Black Altima

[jermy4]

Detailed this Altima for a friend this weekend.



I washed it, clayed it, hand polished with Meg`s #2, hand polished with Meg`s #9, and applied Meg`s #26 by hand.



Mother`s chrome polish on the wheels after going over them with some fine steel wool. NXT insane shine tire spray on the tires.



I think the wheels are chrome but I couldn`t get them to shine no matter what I did to them. I think all the chrome rusted away and they are nickel wheels now :rolleyes:



I`m not 100% happy with the results but there is not much else I can do since the car was in such bad shape and I don`t have a rotary or PC. I think it`s time for me to start doing some research about electric polishers.



--- Some before shots ---

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[jermy4]

--- Some shots during polishing ---

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[jermy4]

--- Finished ---

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[ScubaStevo]

Those look like polished aluminum wheels. Use some mag wheel cleaner/polish on them and they should look good.

[03COBRA]

Very nice work by hand...

[jermy4]

Those look like polished aluminum wheels. Use some mag wheel cleaner/polish on them and they should look good.

I didn`t think polished aluminum wheels would rust like that. Are you sure?

[SpoiledMan]

Nice turn around! Yes, those are polished aluminum.

[jdhutchin]

Wow, your arm must be falling off... I couldn`t imagine doing three steps by hand, especially on a car that bad.

[Scottwax]

Wow! So much better! :up

[GASPowered]

WOW, by hand?! How long did it take you to polish?

[jermy4]

I probably spent about 10-12 hours on the car but that includes the interior which I didn`t any before or after pics for. I also cleaned up the engine a little bit.



I did get some mag wheel polish and they are a little shinier but they still don`t look like they should. I think he`ll be happy tomorrow when I give it back to him.

[Raven]

Wow, I would have needed oxygen if I did all that by hand, great job!

[ritchic]

I love the pic of the trunk split before and after! nice work

[foxbody]

Makes me want to find a car like that, detail the heck out of it and turn around and sell for $1000.00 more.

[webstrive]

wow ... that really looks great ... those old altima`s are great cars too, VERY reliable!