While I was down in Nashville, I got a chance to clean up a VERY RARE 2000 Nissan Silvia SpecR. But this was no ordinary S15 Silvia SpecR (if there is one), This one was heavily modified putting down 615hp to the wheels. This car was featured in the Import Tuner Magazine a couple of months ago. you can read all about the modifications here.

2000 Nissan Silvia-Import Tuner- Brave New World

So this car is so fresh and mint that I didn't need a full correction. It was just scheduled to get a nice wash, clay, and a good coat of Black Fire Wet Diamond sealant.

Lets begin ..........


Here is the car before.....pretty clean I'm not gonna lie.















I began by pre-rinsing the car knocking off any heavy debris



The wheels had a burnt Titanium lip and polished front faces, the faces were pretty clean and didn't have much brake dust but the inside of the wheels were pretty dirty.

I used Sonax Full Effect on the wheels



With the Sonax wheel cleaner, It sprays on green and when the cleaner reacts to the iron particles fronm the break dust, it turns a dark red color. here you can see the clean faces not reacting but the inside barrels are red



After agitation





Next was the Foam bath. I like to strip off any previous waxes that were on the car. The reason for this is most Carnuaba Waxes naturally deteriorate lasting only 4-6 Weeks, but the synthetic polymer sealants last 4-6 Months(Depending on the environment) So Placing Sealants on top of carnuaba waxes will cause the sealant to only last as long as the wax. So It is a important step to get a good pure paint surface, for the sealant to optimally adhere to the paint so that it last as long as possible.



So when doing a Swirl free wash, there are extra steps that can be taken to help reduce the amount of surface marring to your paint.

such as a good clean wash mitt, grit gaurds in your buckets, and other methods( which we will discuss)

Grit guards set in the bottom of your bucket to help keep the mitt off the grit, and keep the grit at the bottom, but another thing it helps with is when you wash a panel and get dirt on the mitt, you can rub your mitt on the grit guard back n forth and it pulls the grit out of the mitt. This helps keep a clean mitt for the next panel.



Another Tip that will help reduce marring on the paint is washing the Top srufaces first and then rinsing the mitt in the Gritt Guard, and then washing the lower panels. Also fliping the mitt using a clean side then rinsing in GG often.

(washing the upper panels)



(Washing lower panels)




After the car was washed and dried (using a Microfiber towel) I clay bared the surface using Blue Fine grade clay bar. The Fine grade or Ultra Fine grade will not marr up the surface but pretty much anything more aggressive then that will require some polishing afterwards. I used a diluted amount of ONR (Optimum No Rinse wash) as clay lubricant.





Then the car was brought in next to his big brother for the sealant step.



One of my favorite sealants on the market is Black Fire Wet Diamond. It's ease of use, longevity of protection, and the best part is the feel that it leaves behind. It's slickness is known all around the world! makes paint feel like silk.





Once the BFWD was wiped off after about 20-30min of curing, the car was pulled out for final shots.





and this is just one that I played around with some editing




I hope you guys enjoyed. be blessed!

-Eric

 

GREAT JOB
u promised this in the r35 write up and you delivered!

where can i get a sample bottle of bfwd sealer?

 

Did enjoy, thanks for sharing

 

insane work...

 

amazing

 

sick work as always man keep it up.

 

dude... very nice.

 

I don't want to nit-pick or sound like a douche since you know what you're doing, but I always thought it's not a good idea to wash a car in sunlight.

A+ work though, makes me want to fully detail mine again, haha.

 

stupid question is the key to that car a snap on green screwdriver?

good write up killer job on a killer car!

 

damn i love me some s15 good job

 

whats this what about a green screwdriver? did you see it in the pics above? or do you think you know this car? or are you suggesting you would like to steal the car? confused


anyhoo, yes, very nice, glad to see some more of this car after the little background view in the r35 writeup. You know, if I had to choose I'd take this over the skyline in a SECOND!

 

looks a lot like the car a friend had out here in Va and it had a green snap on handle screwdriver as a key not trying to steal the car lol

 

I gotta agree with the bfwd. It's my favorite sealant. Wo ceding if you ever layered the sealant with coat of midnight sun? It has ways given me an insane shine on customers cars.

 

nice work

 

NYCE.

 

I'm guessing the Black Fire Wet Diamond sealant acts as the traditional wax?