I had one of my clients call me out to see if I could help his pink Evo8. These cars come with single stage paint from the factory, and can easily fade out to pink if not properly maintained and protected.


When I arrived, I did a walk around to see what I had to work with. Overall the car was in good condition, and all that was really needed was a good paint correction. Let see what I had to work with!




It was early morning so the sun wasn't completely out yet, but you should be able to get an idea of its condition.











Pink quater panels











The motor had a lot of after market products on it, and I didn't want to take any chances on damaging anything on it, so I taped up the hood vent to prevent any water getting down into the engine bay.





after gearing up and getting my winter gear on, I began by foaming the car down with Ultra concentrated Dawn detergent to strip off any type protection or wax off of the paint.





The First foaming is left to dwell for a bit to let the dirt and grime break up and roll off the paint without damaging the surface.

Then I spray off all of that foam, rinsing away all of the heavy grime.



Then I give it another coat of foam for the hand washing stage, using a 100% sheep skin wash mitt to wash with.







Then the rinse



These wheels were cleaned with Chemical guys Diablo Wheel gel and various brushes.









Next the car was dried off and brought inside to be clayed and taped off.



I used the new Meguiars professional masking tape to tape up this car. I am a big fan of this tape because it tears nicely, sticks and releases real good and doesn't leave behind any residue. To me it is equivalent or better then the blue or green 3M painters tape.




Then the car was clay bared using blue fine clay by Claymagic with Wonder Shine as lubricant





For the correction process I used the Griots 6in DA with a Surbuff pad using M105 compound.

I started on the hood taping it down the middle for a nice 50/50 shot.



and here is the 50/50. Pretty dramatic difference huh?







Then I worked my way around the car from the driver side to passenger side.



here is the front door before.



here is a 50/50 of the front door.





And then the final on the door





Cutting stage complete, now for the polishing. I used the Griots, 6in DA with Lake country Tangerine polishing pad and M205 polish.





After polishing, the paint was sealed with Black fire Wet diamond using a LC blue finishing pad



I finished up that night and came back the next day for some outside pics, unfortunately there wasn't any sun out.






















Hope you enjoyed,

Thanks for Viewing, Have a blessed day!

 

wtffffff cars still come with single-stage paint?!? Dang I thought ALL cars had a clearcoat on them nowadays. Whatup wit dat, Mitusbishi??

But still, amazing work as always!

 

Prob to save like .0354 lbs

 

I was thinking around .0400 lbs, but I did round up, so you might be right?

 

Hahaha oh wow, look at the difference. Good job!

 

I would be pissed if I bought an Evo only to discover it had a 1970s paint application process.... Looks really good after you got done though!

 

Great job as usual guys. What was the turnaround time?

 

Awesome work

 

looks nice.

what does something like this cost?

 

that 50/50 shot on the hood is mind blowing

 

Look great!
Makes me want to get my ITR detailed. MY PY is sooooo faded. Where do you get your supplies I might try and recover my paint lol

 

you can click on the detailed image link in my sig

 

Great work, PandaMan. I've been hearing about the Surbuf pads and they seem to work well.

To everyone commenting on the single stage paint, ITR Phoenix Yellow is single stage, as well as Lexus Black Onyx, among others. There is nothing wrong with single stage paint. It can even be argued that it is easier to correct than base coat + clear coat.