Detail: TT 1998 Camaro SS
01-24-2011, 09:38 AM
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Detail: TT 1998 Camaro SS Well, finally got around to being able to finish Mcpherson’s car. We had a few setbacks coupled along with bad weather but we finally got a break this weekend.
Cleaning:
- Washed the entire car including door jams twice using two bucket method, grit guards & Meguiars hyper wash.
- Entire car was clay barred using clay magic (blue) including the windows to remove over spray (using the red aggressive clay from Meguiars).
- APC 4:1 used on wheel wells and inner wheel barrels.
- APC 10:1 used on dash, interior pieces, and seats.
- Interior vacuumed.
- Windows treated with Stoners Crystal Clear.
Correction/Buffing:
- Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound using Orange LCC pad.
- Meguiars M205 Ultra Finishing Polish using Black LCC pad.
- Show Room FX Blazin Maize using LCC blue jewelling pad.
- Show Room FX Carnauba Crystal Black Wax using LCC blue jewelling pad.
- Some panels required the combination of M105 using the Purple Hybrid foamed wool LCC pad.
Dressing:
- Tires and trim dressed with Showroom FX white pearl dressing.
- Wheel wells dressed with Meguiars Natural Finish (matte)
Getting started. You can see the thick layer of dust that is covering the entire car:
Pretty much the entire car looked like this:
SS wing removed to clean and correct underneath it along with the perches:
Deck lid corrected:
Another shot:
Deck lid good to go. Wing ready for reinstall:
Dust, it's inevitable with black:
The weather was overcast yesterday so I was only able to get shots with my sun gun. 98% of the car is swirl free when checked on the previous day:
SS wing:
441 LSX twin 70 mm turbos:
RAW HP:
Total time spent: Roughly 18 hours and it needed every minute of it. This is normally how the car stays but since being down for two years, it got a little abused. It usually gets washed/waxed every quarter.
Thanks for checking it out.
Cleaning:
- Washed the entire car including door jams twice using two bucket method, grit guards & Meguiars hyper wash.
- Entire car was clay barred using clay magic (blue) including the windows to remove over spray (using the red aggressive clay from Meguiars).
- APC 4:1 used on wheel wells and inner wheel barrels.
- APC 10:1 used on dash, interior pieces, and seats.
- Interior vacuumed.
- Windows treated with Stoners Crystal Clear.
Correction/Buffing:
- Meguiars M105 Ultra Cut Compound using Orange LCC pad.
- Meguiars M205 Ultra Finishing Polish using Black LCC pad.
- Show Room FX Blazin Maize using LCC blue jewelling pad.
- Show Room FX Carnauba Crystal Black Wax using LCC blue jewelling pad.
- Some panels required the combination of M105 using the Purple Hybrid foamed wool LCC pad.
Dressing:
- Tires and trim dressed with Showroom FX white pearl dressing.
- Wheel wells dressed with Meguiars Natural Finish (matte)
Getting started. You can see the thick layer of dust that is covering the entire car:
Pretty much the entire car looked like this:
SS wing removed to clean and correct underneath it along with the perches:
Deck lid corrected:
Another shot:
Deck lid good to go. Wing ready for reinstall:
Dust, it's inevitable with black:
The weather was overcast yesterday so I was only able to get shots with my sun gun. 98% of the car is swirl free when checked on the previous day:
SS wing:
441 LSX twin 70 mm turbos:
RAW HP:
Total time spent: Roughly 18 hours and it needed every minute of it. This is normally how the car stays but since being down for two years, it got a little abused. It usually gets washed/waxed every quarter.
Thanks for checking it out.
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01-24-2011, 10:30 AM
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Nice work, as usual!! 
You might also post how long it took. I have guys all the time that think I can "fix" the swirls/micro scratches with a basic 3-4 hour detail.
You might also post how long it took. I have guys all the time that think I can "fix" the swirls/micro scratches with a basic 3-4 hour detail. Trending Topics
01-24-2011, 11:59 AM
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if someone owns a car with that much money put into it, how in the hell do they allow it too look like that lol????
nice work man. did you get to drive it afterwords?
nice work man. did you get to drive it afterwords?
01-24-2011, 12:01 PM
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With it sitting in a shop for over two years. There really isn't a point to have me come do it. Would it be in better shape periodically? Probably so.
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