03 911 Turbo

[Ivan Rajic]

The owner should be e-mailing me a few whole car shots within a few days, since there was no good light when I was done...
The owner first contacted me after a shop charged him $200 and he wasn't happy with the detail... at first I assumed they skipped a few things, like vacuuming certain places, one or 2 windows were left dirty, etc...
NOPE... just take a look at the before shots...

Oh and I took the first 3 before shots to show how dumb it looks when a before photo like my before #4 is posted, then an after photo like my before #1... car looks amazing, but when you scroll down :shocked :hairpull

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[Ivan Rajic]

Process: The car ended up about 90-95% perfect since it looked like the previous detailer used a very abrasive polish and I had no clue how much of the clear coat he actually took off...
there were holograms everywhere and many of the swirls looked like they came from a "great" rotary job...
the owner and I agreed initially to take it easy on the cc and make it as good as possible, and once I saw the actual previous "job", it made the decision to leave out #84 and/or #85 even easier

anyway...

Wash: Meg's Gold Class, wheels got wheel brightener 4:1
Dry: Cali blade and meg's water magnet
Clayed with Meg's Smooth Surface clay
Polish:
Meg's #83 orange pad rotary @ 1500 RPM
FPII LC white pad via rotary @ 1200 RPM
Zymol Carbon on top (first time using it)

Meg's Hyper Dressing on all exterior trim and wheel wells 2:1
Meg's NXT on tires
KSG on wheels
Mother's on exhaust tips
Plexus, iirc, on clearbra

Interior:
Vacuumed everything
Meg's hyper dressing on all interior plastic/trim/vynil 2:1
Lexol on leather

Stoner IG on glass inside & out

Took a little over 8 hours

 

[sparkie]

Wow bro, nice turn around on the paint. Did he get his money back from the first detailer?

 

[Ivan Rajic]

Wow bro, nice turn around on the paint. Did he get his money back from the first detailer?

After washing the car, drying, then looking at it in the sun and taking some shots... the owner came out and I simply said that he got cheated in a huge way... usually I could understand some places charging $50-80 for their "full detail" and getting these results, but I found it unacceptable to pay $200 and get this...

I told the owner he should go back to the shop with these before after shots and also show them the car, requesting at least a portion of his hard earned money back... I believe he mentioned that they were a little too far from him... he orginally went there because someone from a detailing forum suggested the place... I forgot the name of the shop but it's somewhere in the southwest burbs of Chicago iirc...

 

[scottgt]

looks great mean...wat camera u got?

 

[sparkie]

After washing the car, drying, then looking at it in the sun and taking some shots... the owner came out and I simply said that he got cheated in a huge way... usually I could understand some places charging $50-80 for their "full detail" and getting these results, but I found it unacceptable to pay $200 and get this...

I told the owner he should go back to the shop with these before after shots and also show them the car, requesting at least a portion of his hard earned money back... I believe he mentioned that they were a little too far from him... he orginally went there because someone from a detailing forum suggested the place... I forgot the name of the shop but it's somewhere in the southwest burbs of Chicago iirc...

I'm glad you were able to correct his paint. Wonder what detailer forum it was?

 

[Gary Sword]

Very Nice!

 

[Al-53]

Very Very nice...that black looks fantastic....the paint looks very level...very nice correction work....you did a fine job....

AL

 

[Nica]

Oh snap that is one fine looking vehicle, the bofore where bad!! Just bad!! I can't belaeve he paid for swirls? Man a little education goes a long way if you ask me but you sure did a great job on the vehicle. At least the owner now know's how a good job should look like and what to expect when he drops that kind of coin on a detailing.

Question for you, how did you like using the Zymol Carbon?

Thanks for sharing the vehicle looks very nice, I like detailing black the results are incredable.

 

[Ivan Rajic]

looks great mean...wat camera u got?

I recently purchased a Canon S3 IS... I absolutely love the camera. It's probably not even close to SLR quality, but it's a lot better than my old s500 or sd500... It has adjustable aperture and shutter settings, along with a few other settings like portrait, nightshot, etc... I'm still playing with it but my favorite thing about it is Super Macro... you can basically put the lens on top of an object, and as long as there's no shake, and enough light is coming in, it'll take a perfectly detailed picture that close... this is what happened with the last shot above, lens was laying on the paint right next to the badge

I'm glad you were able to correct his paint. Wonder what detailer forum it was?

autopia... I told the owner to definitely post his experience on that forum, since even one job like this shouldn't go unnoticed

Very Nice!

Thanks

Very Very nice...that black looks fantastic....the paint looks very level...very nice correction work....you did a fine job....

AL

Thanks... btw AL, I was going to write you a PM but forgot... I found the Brinkmann and bought 2 locally... thanks a lot for the offer though

Oh snap that is one fine looking vehicle, the bofore where bad!! Just bad!! I can't belaeve he paid for swirls? Man a little education goes a long way if you ask me but you sure did a great job on the vehicle. At least the owner now know's how a good job should look like and what to expect when he drops that kind of coin on a detailing.

