Black TA - 600 rwhp

[ZaneO]

The owner is trying to sell this TA, so he wanted it cleaned up before hand. It is a 2001 Ram Air Trans Am with heads/cam/nitrous making in the neighborhood of 600 rwhp.



It was in desperate need of some attention. The paint was pretty heavily swirled and very gritty. *Lots* of stuff on the claybar. It didn`t turn out quite as well as I hoped, but I was working on a very tight schedule...still not too bad though. It was so cold when I started that sheets of ice were forming on the spoiler.



The lighting wasn`t the best, so the pictures aren`t my best.



Engine:

Optimum APC agitated with Meguiar`s spoke brush

Armor All Tire Foam

Final Wipedown



Exterior:

Optimum APC wheels & wells

Eagle One A2Z on tires

Meguiar`s NXT wash

Zaino Z18 claybar w/ NXT soap lube

Poorboy`s SSR 2.5 via light cut pad

Klasse AIO via polishing pad

Zaino Z2 Pro

Zaino Z8

Armor All Tire Foam in wells

Meguiar`s Natural Shine on tires



Before:



http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00698small.jpg



After:



http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00713small.jpg



http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00707small.jpg



http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00721small.jpg



Thanks for looking.



Question/Comments?

[WSUcommuter]

Did the owner change his or her mind about selling?



Nice work!



:2thumbs:

[ZaneO]

Nope, he`s looking for a C5 Vette.



Thanks!

[Mitchubishievo]

GORGEOUS! I dunno why you said it didn`t come out to your liking...looks damn good to me.

[lbls1]

Very good result!!! Looks like its worth keeping!

[ScubaStevo]

GORGEOUS! I dunno why you said it didn`t come out to your liking...looks damn good to me.



By the looks of things in this picture, http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00707small.jpg



There are still some swirls in the paint. Time is a bad factor when it comes to detailing. :sadpace:

[Scottwax]

Time is a bad factor when it comes to detailing. :sadpace:



:werd: I hate having time limits or $$$ limits. I have a feeling Zane feels the same way too.



Given the limited # of steps and time, I think the car turned out terrific! :woot2:

[Spilchy]

By the looks of things in this picture, There are still some swirls in the paint.



Where? I`m not doubting that some remain. But given that direct sunlight, smaller than a pea, only hits the rear by the tail light from 10 feet away, how can you tell?



Circle the swirls that you see.



Awesome work Zane.

[tensors22288]

Where? I`m not doubting that some remain. But given that direct sunlight, smaller than a pea, only hits the rear by the tail light from 10 feet away, how can you tell?



Circle the swirls that you see.



Awesome work Zane.



yea i agree, is he being sarcastic? it looks totally fine in that pic and that only sun spot is too small to see anything...

[BigAl3]

nice job! :2thumbs:

[pontman43]

OK Zane this is the second bad a$$ car you posted and talked about HP, but no under hood pic!? Come on man. Great job BTW. ;)

[Pats300zx]

Awesome... :2thumbs:

[ZaneO]

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate it.






OK Zane this is the second bad a$$ car you posted and talked about HP, but no under hood pic!? Come on man. Great job BTW. ;)



Ain`t the best picture (or too much to look at), but:



http://www.shineshoppe.com/pictures/DSC00706small.jpg



;)

[stilez]

Zane: Exemplary work for the short number of steps used!





I know, first hand, how hard (pun intended) GM paint is to work with, especially black. To about 99% of people out there, that car is in *perfect* shape.

[ZaneO]

Yeah, I don`t know what the deal is with GM paint...not too much fun and ends up being about 75% of what I work on.



One of these days, I`m going to have to become proficient with that rotary-thingy :)