07 Lexus LS-460 Restorative Correction

[autoconcierge]

A customer who has a M3, he wanted to know if I could "Work on" his wife`s car........little did I know what I was in for.



During wash, 2 hours to strip off the LSP.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/008.jpg



Now that the car was stripped............ I found the paint like this.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/004.jpg



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/005.jpg



Hood with crust/acid rain damage/deep RIDS.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/009.jpg



Clearfilm with "Rotary compound swirls".



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/010.jpg



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/011.jpg



He we go...........over 14 microns removed to get the one side like this(The car had excellent readings and being a Lexus...high quality paint that came back to almost new condition).



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/012.jpg



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/014.jpg



Trunk was so bad the reflections from the halogens can barely be made out.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/020.jpg



50/50 improvement pics.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/022.jpg



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/023.jpg



Trunk restored, reflection under the halogens and T8 Daylight bulbs.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/026.jpg



RIDS.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/029.jpg



Defects removed.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/032.jpg



Lower rockers were not immune to marring either.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/035.jpg



Making progress during cutting phase.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/037.jpg



Film was almost a total loss, started to think I might not be able to correct it.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/042.jpg



"B" pillars were as bad as you want....



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/057.jpg



During cutting /compound stage.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond Lee 430 Spyder/Ray M Lexus LS460 9-3-11/059.jpg

[autoconcierge]

Before.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-3-11/060.jpg





After.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-3-11/061.jpg





Sun pic time.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/022.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/021.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/020.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/019.jpg





Rear bumper was NOT touched.....32 microns measured from hack re-spray(Customer is going to tightness approved body shop).



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/018.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/017.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/016.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/015.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/014.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/012.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/009.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/008.jpg





Clearfilm restored.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/007.jpg





http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/006.jpg





Pre-delivery pics.......



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/002.jpg





Time to clean the floors in the shop.........just a little compound dust issue(Understatement).



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/001.jpg





Going home to happy wife................never get tired of a happy customer reaction.



http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp172/autoconcierge/Raymond%20Lee%20430%20Spyder/Ray%20M%20Lexus%20LS460%209-6-11/023.jpg

[Beccia]

Tightness Certified.



Auto Concierge excellence once again.

[Thomas Dekany]

That is just amazing work. This must have been a long detail.



Q - what was the lsp that took 2 hours to remove? Do we know?

[Brad B]

Wow. That was one tattered car. Nice save. Beautiful work.



What did you use on the clear film?

[Ch96067]

Great work and very tight 50/50`s! I hope they respect your work (and their money) enough to not let it get this bad again.

[bigltc]

Enjoyable post. Nice work!!!

[autoconcierge]

That is just amazing work. This must have been a long detail.



Q - what was the lsp that took 2 hours to remove? Do we know?





50 plus hours Thomas, as for the LSP it was tough to remove but it did not help the finish from "Focused abuse".(lol).

[pmnewton]

I am very curious about the method you used on the clear film. I tried using a flex 3401 with some megs power finish on my dad`s clear-bra and all it did was scour and gum up. Please respond!