richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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I was actually supposed to do this car last fall, but we couldn't make it happen...so, better late than never! This car gets driven a lot. Like it should be. He's had it tuned as well and it sounds awesome. I also got an opportunity to drive it back from his house which is rare for me. Another big bonus is that the owner also gave me 2 cigars. So, definitely off on a good foot!!!
Since the car gets driven a lot and he's a very busy guy, for washing this poor child gets subjected to auto washes. You'll see the ample evidence of that in just a minute. Luckily he had a tape installed on the hood and around some of the back to protect the paint. It looks like carbon fiber so it gives it a cool look. That cut down on the amount of correction needed. The cool thing about this detail is that the wheels were coming off and getting coated. To me, that's the icing on the cake!! The customer was going out of town for a week, so I had all that time with it. During that time, I did the Harley and the trailer before it and then a Z06 Vette after it. It was a very busy week!
Here's the condition as it arrived:
There was a previous repair on the door that could only be mildly improved upon unfortunately. Bloody shame.
Check out my pretty swirls:
First up was doing the wheels. The decision to remove them did not actually come till later, so at this point it was just a matter of doing them the best you can while they are still on.
First up is Tarminator to dwell on the barrels while I spray Zep Citrus on the wells and scrub and rinse that down.
My Raceglaze XL brush was used to agitate the surface of the barrel and to remove all tar deposits in there.
After that stage came power washing rinse:
Then the famous Iron X to remove brake dust. Looks like it had a bit, eh???
After that stage came the wash with Zep Citrus to the barrels and to the faces. The tires were also done with Zep Purple followed by OPC.
Now it was time to run my hands over that sexy body!! Foam of choice was DG 901:
While that was dwelling, all the emblems and seams were attended to by a Raceglaze brush. Next came a wash with DG 901 and a mitt and then it was power washed rinsed off. It was then blown completely dry without touching the paint using the 600 mph master blaster.
I later decontaminated the surface with the Elastofoam foam clay bar:
The next day I started on the wheels. I jacked up each corner one at a time and removed the wheel. I have a folding work table that I use for vacuuming mats and for doing wheels. Makes for a nice work station.
I needed to get the wheels done so I could get the air conditioning on in the garage as this was in our recent heat wave. Check out the temp in the garage at about 11am:
Since the car gets driven a lot and he's a very busy guy, for washing this poor child gets subjected to auto washes. You'll see the ample evidence of that in just a minute. Luckily he had a tape installed on the hood and around some of the back to protect the paint. It looks like carbon fiber so it gives it a cool look. That cut down on the amount of correction needed. The cool thing about this detail is that the wheels were coming off and getting coated. To me, that's the icing on the cake!! The customer was going out of town for a week, so I had all that time with it. During that time, I did the Harley and the trailer before it and then a Z06 Vette after it. It was a very busy week!
Here's the condition as it arrived:
There was a previous repair on the door that could only be mildly improved upon unfortunately. Bloody shame.
Check out my pretty swirls:
First up was doing the wheels. The decision to remove them did not actually come till later, so at this point it was just a matter of doing them the best you can while they are still on.
First up is Tarminator to dwell on the barrels while I spray Zep Citrus on the wells and scrub and rinse that down.
My Raceglaze XL brush was used to agitate the surface of the barrel and to remove all tar deposits in there.
After that stage came power washing rinse:
Then the famous Iron X to remove brake dust. Looks like it had a bit, eh???
After that stage came the wash with Zep Citrus to the barrels and to the faces. The tires were also done with Zep Purple followed by OPC.
Now it was time to run my hands over that sexy body!! Foam of choice was DG 901:
While that was dwelling, all the emblems and seams were attended to by a Raceglaze brush. Next came a wash with DG 901 and a mitt and then it was power washed rinsed off. It was then blown completely dry without touching the paint using the 600 mph master blaster.
I later decontaminated the surface with the Elastofoam foam clay bar:
The next day I started on the wheels. I jacked up each corner one at a time and removed the wheel. I have a folding work table that I use for vacuuming mats and for doing wheels. Makes for a nice work station.
I needed to get the wheels done so I could get the air conditioning on in the garage as this was in our recent heat wave. Check out the temp in the garage at about 11am:
