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MirrorDetailing
04-18-2011, 09:43 PM
Went down to Hunters Performance today, to do a 2-Step Package on the Procharged Trailblazer Hunter just finished. Truck was in bad need of a detail. Paint was pretty rough and needed claying badly, plus the paint was rather hazy from the mass amount of scratches/swirls. So Hunter wanted to at least get 70-80% correction on the paint to make it looking good for the customer. Paint corrected real nice and resulted in 90-100% correction of the swirls/sratches which in turn really let the flake in the paint pop.



Process:



Wash - CG Citrous Wash`n`Gloss

Wheels - Diablo Wheel Gel

Clay - Pinn. Ultra Poly Clay w/ ONR Lube

Taped Off w/ 3M Green Automotive Tape



Buffing:

1-Step - SIP via GG DA w/ LC Orange Pad

1-Step M205 via GG DA w/ Tangerine Hydrotech Pad

IPA Wipedown



LSP - XXX Hard Core Wax



Windows - Stoners Invisible Glass



Tires - Pinn. Black Onxy Tire Gel





Before as I was starting to wash it...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassFrontBefore-8.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassRearBefore-5.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverRearBefore-7.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverFrontBefore-5.jpg



Paint before in the sun...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBeforeSunShot4.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBeforeSunShot3.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBeforeSunShot.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBeforeSunShot2.jpg





Inside after wash, clay and dried off. Under my lights to see the true condition of the paint after the heavy Glaze Wax was removed...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBefore3-2.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBefore2-4.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBefore-9.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PaintBefore4.jpg





Testing a few panels out...



Hood...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/HoodBefore-10.jpg



Hodo Half and Half...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/HoodHalfandHalfLargeLights.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/HoodHalfandHalf-1.jpg



Fender Before...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/FenderBefore-1.jpg



Half and Half..



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/FenderHalfandHalfTwo.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/FenderHalfandHalf.jpg



Pass Door Before...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassDoorBefore-1.jpg



After...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassDoorLightShotAfter.jpg



One of the side mirrors...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SideMirror50-50.jpg
MirrorDetailing
04-18-2011, 09:44 PM
Once I was done with just over half the truck, I had to back it out and turn it around. So I figured I would grab some sun shots of the current completed panels to see what the true results were...



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot6.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot5.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot4.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot3.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot2.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/SunShot.jpg





Then once I was completely done, but the sun was down by this point so just some general after pictures...



Inside:



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/FrontShotInsideAfter.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/HoodAfterReflection.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/RearshotAfterInside.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/QuarterAfterwithSL.jpg



Outside:



http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassFrontAfter-13.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassFrontAfterTwo.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassDoorReflectionOutside.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/PassRearAfter-11.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/RearAfter-5.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverRearAfter-7.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverSideAfter-2.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverFenderFlashShot-1.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverFrontAfterThree-1.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverFrontAfterTwo-1.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/DriverFrontAfter-11.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/UnderHoodShot.jpg

http://i793.photobucket.com/albums/yy217/mirrordetailing/HoodReflectionOutside-1.jpg
LS1-MEX
04-19-2011, 01:46 AM
i love the TBSS, those 22in replicas look great with the NBM paint on them.
Accumulator
04-19-2011, 09:29 AM
MachNU- Nice work!



Having just bought a TBSS, I had to check out this thread :D Sounds like the clear isn`t quite as hard as "normal GM clear"; no way those single-pass combos would`ve done so much on my other GMs, but they were enough for this TBSS :think:



LS1-MEX- Yeah, those wheels do look good. Probably wouldn`t last a week with the roads in my area though :(
tssdetailing
04-19-2011, 09:56 AM
Looks great! I love GM`s NBM. Nice reflection of that bird too!
C. Charles Hahn
04-19-2011, 10:13 AM
MachNU- Nice work!



Having just bought a TBSS, I had to check out this thread :D Sounds like the clear isn`t quite as hard as "normal GM clear"; no way those single-pass combos would`ve done so much on my other GMs, but they were enough for this TBSS :think:



LS1-MEX- Yeah, those wheels do look good. Probably wouldn`t last a week with the roads in my area though :(



Accumulator, what year and color is your TBSS? I had a silverstone metallic `07 AWD myself. Congrats on your purchase... and enjoy the gas mileage! :heh:



http://hahn-on-the.net/pictures/TBSS_LAST.JPG



Sorry to say I`m not a particular fan of the 22" wheels on the NBM truck in this thread but as for the work done to it, excellent! :spot
Accumulator
04-19-2011, 11:02 AM
Accumulator, what year and color is your TBSS? I had a silverstone metallic `07 AWD myself. Congrats on your purchase... and enjoy the gas mileage! :heh:



That`s the same thing I got! `07 AWD in Silverstone. The big selling point was that it only has 9K miles; basically showroom new. And *no* nav or video, neither of which I wanted. I already have the chrome bowtie for the front and I`m gonna debadge it once I get around to doing its major detail.



Eh, the gas mileage probably won`t be much worse than what it replaced (Yukon XLD with another 6.0) and at least this doesn`t take up so much room. Not really as well-suited for dog-hauling as I`d expected though, now that I`ve actually tried fitting their stuff inside it :( It`s *almost* a complete "oops, wrong vehicle" situation :o




Sorry to say I`m not a particular fan of the 22" wheels on the NBM truck in this thread..



I was kinda surprised that I liked those on that truck myself, but then I`m just looking at pix too :think:
MirrorDetailing
04-19-2011, 12:01 PM
MachNU- Nice work!



Having just bought a TBSS, I had to check out this thread :D Sounds like the clear isn`t quite as hard as "normal GM clear"; no way those single-pass combos would`ve done so much on my other GMs, but they were enough for this TBSS :think:



LS1-MEX- Yeah, those wheels do look good. Probably wouldn`t last a week with the roads in my area though :(



The paint was no as hard as I expected. Hell I went down with my Dewalt and some Wool pads in tow figuring it was going to be like every other GM paint..rock hard. But doing 6-8 section passes with moderate pressure with SIP and a LC Orange with the Griots did a mass amount of the correction.
Accumulator
04-19-2011, 12:08 PM
MachNU- Thanks for that info, I`m gonna keep it in mind. Yeah, I would`ve been thinking about those really aggressive measures too, bet you were glad it went the way it did.
Scottwax
04-19-2011, 03:10 PM
Excellent work, paint looks amazing in the sun!
C. Charles Hahn
04-19-2011, 05:06 PM
That`s the same thing I got! `07 AWD in Silverstone. The big selling point was that it only has 9K miles; basically showroom new. And *no* nav or video, neither of which I wanted. I already have the chrome bowtie for the front and I`m gonna debadge it once I get around to doing its major detail.



Sounds like you bought the twin of my old truck.. it too was a 3SS and had no nav or video. The pic I posted was from the day I traded it in with only 12,500 miles on it. Just got tired of some little issues it had so I decided to trade it in since I needed a full size pickup to haul stuff anyway. I miss it sometimes, but I`m much, much happier with my current truck.
MrCLRider
04-19-2011, 05:25 PM
Great work. SIP really knocked that clear out! I`m sure the shop guys were happy as was the owner!
white gecko
04-20-2011, 03:51 AM
Bravo! Great job on that! Love those shots in the sun.