2nd Click and Brag - Toyota Camry (yawn)

[ncsu602]

I worked on this car for a coworker Wed. night. Exterior only detail, it actually turned out to be alot more of a project than I thought. Atleast I know to think twice about doing a car on a weeknight. It was full of scratches and paint chips and would`ve taken touchup and wetsanding to fix right. Almost depressing considering it`s a 2004 model. I could`ve got out more scratches, but I`m not brave enough to use a rotary on anything other than my own, especially with Toyota paint. After researching it to death beforehand, I was expecting ss paint, but it was actually clearcoat. Atleast she was impressed with it, she`s asked me to do it every three months along with her new Malibu SS. She had been getting some guy down the street to slap a coat of cleaner wax and some armor all on the tires. I charged her twice what he`d been charging and still have her business, so I guess it didn`t turn out that bad. :har:



This was my first time using #16, I was worried about it being hard to remove, but applying it thin with the PC made a world of difference. It`s hard to believe this stuff has been around as long as it has.



Here`s the process, everything was done with the PC:



Megs #83 polishing pad

Megs #80 polishing pad

RMG finishing pad

Megs #16

Meg`s Hyper-Dressing 2:1 tires, 3:1 fenderwells

Wheels were done with Mother`s FX Spraywax

Turtle Wax Platinum Ultra Gloss spray when I delivered it.





Befores:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/Before_side.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/Before_hood.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/Before_door.jpg



Afters:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/After_front.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/After_driverside.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e61/ncsu602/After_sideclose.jpg



Sorry for the bad pics, the afters were taken at 6:30am, so the sun wasn`t exactly there yet.

[imported_Sludge]

ncsu602,



Nice turnaround, very impressive work :2thumbs: . Hopefully you will be able to keep it looking nicer with routine maintainance. Are you in Raleigh for the summer?



Sludge

NCSU 68-71

[ncsu602]

Thanks, hopefully I`ll be able to spend a little more time on it next time.....I think I got the hard part out of the way.



I`m actually in Winston Salem, grew up just north of here. I graduated in 2004. I definitely don`t miss the traffic!

[awahl63]

Lol look at the before tires...nice turnaround

[Scottwax]

http://www.scottwax.com/rice/videos/smilies/eek4.gif @ the befores



http://www.scottwax.com/rice/videos/smilies/yourock.gif @ the afters



Excellent turnaround!

[gmblack3]

Nice job! I`d be happy too!