Dealer `Prep`

[Vincent Vega]

A friend of mine bought this car late last fall. He said the dealer tried to buff out some scratches before he picked it up. He wanted to know if I could "fix" it. The buffed out areas where the scratches were was all hazy. The car was heavily swirled.

Wash

Clay

#2

#9

nxt.



Before:



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp09.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp2.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp1.jpg

After:



http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp8.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp5.jpg

http://www.autopia.org/gallery/data/500/2751nikgp4.jpg

[stilez]

Nice work! The paint looks exceptionally more glossy and wet!



Dealer`s should take away their detailing option as it does more harm than good most of the time.

[gb387]

wow look at the difference! That is a good looking red! You would think a dealer could do a better job than that, look like some nasty buffer marks, its sad whe the consumer can do a MUCH better job and can get a much better looking finish, it should have looked like the after photos when it left the lot!

[foris2]

Just like night and day. Great work! :bigups

[CRXSi90]

Looks excelent!



Where in Wisconsin are you?



<---I`m in northwestern Wisconsin...

[GoodnClean]

Looks great!



Did it really darken the finish or is that just the picture?

[spetulla]

looks amazing now!

[Scottwax]

Dealer prep = pure evil



Steve-first pics are in more direct sunlight, but removing rotary swirls does make the paint look darker.



BTW, outstanding work Vincent. :bow

[Vincent Vega]

Scottwax is right about the lighting. Before pics were taken at 10:00am after at 3:30pm. The first pics had more direct sunlight. It definately made a difference in the color. It was really washed out. Some spots were awful. It looked like they used TW rubbing compound to remove scratches and left it as is. I`m in Stoughton(20 miles from Madison).

[rtcat]

Great looking results!!! I`ll bet the owner was happy :up

[Big Leegr]

That last shot - Holy Smokes!! Makes me wonder why I`m not out doing some detailing myself! Oh wait, 3 feet of snow here still. Riiiight. (crap.):sosad

[TN9thSi]

Those swirls are very similar to what was done to my beautiful Lapis Blue Mazda6 today by the bodyshop. Now I get to fix their mistakes. Nice work. Looks so much better!

[imported_ajbarnes]

Great job!! See a big difference.:xyxthumbs

[imported_edschwab1]

Good Work.



Eric