Eastern Members - Detailing (01 CamaroSS SLP)

Finally starting back up for the summer with my friend and got a nicely kept 2001 Chevy Camaro to kick it off right!


This is a 2nd owner LOW mileage car <30k miles. It has been looked after for the 10+yrs it has been around but overall the car was in decent shape and the black hid it’s imperfections pretty well until it got under the lights, then it screamed "I needed lots of love."


After a long 24man hours the outcome is a 9.5/10, there were a couple of deep scratches we could not get out (time to consider adding wet sanding to the arsenal!), besides those few items we were beyond pleased with the results, car looks soaking wet when there isn’t a drop of water to be seen :nod:


Sorry no pics in the day light now it was LATE when we finished up :( ! Owner stayed with us the WHOLE time and lent a hand at the end. Thanks for sticking with us Taylor! Hopefully we will have some outdoor pics at the end of the week from our local F-body dyno day.


Enough of that on to the detail, Oh and I hope you enjoy!!!


Materials:
CG Maxi Suds II
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna S34A
Menzerna PO203
Menzerna 106FA
Prima Amigo
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
NXT2 Liquid Wax
Prima Slick
CG Xtreme Shine
CG Bare Bones
No. 7 Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Green
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Uber 3” Orange
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Swissvax interior brushes
Uber UFO Red Applicator Pads
Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad
Misc MF Towels
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape


Process
Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Maxi Sud II Foaming with Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, S34A w/orange on the DEEP stuff, PO203 w/ Orange (1 passes), 106FA w/Green (1 pass), IPA wipe down, Prima Amigo w/ Blue (1 pass, really made it POP!),Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Autoglym HD, Prima Slick wipe down to cut the static.


Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine


Engine Compartment: Adam’s APC, misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with Xtreme Shine




Onto the Pics!


Delivery walk around
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6090.jpg


Couple of noticeable scuffs and scratches
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6091.jpg
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Engine bay
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6098.jpg
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Under the lights setting up for a 50/50
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6100.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6103.jpg


AND the result for the test spot.......
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6119.jpg


Alright process selected onto more before pics
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6104.jpg
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Water etching on the T-Tops...
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6114.jpg
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6118.jpg


Hard to see but there is an uber deep scratch that runs the length of the passenger side of the car. Car looked to have had a key dragged on it :(... 90% out when we finished
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6129.jpg


After....
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6134.jpg


More..
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6141.jpg
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Enough of that... How about some highlights...
Before:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6093.jpg
After: (don't mind the dust cleaned that out after :\ )
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6167.jpg


Before:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6095.jpg
After: Almost all the way out
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6168.jpg


Before:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6140.jpg
After:
http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6153.jpg

Finally the final shots!
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nice!!!

looking good! what's up with the left exhaust tip?

That looks great! my Firebirds paint is very similar to how this one used to be.

looking good! what's up with the left exhaust tip?

Thanks

You know on my car the left side hangs a tiny bit low too. I remember bending the hanger a little to get a more even look. What you gonna do, the left side always hangs a bit lower :swing:

Thanks

You know on my car the left side hangs a tiny bit low too. I remember bending the hanger a little to get a more even look. What you gonna do, the left side always hangs a bit lower :swing:

Tell him to tie up the hanger with a zip tie. Thats what I did with mine and its pretty even now.

Car looks great though

Another great job guys! :chug:

Thanks

You know on my car the left side hangs a tiny bit low too. I remember bending the hanger a little to get a more even look. What you gonna do, the left side always hangs a bit lower :swing:

I hate it when one nut hangs lower than the other :judge:

looks good, great job

Looks amazing...almost like a new paint job.

If your willing to share, what can i do with the heavy water spots? Hard water/acid rain? All of the t-tops/hatch/side windows of my car. Have tried very fine grade steel wool with some cleaner and didn't even touch it.

Looks good. Just got done doing my truck last weekend, 35 hours later it was finished... bs machine helped a bunch, he has to get some pictures of it.

Id like to thank Dan and Scott for all there hard work, car really came out nice. Yeah i have noticed one exhaust exhaust tip is hanging a little bit lower, ill have to mess with it. Again car came out amazing and these guys are very professional, will get it detailed by them again down the road if needed. :cheers:

That paint seems to have little or no orange peel, unless it doesn't show in the pics.

thats professional grade work imo. i mean that car looked rough and you probably increased that cars value considerably with your attention to detail.


id let you hook up my SS and pay shop rates it looks that good!

came out great. Where do i sign up!

looks mint

nicely done gentle men. i wish i had the time to detail my car.

