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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 10:30 PM
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Hey guys. I don't usually share pics of my details but i figured i would share this one just to show that even older not so exotic cars can benefit from some good elbow grease.... or at least a porter cable.

This Wrangler was picked up by a family member for hunting. It is a '93 model that needed a transmission, and clutch, and apparently a paint job. So while the tranny shop was getting parts together I pulled the jeep to my house to see if I could save the paint and save some coin.

I did clean the hell out of all exterior surfaces however i would not consider this a "detail" as i did not touch the interior nor the under-body. Scrubbing and dressing the wheel wells did not make sense seeing as though the jeep will be receiving some new shoes and thrown in the dirt.

Truck is washed and cleaned for picks:


prepped for buffing

this is a close up of the door before and after. after 2 passes with M105

someone at one point in time repainted the front end and did not attempt to blend into the stock paint



the hood was really sun damaged


and after 5 hours of buffing and dressing the molding



as you can see i was able to help blend new paint with factory



Now time to get some venison!!
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 10:41 PM
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Damn, looks brand new!
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 11:35 PM
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Nice work! WHat did you follow up the 105 with?

Def a huge improvement! Jeeps are such a pain with all the handles and trim and different things to work around.
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Nice work! WHat did you follow up the 105 with?

Def a huge improvement! Jeeps are such a pain with all the handles and trim and different things to work around.
I only used 105 on the factory paint. I cleaned it up with Wolf Gang product. The front end had some really soft aftermarket paint. I was able to polish it with one pass of SIP.

Steve at sfx hooked me up with the free sample so I was looking for an excuse to try it. I thought it worked pretty well actually. I will be calling him soon for a full bottle.
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Old Oct 29, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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very nice job.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by HTX
I only used 105 on the factory paint. I cleaned it up with Wolf Gang product. The front end had some really soft aftermarket paint. I was able to polish it with one pass of SIP.

Steve at sfx hooked me up with the free sample so I was looking for an excuse to try it. I thought it worked pretty well actually. I will be calling him soon for a full bottle.
Nice! Look into Menzerna Po85rd, finishes down verrrry nice and will clean up the haze/marring.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 07:45 PM
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Hol-e-chit! Lol that looks 200% better!!

I need to learn how to do this!!
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