Hammered 2008 Nissan Xterra - Paint Correction & Coating with Premium Interior

[KMG]

The owner of this vehicle just purchased a brand new F-150 and this Xterra is going to his wife. They were going away for a few days and he asked me to get this back into shape as a surprise while they were away. This thing has had a rough life and was not maintained very well. This is an absolutely gorgeous color once it was finished.

Before Photo
(not many taken as it was getting dark)

getting all wash/decon supplies set up to start

before of the passenger side

before of the rear

Wash Process

the vehicle was treated with Iron-x while I was cleaning the wheels and tires, and then hit with a strong foam pre-soak before the 2BM wash.

Test Spot

50/50 shot on the hood

Correction Process

this beautiful color was being totally hidden by the heavy swirling and buffer tails all over the entire exterior.

this is a good picture showing just how much of a difference the process made. the paint looks a totally different color.

before photo of the tail light

after photo of the tail light

driver side rear quarter before correction.

driver side rear quarter after being corrected.

driver side rear door before correction

driver side rear door after being corrected.

driver side front fender before correction

driver side front fender after being corrected

Finished Exterior Shots
The vehicle was coated with Americoat and the trim was restored using Solution Finish.

restoring the trim on the rear bumper. the trim on the front bumper received the same treatment.

Interior Before Pictures

Finished Interior Pictures
the tornador black made easy work of this very dirty interior.

Thanks for looking!

 

[whavens]

Nice turnaround. That looks great now. The interior work and correction work are impressive. Thanks for posting.

Walter

 

[PA DETAILER]

WOW. Good to see another XTERRA dressed to the nines. Great work. That interior was trashed! Interesting to see the solution finish at work on the trim.

 

[AZ Mike]

Great turn around. Looks like a different vehicle.

 

[richy]

Nice save! Paint now looks beautiful and the interior is top notch too. Question: Do you re-use your SF applicators? They seem to stain so badly I was wondering.

 

[Meghan]

Nasty interior, nice recovery on it!

 

[Jaretr1]

Very nice work. That before and after door shot is so tremendously telling!

 

[KMG]

WOW. Good to see another XTERRA dressed to the nines. Great work. That interior was trashed! Interesting to see the solution finish at work on the trim.

Yeah I have Solution Finish on my dad's work truck for about a month now and will be watching it to see how it hold up.

Great turn around. Looks like a different vehicle.

Thanks! This color is amazing now that it was finished.

Nice save! Paint now looks beautiful and the interior is top notch too. Question: Do you re-use your SF applicators? They seem to stain so badly I was wondering.

Thanks Richy. I have I reused them, but plan on ordering in some extra ones to keep around since they are pretty cheap.

Nasty interior, nice recovery on it!

Thanks Meghan, I love working on these types of projects.

Very nice work. That before and after door shot is so tremendously telling!

Yeah 2 of my friends stopped by on Friday night when I was working on this and did that test spot to show the difference. The one guy I have done 2 cars for already so he knew what I could do, but the other had no idea. He was blown away at the difference.

 

[jms493]

Amazing!

 

[GSKR]

Awesome turnaround

 

[fejcharson]

That blue looks great. Nice job! Sure do need a lot of trim protectant with those xterras.