Tru_Shine

I had a chance to get back up to Maryville TN to visit one of my good clients. He had a Black 1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 that needed a little TLC. In 1993 there were only 50 of these bad boys made and this one only has 1600 miles on the clock. The owner also changed out the front bumper and hood to a second generation hood and bumper, and this motor is now pushing out around 900whp. For being almost 20 years old, this car is in amazing condition, it just needed a little Tru Shine luvin to bring it up to the condition that it should be. Lets get this going.


Here is the car when I arrived.
























So with this car not having a roof, we are going to do things a little different then we normally would. You cant give a car a foam bath if it doesn't have a roof, So for this car, I opted to use ONR (Optimum No Rinse). ONR is a rinseless wash product that you just add to your bucket of water. I like to pre-spray the car down w/ ONR using a spray bottle and the properly diluted amount and just spray it on each panel. What this does is it gives the ONR a head start on surrounding the dirt molecules and helps prevent the wash mitt from dragging and grinding dirt into the paint.

After I spray the panels with ONR I get my 100% sheep skin wash mitt with my bucket and Grit Guard at the bottom. Next you take the mitt and slightly wring it out to where there is still water dripping but not a bunch that's just slopping around. and then you just wipe the panel with barley any pressure and then follow it with a damp micro fiber towel to remove the excess.

here are a few pics to help explain. ( This also works great on other roofless cars such as Shelby Cobra's, Old MGA's, Austin Healey's, etc.)











You can also use this product during the Winter in your garage and have barley any water on the floor. and If you choose to use it in the sun, you can do your car panel by panel to prevent water spots.

Now with this car not being very dirty and having so little miles, I went ahead and used ONR on the wheels too. I sprayed the wheels with the ONR solution and used a Wheel Woolie to agitate the brake dust and then I wrapped a Micro fiber towel around the WW to remove the brake dust. ( I rolled the car forward to help get behind the brake caliber where the wheel woolie couldn't reach)












now it was time to tape up all the black plastic trim or anywhere I didn't want residue getting on.



The ONR does add protection to the paint. So I had to wipe down the surface a few times with Alcohol to help remove this protection.

Here are a few Before & After pics of the paint. remember this car is almost 20 years old











for cutting this car I ended up using my Griot's 6in DA and Surbuff pad with m105. And for polishing I used D300 and Tang pad. M205 wasn't phasing it? (This was a very tough clear coat and this combination worked wonders)















Another thing that I new had a lot of potential was the plexiglass windows. These bad boys were as bad as the paint. here are a few pics of them











Now that looks a lot better.



After finishing the cutting and polishing of the paint, I reached for my Black Fire Wet Diamond to seal the paint. It's hard not to grab it with how easy it is to work with and how smooth and slick the paint is afterwards. If you havn't used this stuff, make sure you put it in your shopping cart next time you buy some detailing supplies.



Another Favorite of mine is this tire shine. Optimum Opti-Bond



Once all of this was complete, I gave the interior a Vac&Blow and a good wipe down using 1Z Einszett Cockpit Premium and getting into all the tight areas with the swissvax brush.





And here she is all finished up





























Shine so bright it hurts my eyes!




*Bounus pics*













Hope you enjoyed, have a blessed day!

-Eric Witt

IamVtec

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IamVtec

when you use the swissvax brush to clean the vents do you spray it with somthing?
What happens to the dirt you brush off?

Ponyboy

Wow, you guys really made that black shine. Love the sky reflection pics.

That garage: DROOL.

Mikey3000

You are quite possibly the greatest detailer on Earth.

American.Graffiti

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D!melo

thanks thats some great detailing, wish you had more pics of the supra.

tsdneil

i dont know if anyone's ever told you this, but you are really good at what you do. great work man. you inspire me to try and learn how to do paint correction and detail! keep up the awesome work!

slvrlude

fantastic job. your hard work really shows. on another note, that collection of cars is amazing

chet

Eric, with tough clear coats do you ever use a rotary w/ wool pad to level the paint?

Great work, as always!

Also, do you ever have clients that want a second coat of wax after the sealant cures?

Recently I've switched to Chem Guys blacklight because it cures in less than an hour...compared to the blackfire which takes 24hours.

Curious to hear your thoughts...

Tru_Shine

Hey everyone, sorry I took me so long to reply. My comp crashed on me and it took a while to get everything back to where it was before.

Thanks for all the compliments, I am humbled and honored to inspire people to put out quality work, I also want to inform people what quality car care is versus letting some Hack get a hold of there car. i have lots more to post up. so stay tuned.

Chet-"Eric, with tough clear coats do you ever use a rotary w/ wool pad to level the paint?

Great work, as always!

Also, do you ever have clients that want a second coat of wax after the sealant cures?

Recently I've switched to Chem Guys blacklight because it cures in less than an hour...compared to the blackfire which takes 24hours.

Curious to hear your thoughts..."

Very rare do I have to use a rotary, and when I do, its mostly for an area that is really tight and my orbital would be the best choice. such as headlights, tail lights etc. but there has been occasions where the paint is so Jacked up, that I will pull out my Rotary and a PFW pad, (purple foamed wool) and m105 to level it out, then go back over it with the orbital.

and for the sealant, I have layered the BFWD, with the BFMS, but that required me to return to the customer the next day. I have recently learned that BFWD doesn't really take the whole 8 hours to cure. it all depends on the humidity and altitude. so it actually cures in a very short time for most places.

TekBuDDy

I dont know to say it, but you really do amazing work. I look at most of your threads and not 1 of them was off from being perfect. Keep up the good work, and just keep posting!