looking waxes I have ever used. It gave the paint a very warm glow, and the black was a mile deep when you looked into it. Also the beads are amazing. Take a look.
A few other notes, the glass was cleaned with Megs glass cleaner, the trim was dressed with Auto Finesse Rejuvenate, and the metal was polished with Swissvax Metal Polish. Here are the final pictures.
This was a long job, but it was well worth all the effort. I very much enjoyed working on this vehicle, and was very happy with the outcome. Thank you for taking the time to look, and I look forward to your feedback! Thanks!
As with all of my jobs I started with the wheels, tires and wheel wells. The wheels didn’t look that bad, but I soon figured out they needed some help for sure. Here is what they looked like at first.
For the wheels I used wolfs Decon Gel, which is similar to Iron X…except better
. Here it is dwelling on the wheels.
After it was allowed to dwell it was agitated with various brushes and then rinsed off. The tires and wheel wells were cleaned with Blackfire APC 3:1. The wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires were dressed with Blackfire Tire Gel (the OG stuff) and the wells were dressed with CG Barebones. Here is how it all turned out.
Next up was the paint. As normal I started off foaming the vehicle with a mix of Blackfire Shampoo and Blackfire APC. This was left to dwell for a few minutes while I agitated various parts of the vehicle to make sure all of the seams and emblems were cleaned.
Next I did a traditional wash on the vehicle with Blackfire Shampoo and a Griots MF Wash Mitt. After the vehicle was clean I used wolfs Decon Gel on the paint followed by a light claying with Ricardo Fine clay. This vehicle was not very contaminated at all since it has very low mileage. After it was dried we could see the true condition of the paint. Here are some pictures of the swirls, as well as some buffer trails/holograms left by another detailer.
I ended up spending the rest of the first day testing different combos to get this paint looking better. Many people know that Nissan GTR Black is a huge pain to work with. It’s hard in the sense that the swirls don’t buff out all that easily, but soft to the point that you can marr it with even the softest MF towels if you aren’t careful.
After tons of trial and error I came up with Menzerna FG500 on a yellow BS pad followed by Menzerna 106fa on a Tangerine HT pad. This finished very well and removed about 85% of all the marring and swirls from the paint.
Here are a few sun shots to illustrate the correction. These and the reflection shots were all taken while I was working so please excuse the dust and smudges.
And here are some random reflection shots. Most of these are pre-LSP except for the first one.
The LSP of choice on this vehicle was my newest wax, Auto Finesse Desire. Let me tell you, this wax is one of the best looking waxes I have ever used. It gave the paint a very warm glow, and the black was a mile deep when you looked into it. Also the beads are amazing. Take a look.
A few other notes, the glass was cleaned with Megs glass cleaner, the trim was dressed with Auto Finesse Rejuvenate, and the metal was polished with Swissvax Metal Polish. Here are the final pictures.
This was a long job, but it was well worth all the effort. I very much enjoyed working on this vehicle, and was very happy with the outcome. Thank you for taking the time to look, and I look forward to your feedback! Thanks!
