Black Nissan 350z

[maesal]

Hello !!
This weekend I detailed an amazing 350z solid black. Some before pics:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/01%7E1.jpg

Just medium swirls :

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/02%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/03%7E0.jpg

The hood, in carbon fiber, also had swirls:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/04%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/05%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/06%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/07%7E0.jpg

The roof was in better shape:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/08%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/09%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/10%7E0.jpg

After cleaning wheels and wheels wells. In the shade, the car looked amazing:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/11%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/12%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/13%7E0.jpg

After claying, I started polishing the hood. I used Menzerna Final Finish PO85RE5 and blue Propel Advanced with my Metabo:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/14%7E0.jpg

Is not easy taking 50/50 in carbon fiber:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/15%7E0.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/16%7E0.jpg

I applied Collinite 845 to the hodd looking for the maximum protection:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/17.jpg

Finished:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/18.jpg

I polished the mirrors with Einszett Chrome and Metal Polish and Wolfgang applicator:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/19.jpg

The surprise:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/20.jpg

I decided in that point that I should remove the swirls but not trying to remove the random scratches. I used Propel pads and 3m Fast Cut Plus and Menzerna 85RE5. After that, I applied Prima Amigo and Zymöl Glasur.
The results on the bumper:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/21.gif

The left wing:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/22.gif

50/50:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/24.jpg

Right wing:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/25.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/26.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/27.jpg

Nice hood:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/28.jpg

Buffing with care in this small areas:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/29.gif

In this gif, the 1 shows the before and the 2 when I stopped the Metabo to show when I consider that the abrassives are broken down:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/30.gif

The rear right wing:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/31.gif

Results:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/32.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/34.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/35.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/36.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/37.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/38.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/39.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/40.jpg

Some pics that the owner sent me yesterday:

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_01.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_02.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_03.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_04.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_05.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_06.jpg

http://www.khakism4.com/ForoDetalles/Fotos/albums/userpics/10002/Martin_07.jpg

Thanks for looking !!

[Stephan]

First off fantastic job, excellent recovery on some bad swirl marks. How was the carbon fiber to work with, I have never had to work on that and was curious what its like.

The pictures the owner sent are amazing, something like out of a calendar. Excellent work:bigups

[jaybs02]

Great job :bigups

Nice of your customer to send you some pics, it shows how much the owner appreciates your work.

Thanks for sharing
"J"

[maesal]

Thanks mates !!
The carbon fiber was easy to work. I decided using a soft pad with a finishing polish via rotary and check the results. The clear was soft and just in one pass the results were fine.

[cwcad]

Nice!! Really nice!!! Gotta love black.

Great Pictures!! A well documented detail.

The owners pictures are off the hook as well.

[CharlesW]

Beautiful! :bigups :bigups :bigups

The owner sending you pictures is a great compliment to your work.
He is obviously pleased with the results as well he should be.

[maesal]

Thanks, comments much appreciated ;)

[Demontooth]

Looking good

[Reddwarf]

Excellent work! You sure wiped out those nasty swirls.

[Troy@Protekt]

Great job and nice post.:bigups

It`s great when your customer sends you pictures. Makes you feel appreciated. A big tip does wonders in that area too. :rofl

[BLACKWRX]

nice documentation :D

[CBlakeNS]

Looks really good, nice job!

[240freak]

ahhh i love that 350!! thats sick looking i use to have axis rims almost the same as those. good job on that car!