Lexus GS300 - Sully's Detailing LLC (South Florida)

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The owner of this vehicle works at a wood working shop next to us and is a car nut. He is always telling us how great the cars look once we get are hands on them. Well this past Sunday he attempted to detail his own vehicle and lets just say it didn't turn out so good. The vehicle was filled with swirls and holograms. The owner was not looking for a full correction just to get rid of the holograms he caused and bring back the gloss. We opted for a 2-step correction. He was more then pleased once he got the vehicle back.

Products Used:

  • Ardex Repo Wash
  • 2 – 5 gallon buckets with Grit Guard
  • Cobra Microfiber Mitt
  • DP wheel Cleaner
  • Daytona Speed Brush
  • 1″ Boars Hair Brush
  • DP Clay
  • DP Rinseless Wash and Gloss (Clay Lube)
  • Auto Geek Foam Gun
  • Griots Garage DA
  • M105
  • M205
  • Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0


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Nice save! Did he try to use a rotary? was it terrible washing, polishing, or waxing. Probably all three. Car cleaned up nicely.
 
The ride turned out fantastic! Great job!
 
very nice, this car makes me want to tint my tails even more, just cant get the stuff to shrink properly and shape around my tails so i gave up for now, think i need the vinyl film that will stretch...
 
donb said:
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Thanks

Capa1970 said:
Very nice. How soft was the paint?
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Thanks, single stage on the softer side.

opie_7afe said:
very nice, this car makes me want to tint my tails even more, just cant get the stuff to shrink properly and shape around my tails so i gave up for now, think i need the vinyl film that will stretch...
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Thanks, the trick is the mix yourself a candy black, clear coat with black paint then spray the lights. You never the the shade or look you want with VHT Niteshade and the film sucks
 
see i thought of painting them but i want it removeable, even though theres a ton of military guys with stuff tinted black but i know how it is here and theres a ton of cops so if i do get harassed id like to be able to remove it, wouldnt be worried about tint if new tail lights werent expensive to ship as theres no aftermarket for them and only good ones are the jdm ones....thanks for the advice though! mine are a pain because there similar to the late 90's mustangs(bubbled out lenses but black surrounds.

funny how people think just because its a luxury car it wont have single stage if its a newer car. proves that just because its lexus dont mean its not produced in the same factory a yaris is made....(using yaris as an example) i dunno but SS black always looks the best compared to CC black just has that higher gloss and pop.
 
I wish you could've done the after pics from the same view as the before, damn was that black swirled, WOW! People who buy cars and don't wanna make the commitment should be commited, LOL!....but then again, people like that keep the pro's in business, right!
 
Nice job as usual. I bet it was a pain in the ass to work on the single stage.

opie_7afe said:
see i thought of painting them but i want it removeable, even though theres a ton of military guys with stuff tinted black but i know how it is here and theres a ton of cops so if i do get harassed id like to be able to remove it, wouldnt be worried about tint if new tail lights werent expensive to ship as theres no aftermarket for them and only good ones are the jdm ones....thanks for the advice though! mine are a pain because there similar to the late 90's mustangs(bubbled out lenses but black surrounds.

funny how people think just because its a luxury car it wont have single stage if its a newer car. proves that just because its lexus dont mean its not produced in the same factory a yaris is made....(using yaris as an example) i dunno but SS black always looks the best compared to CC black just has that higher gloss and pop.
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I go to the hobby store and get tint for toy cars. I spray the tailights and if the customer decides later on to remove them you can spray Stoner's Tarminator on them and the tint comes right off.
 
Thanks 105 with orange ...205 with white

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