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Old 03-03-09, 08:00   #1 (permalink)
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1997 meets bufferbarry!! Got Swirls??
This jetta was a crazyhorse for me! i'll tell ya this one had about everything wrong with it.

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decontamination consided of mequiars apc, mequiars wheel brightner, claymore aggressive clay, dawn.

Sanded various panels including Upper deck lid, roof, hood, Left front door, Both fenders and right rear quater! all were block sanded with 3m 1500 grit!

The compounding and polish i used m105 with white 2inch scheilgal wool, then m105 with yellow meg. foam solo pad, both with rotary. i followed with m205 via rotary and black meg. solo finishing pad.

the wax wolfgang fuzion times 2

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Here are a few sanding shot!







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here are some after m205 and wolfgang fuzion *2































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OK now for some final shots!!! sorry about no sun shots but it was getting towards the end of night!!!












Sorry for not much of a write i have been really busy but i wanted to get this one in! i feel i had an amazing transformation with this one!!! thanks for looking any ?'s ill reply!! thanks guys for all your insperation with your posts!! god bless!
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HUGE improvement. Looks like a different car. I bet the owner was floored.
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thanks david! this one took me almost 30 hours! that was a first for me!! the owner was very delighted!!!
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Amazing job!
 
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how much time invested?

lol nevermind, you posted while I was looking...

AMAZING TURN AROUND!!!!
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HUGE improvement. Looks like a different car. I bet the owner was floored.
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That was some nasty stuff. If that's the original owner, they should avoid purchasing a black car next time around.
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Holy bajeebus that was in rough shape! Nice turn around Barry!
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You do great work.
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