Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Superleggera in black

**Scottwax** · 06-11-2014, 10:03 PM

Owner recently picked this car up, has mega horsepower turbo plans for it but first wanted it cleaned up. Some areas were pretty swirled up, really didn`t look good in the sun or under LED lights.
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This was on the hood, actually about the least swirled part of the car since it had a clear bra on it since new and it was just removed (due to damage) a few days ago. `
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ONR Wash
Opti-Raser (mild) to spot clay)-paint was actually very smooth
Meguiars M100 using a Meguiars MF cutting pad and Rupes 21 DA
Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum orange foam waffle cutting pad and HF DA
3D HD Polish using a Meguiars yellow foam polishing pad and Rupes 21 DA
Opti-Seal
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Got 90-95% correction throughout the car, the back fenders were especially bad and I expect we`ll have to do them again once all the engine work is finished. A few deeper RIDS (random isolated deep scratches) remained, and the hood had some pitting that was way too deep to polish out. Overall though, it was a massive improvement, even in the garage the owner could see how much deeper and wetter the finish looked.`
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**pmnewton** · 06-12-2014, 03:14 PM

Great job, Scott!` Those things sound mean, don`t they?

**Scottwax** · 06-12-2014, 07:12 PM

Mean doesn`t begin to describe the cold idle roar!`

**Driven Auto Detail** · 06-12-2014, 08:04 PM

Damn, nice work & nice car!` How long did that take?

**Scottwax** · 06-12-2014, 11:08 PM

2 of us working, about 4.5 hours, to about 9 total hours into it. Interior was just vacuumed and wiped down so 95% of our time was concentrated on the paint.`

**Driven Auto Detail** · 06-13-2014, 07:14 AM

One more question Scott. Is the new spray polish formula cream colored vs. the old formulation being pink?

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**fdresq4** · 06-13-2014, 07:38 AM

Great job Scott. The waffle pad you used with the Hyper Polish, is that the new pad?

Steve

**Scottwax** · 06-13-2014, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by mshu7

One more question Scott. Is the new spray polish formula cream colored vs. the old formulation being pink?

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The new Polish is blue, the Compound is orange colored. `

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Originally Posted by fdresq4

Great job Scott. The waffle pad you used with the Hyper Polish, is that the new pad?

Steve

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Not sure how "new" it actually is, been using them for several months now. Not quite microfiber cut but the finish is superb.`

**Gray_Panther** · 06-14-2014, 09:43 AM

Stunningly beautiful.` Don`t ever drive one though, I made that mistake and now my life goal is working to acquire my very own.

**Scottwax** · 06-14-2014, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

Stunningly beautiful.` Don`t ever drive one though, I made that mistake and now my life goal is working to acquire my very own.

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Sort of like when I rode a friend`s carbon Fuji SST2.0 last year, couldn`t get it out of my mind how a bike could ride so smooth and still be so stiff and fast. And spending $3200 or so on a bike wasn`t something I wanted to do at the time...but luckily, Performance Bikes had a 2013 model in my size locally and ended up getting the SST2.1 for $2299.