Hammered 2008 Nissan Xterra - Paint Correction & Coating with Premium Interior

[KMG]

The owner of this vehicle just purchased a brand new F-150 and this Xterra is going to his wife. They were going away for a few days and he asked me to get this back into shape as a surprise while they were away. This thing has had a rough life and was not maintained very well. This is an absolutely gorgeous color once it was finished.


Before Photo
(not many taken as it was getting dark)
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getting all wash/decon supplies set up to start
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before of the passenger side
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before of the rear


Wash Process
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the vehicle was treated with Iron-x while I was cleaning the wheels and tires, and then hit with a strong foam pre-soak before the 2BM wash.


Test Spot
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50/50 shot on the hood


Correction Process
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this beautiful color was being totally hidden by the heavy swirling and buffer tails all over the entire exterior.
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this is a good picture showing just how much of a difference the process made. the paint looks a totally different color.
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before photo of the tail lighthttps://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/v/t1.0-9/12004801_495764950598886_4877615400677820071_n.jpg ?oh=e70e6ac819aabebccb2729591ee0d9c1&oe=5695381C
after photo of the tail light
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driver side rear quarter before correction.
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtf1/t31.0-8/12045302_495765030598878_4681234035352607030_o.jpg
driver side rear quarter after being corrected.
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driver side rear door before correction
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driver side rear door after being corrected.
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driver side front fender before correction
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driver side front fender after being corrected


Finished Exterior Shots
The vehicle was coated with Americoat and the trim was restored using Solution Finish.
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restoring the trim on the rear bumper. the trim on the front bumper received the same treatment.


Interior Before Pictures
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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/t31.0-8/12052609_495765170598864_4020236102434427969_o.jpg
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/11057976_495765167265531_2411103536201001321_o.jpg
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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t31.0-8/11999705_495765200598861_9101469980487330046_o.jpg
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https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/11999673_495765337265514_6420342721377908588_o.jpg


Finished Interior Pictures
the tornador black made easy work of this very dirty interior.
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Thanks for looking!

[pwaug]

Fantastic turn around!! Did you find the Nissan paint on the hard or soft side?

[PA DETAILER]

WOW. Good to see another XTERRA dressed to the nines. Great work. That interior was trashed! Interesting to see the solution finish at work on the trim.

[XxBoostinxX]

Wow, looks great! How do you like the solution finish?

[KMG]

Fantastic turn around!! Did you find the Nissan paint on the hard or soft side?
This paint actually seemed to correct pretty easy, so it seemed to be on the softer side.


WOW. Good to see another XTERRA dressed to the nines. Great work. That interior was trashed! Interesting to see the solution finish at work on the trim.
Yeah the interior was pretty bad. I was supposed to do the interior originally but after seeing it I offered to do that as well. For as dirty as it was it cleaned up pretty easy.


Wow, looks great! How do you like the solution finish?
Solution Finish really seems to work well if the pieces are in very poor shape. However if they pieces are in pretty good shape DLUX would be my first choice.

[RaysWay]

Awesome job! I love how your camera picks up the shine on the paint.

I need to pickup a Tornador Black soon. Which APC do you use in it?

[mnehls86]

Looks amazing now. That color is awesome.

[KMG]

Awesome job! I love how your camera picks up the shine on the paint.

I need to pickup a Tornador Black soon. Which APC do you use in it?

The Tornador Black is a must have tool if you do much interior work. I haven`t done much interior work this year, but last I did a lot of interiors. I use Megs APC @ 10:1 typically, which has always worked great for me.


Looks amazing now. That color is awesome.
Yeah this has to be one of my favorite colors I have worked on so far. This is up there with the paint on the 50th Anniversary Vette I did last month.

[jrock645]

What`d you do to the taillights?

[KMG]

What`d you do to the taillights?
They were polished using Hyper Polish and coated along with the rest of the exterior when the coating was applied.

[chet31]

Great work, do you show the before/after pics to the owners?

[DBAILEY]

Always love working on Nissan and Infinity cars. They correct relatively easy and usually have little orange peel. It came out great.

[KMG]

Great work, do you show the before/after pics to the owners?
Yeah I typically show the pictures to the owner when they pick the car up. I also have them on my facebook page and also on my website.


Always love working on Nissan and Infinity cars. They correct relatively easy and usually have little orange peel. It came out great.
Yeah the correction was pretty easy on this, however I was not trying to make it perfect due to the budget. There were still quite a few RIDS left in this.

[01GreyStangGT]

Major improvement!

[Ronkh]

Great work !