Oxidized Red RX7

[metal]

Got my new car yesterday, spent today on an exterior detail, probably doing the interior on the next free day I have off. Some scratches I couldnt get out but oh well, it is 20 year old paint. AIO alone worked wonders on the oxidation, and I had my first try with OP, which after reading some of the posts here lately about it, was disappointing, application wise (bottle, lumpy polish).



Wash

Clay

AIO on black LC pad

Megs #83 on orange LC pad

OP on white LC pad

Klasse SG

S100



Tires and wells cleaned w/ cut degreaser, dressed wells with Simoniz Tire Foam, dressed tires with E1.



Before

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture001.jpg



Hood was from another car, horribly dirty before it was washed, and still after it was washed.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture002.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture003.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture007.jpg



Just AIO finished on the front of the fender

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture008.jpg



Before

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture009.jpg



After only AIO (headlight, bumper, lights)

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture010.jpg



After

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture012.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture013.jpg

[metal]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture014.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture015.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture016.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture017.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture019.jpg



http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rmetal/Detailing%20RX7/Picture021.jpg

[Bigpoppa3346]

Wow, increadible transformation. From dull and dry looking to deep and wet, great job!

[autoprincess]

Good Job, looks great.

[Joshua312]

Great job, your car looks 100% better...hopeyou enjoy it - Your poor towels though...I did a oxidation job a couple weeks ago, if I would have realized at the time that it permanently puts the red on your towels I would have charged a little more, now Im stuck with ordering new towels and putting those towels to grunge duty. :(

[s2skimon]

magnificent revival !! wooah!!

[Brian_Brice]

thats not a car i was a kid in the 80`s...thats a transformer

[SayNoToPistons]

nice S4 FC metal. are you in rx7club? :)

[wytstang]

Wow good job...

[GrayHawk]

Nice work . . . you took a lot of years off that 20 year old!

[Cosmom3]

These are by far my favorite details, it shows great results both through the black and red....on the bad side the pad turns redish brown :wall





Awsome job! :2thumbs:

[Scottwax]

Massive improvement! I bet you doubled the value of your car! :)

[Kanchou]

and with the hood like that, you can pretend its tuned by Spoon. ;p

[SayNoToPistons]

lol @ Spoon tuned RX7s...

[imported_Todd]

Great restoration.



I love FC RX7`s, especially the 1989-1991 models. Here are a few pics of my 1991 RX7 with 16k miles.



The paint is all original, so you can get an idea about how much oxidation affects single stage reds over the years.



Dean



http://members.cox.net/ouanod/ZainoRX71.jpg



http://members.cox.net/ouanod/ZainoRX72.jpg