Question for you, how did you like using the Zymol Carbon?

Thanks for sharing the vehicle looks very nice, I like detailing black the results are incredable.

I told the owner after how to properly take care of it as well, and he seems like he knows a lot since he has a couple buckets with sonus drying towels and car wash

Honestly, and this will sound very weird, but I like using KSG more than the Zymol.
The reason is this... I can apply KSG over the whole car, let it sit while I go around doing this and that, then come back, and just moisten a towel with QD, wipe with it, then wipe with dry towel... DONE....
The Zymol says don't wait for it to dry, so I would do half a panel, then wipe off... problem here was I didn't know when it was "not-dry" enough... when removing, you have to buff it a little more than usual to get rid of all the extra wax... overall I liked the look of it and it was very easy to apply... waiting/not waiting to take it off and taking it off was a bit tougher like I said

 

[Jimmie]

Beautiful job on getting things fixed.
How did you get your pics labeled? "Lustr Before" etc.

 

[Ivan Rajic]

Beautiful job on getting things fixed.
How did you get your pics labeled? "Lustr Before" etc.

Photoshop and thanks.

 

[P1et]

That is some excellent work! I can only assume that when the dealership detailed it that they used products with heavy fillers to hide the swirls.

 

[Ivan Rajic]

That is some excellent work! I can only assume that when the dealership detailed it that they used products with heavy fillers to hide the swirls.

I mentioned it above... it seemed like many of the swirls were caused by the dealer and a harsh compund/polish... I have used #84 and 85 a few times and I'm familiar with the kind of scratches they leave behind in order to remove some deeper stuff... the owner actually said he didn't notice much of a difference after he got the car... I'm assuming they used something like Meg's #85 with a really rough pad, then just waxed the car... they used armor all on his engine bay, and it ended up cracking a hose after it dried it up...
it was just bad haha

 

[Ivan Rajic]

The owner said these were the only 2 photos that came out good from his photoshoot this morning...

 

[Nica]

I told the owner after how to properly take care of it as well, and he seems like he knows a lot since he has a couple buckets with sonus drying towels and car wash

Honestly, and this will sound very weird, but I like using KSG more than the Zymol.
The reason is this... I can apply KSG over the whole car, let it sit while I go around doing this and that, then come back, and just moisten a towel with QD, wipe with it, then wipe with dry towel... DONE....
The Zymol says don't wait for it to dry, so I would do half a panel, then wipe off... problem here was I didn't know when it was "not-dry" enough... when removing, you have to buff it a little more than usual to get rid of all the extra wax... overall I liked the look of it and it was very easy to apply... waiting/not waiting to take it off and taking it off was a bit tougher like I said

I too enjoy educating vehicle owners as to how to properly take care of there vehicles...makes me feel important hahaha just kidding.

I know what you mean about Zymol, I usually get my wife to give me a hand when ever I use my Zymol. So far I only have the Concourse (sorry for spelling) and I don't mind it, looks good at the end. Thanks for sharing.

 

[killrflake]

It's amazing what some people call detailing. I've found in my area of New Jersey, at least 8 out of 10 places that offer "Complete Detailing Services" are doing anything but what they're advertising. Most do little if anything as far as corrections in paint are concerned, and most don't even touch the door jams or many of things you should come to expect of a skilled detailer.
Makes you wonder if detailers should be licensed after some sort of test to prove they have the skills they claim to have. Of course we really don't need
government in our lives any more then they already are, but there has to be some way of weeding out the incompetents in the work place that are doing more damage then good work. For now, word of mouth will have to suffice.
Buying a PC and a selection of products does not make a detailer.

 

[Z06-Goose]

Incredible looks. Black glass!

 

[Ivan Rajic]

It's amazing what some people call detailing. I've found in my area of New Jersey, at least 8 out of 10 places that offer "Complete Detailing Services" are doing anything but what they're advertising. Most do little if anything as far as corrections in paint are concerned, and most don't even touch the door jams or many of things you should come to expect of a skilled detailer.
Makes you wonder if detailers should be licensed after some sort of test to prove they have the skills they claim to have. Of course we really don't need
government in our lives any more then they already are, but there has to be some way of weeding out the incompetents in the work place that are doing more damage then good work. For now, word of mouth will have to suffice.
Buying a PC and a selection of products does not make a detailer.

Honestly, I think many of those "hacks" could do a very decent job with a PC maybe even rotary... problem is that they see the opportunity for easy money by doing quantity over quality, and once the laziness sets in, cars are doomed. I have luckily and unfortunately had the pleasure of correcting other detailers' work quite a few times.... luckily since every client has agreed that research is necessary to find a great detailer, unfortunately because, well, you can see the before pics...

Incredible looks. Black glass!

Thanks

 

[JBs]

very nice