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    2012 Buick Regal GS. Owner contacted me about a detail and Opti-Coat a few months back when he first got the car, we were finally able to get together and get the paint taken care of. Overall it was pretty much swirl free with the exception of some buffer swirls on the driver`s door. A shopping cart hit it when the car was a couple days old, the dealership did the PDR and used a rotary to remove a paint transfer. Only other spot was some marring on the corner of the trunk lid.



    Driver`s door before:











    After:











    Rest of the car was like this even before polishing:







    After polishing and Opti-Coat:







    ONR wash, Opti-Raser mild to lightly clay (paint was already pretty smooth)

    Optimum Hyper Compound using a 5" Meguiars microfiber cutting disc and my Porter Cable 7424 XP on the driver`s door and trunk lid marring

    Optimum Hyper Polish using a 6" Optimum microfiber cutting pad and my PC

    ONR wash

    Optimum Coating (new name for the pro version) on the paint and wheels

    Armor All on tires/fenderwells



    Cloudy to hazy sunshine so the lighting was changing throughout the picture taking process. But it was over 70 again!









































    My car not looking too bad for not having been washed for a week...



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    CCH Auto Appearance, LLC C. Charles Hahn's Avatar
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    Nice! I still love the looks of the Regal GS.
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    Thanks!



    This one has a tune and rear resonators have been replaced with straight pipe. Something like 330-340 hp now. Makes a great sleeper.
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    Great work Scott!



    I love the GS, just feel they are a little overpriced. I actually looked at one last spring but ended up going with another Acura instead.

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    Nice work Scott! It`s not your grandmas car anymore!

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    Scott, looks really nice. Very racy for a Buick! I think you could de-badge that bad-boy and few would be able to ID it. I`m not sure I could. Are the wheels OE or aftermarket? I don`t recognize them at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RaskyR1
    Great work Scott!



    I love the GS, just feel they are a little overpriced. I actually looked at one last spring but ended up going with another Acura instead.


    Kind of surprised when he said it was $38 grand. But its really nice inside and pretty quick for a large car with a 4 cylinder. Of course running this one at 24 lbs of boost helps!



    Quote Originally Posted by maxepr1
    Nice work Scott! It`s not your grandmas car anymore!


    Seriously. I`d drive one.



    Quote Originally Posted by tom p.
    Scott, looks really nice. Very racy for a Buick! I think you could de-badge that bad-boy and few would be able to ID it. I`m not sure I could. Are the wheels OE or aftermarket? I don`t recognize them at all.


    I doubt many can ID it now. Love to see the looks on people`s faces when it pulls away from them.



    Not sure if the wheel are factory or not. Pretty nice looking, relatively easy to clean.
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    CCH Auto Appearance, LLC C. Charles Hahn's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scottwax
    Not sure if the wheel are factory or not. Pretty nice looking, relatively easy to clean.


    Yep, appearance wise it`s totally stock.
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    Quote Originally Posted by C. Charles Hahn
    Yep, appearance wise it`s totally stock.


    Yeah, its pretty sneaky of him!
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