05 black altima

[NCZ13]

i did a paint correction job on this for my friend for basically nothing more than the joy of getting to work on a black car.



process:

wash with TW Ice car wash w/ wool mitt

dry with MF

clayed

XMT3 w/ orange CCS

XMT2 w/ whtie CCS

megs showcar glaze#7

sealed w/ megs sealant #21 (i think its 21 i get the numbers all screwed up.

enjoy =)

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160771.jpg



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160777.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160778.jpg

all taped up. the hood was already done. i taped up the car, after i did the hood...



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160779.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160780.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160781.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160782.jpg

50/50



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160783.jpg

i believe the last 2 pics were just a single pass with orange.



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160785.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160784.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160787.jpg

done



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160772.jpg

hood done





http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160773.jpg

fender before

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160774.jpg

50/50 i believe due to the dusting on the hood

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160775.jpg

another 50/50



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160776.jpg

after orange

[NCZ13]

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160788.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160789.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160790.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160791.jpg

trunk afters... note the horrible orange peel on the bumper. it had almost 0 reflection

[Legacy]

Nice job, bumper maybe needs wet sanding?

[Brian_Brice]

looks sweeeet bro nice nice nice!

[cajunfirehawk]

Nice job on that black alti, just worked my black frontier last weekend, That bumper must be a repaint, thats terrible if its not!

[NCZ13]

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160792.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160793.jpg

reflection after several passes with megs #83 on orange



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160794.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160795.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1160796.jpg



^these 3 for comparison, you can see how little of a difference i made... the top pic is a before btw. the bumper was beyond repair. im sure wetsanding could bring it back... or maybe a much heavier compound...



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1170800.jpg

rear quarter panel after



http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/P1170803.jpg

beading. this is with no wax or sealant.

[NCZ13]

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/1.jpg

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http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/14.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/ncz13/15.jpg



i was bummed there wasnt any sun out so i can truely see how i did. what i did notice though was that when i went to visit him, his neighbor also has a black altima. and i noticed that his car was noticeably darker and glossier then the neighbors. which made me feel doog :cool:

[asleepz]

Looks great, btw the paint nissan uses on the Altima (maybe more) sucks... I`ve got the same problem with ours.

[paul34]

Nice job, bumper maybe needs wet sanding?



Believe it or not, that is a stock, not resprayed bumper. My sister`s `04 (I believe the one in this thread is an `05) has the same exact problem.



Yea umm, Nissan? Hello?



It is shocking that ANY company would let work like that go out of the factory. I just wish I was an Autopian back when she bought the car...

[NCZ13]

Believe it or not, that is a stock, not resprayed bumper. My sister`s `04 (I believe the one in this thread is an `05) has the same exact problem.



Yea umm, Nissan? Hello?



It is shocking that ANY company would let work like that go out of the factory. I just wish I was an Autopian back when she bought the car...



see i had thought that the car had been in an accident, and then repaired without insurance. i couldnt believe that a bumper left the factory looking like that...

[Beefhouse]

I don`t think I`ve ever seen a current generation Altima in black. Most of the one`s around San Antonio are silver or white.

[cajunfirehawk]

I dont know, I had the first year of that body style and my car was the white, the bumper cover matched the rest of the paint, much better than that. That car would have never came home with me looking like that! I wonder if the dealership had a boo boo with it prior to delivery or the auto transport? Thats horrible. Memory serves me all newer nissans like those are a h-20 based paint, no voc`s, chip like crazy too, my 06 frontier is like that. (not the quality, the chipping)



Sorry this is the only rear shot of my 06 alty, but has I see this pic, I had just finished detailing it that day in the summer of 06, looking good, even the bumper too. :D



BTW-whats under the car cover? :nixweiss

[SonicBlue05GT]

we had a 99 infiniti i30 with the same amount of orange peel on the rear. i actually had a couple of potential buyers walk away because they were convinced it had been hit even though it hadn`t.



thanks nissan.....

[NCZ13]

BTW-whats under the car cover? :nixweiss





my late fathers 03 champagne gold audi cabriolet.



i was going paint correction on it, just to make it look really pretty, and when my friend said he could leave his car with me for the weekend i moved it out of the garage. i went crazy on thsoe wheels lol. the audis wheels have like 5 coats of sealant =P they are super slick, and the water just sheets off of them. the car isnt done yet tho. im really taking my time and going over every single area...



thanks for the comments btw. i did the job forfree just so i could experiece a black car paint correction.



i just did a midnight blue S class mercedes. my god. i officially loathe mercedes CC. unfortunatly i have no pictures of what correction i could do with the materials i had, and the time that i had.