Jaretr1
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- Jan 29, 2011
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Hello,
This is a car a friend of mine purchased used because it was the Gucci edition. I dont think the 500 is a terrible looking car, but add the Gucci decals and gaudiness to it and it certainly became one. This is what they looked like new:
I didnt take any before photos, but her decals were badly faded, especially the red stripe. I tried to save them before I removed them, but they were to far gone. Her plan was to have me remove them and she would buy new ones and get a body shop to apply them (I wasnt about to try that). This was actually the first time I ever attempted to remove decals, thankfully I was smart enough to hit up the Harbor Freight and get a $14 heat gun. With that they came off very easily.
After washing the car, I used my nanoskin towel to decontaminate the paint. I hit the wheels with Mckee's 37 Hydro Blue. On the paint, nothing special. Used my trusty PC 7424XP (since its a small car) with as orange thin pro pad and Mckee's 37 Fast Compound. I was not looking for show car perfection, and the compound finished plenty fine.
I protected the paint with a new upcoming Mckee's 37 liquid wax. Not yet released, but very thin, smelled amazing, and wiped off after drying to a haze with ease.
Before
After:
Why such a stressed face?
before:
After:
Beauty Shots:
In my humble opinion, the car looks MUCH better without the decals, faded or not. After she saw it, she agreed. Hopefully it will stay less gucci than it was before.
This is a car a friend of mine purchased used because it was the Gucci edition. I dont think the 500 is a terrible looking car, but add the Gucci decals and gaudiness to it and it certainly became one. This is what they looked like new:
I didnt take any before photos, but her decals were badly faded, especially the red stripe. I tried to save them before I removed them, but they were to far gone. Her plan was to have me remove them and she would buy new ones and get a body shop to apply them (I wasnt about to try that). This was actually the first time I ever attempted to remove decals, thankfully I was smart enough to hit up the Harbor Freight and get a $14 heat gun. With that they came off very easily.
After washing the car, I used my nanoskin towel to decontaminate the paint. I hit the wheels with Mckee's 37 Hydro Blue. On the paint, nothing special. Used my trusty PC 7424XP (since its a small car) with as orange thin pro pad and Mckee's 37 Fast Compound. I was not looking for show car perfection, and the compound finished plenty fine.
I protected the paint with a new upcoming Mckee's 37 liquid wax. Not yet released, but very thin, smelled amazing, and wiped off after drying to a haze with ease.
Before
After:
Why such a stressed face?
before:
After:
Beauty Shots:
In my humble opinion, the car looks MUCH better without the decals, faded or not. After she saw it, she agreed. Hopefully it will stay less gucci than it was before.
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