X-treme makeover - NISSAN TIIDA Shine edition!

[zckid]

Hello friends!

Greetings from sunny Mauritius
But before we start, could you guess the color of this car?





A hint



Another one




A better clue, but guess this part of the ride





This is what I had to do a paint correction on.



No beading, no sheeting, no protection, just water clinging on all surfaces and a flake-off while washing the car…. Permanent damage



Whole car washed using 2BM method, MF washmitt, car shampoo and APC mix, and finally dried with MF towels, all available locally


Claying






Ready for inspection



Feeling blessed! The sun was here! Looking for defects was so easy 



Close-up







More…. Too many





The infamous RIDS and Scratches
The side-mirror









Many… many of them….





Textured paint, orange peel, pits and pores, blurriness etc….







More and more





we really know how much you care caring less is better

& now we are ready for real fun.

[zckid]

The headlights

The right side before







After








The left side

before











The afters










To the most sought after part of the ride… paintwork


Tools n equipment:

Compounding: Optimum hyper compound, carpro denim pads, optimum double-sided wool pad
Polishing: menzerna 203s, LC white pad
Finishing: Menzerna PO85rd, LC black and LC Red HT pads
LSP: Menz Powerlock , wipedown with the softest towel (yellow) I had locally


CarPro pads effective but dangerous too.

Voilà !




close-up





close-up




Compounding after paint leveled




Refined




Further refined

[zckid]

Before




Close-up




After








Blurriness gone





Look carefully, the permanent damage in focus




50-50






During




After




Friends in need







the side Mirrors










Mirror - Mirror








Glow with sunset




A detail in another detail







The boss inspecting








close-up




the doors

[zckid]

What’s your favorite color?







house on wheels




Mirror house




Water test







Hydrophobic-ity
(These are the last set of pictures, after sun shots and mirror shots)

















:nomore: Saved some sun shots as the sun loves to play with the clouds here :props:




The door sides



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extreme close-up






The roof










When others envy your ride’s shine, it’s BeyondShine.




My appreciation and thanks go to all of the friends who have helped me with their advice, their detailed posts and instructions, their videos and the hands-on experience from which I learned a lot. :iagree:

Thanks for viewing, your comments and thoughts are most welcome.

Zaid

[GearHead_1]

Very nice!

[mnehls86]

Awesome Job. But what the hell happened to your finger! Sharp edge somewhere on the car?

[jtford95]

Great turn around! Great color too!

[Klock]

Awesome work! Thanks for sharing!

[zckid]

Awesome Job. But what the hell happened to your finger! Sharp edge somewhere on the car?

thanks for kind words bro

Yes. i hurt myself with the number plate. but feeling so much better after seeing the transformation, thanks God.

[zckid]

Very nice!

Awesome work! Thanks for sharing!

Great turn around! Great color too!

thanks a lot for your kind encouraging words.

[Todd@RUPES]

Very nice! Vega@Autopia loves all things Nissan!

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job !!!! Love the beading shots.

[zckid]

Awesome job !!!! Love the beading shots.

Thanks a lot buddy. Menzerna beads

Very nice! Vega@Autopia loves all things Nissan!

Thanks Todd. twice thanks for sharing your way of using the denim pads to reduce orange peel.

Game Changing Performance: CarPro Denim Orange Peel Pad Review

It helped me a lot, this is the first car I used the denim pads and fg400 on all panels. I tried to copy how you used the denim pads but in the end I had to have my own to get the best out the pads and polish while achieving a high gloss.

speed 1400 - 1500 and a little pressure. work in small areas and check, working on adjacent panels and check again, If it were not satisfactory, correct after panels cool down. I used the rotary in arc movements rather than straight horizontal and vertical passes. and keep the pad flat at all times.

cheers and have nice detailing time over there