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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 05:39 AM
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I do a good deal of detailing but rarely take pics... however...
A friend of mine who is a fellow detailer about an hour away enlisted my help this weekend - I took the weekend off to take a trip and the trip ended up being canceled so I was free - and he needed help to meet deadlines...

Anyways we did a 1999.5 Jetta and a EVO IX MR... I don't have the pics of the Jetta up yet... but here's the EVO...

I'll warn you now, there are quite a bit of pictures!

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Menzerna PowerGloss - yellow - front end
Menzerna PowerFinish - Orange
Menzerna SuperFinish - Green
Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant - Blue
Collinites Wax - Red

Vehicle as it arrived, did say he was bringing it dirty haha






Wheels Before




Wheels After




After a full wash/degrease and clay bar, once dry, inspected the paint under the spotlights to find similar paint damage as the previous Tarmac Black Evo with 609hp.









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As you can see, the paint was in desperate need of correction. The following photos are some progress shots, 50/50s, like night and day.









A quick shot of me in action - looking terrible I'll add



Blackfire Wet Diamond paint sealant applied via LC Blue pads



Some paint shots after the correction, spotlight pics followed by sunlight pics










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Reflection shots, I took a little extra effort in the final pics this time around
















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Reflection shots, I took a little extra effort in the final pics this time around
















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Finished vehicle shots











Please enjoy and comment! A lot of hard work went into this car
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 06:27 AM
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Looks a lot better. I'm starting to like these cars more and more
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 06:59 AM
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Thanks man... yeah I'm not an evo guy admittedly, but I respect em and that car ... the wheels MAKE it. Looks great with the Advans on it.
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Nice job.
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thing looks beautiful man. i wish i had the equipment, and place to start my own lil thing but i dont lol looks really good though good job
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Holy crap, how do people even let it get that bad lol. Nice job dude
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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damn how much do you charge for something like that my cars in desprate need of a detail and i live in ny
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Old Sep 19, 2009 | 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by raptorws6
Nice job.
Originally Posted by 1slo_camaro
thing looks beautiful man. i wish i had the equipment, and place to start my own lil thing but i dont lol looks really good though good job
Thanks guys
Originally Posted by 98 WS6
Holy crap, how do people even let it get that bad lol. Nice job dude
I think it was his DD and he let it get dirty rather than taking it thru a machine wash.
Originally Posted by therobman
damn how much do you charge for something like that my cars in desprate need of a detail and i live in ny
I'll send ya a PM
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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damn great job man! at a car wash/detailing type place how much would a job like that run roughly?
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bad ***.
what steps did u do in the detail?
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Old Oct 11, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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Great work!
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Wow, all that with a PC...that is pretty badass. I love the mud/slash flaps...seriously.
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Originally Posted by 01SOMSS!
bad ***.
what steps did u do in the detail?
I did all the steps, the help I had was doing one half of the car while I did the other half basically.
Originally Posted by ChevyChad
Great work!
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Wow, all that with a PC...that is pretty badass. I love the mud/slash flaps...seriously.
I like em too.
Thanks
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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wow amazing work man , thats an awesome evo, i love black and blue evo's. how much do you charge? i live in jersey 15 mins from philly would really love if you took a shot at my red 02 z some time after winter
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Looks awesome man . Its cool what u can bring back to live in a day
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