Black Nissan 350z

[maesal]

Hello !!
This weekend I detailed an amazing 350z solid black. Some before pics:



Just medium swirls :





The hood, in carbon fiber, also had swirls:









The roof was in better shape:







After cleaning wheels and wheels wells. In the shade, the car looked amazing:







After claying, I started polishing the hood. I used Menzerna Final Finish PO85RE5 and blue Propel Advanced with my Metabo:



Is not easy taking 50/50 in carbon fiber:





I applied Collinite 845 to the hodd looking for the maximum protection:



Finished:



I polished the mirrors with Einszett Chrome and Metal Polish and Wolfgang applicator:



The surprise:



I decided in that point that I should remove the swirls but not trying to remove the random scratches. I used Propel pads and 3m Fast Cut Plus and Menzerna 85RE5. After that, I applied Prima Amigo and Zymöl Glasur.

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The results on the bumper:



The left wing:



50/50:



Right wing:







Nice hood:



Buffing with care in this small areas:



In this gif, the 1 shows the before and the 2 when I stopped the Metabo to show when I consider that the abrassives are broken down:



The rear right wing:

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Results:

















Some pics that the owner sent me yesterday:















Thanks for looking !!

[Radicalrev]

great work on a nice car!! btw is there be any special care for carbon fiber material?

[maesal]

Well, I polished the hood with a soft pad (blue Propel 2) and a finishing polish (Menzerna PE85RE5) via rotary and then I checked the state, wich was nice. This combo don't produce too much hot, and the finish was great and hologram free. I didn't put any pressure at all. It was the first time that I polished carbon fiber via rotary. A long time ago I polished carbon fiber in this Celica via PC:



and I also liked the results.

[RickRack]

Wow, fantastic job!

Love that last picture.

How do you like the Prima Amigo?

[maesal]

Thanks Rick !!
Prima Amigo is a nice product. Is a glaze with some cleaning abilities, some filling, nice finish and is very easy to apply and remove. As this clear coat was very soft, I wanted a product easy to remove because I don't wanted to incorporate marring to the paint.

[RickRack]

Thanks maesal.

Have you used any of the other Prima products? If so, how do you like them?

Did this car have factory paint, or is it a repaint?

I know the factory paint is very difficult to work with on these cars. Very soft.

[maesal]

Yes, I used Prima Cut and is nice, not my preferred but yes, is nice.
It had 2 repainted panels, but the painter did a great job, very low orange peel. Yes, is not the easiest clear coat to work with, but finishing with soft pad and a final finish produces a great finish alwasys and hologram free.

[Greg Nichols]

I really like the final shots! WOW

I was impressed with the photos switching between befores and afters, how did you create that effect?

GREg

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Originally Posted by Greg Nichols

I really like the final shots! WOW

I was impressed with the photos switching between befores and afters, how did you create that effect?

GREg

Comments much appreciated
Ok, I'll try to explain how I create this animated gifs. Sorry about my english
I have 2 pics, one from the before and another from the after. I open them in Photoshop (Elements, version 5, easier than CS2 and CS3 for this purpose) and I put the number 1 in the before pic and the number 2 in the after pic. In each pic, I combine the 2 layers, 1 layer is the original pic and the other is the number. After that, having both images opened in cascade, I drag the pic 2 over the 1. Then I go to file -> save for web and I press animate and I put 2 seconds in the retard.
Regards !!

[04LemansZ]

Nice work on the Z.

Random question, but I see you used a paint gauge...does polishing remove a lot of the clear coat, or is it very minimal?