Tru Shine tackles a Campagna Motors T-Rex

[Tru_Shine]

Tru Shine tackles a Campagna Motors T-Rex

I had a chance to work on somthing a little different a few weeks ago,

I was contacted by a local customer asking if I could make a difference in his T-Rex.

I was excited to see what I could do for it but more importantly I wanted to take it for a spin.

But with not having a motorcycle license, I had to settle for riding shotgun.

here are some pictures of my process.



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I started by removing the seats, this doesn`t take much at all, just removing the pin from the head rest and the whole seat will come out.



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I used Megs Super Degreaser to degrease the engine area, then agitated it with various brushes



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the rear wheel was a polished aluminum, So I wanted to use a pH balanced wheel cleaner insuring that nothing gets damaged. Sonax Full Effect was chosen for this.



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the Sonax was left to dwell



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This EZ detail brush really helped to reach all the hard to get places.



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Next the T-rex recieved a foam bath to dislodge and loose or heavy debris



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Next I used my Metro Blower to get the water out of all the tight places



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Then we come to the Correction, the Meguiars Microfiber DA system was used for cutting. here are some pics under the halogens



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here is a 50/50 after MF cutting and Tang/205



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and the Final gloss shot



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here is the hood before I started, Even without the halogen lights you can see how bad the surface is.



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50/50 , also notice the windshield



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look at that metalic pop!



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here is the Windshield I mentioned above



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I removed the windshield and polished it out using d300 on the MF cutting disc



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so much more clearity. these swirls were very noticeable on the test ride.



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now you can actually see through



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while the glass was removed I took the opportunity to polish out the carbonfiber cluster cover.



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making my way around the bike, here is another 50/50



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After all said and done, here are a few final pics. I had a blast working on this and doing donuts was just a cherry on top. a video will be posted below.



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Glossin outta control!



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TruShine`s going to the donut shop! In a T-Rex!! - YouTube (http://youtu.be/Cc7Mxnho2bE)



thanks for viewing, have a blessed day!



-Eric Witt

[kakeuter]

Nice work Eric, that thing must have been crazy fun to ride in!



-Kody-

[Leadfootluke]

Great job on a unique vehicle!

[Barry Theal]

They should rename that the TruShine Batmobile! Awesome stuff. Eric came out great man!

[justin30513]

I`ve cleaned a few bikes in my day but that thing is awesome!

Great detail!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Very cool machine..... looks like fun!

[lostdaytomorrow]

Wow you got that thing poppin. I might be trying this MF system soon.

[Scooby24]

Looks great

[Chris@Optimum]

I love it. Nice transformation. When he asked if you could make a difference, did you reply: "with a name like Eric Tru Shine you know I can, sucka!"

[white gecko]

Looks great! Lots of gloss and crazy metal flake.

[dsms]

Justin Beiber has one, just sayin....



Awesome work Eric, cool project for sure!

[DeanSweet]

It`s like an all new color!? so glossy...

I would have never guessed you would need a M-endorsement on your license to drive one of those?!

I have never seen one in person and really the only one I had seen before this was on rod dyrdek`s show. I bet its a fun ride whether driving or passenger.