Longtime project - Crappy Nissan S14

[Mortil]

Then lets see. this is a car thats stays in my garage over the winter, the owner was going to repaint it to the summer becaus the paint was all messed up so i told him i could try and fix it for him as i need to practice my wetsanding skills






I started using 2000grid wetsanding paper, lots of water!
then i polished the worst using a rotary and wollpad and 3M Fastcut PLUS




Then i used medium pads and Menzerna IP


closeup studdy :P


The wing and boot cover, much better
the owner didnt think it could be fixed without repaint

finished it up with an Ultrafine polish i dont have the name on



i will keep posting pictures when i do stuff on the car

some other facts :P the car has över 500 bhp on the rearweels a race clutch and lightweight parts allover it
verry fun car to drive. scares the hell out of people thats not ready for the kick it gets when you hit high boost :P

[dsms]

So far it looks like your doing a great job, you see the difference polishing makes dont you

Keep it up

[lt1_man]

Nice save was the work done with the flex?

Brandon

[Mortil]

Originally Posted by lt1_man

Nice save was the work done with the flex?

Brandon

yes. i used my Flex 602vr rotary and finished up with my Toptool

[superior_detail]

WOW, he's gonna be happy!!

[gonz0]

Looks great!!! I miss my old S14. The OEM paint went horrid rather quickly (clearcoat failure) as the 90's Nissan paints weren't too forgivable to miscare, good to see one that was salvageable without a repaint.

Here are some before and afters of mine from when I had it painted.









Ignore the buffer trails and halogramming, that is from the bodyshop that did the paint abusing rotaries and glaze.