30+hour Paint Correction on my New FRS - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

FiReStorm-86 · 03-17-2015, 12:43 AM

HI ALL! This is my first post. Might as well make it a good one.
First off my name is Rich. I am 28 years old and a professional detailer and paint correction specialist. I've been doing this for 8+ years.

I finally bought the car that I've been wanting to get since I heard it was coming out! I got a brand new 2013 Firestorm Red FRS! A local Toyota Dealership had it in the showroom since 2013! Just hit 500 miles! I got a great deal on it since it was the only one they had.

Anywho, This will be about a 30 hour+ paint correction from start to finish. I'll post pictures of my progress. After I'm done correcting the paint to perfection I will be applying 2 coats of CQuartz Finest Ceramic Coating! We'll start with before pictures!!!

This is when I first picked her up from the dealership!

Brought her into work the next morning. She looks so shiny!

Love the beautiful lines on this car..

After a very thorough wash and decontamination process. "Stripping the paint from its dealer applied glaze/wax"

Now you will start to see what I see. and its worse then I thought. The paint has been "neglected and abused" This is the hood. Lots of ugly scratches!

This is the passenger front fender with a "spot" wet sand mark. Look at those scratches!

After evaluating the cars exterior paint condition I am going to begin a "level 2" paint correction with compound and polish. I will update this thread with pictures as I go. Thanks for looking! I can't wait to make this cars paint perfect!

D_Thissen · 03-17-2015, 12:53 AM

Looking forward to this!

Mikeez · 03-17-2015, 01:24 AM

woah =p that's what I do after a winter

GVegas · 03-17-2015, 05:28 PM

Excited for details. I need to do this to my car.

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AlexBinJackson · 03-17-2015, 05:33 PM

Feel your pain the paint is terrible on these cars good luck wet sanding my car needs it too but doesn't bother me as much cause it's white

Turbo95eg6 · 03-17-2015, 06:02 PM

30 hours holy shitballs

continuecrushing · 03-17-2015, 06:29 PM

is this going to be kept in a sealed bag forever now?

But, dang! In for more pics!

White64Goat · 03-17-2015, 10:33 PM

A 2013 still on the dealer showroom? Holy Crap, do they like sell three cars a year or what?

FiReStorm-86 · 03-18-2015, 01:31 PM

Haha Yes. 30+ hours. This is my first brand new car. Going to take extremely good care of this car. I will post more pictures soon she's already looking much better!

FiReStorm-86 · 03-18-2015, 11:48 PM

Update!

Got some paint protection film installed on the front bumper. Went with Expel Ultimate Clear Film to protect from rock chips. Installed by Leo @ Protective Solutions.

She's starting to look a lot better! Got about 95% of the scratches out.

After the first step. Leveling/cutting the clear. Still has a bit of haze. don't worry. I still have to go over this with polish!

Points to the person who guesses the car in the back!

I will update this tomorrow night! Thanks for looking! and Stay tuned!!

FRSPhil · 03-19-2015, 12:24 AM

Mustang in the back?

bumppinKota · 03-19-2015, 12:56 AM

i am betting challenger

GVegas · 03-19-2015, 01:57 AM

Any info on products/tools used would be very helpful.

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abraxis · 03-19-2015, 10:34 AM

So did you not do any paint correction on areas that were PPF'd?

03-17-2015, 12:43 AM	#1
FiReStorm-86 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 FRS Location: Nashua,NH Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	30+hour Paint Correction on my New FRS HI ALL! This is my first post. Might as well make it a good one. First off my name is Rich. I am 28 years old and a professional detailer and paint correction specialist. I've been doing this for 8+ years. I finally bought the car that I've been wanting to get since I heard it was coming out! I got a brand new 2013 Firestorm Red FRS! A local Toyota Dealership had it in the showroom since 2013! Just hit 500 miles! I got a great deal on it since it was the only one they had. Anywho, This will be about a 30 hour+ paint correction from start to finish. I'll post pictures of my progress. After I'm done correcting the paint to perfection I will be applying 2 coats of CQuartz Finest Ceramic Coating! We'll start with before pictures!!! This is when I first picked her up from the dealership! Brought her into work the next morning. She looks so shiny! Love the beautiful lines on this car.. After a very thorough wash and decontamination process. "Stripping the paint from its dealer applied glaze/wax" Now you will start to see what I see. and its worse then I thought. The paint has been "neglected and abused" This is the hood. Lots of ugly scratches! This is the passenger front fender with a "spot" wet sand mark. Look at those scratches! After evaluating the cars exterior paint condition I am going to begin a "level 2" paint correction with compound and polish. I will update this thread with pictures as I go. Thanks for looking! I can't wait to make this cars paint perfect!

03-17-2015, 12:53 AM	#2
D_Thissen Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: '13 Argento FR-S (Sold) Location: Ontario Posts: 2,126 Thanks: 3,209 Thanked 1,439 Times in 855 Posts Mentioned: 19 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	Looking forward to this! __________________ My FR-S Build IG: dthissen

03-17-2015, 01:24 AM	#3
Mikeez Engineering Student Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: Scion FR-S 2015 Location: Montreal Posts: 628 Thanks: 18 Thanked 49 Times in 46 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	woah =p that's what I do after a winter __________________ There’s no time to stop for gas, we’re already late

03-17-2015, 06:02 PM	#6
Turbo95eg6 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: 2014 BRZ SWP LTD Location: The 503 Posts: 2,174 Thanks: 331 Thanked 2,266 Times in 858 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	30 hours holy shitballs __________________ Instagram: stimson

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FiReStorm-86 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 FRS Location: Nashua,NH Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Haha Yes. 30+ hours. This is my first brand new car. Going to take extremely good care of this car. I will post more pictures soon she's already looking much better!

03-18-2015, 11:48 PM	#10
FiReStorm-86 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2013 FRS Location: Nashua,NH Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Update! Got some paint protection film installed on the front bumper. Went with Expel Ultimate Clear Film to protect from rock chips. Installed by Leo @ Protective Solutions. She's starting to look a lot better! Got about 95% of the scratches out. After the first step. Leveling/cutting the clear. Still has a bit of haze. don't worry. I still have to go over this with polish! Points to the person who guesses the car in the back! I will update this tomorrow night! Thanks for looking! and Stay tuned!!

03-19-2015, 12:24 AM	#11
FRSPhil Nobody Epic Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: 2014 WRX SWP Location: West Virginia Posts: 168 Thanks: 31 Thanked 47 Times in 23 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mustang in the back?

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bumppinKota Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: FRS!!! Location: Colorado Posts: 202 Thanks: 262 Thanked 65 Times in 47 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	i am betting challenger

03-19-2015, 10:34 AM	#14
abraxis Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014 Drives: many Location: here Posts: 487 Thanks: 190 Thanked 279 Times in 152 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	So did you not do any paint correction on areas that were PPF'd?

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