1996 Chevrolet Beretta before & after

**Don** · 08-01-2004, 07:27 AM

I picked up a black 1996 Chevrolet Beretta Z-26 Friday night that belongs to a girlfriend of my buddy (I`d have like to have gotten the girlfriend as well :naughty )

Any how...this car only has 17,000 miles on it, but it looks like it has 217,000 miles. It originally belonged to her dad who tried to keep the miles down, but unfortunately it was left outside in the elements. The paint almost looks flat black and the rear spoiler looks like someone tried to sand it down. The good news is that when it`s wet it looks really good, so it should still be saveable.

I`ve already got an hour and a half into washing it and I haven`t even touched the body panels yet. It started to rain, and while I can do everythng else in the garage, I can`t wash in there (no QEW for this car).

Although most won`t agree, I`m doing a DAWN wash. I always use DAWN on a first-time detail on a really dirty car. I feel the strong cleaners help me get the most gunk possible off the car and minimizes the chance of any oily/dirt grunge from hanging around and getting on my pads or microfibers.

My plan after the wash is pretty simple:

1) #83 DACP with a cutting pad, probably twice

2) #82 SFP again, probably twice

3) #20 Polymer Sealant (the NXT is MINE

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I haven`t decided if I`m going to put 2 coats of #20 on or follow the first coat with some #16.

The rain has stopped, so I`m going to go finish...pics to follow

Before:

**Don** · 08-01-2004, 07:28 AM

AFTER:

The spoiler is toast...I had hoped I could do something with it, but it`s too far gone...the rest of the car however...

BTW, I went ahead and used NXT topped by #16

**General Lee** · 08-01-2004, 07:40 AM

Nice transformation! It has a nice wet look to it.

**04BlackAV** · 08-01-2004, 08:40 AM

Great job!:up I do hope you`ll try and teach who ever own`s the car how to take better care of it after all that hard work.

**hondaguy2582** · 08-01-2004, 10:05 AM

Nice job.

**stilez** · 08-01-2004, 07:27 PM

Very nice work. The results are very clear

You should try turning up the aperature on the camera...The pics are very dark.

**Don** · 08-03-2004, 04:30 AM

Originally posted by GSRstilez

Very nice work. The results are very clear

You should try turning up the aperature on the camera...The pics are very dark.

Thanks...the camera is a SONY Handi-cam, & I manually adjusted the exposure setting more open, but I`m still learning