Evo (Incomplete Detail)

[Mad iX]

Got to detail an Evo V today. Unfortunately, duty called and I had to stop when I was just getting into it. I`ll probably be resuming this sometime next week. Nice car but unfortunately a lot of signs of neglect.



Doesn`t look too bad here. In fact it looks pretty good. That`s what I thought when I first saw it.

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/01_G.jpg



However, on closer inspection ...

Smudge is from a test of ScratchX, which didn`t do much.

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/02_G.jpg



More ...

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/03_G.jpg



Started with a wash (2-bucket method) with EO.

Almost non-existant beading. 8O

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/04_G.jpg



After rinse, left the car wet and clayed with Meg`s QD and Claymagic blue.

Horizontal surfaces were rough but nothing the clay couldn`t handle.

Also visible is the trim which was moderately faded. PB TR did well but I had to buff it off almost right away due to lack of time.

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/05_G.jpg



Paint defect under the CC.

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/06_G.jpg



Masked off the vents.

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/07_G.jpg



Neeeed ... to ... polishh ...

http://gallery.pixelstreak.com/gallery/albums/album11/08_G.jpg



I`d only just started attacking the hood with SSR 2.5 when I got a phone call from work. Finished off the hood quickly, noticeably diminished the swirls but still plenty left. Sorry but haven`t got pics of that, but the CC seemed quite thin due to lack of depth even on black. Hopefully a 2nd round of SSR 2.5 and finishing up with SSR 1 will yield some more satisfactory results. If not, then I`ll have to break out DACP or even IP.



Also, it`s got an aluminium wing, which has a couple of stains. It`s not polished aluminium, more of a matt finish. I tried clay but it didn`t touch them. Anybody know of a product I can try? I was thinking AIO or even VM but wasn`t able to try them out.

[Mitchubishievo]

Wow, what a coincidence...I did my friend`s Black Evo 8 yesterday and also was VERY scruntched on time. The guy was suppsoed to bring it to me at 8 in the mornring...I got the car at 4 int he afternoon and only had 5 hours with it. Add to that the fact that it was going to be my first time detailing with a PC and you can already picture the results. I went over the car with SSR 2.5 and got the hang of the PC pretty fast...but it took almost nothing out. After that, I just put a coat of Souveran on and it looked nice and deep, but the swirls killed me. I thought i was doing something wrong but seems like that evo has the same problem....as I have read, Mitsu paint is terrible and very thin so there isn`t much CC to work with anyways. I told him to come back in about a month and I woudl try it one mroe time but I would need ALOT more time.

[Mad iX]

Sorry, forgot to mention an important fact.

The paint I worked on was not Mitsubishi paint.

This car I worked on was re-painted about 6 months ago.

It`s supposed to be a gold metallic black, but it`s almost impossible to see any of the gold flakes except at the right angles, which is another thing which I`m trying to fix and bring out.

I myself have a Mitsubishi and haven`t experienced any of these problems, although about 40% of my car has been repainted. :(