Tru_Shine

So I had one of my detailing buddies up in Bristol VA give me a ringer about this huge detail job that he had coming up on a 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR V-Spec. The car was used as a promotional car for the Fast and furious movies back in the day, and has since been repainted black. Here is what the car used to look like. http://www.superstreetonline.com/fea...pec/index.html

and now the current owner has changed some things around, such as wheels,wing, and other little things to her preference.


So When I arrived we got started right away with jacking the car up and started removing the wheels.

here are some before pics of what we were working with.





























The wheels were super caked with brake dust.



we presoaked them with P21s wheel gel while we washed the car.













We degreased the wheel wells with some Chemical Guys Grime Reaper



and used P21s on the brakes



here is the motor



Next we sprayed the car down with the Foam canon mixed with Dawn soap and CG Grime Reaper







the grime just rolls off.







Next we both Washed it with 100 percent sheep skin wash mitts and two bucket method













Then the rinse.





Now that all the wax has been removed the Tru surface is revealed















Next we clayed the car using a fine grade claybar and Dodo juice Born Slippy lube concentrate







Look how the water just sets on the sureface now. no more beading, no more rolling off.





here is David drying off the car with a ReThickulous towel.





we dried all the jams and crevices with a Metro Magic air.



Now that the car was finished with the wash and clay process, It's time for the wheels.

We used some more P21s wheel gel and some 0000# steel wool to brake up all the caked on dirt.



These wheels took forever but came out great.



Then we polished up the outer lips.





Looks way better now!



So then, to keep them cleaner longer and to keep them protected, we applied some PB's Wheels Sealant to the insides and outsides of the wheels.





here is the final out come of the wheels





Before we put the wheels back on I applied some Megs Tech wax 2.0 to the calibers to brighten them up a lillte.



And then I took some steel wool to the rotors to get the ugly Rust look off of them.









next we brought the car in and began taping up all the plastic moldings useing meguiars masking tape.





here is what the paint looks like under the halogens





and here is a 50/50 using M105/Cyan via Flex 3401





I got the lower tight areas using my Griot's Garage 3in orbital with 4in backing plate and LC cyan pad with M105 compound.



Some of the scratches on the side skirts need some wetsanding. I used a Eagle supertack 1500 and then followed it with Eagle Bufflex 3000 (forgot to take after pics that night)





So we worked until 1 am and got the driver side mostly compounded. After a good nights rest we woke up and got back at it.



While David was correcting the paint, I started on the rear trunk.

There was a lot of Orange peel on the rear deck lid, so we removed the rear wing for it to be wet sanded.







I used a Meguiars G110 with my Eagle Supertack 1500 disc followed by 3000 grit.







After I wet sanded the trunk I removed the sand marks with a Mikita Rotary using the Meguiars W66 solo backing plate and a Solo maroon wool pad using M105 compound. Followed by M205/Tangerine.











While I was back there I finished up the tail lights and rear bumper.



Next was the Wing. It had all kinds of compound residue left behind from the previous buff job.





I soaked it down with some APC and agitated it with a brush







The top part of the wing had alot of deeper scratches so I wet sanded a small area to remove them.



And to buff it I put it back on the car for stability.



and polished it out via 205/tang pad with the G110v2



For the polishing stage we used our Flex 3401's with m205 and lake country Tangerine pads.





This is a picture of the Driver side skirt with all kinds of deeper scratches.





I wet sanded with 1500 then 3000 and this is how it came out.






This clear coat was ULTRA soft and would easily marr up just from wiping of compound dust so we finished up the paint with LC black pad and Menzerna 85rd.





After all of that the car was covered in M105 dust and slingage from the wetsanding so we decided to spray it down with the foam cannon using CG citrus wash and gloss.





we let it dwell for a moment and then power washed it off.



we sealed the car using BlackFire Wet Diamond with a Blue LC pad on the G110.



and david polished up the exhaust with some 0000# steel wool and polish





And Finally the finished product, we was running out of sunlight, so I didn't get any direct sun shots, but you get the picture.



































Thanks for viewing, have a blessed day!

singlecamslamed

Wow. Great job. How much does a full detail like this cost??

Nydc2

Good stuff. thx for posting this

angel_i

eff'n killer results

Da-Risin-Smoke

Wow! That looks amazing! Even with the car dirty, it looks better than mine freshly detailed!

Did the GT-Rs have special paint?

[ej]Jonathan

yea, i was wondering that too!

Tru_Shine

you know what the say........"If you have to ask, then..........." j/k, this one was not a typical detail. this took me and another guy 20 hours to complete. when it gets this big and expensive I would rather not post the amount. but it was A LOT!

no this one has just been painted 3 times. so it wasn't factory paint.

singlecamslamed

Soo like, $2,000? Lol

speedooo

Nice work...that looks amazing

markspan6243

wish my del sol could look like that

nemisish20

Sometimes more than $2000 man. I know a guy who owns a place called Endless Details and i have seen his details get upwards of $4000.

He does alot of exotics. He gets flown all over and etc.

He showed me how to use that zymol stuff thats like $3K a tub.

You have to massage it into your hands and like rub the car with it. Its a pretty incredible process.

Pandaman, you are truly amazing at what you do!

roadsqueegy95

I wish i had the patience to do this to my car! Awesome job!!

SHG_Claudio

KRIS05VVTi

wow that looks amazing

1quickDC2

sick.. one of my dad's neighbors has a gallardo that he pays $2400/year for details. those guys come to him once every 3 months..

singlecamslamed

$600/detail doesn't sound TOO bad. Especially when you have an exotic car.

nemisish20

Then ur dad's neighbor has got a good connection .

CrAzE191st

nice job

dapek

How is $600 per detail (4 times a year), a connection?

OP, excellent work as per usual
Those Makitas get annoying at times for diff. areas, with the couple second delay when you pull the trigger.

RoadRage212

Great work man! Top notch stuff!!!

Pronto

Amazing job!
Very impressive detailing!

Talent & experience!

Pastuck

Lots of work there! Amazing what a proper buffing can do to the look of a car.

Maluko

whoaa!

nemisish20

A $600 detail on a lamborghini is like a wash, wax, and seal.


Its not neccisarily a deal but $600 is cheap around here.

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

How does the "exoctic-ness" of the car affect the price of the detail? So a wash, wax, and seal on an Accord would cost less than the same on a Lambo (assuming no special correction work is needed)?

The work on the GT-R is definitely amazing and top notch, though.