CleanYourCar - Nissan 200sx Sonus retsoration

[cleanyourcar]

Well, when I was set a challenge by my brother to go and fix his rather sorry looking Nissan 200sx I couldn`t resist. So I packed up my tools and headed off down south to the sunny south coast.



Here`s what i was faced with. A rather sorry state of a 200sx, infact it`s not often you see paint in such bad condition. Heavily swirled, scuffed, scratched keyed and generally unloved, really I thought this car could do with a respray. A couple of panels I later found out had already had rather poor resprays. Infact the best way I could describe the condition of the paint was if it had been sanded, totally devoid of any protection and it made the black look almost purple. :(



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1361.jpg



You can see in the above picture how bad the poor the respray on the door is and how flat it makes the paint look.



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1302.jpg



This shows the area of the bonnet which was keyed, there`s no way that was coming out as it was a deep gouge. It does highlight just how badly swirled the paint was though.



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1301.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1323.jpg



I started the restoration of the paint by giving the car a good clay with Sonus Black and Clay Lube. The bonnet was so rough it was unbelievable really how rough it was, I think you could have lit a match on it.



Here`s a shot of the products (again it highlights just how bad the swirls were):



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1316.jpg



Once the car had been thoroughly clayed, it was fully masked off using 3434 tape to protect the trims, the gazebo was errected and suntan applied to the back of my neck as it was already starting to burn :o



I started with the bonnet, and didn`t mess about and went straight at it with SFX-1 on a 4" pad. I also tried Optimum Hyper Compound and Poorboys SSR 2.5 and SSR 3, but found i was achieving the best results with the Sonus SFX-1 so stuck with that and followed round with Sonus SFX-2. I was going to try a full product test, but soon gave up as the task in hand began to dawn on me.



Anyway here`s a shot of the bonnet straight after a blast with the SFX-1 (I did the area twice)



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1341.jpg



Anyway it became obvious it was going to be a long but rewarding day. Here are a few before and afters to show what I was having to work with.



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/montage.jpg

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/montage1.jpg

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/montage2.jpg



Anyway she was polishing up nicely, but alas it was time to call it a day:



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1362.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1363.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1368.jpg



The next morning I just had a few panels to finish, including that badly resprayed door, then I could start finishing her off with SFX-3 and Pinnacle Signature II.



Heres a couple of those over exposed pictures people love:



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/frontWingAfter1.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1386.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1361.jpg

http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1387.jpg



:doublesho suddenly that respray isn`t looking to bad!



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1394.jpg



All the tyres and trim were dressed with Sonus Tyre and bumper dressing.



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1431.jpg



http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/generalImg/200sx/DSCF1433.jpg

[klnyc]

Man, you rock!!

I would love to mod that 200sx to a drift car :cooleek:

[imported_GregCavi]

Much better!



Greg

[imported_Dave KG]

Another cracker, the 50/50 shot is excellent!! Top work.

[Scottwax]

:bow Amazing transformation! You have some amazing buffing skills.

[Mr.Cool]

Alright you have been add to the very cool people list, your brother on the other hand how could he?????????



isn`t that zee most beautifulest car you have ever zeeen (French accent):grinno: :grinno: :grinno: :grinno: :grinno:



Great work man:2thumbs:

[cleanyourcar]

Thanks guys :D

[Nuke33]

Looks awsome

[lambostealth]

Isn`t that a 240sx?



Either way, looks amazing, I`m sure your brother is very happy!

[Big Leegr]

VERY nice work!

[rockz9]

I gotta say thats one bang up job...nice transformation...i think your bro can get atleast a thousand or more now if he sells it....By the way , was all that work done with a p/c? :up

[Heikes]

Yeah, that`s gotta be a 240sx. Great job! Points for sfx-1 and many many points for you.

[cleanyourcar]

:up Thanks for the comments guys



It`s a nissan 200sx, they are 2litre turbo. made from 94-2001.



Obviously they were never taken to America?

[ManiZ]

It was, and was called the 240SX/Sylvia.



Very nice work, by the way! Which buffer did you use? That can`t be a DA for sure.

[imported_artikxscout]

nice, i`m loving those 50/50 shots, i need to start doing those.