Black Lexus; resurrected.

[imported_Picus]

This is a new Autopia member`s car, it`s ~6 months old and had, unfortunately, been washed improperly by the dealer and a local detail place. Aside from the pretty heavy swirling, there was some very deep, long, horizontal marring caused by a California Water Blade on the hood, rear deck, roof, and doors... (so, everywhere). I hate to say it (Sorry, Stu!), but it was one of the rougher 6 month old cars I`ve ever seen. The hood was a real mess.



Process was:



Some wetsanding on the hood and rear deck, all with 3k

Hi Temp EC/OP via orange @ 1700-1800

Hi Temp HC/orange @1500

106ff/white @ 1200

Z5pro

OCW



The sun revealed mostly swirls...



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/a.jpg



Halogens showed the deeper marring....



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/e.jpg



Pic time... after`s from above:



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/b.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/f.jpg



And some more...



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/c.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/d.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/g.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/h.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/i.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/j.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/k.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/l.jpg



And the finished product....



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/m.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/n.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/o.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/p.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/q.jpg



http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/r.jpg



:bounce

[BigAl3]

it`s amazing how such a nice car can get in that bad of shape so quickly... good job!

[bsdsys]

Great job. The car looks great.

[mgm2003]

Beautiful work -as always! :2thumbs:

[gmblack3]

Kevin, Great work on that mess! Did you think the paint was a tinted clear?

[mr.ikon]

amazing detail. looks almost as good as your ride.

[SpoiledMan]

Those before pics made my eyes hurt! Thanks to you, it looks new again.;)

[kleraudio]

Wow, Wow, Wow, that car looks SICK!!



Nice work man, great turnaround!!



Jim

[sQuashed]

How can the owner let that happen to such a new car? You rock Picus.

[SilverLexus]

Kevin,



It`s sad how much marring there was on such a new IS. :(



You saved it nicely though. :)

[euro]

Freaking Amazing....seriously. :wow:




http://gtaindetail.com/pics/is250042907/q.jpg

[whizzer]

nice correction

[totalstu]

Hi folks,



I`ve been lurking for a while, kind of hiding in shame :), but now that Kevin has worked his magic I figured it was time to come on in.



Kevin did a wonderful job on my car. As you can see it was a disaster pre Kevin. I even called the painted diseased, which Kevin thought was humerous. I think he agrees that it really was.



Someone asked how I let it get that way so let me try and explain. I picked up the car late October 06. Dealer even threw in the paint protection package. With winter approaching I figured the PP wasn`t an all bad thing to get, especially as a throw in. I knew after winter that I was going to let Kevin have at my car. The car is black so of course it was dirty quite often. I didn`t know about ONR and such and knew taking it through a car wash with brushes was a bad thing so I found a local detailing chain that did washes. What I didn`t know was how much damage they could really do. I would let them wash the car weekly and had the dealer wash it the 4 or so times I visited them. At least the car was relatively clean. Now I have learned my lesson, no dealer or deatiling chain will touch it again.



I picked up ONR and OCW, a couple of buckets, grit guard, some towels and mitts from Pakshak, etc. and will be washing my car myself. On top of keeping the car clean and disease free, i will be getting some exercise I can surely use :)



Thanks again Kevin

[imported_Picus]

Kevin, Great work on that mess! Did you think the paint was a tinted clear?



Yep, it was tinted.




Hi folks,



I`ve been lurking for a while, kind of hiding in shame :), but now that Kevin has worked his magic I figured it was time to come on in.



Kevin did a wonderful job on my car. As you can see it was a disaster pre Kevin. I even called the painted diseased, which Kevin thought was humerous. I think he agrees that it really was.



Someone asked how I let it get that way so let me try and explain. I picked up the car late October 06. Dealer even threw in the paint protection package. With winter approaching I figured the PP wasn`t an all bad thing to get, especially as a throw in. I knew after winter that I was going to let Kevin have at my car. The car is black so of course it was dirty quite often. I didn`t know about ONR and such and knew taking it through a car wash with brushes was a bad thing so I found a local detailing chain that did washes. What I didn`t know was how much damage they could really do. I would let them wash the car weekly and had the dealer wash it the 4 or so times I visited them. At least the car was relatively clean. Now I have learned my lesson, no dealer or deatiling chain will touch it again.



I picked up ONR and OCW, a couple of buckets, grit guard, some towels and mitts from Pakshak, etc. and will be washing my car myself. On top of keeping the car clean and disease free, i will be getting some exercise I can surely use :)



Thanks again Kevin



:xyxthumbs , thanks again for having me!



I was joking with Stu that now that he has found Autopia, he`ll soon spend twice as much on detailing supplies as he does on the car. :D

[stilez]

Nothing like making it perfect :).