This is Matts G35 from Hornblasters.com. Ive known Matt for several years now, I had a train horn kit on my old Ranger and ever since it was stolen Ive always wanted another set! Well, me and Matt crossed paths a few months ago and we traded out some services, Presidential Detail for TRAIN HORNS! :D Now I definitely had my work cut out for me, and I knew this from day one when I saw the car at a local meet. It was BAD! This car USED to be black, before I got ahold of it! Well Ill let you guys see the difference yourselves!

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Meguairs M105/Wool
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106fa/white
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu



LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

Before:

 

After the wash, in the halogens..dont look its bad!








You can see where the badging left a ghost after being removed..

 

Trunk 50/50


Before..


After..


Rear Bumper 50/50..






Front Fender 50/50..


Before..


After..

 

After M105/Wool and SIP/Orange..not finished just yet!






Now after M105/SIP/106FA..

 

And finally, those reflections everyone loves! :D

My favorite one..reflection of the hornblasters truck in the rear 1/4 panel.
















If you cant tell what this is, its the rear deck/wing..

 

Wow, amazing work. Those reflections are outrageous.

 

omg night and day difference

 

wow man you do great work, i hope i can get results half as good as you do when i give it a whirl this spring. im gonna basically use the same stuff you do

 

Thanks guys! Good luck slowmattic and be sure to post some pics!

 

once again your the man! lol my civic paint look exactly like that car in the before pics

 

Once again great work.

 

damn that car was bad, good stuff

 

wow that car was bad before you worked your magic on it

great job!

 

ballin. Love your work. Starting to make my own spank magazine with printouts of your after pictures.

 

:lol: Thanks!

 

Damn man, all your threads are the same. Car starts out looking like crap, ends up looking absolutely mindblowing

 

 

Looks great but why did you use a wool pad??As you stated to me once that it's to aggressive when you detailed a car the (Integra type r).Now I see you using it.And it's not a noobish question either I'am doing detailing myself now.

 

You have to understand how paint works, some cars have a hard clear coat, some have a soft clear coat. The harder the clear, basically the more aggressive you have to go to get the same results as a less aggressive polish/pad on a softer clear. The pads/polish all depend on the specific car, its defects, paint color, and clear coat hardness. There are many factors that play a role in which products to use, only experience and reading A LOT can tell you which to start with. BTW, I actually used a wool pad on the type-r because it has a single-stage paint job, which is another factor I didn't mention. It all comes down to what gives the best results, without removing as much clear coat as possible, and all within the time limit/budget. Professional detailing is no easy task! haha!

 

Lmao so I've to understand how paint works. Lmao,let me give you a quick rundown on paint.Reason why some paints are much harder to buff is because you let it fully cured for over a month(This applies on refreshed paintjobs).Ever notice why somebody shops that do car strickly off production use a compound for freshly cured paintjobs 3m has to levels as a perfect example???And that's a false statements about the harder the clear,The more aggressive.You're compounding a factory paint job,Which Nissan/Infiniti is single stage.And what's with the reading alot and experience can tell you what to start with. I'am not bashing you but you've alot more to learn.You try to humiliate me saying how you didn't use a wool pad on the type r and that's it's to aggressive. and I told you from the gecko,thats how alot of detailers do it with dark colored/semi faded vehicles but won't last that long. heavy clearcoat scratches.And lol on the proffesional deatiling is no easy task.It won't be a issue, you'll see me alot more on the detailing section doing some friends/customers cars.And I'll explain why I use this product it pros/Cons.Water sanding and buffing.and etc.....Please don't take this anyway a threat man I just been trying to tell you something and instead you tell me I've to learn about paint and detailing.So I'll explain it to all of Honda-tech

 

Whoa...lol. I never said you didnt know anything, you just asked the question like you didnt know much about polishing, so I was trying to help out. If you have all this knowledge then why were you asking me about the wool pad? What would you recommend I do? Just curious. And once again, I DID use a wool pad on the ITR. Nissan/Infiniti is single stage huh? Pretty sure it has a clear coat since I just spent over 15 hours working on one... I was in no way or fashion trying to "humiliate" you by any means. But on another note, have you ever detailed a Honda and then a Corvette? You tell me there is no difference between hardness of clear coats. Looks like we both have something to learn, huh?

 

So I asked a question like I didn't know polishing?? Can you please direct me to that link???And I wasn't trying to ask why you would use a wool pad.I said it in that statement to see what your answer would be to that one, since you said to me once a wool pad is way to aggressive on that last thread.And Single stage is a clear coat with a pigment of color.And yes I did detail plenty off Hondas,and sorry no not a corvette however my buddy did one instead.What where the colors of the Honda and the corvette????

 

Once again, when did I tell you Wool was too aggressive? I used a wool pad on the ITR. It depends on the car. And to make things clear, the Infiniti was base coat/clear coat. Black Honda/Black Vette if you want to get specific..

Also, what polish/pad would you have used for the first cutting stage?

 

HELL OF A JOB ON THIS G35. HOPE U DID HIS HEADLIGHTS TOO AND THE LIPS OF HIS WHEELS CAUSE THEY NEEDED SOME LOVIN TOO..LOL
ALSO, WERE THOSE 22'S ON THAT CAR, THEY LOOK HUGE?...

 

Simply Amazing.