Thanks for all the Awesome compliments guys :usa:

Thanks again Taylor, I know I mentioned it but its guys like you that make it all worth it in the end, thanks!

Yes most of the car had little orange peel when done. I am pretty confident that the car has had correction done to it before as we noticed a few detailing "mistakes" before we started presumably with a rotary, after our pass it leveled out most of what was left with the orange peel on the hood/fenders. This car I would do a few more times without thought but much more I'd get the paint metered 1st.

stevo92z28, for water spots we used S34A w/orange on a porter cable. You could use any aggressive compound though (like meg 105), glass is tough you won't hurt it. We were short on time with this car and I didn't get all the edges of the glass like I wanted too, poor guy was with us for 12hrs, we can touch up the rest later, but yes the process knocks out the etching completely. This car had very bad water spot etching to start.

Looks great Danno.

There are times a D/A a good choice and sometimes a Rotary is a better one. I have gotten some time with the rotary and like it tons, it does amazing work quickly. I recently got my hands on a Porter Cable D/A and had another wonderful exp with final de-swirling and jeweling the clear coat to a brilliant finish.

This car look awesome and the quality is in the work. I do look fwd to finally starting to post some project pics. I will have to PM you questions on taking photos. I see what your doing but just a few so I can show the results.

That paint seems to have little or no orange peel, unless it doesn't show in the pics.

Hey Alex, this is what I see. The car looks amazing and from 5-10 feet away you can't honestly tell. You need to reference something and the one pic that showed me, if anything.

http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k522/RP_Detailing/2001%20Chevy%20Camaro%20SS/IMG_6180.jpg

Using the reflection and the line in the fender you can see the bumpy texture. To be honest, very few factory paint jobs have enough clear coat to allow for all orange peel removal. If you measured and the whole car had enough depth you could wet sand, wool pad/rotary buff, and step down eventually to the D/A you will have a flawless finish but the main question is, whether you have enough to work with. The D/A on average takes the least amt of material away, so given enough time all the work can be done on a D/A the question is whether you want to spend that time on it.

Every situation is different.

Just my opinion, I just love Danno's work.

all my f-bodys had the same exhaust pipe hang a little... from my 87 to my 00 dunno, i just left it.

car looks beautiful! great job! i do detailing myself and that im sure was some ass busting work, black cars look good but hard to keep them looking good.

WOW! Looks great. Interested in doing a Black TBSS?

Thanks BSM, this is why we post up, love getting feedback and sharing tips/results.

I know one black 4th gen camaro on here with almost no orange peel as well that another shop worked on, looked awesome. I just hate removing so much clear on a car that is driven, sometimes less is more and thats the approach we take unless we are chasing bigger imperfections. Once you start removing .5+ mil of clearcoat now you are appraoching UV paint degradation. I would not go for full wetsand or aggressive compound orange peel removal without a paint meter. As a hobbiest I don't have the $ for a meter than can do metal and synthetics, so we play it safer.

04qsgtoMA, always interested. being a weekend hobby be forwarned that we can only do so many cars a year and keep our wives happy still, ha.

Thanks BSM, this is why we post up, love getting feedback and sharing tips/results.

I know one black 4th gen camaro on here with almost no orange peel as well that another shop worked on, looked awesome. I just hate removing so much clear on a car that is driven, sometimes less is more and thats the approach we take unless we are chasing bigger imperfections. Once you start removing .5+ mil of clearcoat now you are appraoching UV paint degradation. I would not go for full wetsand or aggressive compound orange peel removal without a paint meter. As a hobbiest I don't have the $ for a meter than can do metal and synthetics, so we play it safer.

04qsgtoMA, always interested. being a weekend hobby be forwarned that we can only do so many cars a year and keep our wives happy still, ha.

Believe me I understand. ;) Shoot me a PM with some details and pricing if you dont mind when you have a chance. Or we can chat at Don's on saturday. I will be there in the silver GTO

Believe me I understand. ;) Shoot me a PM with some details and pricing if you dont mind when you have a chance. Or we can chat at Don's on saturday. I will be there in the silver GTO


I'll be at Don's.

Ok I do see the orange peel in that pic. As mentioned almost all cars have it, and it's a lot of work to remove, not to mention risking making the clear too thin.

Ok I do see the orange peel in that pic. As mentioned almost all cars have it, and it's a lot of work to remove, not to mention risking making the clear too thin.

Yea, that pretty much any factory car, the ones that you can do that to are the ones where you put too much clear on it knowing you will buff it down.

*Side note, If your looking to get your car cut, let me know Alex. :chug: