2010 GTR Minor correction and My first wheel repair! Orinda Auto Detail

[Orinda Auto Detail]

So earlier in the week I had a 2010 GTR in for a minor correction and clean up nothing special here it was a well taken care of non tracked GT-R Pearl white. It had curb rash on one of the wheels, My normal wheel guy wouldn`t touch it because of the color sooooo since this was the major concern when the customer brought it in and 4 other wheel shops and guys told me no also I decided I`ll take a crack at it. I have a firm policy of no expermenting on cars unless their 100k+ that keeps the stakes high so I bring my "A" game.
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This is after my first attempt of using aluminum filler, Its very simaliar to bondo so this was the easy part. Sanded it primed it ready to paint. I had no paint code for this color and Cali tree huggers banned solvent based paint so I had to make this paint with mixxing water based stuff(took 6 trys befor I got the color right)
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I win!!! My prize? Not having to buy this guy a new rim!!! HANDLED!
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Thanks for looking!
Joe Torbati Orinda Auto Detail
Happy Holiday Weekend everyone!

[overtimedetail]

Nice work Joe!! better than my wheel guy for sure :)

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Nice work Joe!! better than my wheel guy for sure :)

Thank you Frankie! I was so happy this came out right. I litterally was terrified at disappointing the customer. He`s such a cool guy.

[mjlinane]

Fantastic work!!



I have a firm policy of no expermenting on cars unless their 100k+....

:rofl

[BobbyG]

Great work and the photos tell the tale....:bigups

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Fantastic work!!




:rofl
Thanks Mike. Yeah I`m one of these days its gonna back fire on me but so far I`ve been fine! First car I ever wet sanded was an SL65 that was a year old, First car I ever sprayed a bumper on was f430, First car I ever put a Passport(you have to pull bumpers, fenders, wire it into the CPU of the car) Was a brand new turbo porsche lol

Great work and the photos tell the tale....:bigups
Thank you Bobby!

[Todd@RUPES]

Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.

I follow the same rules of experimentation! :rofl

[Pats300zx]

Amazing work !!!!

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.

I follow the same rules of experimentation! :rofl


doh that was the only one I had of finished wheel, I did so good even I couldn`t see where it was lol. And great rule to have lol

Amazing work !!!!
Thank you

[rzatch]

Great job on the wheel Joe. Did you end up clearing the whole wheel?



Nice job! Any picture of the wheel finished. It appeared the damage was in the area clockwise to the valve stem, which wasn`t really visible in the after picture.

No getting small details past guys on a detail forum!! :rofl Todd how did your wheel repair go???? Did I miss the update?

[tropicsteve]

wow joe, that turned out really decent !

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great job on the wheel Joe. Did you end up clearing the whole wheel?




No getting small details past guys on a detail forum!! :rofl Todd how did your wheel repair go???? Did I miss the update?
Yeah I cleared the whole whole but only blended the color on either side of the dmg and yeah leave it to todd to point out my mistake on the pic lol

wow joe, that turned out really decent !
Thanks steve!

[Old Pirate]

Great save there on the rim for your customer Joe, oh the car looks sweet also.

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great save there on the rim for your customer Joe, oh the car looks sweet also.
Thanks! I was just happy it worked out lol.