A 12 year old, 12 second Galant Sleeper detailed

[G35stilez]

Do I have your attention yet :D ?


I detailed today for a fellow Autopian (rotaryb). He found me through Autopia and had me come out to give the car a good claying/polishing.

The car is a 1992 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4. It`s a very rare AWD turbo car in which he has invested PLENTY of engine and other work into. I forget exactly what it has done but I caught "17 lbs of boost" and "low 12 second times in the 1/4". I`ll let him chime in for the performance mod list ;).

Anyways, the car is 12 years old. Very nice shape might I add. No clearcoat failure or oxidation. He washes once or more a week and NXT`s fairly frequently (about once a week). The bad parts were the horizontal sufaces. Lots of light scratching and etching...a common occurence over time. They were also quite imbedded with soot. After all was said and done, I`d say the appearance improved about 90%. I told him I didn`t want to get too agressive, reason being the paint was quite old and I had a feeling the clear was quite thin. My final processes were:

-QEW
-Poorboy`s Clay with QEW lube
-Meguiar`s #80 Speed Glaze and LC Cutting Pad via rotary @ 1500rpm on all horizontal surfaces
-Menzerna MicroPolish and LC Polishing Pad via rotary @ 1500 rpm
-Zaino Z5 by hand

-Poorboy`s Pro Polish on lighting, exhaust, and rims (followed by Z5)
-Hyper Dressing 2:1 on tires


Before Polishing...notice the etching and light scratching
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03273.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03277.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03279.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03280.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03281.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03284.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03288.jpg

PS: The color was awesome...A grayish-green...sorta like Hazel.


Enjoy!

[dalmore]

schweet - did you get a ride? :naughty

[G35stilez]

Yes I did :)

I`d be mad if I were an Sti or Evo losing to that thing...A true sleeper...sounds amazing too.

[f1guy68]

Looks Awesome Sean!

Great Job As Always!

And it is a nice color! You don`t see that color often!

:)

[edschwab1]

Nice work. I always liked the VR4, because it was basically a rally car in street dress and only enough where sold to meet ````lagation rules.


Eric

[91LSMAN]

Quite a sleeper-looks great!!

[jaybs02]

Looks great...
Love the color .
all that and turn low 12`s gotta love it

[bossplaya]

Sean,

Do you find any problems applying Zaino on top of other products. I`ve used Zaino in the past and have always had the impression that it needs to be applied to a totally clean surface.

[rundatrack]

Boost is a good way to cure the blues...

But with that sleeper ya getting a lot of :notpossib

[G35stilez]

Thanks for all the kind words :)

bossplaya: I agree Zaino must be applied to a clean surface, that is why I prep with Menzerna polishes. Not only do they provide an extremely brilliant shine, they contain no oils so it leaves the surface squeaky clean. Zaino goes over it like a charm.

[Jngrbrdman]

Nice car. :bigups The first car I ever raced to its grave was a Galant VR-4. This was back in my Mustang days. I had just put the supercharger on and was feeling frisky. :naughty This guy had no business racing in the shape his car was in. He had nearly raced it to death already. Hitting that redline one more time was the final nail in his coffin. His car was nowhere near a 12 second car and the `stang ended up getting 11 second times after that at the track. :) He ended up replacing the blown motor with one from an Eagle Talon, but it never really ran right after that and the last time I saw the car it was on blocks in his back yard. He is the one who coined the phrase "Never underestimate a 4 door" to me. :naughty They are certianly rare enough. I`ve never even seen one for sale.

[TDMAN]

Man, what an awesome job! Looks SUPER :onthespot :hot :bigups