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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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Default Lexus GS400: From Rags to Riches

This poor car was a recently acquired by a moderator of a local import forum I advertise on. He said it needed a lot of work. He was right.

Lucky for me it was easy to work with, offering little resistance, but still took a while to bring back to life due to the condition it was in. I'll let the pics do the talking.

I got some pretty good reviews on my local forum, so I thought I'd post it here as well.

BEFORE PICS

I didn't take any pictures until after it was washed because it had a lot of road grime from all the rain we have had lately.


Nuff said.






























One good shot after compounding and first polish:


AFTER PICS



















Some very minor swirling was still present, you can see the remains of a few acid spots, but these are very honest results from a car that was in desperate need of attention.


























Thanks for checking it out everyone!
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Very nice job. I would love to have one of those as a daily driver...
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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MAN BUMP IF YOUR EVER IN CALI LMK I NEED A FEW CARS THAT NEED ATTENTION LOL
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Old Jul 19, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Your work is awesome, where did you pick up your skills?
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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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awesome work!
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Old Jul 21, 2010 | 08:57 PM
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Did you use a buffer for the swirl marks?
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 12:52 PM
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Thats beautiful looking
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Old Jul 22, 2010 | 02:46 PM
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very nice!!! when your in the south florida area do contact me, id love to get my car done from you
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 01:58 PM
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Came out pretty F-ing glossy!!!
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