Who wants to meet Jewel? Twin Turbo Viper Detail

[imported_Slik560]

I used a soaking wet sock today to get sap off of my paint today and it left some swirl marks, how do I get rid of them? I tried waxing them already.

[Andre']

Do a search on swirl removal.

[Don2000g]

Follow Andre`s advice. You can get answers to just about any newbie questions if you use the search feature at the top of the screen. Hope this helps. Laters

[Tru_Shine]

This is Jewel, a 2006 SRT10 Dodge Viper that has been fully built by under ground racing. She dyno`d at 1600whp but has been tuned down for the streets. I got to take a ride in this one and luckily had my video camera. This was the fastest car I had ever ridden in at the time, until the lambo...... but anyways. This car had some pretty bad acid rain spots etched into the hood, I had to do some wet sanding to remove most of it. But without further ado here she is!


This is how she looked when I arrived.


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Not to bad right? Lets look closer.........

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Here are the various tools that were used in the wash process

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Two Bucket method with Grit Guards and 100% sheep skin wash mitt

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I began by spraying some P21s wheel gel onto the wheels letting it dwell and eat at all of the break dust.

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Then agitated the wheels.....

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Then I covered the car in Foam using my Foam cannon and Dawn detergent to strip away any waxes or oils off the surface.

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letting it dwell....

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Then Rinsed and refoamed and washed and then rinsed again.


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[Tru_Shine]

I used a ReThickulous microfiber towel to dry off the car.

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Next I brought the car in to prep it for the paint correction. This includes taping up the plastic moldings and clay baring the surface.

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I clay bared using Clay magic blue fine clay and show room shine for lube.

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Next I decided to see what it looked like in the dark using my Brinkmans Duel Xenon light.

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here is a long scratch that was removed during the wet sand process.

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You might now be able to tell from here, but in this pic the paint has a slight fade around the lights.

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I taped off an area and did a 50/50, now you can really tell.

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here is another 50/50 shot of the rear deck lid.

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This is an example of the pits from the Acid rain that were on the hood and front fenders.

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I done a test spot on the fender with 1500 grit followed by 3000 grit.

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I used a 4" PFW pad and Meguiars M105 on a rotary buffer w/ LC 4in backing plate

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here is a 50/50 shot

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I compounded the entire car with a Flex 3401 with LC Hydrotech cyan pad with Meguiars M105 compound.

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Check out this reflection shot!

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This was the end of day 1, all of the compounding was done except for the hood which needed to be wet sanded.

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Day 2 begins the wet sanding.

I used 2000 grit sheets wrapped around a Meguiars sanding block

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all areas were buffed with LC PFW pads and LC cyan pads.

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Next
I polished everything with my flex 3401 using a LC tangerine Hydrotech pad and M205

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After the paint was buffed and polished it was ready for the sealant. My number one choice is always Black Fire Wet Diamond.

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while that was drying, I applied some PB`s Wheel sealant to the wheels. *I LOVE this stuff*

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I wiped off all the sealants and shined the tires and are the Final Shots! It was midnight when I finished so there are some night shots and then came back the next morning and got some more sun shots.

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here is a Video that I threw together real quick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qm-Ld6vvpk

and the other videos are also on my youtube channel.



Thanks and have a Blessed day!

[imported_RaskyR1]

Great work Eric! Loved the video too! Very well thought out and put together! Mad props! :notworthy:

[imported_wendell jarvis]

Wicked job !! By the way, who owns all the cars? Garth Brooks?

[bmw5541]

Awesome work Eric.

You sure do a lot of Vipers! Do they all have names:biggrin:

[muttgrunt]

beautiful and tastefully done car. Outstanding work!

[imported_Bunky]

Everything looks nice -- car, garage/shop?.

Is it true that all paints are the same in the shop?

Where are you located?

[imported_Dubbin1]

Amazing car!!!

[Tuck91]

Great work!

[Street Dreams]

Thats just money!!!!

Awesome work and correction!

[grungy]

Eric makes it look so easy in the video.. oh and the ride is pretty sweet too
:Car smiley:

[Jeff U]

Great job! :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

1600 hp :eek:

That`s more than double a Nascar. I wonder which last longer, a tank of gas or rear tires?