Oakes - Detailed: 2006 Mitsubishi Evolution IX - Black Beauty

OakesDetail · 09-13-09, 11:22

I'll warn you now, there are quite a bit of pictures!

Yet another Evo has made it's way into my garage this month, this one needing just as much help as the others, but dare I say this is the best looking one I've worked on thus far. No offense to the other guys! This is a full exterior detail on another example of Mitsubishi's quality paint department, needless to say, this great looking Evo became even more so.

Process:
Menzerna PowerGloss - yellow - front end
Menzerna PowerFinish - Orange
Menzerna SuperFinish - Green
Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant - Blue

Vehicle as it arrived, did say he was bringing it dirty haha

Wheels Before

Wheels After

After a full wash/degrease and clay bar, once dry, inspected the paint under the spotlights to find similar paint damage as the previous Tarmac Black Evo with 609hp.

As you can see, the paint was in desperate need of correction. The following photos are some progress shots, 50/50s, like night and day.

Blackfire Wet Diamond paint sealant applied via LC Blue pads

OakesDetail · 09-13-09, 11:23

Some paint shots after the correction, spotlight pics followed by sunlight pics

Reflection shots, I took a little extra effort in the final pics this time around

Finished vehicle shots

Thank you for looking, hope you enjoyed the pictures! Please feel free to comment!

-Oakes

artikxscout · 09-14-09, 01:37

=] glosssssy! What a wonderful day to be detailing. What lens do you have on that camera?

bigjizzles · 09-14-09, 03:45

NICE!!!!
I am a big fan of Blackfire WDAFPP also!!! How do you like the sealant?

I thought those wheels were orginally bronze!!!

Thats Fresh · 09-14-09, 05:24

GLOSS! great job.

OakesDetail · 09-14-09, 01:10

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Originally Posted by artikxscout

=] glosssssy! What a wonderful day to be detailing. What lens do you have on that camera?

I forget specifically which one was on the camera, I believe it was the 200mm...I'll get back to you on this haha. It was gorgeous out!

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigjizzles

NICE!!!!
I am a big fan of Blackfire WDAFPP also!!! How do you like the sealant?

I thought those wheels were orginally bronze!!!

So did I actually, it was like taking off a car cover as I cleaned them haha. I actually LOVE this sealant, glad I got it.

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Originally Posted by Thats Fresh

GLOSS! great job.

Thanks! I apologized to the owner for accidentally turning his paint into a mirror, I reminded him it was black when it was dropped off

Hemin8r · 09-14-09, 01:37

Fantastic job on that car. That paint was in bad shape.

bufferbarry · 09-14-09, 05:36

was this a tuff detail for ya?

GottaGTP · 09-14-09, 06:45

Amazing work... What a difference.

Scottwax · 09-14-09, 07:45

Nice job, saw this on offtopic.com as well.

OakesDetail · 09-15-09, 02:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemin8r

Fantastic job on that car. That paint was in bad shape.

Thank you! It sure was

Quote:

Originally Posted by bufferbarry

was this a tuff detail for ya?

Since it's the...5th Evo I've done in the past month, it went a lot smoother. However all those angled body panels and creases make it much more fun

Quote:

Originally Posted by GottaGTP

Amazing work... What a difference.

Thank you!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Nice job, saw this on offtopic.com as well.

Thanks! Link? I bet Ryan/Seven posted it

TheMethod · 09-15-09, 09:09

That thing was a wreck, those wheels were beat. Great turnaround!