Heavy Orange Peel Yummy!

[ToySupra727]

Recently I picked up a Lexus IS300. I knew it had some flaws but considering the price and the fact that it had a proven service history thru Lexus up to the point of purchase I couldn't pass it up.

Although it has a clean carfax the car has been rear ended at some point more towards the driver rear qtr panel then anything. The panel wasn't replaced but pulled, filled, crappy finishing, and of course the whole car got a respray. The only part of the exterior I'm unhappy with that I did not grab a picture of was that qtr panel because you could still see the sanding marks and filler area. although its flat they didn't feather it out well enough.

Anyhow the orange peel on driver door near the front fender was heavy and for that it also covered half the fender as well. I figured I would tackle as much as I can safely without a thickness gauge. I only used 2000 grit wetsand to achieve my finish and then finished it off with an orange pad w/M105 then of course white pad and 205.

I'll get more pictures of the car once all finished up.

 

[Dubbin1]

OMG whoever painted that car should be shot.

Oh and this is another reason not to trust carfax.

 

[ToySupra727]

OMG whoever painted that car should be shot.

Oh and this is another reason not to trust carfax.

I agree, whomever painted this car shouldn't be allowed to even spray paint metal lawn chairs with a rattle can.


I usually take Carfax's like a grain of salt. Before I bought this car the seller wrote me a book of the nit bits of what was left to get the car back to near new standards. A lot of which was interior pieces that I have gathered up already. Even was kind enough to tell me about the accident the vehicle was in.

I'v actually been thinking once I get the car where I want it. I may re-psray the car myself.

When I have more time to FULLY detail the vehicle I will post more pictures and post a picture of the poor workmanship of the rear qtr panel.

The lower panel of the doors I will not touch. The clear is too thin IMO to even attempt to wet-sand without removing clear.

 

[A4 1.8tqm]

Vast improvement! Nice work, did you sand further than shown in pic 3 or stop there?

 

[ToySupra727]

Vast improvement! Nice work, did you sand further than shown in pic 3 or stop there?

As far as from the tape down? If so No I did not because the clear seemed too thing to try and correct. If I had a thickness gauge I would know for sure but again didn't want to chance sanding all the clear away.

When I have the time and a new gauge I will asses the lower parts of the car and go from there :xyxthumbs:

 

[ToySupra727]

Vast improvement! Nice work, did you sand further than shown in pic 3 or stop there?

lol now that I had more time to review the thread.
Yes I did sand down more then what I did in pic 3. Almost until the clear was flat. That was just after initial sanding. I concentrated more towards the bottom first since it was the worst and then finished the rest of the panel. Actually turned out very nicely!
There are a few small pin hole areas I didn't attempt. It appears the painter didn't allow the clear to achieve its proper flash point before applying more clear

I was thrilled to death to be able to get such a clear, smooth, almost perfect reflection out of the paint afterwards.

 

[A4 1.8tqm]

Yup, that's what I meant. Good job! I know what you mean about the pinholes, one panel of that Bimmer I posted was TERRIBLE!