2009 Nissan GTR, aka Godzilla. First one in Dallas, according to the owner. April 08 build date, so it is defintely an early GTR.
Before, but after ONR and Opti-Clay:
I started with
Meguiars #205 and a yellow
Meguiars polishing pad with my Dewalt rotary but as expected, the typically hard Nissan paint laughed at #205. Bumped up to #105, also using a yellow
Meguiars polishing pad at 1000-1200 rpms. Some areas needed 2-3 polishing sessions-the hood and C-pillars were especially tough.
This is after #105 only, you can see some light holograms in the 2nd picture.
I then followed with #205/yellow at 1200-1600 rpms, finishing under light pressure at 1000 rpms.
This is the car after doing the hood and passenger side with the above steps:
I then turned the car around so the driver's side was in the sun. I decided to try something different to see how the KB method compares to the rotary on the same car, so as to have a direct comparison.
Trunk lid before:
KB method using my
G110,
Meguiars burgandy cutting pad well primed with
Meguiars #105. Took 2 polishing sessions to cut the swirls out. You can see some light hazing in the paint.
I then followed with #205 using my rotary, same speeds/pad as I used on the passenger side:
Overall, the results were pretty similar in terms of cut. KB method was a slight time saver because after going over a section with the
G110, I could just pick up my rotary and buzz out the light hazing. Going all rotary, I have to change and recenter the pads each section. The KB method was also a bit easier on the curvier sections of the car where the shape of the car wants to pull the rotary around a bit.
After #105/rotary (passenger side) and #105/KB method (driver's side) and #205/rotary the whole car, I then switched to a black waffle finishing pad (American Buffing makes it, not sure who they sell it through) and went over the whole car again with #205 at 1000 rpms.
I then followed with 3M Ultrafina using a blue Ultrafina pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms. I knew by the time I finished this step I'd be in the shadow of the house, so that's why the pictures after the 2nd #205 step.
I finished the car off with Carnauba Moose.
Engine was pretty clean, just wiped it down along with the engine bay.
I cleaned the interior the week before. Good thing I did, I would never have finished the car today if I hadn't. Helpful hint: If you have a GTR to detail that has anything more than light to moderate swirls, plan two full days to detail the car.
Anyway, I used Woolite/water at a 20:1 dilution on the vinyl and leather and a 32:1 dilution of BioKleen's Traffic Lane Cleaner on the carpets and cloth portions of the seats. Vinyl dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus, leather with Leather Master's Leather Vital. I did have to vacuum the car since it had been driven since I was out last week.
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