Tru_Shine

I took a road trip down to Nashville TN to detail a few customer cars. One of the cars that I was very excited to get my hands on was this 2010 Nissan GTR. I had spoke with the owner about some of the paint defects, and even though the car only has 1800 miles on it, it had terrible swirls and scratches caused from the "Courtesy" detail that the dealership kindly did for him without his consent. When he received the car back it was covered in swirls and scratches and it looked horrible. So we decided to go ahead and bring this bad boy back to where it should be. lets check out what I had to work with!



















Plenty of bugs to go around......



The wheels were caked in break dust, but what do you expect with crazy brakes like those?





First. For cleaning the wheels, I used Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner. This is AMAZING pH balance wheel cleaner that is safe on all types of wheels and really gets the job done and does it safely. I like it quite a bit better then the P21s wheel gel. Both of which are pH balanced. Once you spray the cleaner on to the wheels, you wait until it reacts with the Iron particles from the brake dust and it turns bloody red when its ready to be cleaned, agitated and then rinsed.

















Here is the passenger side in better lighting.











Next was the Bugs. The owner lives out in the country and drives a lot of back roads. So bug were building up real nice on the front end.







So to fix this problem I mixed up some Chemical guys Bug Bugger and Tar Remover



I applied to the whole front bumper and side mirrors and the front part of the hood letting it dwell and work at the bug guts.



Once it was left to loosen up the bug I took my Karcher PW and blew the bugs right off! I have to say I Loved this stuff, it worked really well for the bugs. but I still have more testing to do with it for tar and other contaminates.





Next was the Foam Bath, This step is important for a couple of reasons, 1. is that the oxygen helps break up the dirt, and 2. It helps suspend the dirt off of the paint causing less marring to the surface.



When doing paint correction, It it VERY important to strip all of the remaining waxes or oils off of the surface. That way when you correct the paint, there aren't any false, or hidden swirls filled with wax. So to help with this, I used Dawn Ultra Concentrate in the Foam Canon and washed the car with a 100% sheep skin wash mitt.

This is what paint should look like with no wax or protection. The water should hardly even want to roll off, with ZERO beading.



After I dried off the car, this is how the bugs turned out!



and wheels







Next we took the 615whp S15 Silvia specR and went to grabbed lunch........lets just say I about wet my pants on the way there! What a BLAST! I love this car......stay tuned for a wash and Wax write up on it.



When we got back from lunch, look what Mr. UPS driver dropped off? A set of 22" custom made 360Forged wheels! Smokin!



So of course the new wheels had to be treated and sealed, So I used some Rejex sealant and applied a nice coat to each wheel.



The owner wanted to get the wheels on ASAP, so we slapped them bad boys on there and got back to work.



While they were putting on the wheels, I clayed the car using Clay magic Blue fine clay.



Now it was time for the correction step. this is a before shot of the passenger door. This is what one "Detail" from a hack job detailer can do for your brand new car. remember it only has 1800 miles on it and has been washed once from the owner.





Here is a 50/50 shot after cutting it with Meguiars M105 and LC Cyan pad on a FLEX 3401







So next I just made my way around the car using the M105/Cyan combo leveling out the paint.





working the M105 until it is almost clear.



in progress side shot







So with this paint being VERY touchy/Soft, My typical M205/tang combination for the polishing stage wasn't used. After testing a section of the hood, The M205/tang combo left a haze to the finish.

So I grabbed my Menzerna 85rd and a LC Crimson finishing pad and tested out an area and got the results I was looking for. So for the polishing stage I used Menzera 85rd and a Lake country Crimson Hydrotech pad.





here are some reflection shots before I applied the LSP (Last Step Protection)







Did BP have another oil spill?







So next I applied some Black Fire Wet Diamond paint sealant to the car using a LC Blue finishing pad





Next I cleaned the exhaust pipe with some #0000 steel wool and a litte wax

Before......



After.....




Now for the Day Shots, We had to hury for these because a huge Rain Storm was coming our way. So the sun wasn't out. but that just means it's going to be extra Glossy for the camera!


























I hope you enjoyed.....I know I sure did! Be Blessed and thanks for looking!

-Eric

Sosa-Performance

You're talented man...

White Fox

man i'd love to detail cars for a job, had my own small detail business for a little (VERY little) amount of time but my partner was a fizzle so it didn't work out.... oh well. those cars are incredible. especially that s15

and for a work truck that van is sick

SpeedoKing

you do really good work my man. The bugs on the front, did you have to agitate at all to get them off or just rinse?

As for the dealership that f'd up the paint I know exactly what you are talking about, I have been a part time porter at a Mazda and Hyundai dear for the past 5 years while in college and I work with 3 full time porters. Two of these guys cant tell their head form their ***, but the last guys knows his ****, me and him have been detailing cars on the side for a few years, nothing like this but we do a decent job. Getting back to the two guys who can't tell their head from their *** one of them (and I am not shitting you) said when you buff a car you need to build up friction to "burn" the swirls out of the paint.......needless to say I informed my boss and he doesn't touch our customers cars anymore. You would be surprised what some dealerships do to their cars, it is painful to watch sometimes.

Tru_Shine

lol, i know.....before all of this, I was once a dealership detailer.

98civdx

Holy crap, amazing work!
I would hunt the people who did that, to that poor car down...

BrownDx

Impressive! The difference is un-real, nice work.

MadHead

Great work!