Eldorado2k
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- Nov 9, 2015
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[Note, I had the beginning of a large post saved as a draft, but for whatever reason it got erased. So this attempt may turn out to be picture heavy and more straight to the point. Hope you enjoy the pics]
1988 Tiffany Classic, as it arrived. Dusty, dirty, and TBO not exactly a task I was looking forward to. My thoughts as it backed into my driveway were somewhere along the lines of “why did they have to bring me this”? Lol.
Test spot revealed no color change as far as iron deposits, so I went straight into wash & claymitt. Lots of embedded contaminants in the paint.
Once the claying was taken care of this is what the paint was looking like. Swirls, marring, heavy oxidation, a bit of everything to go around.
I started off the hood with Griots Boss FCC w/Meguiars foam cutting pad. This approach got the exact results I was planning on for the horizontal panels. I wanted to make it look great without cutting to far into this 30+ yr. original paint.
Before.
After.
Close up view. Before.
After.
The rest of the car was yearning for Megs M205 and the results were phenomenal in every way. I had to be extra careful with the fiberglass panels on the front end of the car, so I wound up using my 8mm polisher with 3” & 4” pads to handle it.
I couldn’t help but take alot of pics of this car. It’s just not something you get to see everyday... Plus I accomplished my goal which was to make this car worthy of looking as good as the many pictures I saw online of these cars, which at 1st seemed like a tall order. But in the end I’m proud to say it’s now car show ready.
Interior.
When’s the last time you saw a car with opera lights and 2 full size fender mounted spare wheels & tires?
I told you it was picture heavy.. Thx for checking it out.
1988 Tiffany Classic, as it arrived. Dusty, dirty, and TBO not exactly a task I was looking forward to. My thoughts as it backed into my driveway were somewhere along the lines of “why did they have to bring me this”? Lol.
Test spot revealed no color change as far as iron deposits, so I went straight into wash & claymitt. Lots of embedded contaminants in the paint.
Once the claying was taken care of this is what the paint was looking like. Swirls, marring, heavy oxidation, a bit of everything to go around.
I started off the hood with Griots Boss FCC w/Meguiars foam cutting pad. This approach got the exact results I was planning on for the horizontal panels. I wanted to make it look great without cutting to far into this 30+ yr. original paint.
Before.
After.
Close up view. Before.
After.
The rest of the car was yearning for Megs M205 and the results were phenomenal in every way. I had to be extra careful with the fiberglass panels on the front end of the car, so I wound up using my 8mm polisher with 3” & 4” pads to handle it.
I couldn’t help but take alot of pics of this car. It’s just not something you get to see everyday... Plus I accomplished my goal which was to make this car worthy of looking as good as the many pictures I saw online of these cars, which at 1st seemed like a tall order. But in the end I’m proud to say it’s now car show ready.
Interior.
When’s the last time you saw a car with opera lights and 2 full size fender mounted spare wheels & tires?
I told you it was picture heavy.. Thx for checking it out.
lol.
