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never gone · 06-28-09, 08:53

So I have always loved this Z and how aggressive it is, especially after the new wheels and for how SLAMMED it is. The one thing always hurting it was how incredibly swirled the paint was. That much swirling really takes away from the look of a car. You can have an absolutley amazing car but if it's swirled up really bad, it just takes away from the car. So with HIN coming up, Neil and I were FINALLY able to set up a time to bet this beast taken care of!

I'd like to send a huge thanks to Chris for helping some with this detail. Chris had seen the last Z I did and offered up some help if I ever needed it and with the baby here and all, I hate spending ALL weekend doing cars. So I saw some pics Chris had posted here and liked his work too and asked if he'd lend a hand and he did. So later in the day on Friday he came over and polished part of the car and then I polished the rest on Saturday. Here's the basic process....

Washed her up with Megs Gold class
Wheels were cleaned with Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner Plus
Clayed the car with Meguiars clay
polished car with Menzerna SIP, 106FF, and Meguiars M105
1 Layer of Danase Wet Glaze
Sealed the car with Ultima Paint Guard Plus
Waxed car with P21S
Wiped car down with Zaino Z-8

Engine was cleaned with Megs All Purpose Cleaner and CD2 Engine Detailer

Tires were finished off with Zaino Z-16
Spokes on wheels were done with Wheel Wax and wheels were polished with Meguiar’s NXT All Metal Polish.

So here's the pics!

Here's a pic of the carbon fiber hood. Notice how the sun reflecting is more of a blob than a crisp reflection?

Polishing the hood wasn't easy because you couldn't use a lot of pressure or you'd crack it. Here it is after polishing, you can see how the suns reflection is much more crisp and pin pointed.

Here's a half & half shot. Top half not polished, bottom polished

Here's the hatch before...ouch!

and after

Here's some half and half shots

Here's the passanger side hatch before...more ouch

the after is BUTTER!!

Front fender before

Front fender after

Rear bumper before

Rear bumper after!!!

Exhaust before

Exhaust after

Here's a pic of part of the carbon fiber front lip. Notice again how the reflection is more of a blob opposed to a crisp reflection.

Here it is after. We couldn't believe how all the carbon fiber totally came back to life after being polished.

another carbon part before

and after

Here is the engine before. It wasn't really bad. I just gave everything a good scrubbing, polished the carbon fiber pieces, waxed the intake and polished the strut bar with mothers metal polish.

Engine after

Front Wheels before

Wheel after

Rear wheel before

After

Ok, here are the final car shots.

So there you have it. Thanks for looking and thanks again to Chris for lending a hand!!!!

06-28-09, 08:53	#1 (permalink)
never gone Registered User never gone is offline Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 377	Clean Edge Detailed another black 350Z So I have always loved this Z and how aggressive it is, especially after the new wheels and for how SLAMMED it is. The one thing always hurting it was how incredibly swirled the paint was. That much swirling really takes away from the look of a car. You can have an absolutley amazing car but if it's swirled up really bad, it just takes away from the car. So with HIN coming up, Neil and I were FINALLY able to set up a time to bet this beast taken care of! I'd like to send a huge thanks to Chris for helping some with this detail. Chris had seen the last Z I did and offered up some help if I ever needed it and with the baby here and all, I hate spending ALL weekend doing cars. So I saw some pics Chris had posted here and liked his work too and asked if he'd lend a hand and he did. So later in the day on Friday he came over and polished part of the car and then I polished the rest on Saturday. Here's the basic process.... Washed her up with Megs Gold class Wheels were cleaned with Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner Plus Clayed the car with Meguiars clay polished car with Menzerna SIP, 106FF, and Meguiars M105 1 Layer of Danase Wet Glaze Sealed the car with Ultima Paint Guard Plus Waxed car with P21S Wiped car down with Zaino Z-8 Engine was cleaned with Megs All Purpose Cleaner and CD2 Engine Detailer Tires were finished off with Zaino Z-16 Spokes on wheels were done with Wheel Wax and wheels were polished with Meguiar’s NXT All Metal Polish. So here's the pics! Here's a pic of the carbon fiber hood. Notice how the sun reflecting is more of a blob than a crisp reflection? Polishing the hood wasn't easy because you couldn't use a lot of pressure or you'd crack it. Here it is after polishing, you can see how the suns reflection is much more crisp and pin pointed. Here's a half & half shot. Top half not polished, bottom polished Here's the hatch before...ouch! and after Here's some half and half shots Here's the passanger side hatch before...more ouch the after is BUTTER!! Front fender before Front fender after Rear bumper before Rear bumper after!!! Exhaust before Exhaust after Here's a pic of part of the carbon fiber front lip. Notice again how the reflection is more of a blob opposed to a crisp reflection. Here it is after. We couldn't believe how all the carbon fiber totally came back to life after being polished. another carbon part before and after Here is the engine before. It wasn't really bad. I just gave everything a good scrubbing, polished the carbon fiber pieces, waxed the intake and polished the strut bar with mothers metal polish. Engine after Front Wheels before Wheel after Rear wheel before After Ok, here are the final car shots. So there you have it. Thanks for looking and thanks again to Chris for lending a hand!!!!