another bad g35

[bryansbestwax]

This was the neighbour across the street from the house where I did the Corvette and previous black G35. He is also the neighbour to the G37 I did last year. It’s been a good neighourhood for me, I also have a Jaguar X-type coming up from another neighbour. The paint was in bad shape again, too many trips through the local whip and swirl car wash, and being an 05, its seen a lot of abuse. The owner wanted it to look better, not perfect so I played around a bit with polishes and compounds trying to get what I could get done in the time allotted.
Process
Washed with 2BM with ONR
Cleaned the wheels with Megs WB, then Magnificient, then Iron X
Clayed with Autowerkes exclusive blue clay
Compounded sections with Menz PG and Presta UCC
Polished with Menz PF
Switched from wool to foam, many times playing around with cuts
Sealed the car with Riccardo Ultra Depth Wax, very nice soft wax
Before pics










Trunk is going for a respray from my paint guy

Iron x working away



Checking in the sun for progress

Use to look like this, progress being made I would say

Under the lights

Fender was repainted, not even sure what they did here

Pillars looking crappy

Pillars looking not so crappy

[bryansbestwax]

Mirror looking crappy

And looking better

Outside again checking 50/50

Hood done


Trunk in bad shape

Bumper in really bad shape

50/50 of the water fall

Trunk fixed

Looking better, but nothing too extreme as it is going to get repainted again


Quarter panel looking rough

Looking better


Outside







Thanks for looking

[V1B]

great job

[celica73]

I'd love to get more detail with before and after shots. What tools/compounds being used (DA vs orbital, what pads, orange vs yellow, etc). Show an occasional spot where a finishing compound wasn't enough, then go through the steps to cut deeper and bring the gloss back. Show some spots that can't be fixed. I really don't want to cut through clearcoat to find out that the scratch/blemish was deeper than the clearcoat.

[Asterisked Accolade]

You sure had your work cut out for you. Man, black paint always seems to have swirls and blemishes. But you sure have a way with products and technique-- it looks beautiful.

[celica73]

Originally Posted by celica73

I'd love to get more detail with before and after shots. What tools/compounds being used (DA vs orbital, what pads, orange vs yellow, etc)...

Nevermind, I see you did cover a bunch of that at the start of the post. I was too busy looking at the pretty pictures.

[bryansbestwax]

Originally Posted by celica73

Nevermind, I see you did cover a bunch of that at the start of the post. I was too busy looking at the pretty pictures.

Hahaha. My picturing taking skills aren't great.

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