blue-sun
03-01-2005, 11:48 PM
First off, thie SUV is simply amazing in person.
The owner is Nick W, a pioneer of the import scene. He had the very first imported Skyline into the US. While I was working on this car, he told me 2 very cool things:
1) You`re GONNA wash my ferarri (355 Berlinetta in a silver/blue color) - pardon my spelling!
2) You`re gonna make ALOT of money off me!
His other cars that he has include a brand new VW GTi R32, a 1969 all original Jaguar (sorry, I forget what model) and a S13 Nissan 240XS converted to a Silvia. (the jag and nissan are currently at the shop, I can snap some pics next time I go there)
For a rich young dude, he is very personalble and down to earth. . .an awesome thing!
OK, on to the FX45. . .car has just over 10K on it and he said it hadn`t been washed since he owned it. It was pretty dirty (as the pics will show.) The paint was in surprisingly great shape. No major scratches. . .no swirls. . .no major blemishes in the paint. I didn`t have time to pick up some clay, so I didn`t get a chance to propperly prep it.
here`s what I did to it:
Wash with Gold Class shampoo using 2 bucket method.
DACP with a Meguiars maroon pad on the front bumper (some dried in dead bugs that the wash didn`t remove) and on 2 small scratches that I noticed.
NXT with a grey finishing pad on paint, windows and wheels
Meguiars endurance tire gel on tires
Floormats were cleaned with a 1:30 mixture of TOL`s interior cleaner
Motor was wiped down with a damp terry cloth and dressed with 303
Interior glass was cleaned with Stoners using newspaper
Interior trim was wiped down with a damp MF and buffed dry with a dry MF. No 303 applied as it was practially new and looked spectaular, just a bit dusty.
Exhaust tips were cleaned with Target brand glass cleaner, #0000 steel wool and buffed dry with a MF
Wheel wells were scrubebd with a 1:10 mixture of Simply Green/H2O, then sprayed down with water from a spray bottle the wiped clean with a terry cloth
Enough talk, on to the pics ( a few are blurry, sorry!)
His friends Lotus Elise
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/0.jpg
FX front end before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/1.jpg
Side before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/2.jpg
Rear Shot Before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/3.jpg
More pics to come. . .
The owner is Nick W, a pioneer of the import scene. He had the very first imported Skyline into the US. While I was working on this car, he told me 2 very cool things:
1) You`re GONNA wash my ferarri (355 Berlinetta in a silver/blue color) - pardon my spelling!
2) You`re gonna make ALOT of money off me!
His other cars that he has include a brand new VW GTi R32, a 1969 all original Jaguar (sorry, I forget what model) and a S13 Nissan 240XS converted to a Silvia. (the jag and nissan are currently at the shop, I can snap some pics next time I go there)
For a rich young dude, he is very personalble and down to earth. . .an awesome thing!
OK, on to the FX45. . .car has just over 10K on it and he said it hadn`t been washed since he owned it. It was pretty dirty (as the pics will show.) The paint was in surprisingly great shape. No major scratches. . .no swirls. . .no major blemishes in the paint. I didn`t have time to pick up some clay, so I didn`t get a chance to propperly prep it.
here`s what I did to it:
Wash with Gold Class shampoo using 2 bucket method.
DACP with a Meguiars maroon pad on the front bumper (some dried in dead bugs that the wash didn`t remove) and on 2 small scratches that I noticed.
NXT with a grey finishing pad on paint, windows and wheels
Meguiars endurance tire gel on tires
Floormats were cleaned with a 1:30 mixture of TOL`s interior cleaner
Motor was wiped down with a damp terry cloth and dressed with 303
Interior glass was cleaned with Stoners using newspaper
Interior trim was wiped down with a damp MF and buffed dry with a dry MF. No 303 applied as it was practially new and looked spectaular, just a bit dusty.
Exhaust tips were cleaned with Target brand glass cleaner, #0000 steel wool and buffed dry with a MF
Wheel wells were scrubebd with a 1:10 mixture of Simply Green/H2O, then sprayed down with water from a spray bottle the wiped clean with a terry cloth
Enough talk, on to the pics ( a few are blurry, sorry!)
His friends Lotus Elise
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/0.jpg
FX front end before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/1.jpg
Side before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/2.jpg
Rear Shot Before
http://blue-sun.net/Pics/FX45/FX45-Images/3.jpg
More pics to come. . .