Hey everyone! It's been a while. I thought you would enjoy some close up paint shots, like you guys generally do.


This Trans Am was a victim of improper washing, drying, and waxing. When it rolled up, the car looked pretty great - definitely did not have a very deep depth of shine, but could hold it's own considering it's age. While washing it, a simple touch to the paint proved that it could definitely use a clay bar treatment. Once it was under the lights, it revealed that the vertical surfaces had quite minor swirls, I had a bit of trouble taking pics in some spots up against the LPM paint. The horizontal surfaces, however, were not so lucky. There were moderate swirls and a bunch of RIDS. Later on, the owner admitted to using a cheap applicator pad while pushing down a bit too hard on the horizontal surfaces.

Onto the business.

After a few test spots, I decided to use my porter cable 7424 with an orange pad and M105 on the horizontal surfaces that needed a bit more cut. The rest of the car was done with Menzerna SIP on an orange pad.




I only have a couple before pics. In the first you can see the minor swirling around the light. It's a bit hard to see with the color and the metallic flakes up close. In the second photo, the swirling on the hatch was equal in severity to those on the hood and upper fenders/doors/quarters.








After correction:













After LSP





















I'm very happy with how it came out. They couldn't believe how shiny this color could actually be! Overall, a very enjoyable car to work on, as always.

Thanks for looking, happy holidays everyone!

 

Nice!! its not often you see that color shine that well

 

I did a full paint correction on my Pewter 02 WS6 a few years ago and it turned out just like that. Good stuff. Love seeing a clean Pewter TA.

 

Thanks fellas!

 

Looks damn good man, I love doing paint correction, especially on vehicles with minor paint defects, light swirls, dull clear coat, and you make it look absolutely wicked looking, deep, wet looking paint that looks gorgeous in every angle of the sun

 

Just out of curiosity, why is that TA a hybrid?

 

VERY nice job

 

Great results. I really need to pick up the materials to do this on my vehicles.

I think its supposed to be an ironic badge.

 

Nice! I'm going to try and get mine done next week when I have some vacation time.

 

That is exactly why I enjoyed doing this car so much - most F-Bodies in general I enjoy doing, unless someone really beat up the finish.

Droptop is correct, it's just a joke lol.

Thank you!

Thanks! I wish I posted this earlier, AutoGeek just had a huge sale over the weekend.

Make sure you take some pics!