Eastern Members - Detailing: 2002 Chevy Camaro SS (Gangsta) - Black

What we have here is a 2002 Chevy Camaro Black on Black... Super well taken care of by the owner... But in our hands to bring back to 100% after a few mishaps by mother nature and car show goers.

This customer, Justin, is our kind of guy :thumb:. Car guy through and through :headbang:, hung out with us all day shooting the S about cars and even lending a hand. Not to mention just as particular about his car as we are about our own. He approached us asking to have is car brought back to 100% as he is starting to see swirls, had a mishap with mother nature in the middle of October last year (2ft of snow!!!) and a car show goer who can't read, let alone respect someone elses car :shakehead:.

Scott and I spent 18 man hours on this beast and we both have to say, this car is 99 out of 100 when it comes to the paint. We were able to address 99% of the areas Justin wanted taken care of and removed all the minor swirling in the paint. Car finished looking dripping wet with a reflection in low light that you could mistake for a mirror. Fantastic car to work on.


Thanks for the opportunity Justin and enjoy! Now on to the rest of the write up...



Materials:
Porter Cable 7424XP
CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
Dawn Dish soap
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna PO203
Menzerna 106FA
Menzerna 85RD
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing
Lexol Leather Cleaner and Conditioner
Mequier's NXT 2.0
Prima Slick
CG AG6 Tire Shine
CG Bare Bones
Mequier's Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Green
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad
Misc MF Towels
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape


Process

Exterior: CG Citrus Wash and Dawn Dish soap w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, PO203 w/ Orange (spot work), 106FA w/Green (1 long pass), 85RD w/Blue (low speed, low pressure0, IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (1hr set-up), Autoglym HD by hand, Prima Slick during delivery


Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG AG6 Tire Shine, Bare Bones for the wheel wells


Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, hard plastic Mequier’s natural finish wipe down, Leather Lexol. Preserve using Red Applicator pads.


Engine Compartment: Misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with CG Xtreme Shine

Delivery, car is already 85% of the way!!!

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Under the lights, let see what we have...

Typical light swirling with some RIDs... Yeah I think we can get rid of these NO SWEAT!



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In-process MISC Shots...

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Stand around long enough and we put you to work! :)

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Getting ready to see the sun :)

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FINAL SHOTS!

One of my favs...

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Thanks for viewing!

That thing was amazing to start with and you guys just made it better. Very nice job.

That thing was amazing to start with and you guys just made it better. Very nice job.

The owner is very particular about his car and was looking to get that little extra out of it. The car was in great shape to start and the owner knows how to take care of a black car. So the pressure was on a little to get it as perfect as possible. (Especially under his watchful eye :) )

We used a very mild compound to start, around 4000 grit, and finished up with a nano polish for an even more jeweled effect. It was worth it on this car. I think I only used an orange pad on a couple spots. Everything else was kid gloves.

From great to near perfect, I'll let the owner vouche if it was worth it. I think it was.

So what does this even have to do with ls1 stuff.??? Lol. You guys forgot to mention about the asshole owner. Hahaha. Great job guys on my car. Thank you again.

I could see justin getting upset on every flaw you guy's found.. LOL

Damn impressive. Representin' black pretty well!

I could see justin getting upset on every flaw you guy's found.. LOL

hahahah i wasnt that bad lol damn black car rarely gets driven yet its a full time job to keep up with it ....dan also didnt mention he got to pull it in and out of the garage hahah

hahahah i wasnt that bad lol damn black car rarely gets driven yet its a full time job to keep up with it ....dan also didnt mention he got to pull it in and out of the garage hahah

Hahaha

I tried to be nice and not mention the grease monkey stains. :)
Yup I drove Justin's 600rwhp pride and joy...Technically :)
Just firing it up behind the wheel and listening to the raw sound those D1's make is enough to make me want one.

Naw he was pretty good, although he got a little worried when we were talking about beer around 10AM, lol, hey it was hot out.

hahaha yah beer at 10 am doesnt do it for me...buy hey it was hot out and muggy ....three dudes in a muggy garage all day and our clothes stayed on lol

hahaha yah beer at 10 am doesnt do it for me...buy hey it was hot out and muggy ....three dudes in a muggy garage all day and our clothes stayed on lol

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Oh boy, now look what you done did.

Car looks great!
But I would scared to drive it after all that work. Haha

:eyes::poke::gay:

Oh boy, now look what you done did.

hahahhaha

Car looks great!
But I would scared to drive it after all that work. Haha

lol i took the backroads home

Wow awesome job. That paint looks so deep!

Car looks great. Way to make a 10 year old car look brand new.

Car looks great. Way to make a 10 year old car look brand new.

guys did a great job ...car was really clean to begin with and only has 20k on odometer ... i told them i should put on ebay haha

guys did a great job ...car was really clean to begin with and only has 20k on odometer ... i told them i should put on ebay haha

Yeah as mentioned before car looked great to begin with, but i mean if you go to some car dealerships, you can already tell cars arent really taken care of unless they are indoors which is rare. Yours came out looking brand new.

Great work! Think you could bring my 25 year old, (slightly rusty) paint back to new :D?

Nix

Can't wait to get my greasy hands back on that thing. Lot's of hand prints and do some donut's in the gravel parking lot.... WOOOO HOOOOO

Very nice job. Menzerna 85rd is my favorite. You do nice work.

Very nice job. Menzerna 85rd is my favorite. You do nice work.

Thank you. We don't use the 85rd often, but once and a while a car comes by that makes good use of it, its when you are trying to get that last 1-2% perfection.

We'll pick up a rotary soon enough and try to get even better results jeweling a car. But its a labor of love.

Great work! Think you could bring my 25 year old, (slightly rusty) paint back to new :D?

Nix

I'm sure we could do something, I'm taping the rust though, ha, can't work miracles :)

Can't wait to get my greasy hands back on that thing. Lot's of hand prints and do some donut's in the gravel parking lot.... WOOOO HOOOOO

Lean over those fenders good too and leave some tools on the paint. He'd love it :angel:

Wow great job guys as always..... and enjoy working on my big truck this weekend! :cheers:

Wow great job guys as always..... and enjoy working on my big truck this weekend! :cheers:

Thanks, your truck is gonna suck ass. :angel:

Thanks, your truck is gonna suck ass. :angel:

LOL you know it! Just remember... it's a "farm" truck.

Can't wait to get my greasy hands back on that thing. Lot's of hand prints and do some donut's in the gravel parking lot.... WOOOO HOOOOO

hahahahaah i would take you fishing the day after lol

Great job guys! Very impressive work

Looks nice

damn your car looks good justin. Good job guys looks amazing.