Mitsubishi Grandis - A Complete Makeover

[Gen2]

I cannot quite remember how old was this car but easily should be around 4-5 years old. All the while not very well taken care of so you can imagine the condition of the paint was. Basically there were swirls and scratches all over the car; this is what you will see with the halogen light,



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A1DSC_3436_sm.JPG



Even under natural lighting, this is what you can see



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A1DSC_3468_sm.JPG



After a good wash down and “intensive� claying, I proceed with the steps as follow for the defects removal,



1) Menzerna IP + Green wool pad + rotary @ 1800rpm (mainly to the horizontal panels and the most serious area)

2) IP/RMG mix + orange pad + DA @ speed 5



And this is what I got,



50/50 shot

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A2DSC_3466_sm.JPG



Before on the hood,

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A3DSC_3438_sm.JPG



After

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A3DSC_3454_sm.JPG



Before on the front fender,

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A4DSC_3444_sm.JPG



After

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A4DSC_3496_sm.JPG



Some more at both the fender area,



Before,

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A5DSC_3446_sm.JPG



After

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A5DSC_3488_sm.JPG



Before

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A6DSC_3451_sm.JPG



After

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A6DSC_3500_sm.JPG



A 50/50 shot on the driver’s door,

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A7DSC_3475_sm.JPG



Even under natural lighting you can see an obvious improvement on the clarity of the paint work too.

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A7DSC_3479_sm.JPG



Last but not least we come to the boot area,



Before

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A8DSC_3483_sm.JPG



After

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/A8DSC_3486_sm.JPG

[Gen2]

Next, I carried on with the following steps,



3) Pink Moose (VM/RMG mix) + white polishing pad + DA @ speed 4

4) Victoria Concours Red Wax applied by hand using foam applicator pad



By the time I finished with the exterior it was already pretty late, so I decide to go for the photo shots first instead of doing the interior. Lucky enough, managed to capture a few decent shots to show the condition of the car before the sun went down.



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B1DSC_3502_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B2DSC_3510_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B3DSC_3521_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B2DSC_3509_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B3DSC_3515_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B4DSC_3579_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/B5DSC_3537_sm.JPG



A few close-up shots,



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/C1DSC_3526_sm.JPG



http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/C2DSC_3528_sm.JPG



At a different angle,

http://www.theshinegarage.com/images/gallery/gallery_mitgrandis_black/C3DSC_3591_sm.JPG



That’s all folks and I hope this long posting did not bore you to sleep. Thank you for reading through the posting.

[DiPsAuCe]

really looks good. very niice

[a.k.a. Patrick]

Very, very nice makeover. Thats a job well done.

[imported_Sludge]

Looks awesome. You seem to be doing a lot of minivans lately. Enjoyed your post. Thanks. :bow

[P1et]

The paint was brought back to life, gorgeous! What did you use on the tires?

[gmblack3]

Most excellent correction on the paint Gen2!

[imported_smprince1]

Excellent work....that paint looks 100% better. :up

[detaildoc]

Great come back. Must cost you an arm and a leg to get supplies out there.

[BigAl3]

once again... :up

[Radicalrev]

walaowe...good job sia!!

[Thomas Dekany]

Loved seeing the afters!!!!:2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

[SpoiledMan]

Awesome correction as always. Top notch work!

[Scottwax]

Excellent work as always. :)



I always look forward to your threads, I get to see cars I`ve never even heard of.

[Chris@Optimum]

That`s a really impressive turn around, something to aspire to...I just started using a rotary 3 weeks ago.