Detailer's Domain: 12 Lexus GS350 FSport - New Car Prep with Wolf's Hard Body
 

Subject: 12 Lexus GS350 F Sport
Requirement: New Car Prep -- > Remove all imperfections caused by dealer prep and ready the car for Wolf's Hard Body
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Auto Finesse Iron Out
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish
- Last step - Wolf's Hard Body
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Wolf's Hard Body
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam's Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Prep: Pre Soak, Decon, Autoscrub, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells
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Wheels were cleaned up
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After the prep this is what we found on the paint
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Masking the car prior to correction
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Various 50/50 shots
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The rear bumper was in bad shape
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50/50 shot of the rear bumper - lots of progress
Under a halogen
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Under an LED
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Dan buffing off polish to find a mirror shine
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After Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish we were able to achieve some nice results
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After Wolf's Hard Body
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WOW. What a difference! Out of curiosity, how much did that cost?

Also, would you recommend Wolf's Hard Body? I'm leaning toward getting that done.

Thanks and fantastic job on the detail!

thanks! you can pm me for pricing if you like.

as for wolf's its a great product but what are you comparing it to? :thumbsup:

Looks great! It's amazing that it can't be nice on delivery from the dealer.

Looks great....but where did you find the green trees and nice weather in NY? LOL

thanks guys

wherever that car was bought from... i'd never buy anything from them. Swirls are to be expected but if my brand new car looked like that i would refuse to take it. Good job fixing it up though :)

Whoa car looks amazing! great work! Crazy how scratched up the car was

thanks guys, I appreciate it, you should have seen some of the "new" cars we have done before.

take a look at this one we did last year.

Ferrari 458 - 40 hours to fix this new car.