Scottwax
04-30-2007, 04:58 PM
1998 Mercedes CL500, regular customer. Pretty good about having his vehicles waxed quarterly. I see them once or twice a month and the off weeks he runs his cars through a tunnel wash, so they are good test vehicles.
It only needed very light polishing, so I used Zaino All in One and a black LC CCS finishing pad and sealed with Optimum Opti-Seal. I got three pics before it started to rain, so I took another in the garage after I pulled it in.
I am still working on what level to adjust the exposure (+ or -) when shooting either very dark or very light colored cars so any comments whether I am moving in the right direction and a more natural looking exposure or not are appreciated. :)
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_front1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_rear1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_side1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_frontend1.jpg
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1996 Infiniti J30. This one was pretty rough. Lots of hail damage and the interior was really bad. The whole passenger side looked like someone dumped a gallon of coffee into the front footwell and it soaked all the way to the back footwell as well. The paint, other than hail though, wasn`t too swirled, other than some light halos and a few rotary holograms on the hood from the front end repaint.
Honestly, I wasn`t even sure why the customer was spending the money on this car, it is her work beater (her other car is an `07 Miata) and the interior was so bad but that isn`t my decision. We were able to make a pretty good improvement on the interior but the stains on the passenger side wouldn`t come completely out. The mats pretty much covered them anyway so that made her happy. Sorry, no interior pics, wasn`t really worth it.
Here are a couple exterior shots, after washing/tires/fenderwells but before any polishing. The hail damage is pretty obvious in the 2nd shot.
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_before1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_before2.jpg
I polished the paint with Zaino Z-PC using orange Edge Cyclo cutting pads, followed by Optimum Poli-Seal using a white LC CCS polishing pad and removed OPS with Optimum Car Wax.
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_front1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_frontend1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_rear1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_side1.jpg
It only needed very light polishing, so I used Zaino All in One and a black LC CCS finishing pad and sealed with Optimum Opti-Seal. I got three pics before it started to rain, so I took another in the garage after I pulled it in.
I am still working on what level to adjust the exposure (+ or -) when shooting either very dark or very light colored cars so any comments whether I am moving in the right direction and a more natural looking exposure or not are appreciated. :)
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_front1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_rear1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_side1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1998_Mercedes_CL500_ZAIO_OS_frontend1.jpg
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1996 Infiniti J30. This one was pretty rough. Lots of hail damage and the interior was really bad. The whole passenger side looked like someone dumped a gallon of coffee into the front footwell and it soaked all the way to the back footwell as well. The paint, other than hail though, wasn`t too swirled, other than some light halos and a few rotary holograms on the hood from the front end repaint.
Honestly, I wasn`t even sure why the customer was spending the money on this car, it is her work beater (her other car is an `07 Miata) and the interior was so bad but that isn`t my decision. We were able to make a pretty good improvement on the interior but the stains on the passenger side wouldn`t come completely out. The mats pretty much covered them anyway so that made her happy. Sorry, no interior pics, wasn`t really worth it.
Here are a couple exterior shots, after washing/tires/fenderwells but before any polishing. The hail damage is pretty obvious in the 2nd shot.
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_before1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_before2.jpg
I polished the paint with Zaino Z-PC using orange Edge Cyclo cutting pads, followed by Optimum Poli-Seal using a white LC CCS polishing pad and removed OPS with Optimum Car Wax.
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_front1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_frontend1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_rear1.jpg
http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/1996_Infiniti_J30_side1.jpg