Tesla Motors portotype detail, take a look very very rare

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Recently i was hired by Tesla Motors, (the leaders of high performance exotic sports cars) because they wanted me to get their cars in shape for some photo shoots. I took quite a few pics, too many to post, so im going to try to post as few as possible. I guess this is one small step closer to becoming world renown, and maybe someday starting my own brand of car care products.:cheers:

The cars started off in horrible condition, truly devastated clear coat. The dark blue car was used to test the affects of extreme weather. It was given salt baths and left to dry, every possible weather condition was thrown at it. Needless to say, it was i need of some serious work.

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half/half:
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in this photo you see severe water marks and calcified deposited from when the car was taken in the nevada desert and traction control testing was preformed.
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Hard at work

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ALL DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I was very pressed on time with all these cars and had to work a 20 hr work shift to finish one of the cars, which im sure as you probably can imagine is very hard.
If any one is interested i could go more in depth about steps used etc. BTW the light blue car and silver car will be on the cover of 4 major automotive magazines with in the next coming months. The dark blue car was featured at the LA auto show, among other shows.
 
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Man thats incredible! The Tesla Roadster is one of my favorite cars, specially for being a "green car" ;)
 
Nice looking cars! Nice turnaround on the dark blue, all look ready for the show!!
 
Saw this car on ABC. I think it's an awesome step in the right direction.

Congrats on the job. You did it and us justice!
I see you're using a Flex. You need to send this link to the Flex Corp.
 
At the request of a few members i will post up the steps used to correct the paint.

Steps used: Menzerna IP with a med cutting pad, followed by Menzerna Nano with a finishing pad. One one of the cars I used OPT poli seal after Nano with a finishing pad. I topped it all off with Pinnacle SSII. All via the Flex DA wich did a fantastic job, i love this machine runs very smooth and doesn't vibrate too much.

The exterior surfaces were cleaned with 303 apc(16:1) then treated with 303 protectant. Tires were also cleaned with 303 apc and treated with Pinnacle Black Onyx. I love black onyx, but it does not last more than a day or two.

NOTE: some of the photographers did not like the look of shinny tires, they said it created to large of a contrast between the side wall and tread. They proffered the natural black look.
 
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The car looks great! I would try out Zaino Z-16 on the tires for a low gloss look!
 
Whew.......love the rotors with the small drilled holes, gotta get some for my Civic :-). Any chance you saw if the rotors had any cracks?

Howard
 
Great work !!
What pads are you using with the Flex? I ordered some 5.5" LC white and orange pads from AG, I suppose they will fit nice.
 
Whew.......love the rotors with the small drilled holes, gotta get some for my Civic :-). Any chance you saw if the rotors had any cracks?

Howard

I love the look of drilled rotors too, but i really dont like them. I dont recall seeing any cracks but I hear car guys always talking about how cross drilled rotors will develop micro cracks which will weaken the disc. I have slotted rotors on my Beamer. Look around there are some comparison tests which were done between plain, slotted, drilled and hybrid rotors. I remember hearing something about the drilled rotors heating up faster because they have less mass, than the plain ones. (dont quote me on that ).

Great work !!
What pads are you using with the Flex? I ordered some 5.5" LC white and orange pads from AG, I suppose they will fit nice.

Well I got my flex before AG started carrying it, or else i would have bought it here, but i got mine from detailed image, i got some LC pads, the non CCS ones.
 
I love the look of drilled rotors too, but i really dont like them. I dont recall seeing any cracks but I hear car guys always talking about how cross drilled rotors will develop micro cracks which will weaken the disc. I have slotted rotors on my Beamer. Look around there are some comparison tests which were done between plain, slotted, drilled and hybrid rotors. I remember hearing something about the drilled rotors heating up faster because they have less mass, than the plain ones. (dont quote me on that ).



Well I got my flex before AG started carrying it, or else i would have bought it here, but i got mine from detailed image, i got some LC pads, the non CCS ones.
I've heard the same thing concerning drilled rotors getting small cracks in them. Several mechanics have sugjested I go with the slotted and stay away from the drilled. And that dark blue paint is beautiful.
 
Sweet work on both, love the pop...If you got them post more pics...We love seeing pics around here...
 
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