2008 Nissan Altima

sal329

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About a month ago one of the service advisors I work with at Nissan had a customer come in for a service had the vehicle cleaned and she asked if there was anything they could do about the bird poop stain on the door and the white mark left on the trunk from a magnet. The detailers cleaned and did nothing with these marks. The Advisor has her come speak with me I took the car in the back and polished half of the trunk near where the emblems are and removed the stain I did not try the poop. She was blown away how half her trunk looked. So a month later she set up a time for me to detail her car. Goal is to remove mark from poop and bring the gloss back to the paint.

Washed the vehicle with pressure washer
Using First Place Finish car soap mixed with Zep Citrus to remove the old wax
Rinsed vehicle
Sprayed entire vehicle included wheels with Iron X
Rinsed
Re Washed and cleaned wheels and tires
Pulled vehicle into detailing bay and began to clay using Dodo Born to Slippery and Yellow Clay
Dried the entire vehicle using Meguiars Water Magnet and compressed air
After testing pads and polish I ended up using
Meguairs D300 compound with Buff N Shine Yellow pad on the Griots Garage DA I found this to cut better then Menz 203 and slightly less then Meg Me105 but finished off amazingly well. I was getting a lot of dust then I slowed the machine from speed 6 to 5 and the dust was not a problem
Washed the vehicle with Zep Citrus
Dryed as before
Prima Amigo with a Green Buff n Shine pad on the GG DA speed 3.5
Interior was vacuumed
Wiped down with Optimum Leather Plus
Door jambs cleaned and then wiped down with DG AW
LSP was Dodo Supernatural Hybrid

You all are aware I am no good with the camera so here you go

Before

washed, Iron X and clay

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Bad swirls

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Left side polished

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polished

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All Finished

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Now that's how to make a good looking car look great; what a huge difference!! :dblthumb2:
 
Very nice Sal. I have a 2009 Altima and had two rock chips ( trunk and front bumper) that I filled and wet sanded. The trunk came out fine, but I had a strike through on the bumper. Lightly sanded with 2000 and still went through. Have a PTG, but will not read on plastic. Is this typical on Nissan's bumper?
 
Thanks guys I appreciate it. I have not seen many paint problems on Nissan and non on this body style Altima. The front bumper and hood on this were are in rough shape
 
Wow, nice job. I bet that ladies jaw dropped when you called her to pick it up.
 
Looks very nice Sal. Its cool that your service manager allows you to do this without causing a stink

BTW...How's the family doing?
 
i love these cars and you made it look so much better. looks like the paint is dripping off that thing! good job!
 
Thanks everyone. The customer was very happy when she picked up I love the reaction. My GM is great I help the detailers on problem cars my managers even promote me to customers. Flash the family is growing we are expecting Oct 22.
 
Thanks everyone. The customer was very happy when she picked up I love the reaction. My GM is great I help the detailers on problem cars my managers even promote me to customers. Flash the family is growing we are expecting Oct 22.

Great news Sal

Hey, see you you can talk your girl into inducing labor 3 weeks early. Oct 1st is my b'day :)


You could name your baby Flash :cruisin:
 
Lol Flash you never know. Our son 10 days early our daughter was 10 days late. My fiances bday is Oct 7
 
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