Tru_Shine

This 2004 350z was a very special job because it belongs to a family that is very dear to me. This car was purchased back in 08 as a suprise for the Father of the Family, who has now passed away. The 350Z was the fathers Dream car and he only had the car 4 months before his passing.

here is a video of the family giving him the 350z.

YouTube - Surprising Dad With 350Z

Now this car had been severely neglected, and needed A LOT of attention. This job took over 15 hours non stop to complete. This is what I pulled up to. (*Warning images may not be subtable for children under the age of 18*)


















So my Weapons of Choice for Washing



5 gal bucket
Dawn soap (Highly concentrated)
Grit gaurd
100% sheep skin wash mitt
Ez Detail brush
misc brush
lugnut brush
Chemical Guys Diablo Wheel Gel 3:1 ratio
Automagic Fine blue clay
Clay lube used was the soapy water.

I began washing the car with Highly concentrated Dawn soap to strip off ALL wax (if there was any), haha j/k. (kinda) anyways. here are a few shot of me washing, cleaning the wheels and claying.



Continued below......













After the rinse there was no beading of the water and none of it was rolling off! that's what you are looking for!







So now the Tru Surface was revealed!



















I used P21s polishing Soap on the exhaust tips with some #0000 steel wool.








Some of the black soot stains wouldn't come off, thats what the steel wool was for







Now for the paint correction.

I took my paint thickness measurements



pretty low. but this Z had been buffed on before. So I knew to be extra careful

I done a few test spots and ended up going with the Good Ol' Rotary w/ Megs W66 backing plate with LC purple foamed wool pad and Meguiars M105 compound.









Here is a before




Here is a after





here is Mr. TruShine himself in action!

(TruShine Apron Shot)




Does that Motorcycle look familiar?






Now for some touch-up

The Front fender had a rock chip that was starting to Rust, I first began by taking a razor blade and flaking away all of the paint that was flaking off and then I scraped all of the rust away as much as I could. Just try to scrape off as much as you can until you dont see any more.




Then it turned into this ( bare shiny metal)



Then I dabbed some of the Dupli-Color 2in1 touch up paint into the chip letting it dry for about 10-15 until it hardened.



After the paint dries it seeps into the chip and settles down. Somtimes you only have to apply paint once but in this case I had to put down 2 layers.

I taped arround this so I have a clean wetsand area, you can tell in the pics how much it settled into the chip



I worked on the panel while the touch up was drying.



after the second coat of touch up It turned out like this



Then After it was Fully Dried I wet sanded with 2000 grit paper and here is what it looked like








After that I buffed it out with my flex and here is the Final Outcome (not %100 but close)







and Walaaaaa!!


So back to the Paint Correction






And here are the pillar pieces







Here was another Deep scratch that Needed to be Wet sanded on.

look closely in the wetsanded area



I took during PTG readings to see how many microns I wetsanded off

I started with a little over 107 microns and after Sanding the scratch away completely i ended up with only 100 microns



But no more scratches





OK so after 9 hours into it, I finished the Driver side. I wanted some good Sun Shots but I knew It would be Dark before I got completly finished So here are some Wet and Succulent Sun Shots of the Driver Side. I didn't finish the car until Midnight.

The Final Sealant was Black Fire Wet Diamond















































A quick cleaning of the interior was done too.

Before:


After:


Thank you for Viewing and don't forget to check out that video of their father recieving his dream car. thanks

PNK SLP

amazing....wanna do my car?

Jdmjc

thats crazy i thought that car was doomed

Need_jdm

you do some good work

96EJ6LX

I'll pay you $500,000,000 to that do that for my car.

Mr Fatty

what is a good way to get salt stains out of carpet? All my cars have super hard salt stains that can't be vacuumed out

makavelibranded4

thank you soooo much for this I just discovered a rusted chip on the roof of my ep3 a few day ago and was wondering how to deal with it, you did a damn good job btw

wannaBjdmca6

NICE WORK!
sorry for the dad that passed away.
but hey i was wondering if i could use 3M Perfect it II " foam polishing pad glaze-dark to remove the swirl marks with a rotary like you did on your car. thanks

Trapdoor

Unbelievable transformation!

Gotta keep up on my black car! That was NASTY when you got it

makavelibranded4

My paint is just as bad, I used to live in vegas and could only take it to automated car washes so I have BAD swirlmarks.

Dr. DC2

WOW. you got talent man! thats a lot of work but you do a great job!

Tru_Shine

Thanks everyone, more to come, Ive got a lot of nice cars lined up to do, so stay tuned!




Lets do it!

more then likely you can just go buy a Bissel little green machine (or use your moms) they are only about $79-$100 at lowes or walmart, and put some carpet cleaner like resolve or something you could find over in the detergent isle and that should remove most stains from your carpet. That should do the job and all of that are things you can find at the store.

No problem, i'm glad I could help, Take care of it before it gets bad.

I'm not to fond on finishing with a Rotary, Unless you REALLY know what you are doing and have the right technique,pads, polishes and all of that just right, you will always leave with siwrls. most of the time people will cover the swirls with Glazes and waxes, but they will always come back when you wash your car.

to get the swirls 100% gone, finish down with a orbital, like the porter cable PC7424XP or the meguiars G100v2. and then you will achive no swirl marks, and use the Meguiars M205 polish. Perfect II is way behind on technology.

Thanks

VDCdatatech

amazing.

Joee

that chip repair is awesome.

JunkyardGSR

holy cow, my black tsx has swirl marks from automated washes and holograms just like that 350z. Holograms are on my trunk and hood from where I tried to polish the swirls out and made it much worse. Ill be moving to Norfolk soon. I would pay serious dough to get you to come out and fix my car.

Meister vtec

wow son do you have talent,skills.

very nice of you to take care of your family and friends I really believe in karma and am 110% sure youll get more than what you gave soon.

Tru_Shine

Sounds like a plan, I like serious dough. where is Norfolk at?
Oh yeah, It came back to me real good when they paid me :D! lol thanks

92teginsc

very nice indeed!

LobeSex

can u say detailing god!!!

Tru_Shine

lol, no no no, I dont want to be cursed, There is only one GOD and I am not him! but thanks for the compliment.

slowbue

you are only a couple of hours from me. I should bring my car to you. no one in my area does that kind of work near me.

donmeca2020

looks amazing bro!!

drmix

Looks great! Definitely deserve a

JunkyardGSR

Norfolk is basically Hampton Roads/Virginia Beach. It's the south-eastern tip of Virginia. I'd definitely pay your gas and then some. Hell, even if you can refer me to someone in my local area that has your results, i'd give you $100 for the recommendation.

mauroe

Very Good Work!!
Congrats...