I was contacted by a fellow member from a s2000 forum that im active in, to do a potential 1 step on the exterior paint, i quoted him blindly without looking at the car. After meeting him and looking at the car a little closer the car definitely required a 2 step. But after taking a couple measurements of the paint some areas wasnt healthy enough to compound the low Clear coat areas. Equipment used Rupes 21 w 5 BP and washer mod B n S 5.5 White Pad Flex 3401 with LC BP system and LC Hybrid pads FG400 Sonax PF Megs D300 MF Cutting Disc Dodo Juice Orange Crush Dodo Juice Tropical Red Mist CarPro Tar X CarPro Iron X Car Pro Eraser Here are some pix of the car in the condition it arrived. Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Heres a pic of the car with CarPro Tar X to remove any tar or previous LSP Uploaded with ImageShack.com And here are some pix after Using CarPro Iron X on the paint and wheels Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com So now to inspect the car when its dry Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com As you can see its pretty swirled up and noticed some deep scratches, heres a pic of the hood after i removed the swirls Uploaded with ImageShack.com Heres an after pic of those scratches Uploaded with ImageShack.com
So after the test spot and finding out the combo for this vehicle time to prep Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Here are some 50/50 shots of the progress Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Here are the after and glamour shots Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com Uploaded with ImageShack.com The owner was ver pleased and so was I seeing his reaction and the sincerity in his voice made this 10 hour correction job all worth it. While i was waiting for him to pick it up I worked on the interior a bit and dressed up his engine, threw it in since i was bored and had extra time lol enjoy and thanx for watching :tipwink:
That second to last shot you posted... daaaanng. Great results! Rarely do I see S2K's in this color. I like it!
