imported_gusbubba
07-19-2006, 05:38 PM
Hi, all.
This is my first attempt at posting pics , so please bear with any miscues.
The car is a 2003 350Z owned by a friend of my wife`s.
It has been parked under a tree and basically unwashed for the past 3 years.
You also may notice the custom key job running from the front to the rear fender.
This was merely the most obvious of the hedonism perpetrated upon this car :
the hood was loaded with rock chips , the front bumper was cracked and chipped from
where he rear-ended someone...plus, the usual tree-sap , swirls and oxidation.
I`ll post the process , then get on to the pics.
Exterior:
-wash with Meg`s GC
-clay w/ clay magic red medium bar
-attacked the key line with 3M compound and yellow 4" LC pad via PC @ 5-6
-worked the rock chips with Langka
-OC via Rotex in forced rotation (FR) @ speed 4.5 w/ Orange P2
-SSR 2.5 via Rotex in random mode (RM) @ 5 w/ Orange P2
-OP via Rotex in RM @ 5 w/ green P2
-OP via Rotex in RM @ 5 w/ white LC polishing pad
-Menzrna FTG via Rotex in RM @ 3.5 w/ red LC glazing pad
-Collinite 845 IW buffed w/ OCW
Engine:
-cleaned and degreased with Hi-Temp APC 10:1
-dressed with AA foam
Wheels:
-cleaned insides with H-T APC 5:1 and a soapy Brillo pad (please don`t hate me).
-sealed w/ AIO & 845
-cleaned outsides w/ H-T 10:1 --- sealed same as inside (no Brillo).
-AA foam in fenderwells
Now on to the pics (FINALLY!) :
Engine before
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0005.JPG
After
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0029.JPG
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0028.JPG
This is my first attempt at posting pics , so please bear with any miscues.
The car is a 2003 350Z owned by a friend of my wife`s.
It has been parked under a tree and basically unwashed for the past 3 years.
You also may notice the custom key job running from the front to the rear fender.
This was merely the most obvious of the hedonism perpetrated upon this car :
the hood was loaded with rock chips , the front bumper was cracked and chipped from
where he rear-ended someone...plus, the usual tree-sap , swirls and oxidation.
I`ll post the process , then get on to the pics.
Exterior:
-wash with Meg`s GC
-clay w/ clay magic red medium bar
-attacked the key line with 3M compound and yellow 4" LC pad via PC @ 5-6
-worked the rock chips with Langka
-OC via Rotex in forced rotation (FR) @ speed 4.5 w/ Orange P2
-SSR 2.5 via Rotex in random mode (RM) @ 5 w/ Orange P2
-OP via Rotex in RM @ 5 w/ green P2
-OP via Rotex in RM @ 5 w/ white LC polishing pad
-Menzrna FTG via Rotex in RM @ 3.5 w/ red LC glazing pad
-Collinite 845 IW buffed w/ OCW
Engine:
-cleaned and degreased with Hi-Temp APC 10:1
-dressed with AA foam
Wheels:
-cleaned insides with H-T APC 5:1 and a soapy Brillo pad (please don`t hate me).
-sealed w/ AIO & 845
-cleaned outsides w/ H-T 10:1 --- sealed same as inside (no Brillo).
-AA foam in fenderwells
Now on to the pics (FINALLY!) :
Engine before
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0005.JPG
After
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0029.JPG
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/medium/2005_0910Image0028.JPG