2006 Toyota FL Cruiser. Pretty easy one, it is only a few months old and the owner hand washes it himself. Just needed some very light polishing and sealing. Very cold morning, barely into the 30s when I got there in the morning, so he set up a couple heaters in the garage for me to work in.
I used Optimum's Poli-Seal via PC with a white LC polishing pad and topped with my 80/20 blend of #16 and Pink Wax.
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2006 Lincoln Mark LT. Sat on the dealer's lot nearly a year (05/05 build date), owner bought it in late April of this year for around $12,000 off list. No one molested it with a buffer and the paint looked really good, so I just applied Werkstatt's AJ Trigger when he first bought it, which still appeared to be holding up here in early December-and this truck sat outside all summer. The BMW 740 next to it used to stay in the garage all the time but he now lets his hot blonde girlfriend keep it so finally, the truck gets the garage. Anyway, the paint still had decent slickness and good beading, although I am sure using ONR on it a couple times a month does help. He decided though, 7+ months is long enough and he wanted something on it for the winter. I went ahead and used my #16/Pink Wax blend by hand, since the paint still was 95% swirl free.
1993 Toyota Supra Turbo. He has some serious money into the engine and paint, and he was told (but hasn't yet been able to verify for sure) that this was the first American Supra to get the Veilside body kit. HKS wheels too, pretty rare! The hood is carbon fiber and he says the engine puts out slightly more than 600 hp on pump gas. I managed to screw up and only get a crappy cell phone pic of the engine. He wants me to come back every 3 months so I'll get better pics the next time.
The hood had some problems, looked like some left over sanding marks from the paint being wetsanded. It took Optimum Hyper Compound and orange Cyclo cutting pads to remove them but that combo left some light hazing. I first tried Optimum Compound using green Cyclo polishing pads but that was slow go (original version of OC) so I used Meguiars DACP and orange Cyclo cutting pads and that did the trick. OC and the same pads probably would have worked too but I didn't have any fresh pads and all my other orange pads have been used with other products. Anyway, I then went over the whole car with OC and the green Cyclo pads and then sealed with Optimum Poli-Seal via PC and a white LC polishing pad.
It was 5 PM when I finished and we pulled the car out for pics (high school right behind him, he didn't want the car sitting out all afternoon in full view of the school) and with sunset less than 30 minutes away, the pics are a touch dark. I also took care of the red 1988 Supra Turbo you can see still in the garage but I didn't finish it until after dark.
Yummy, Baltic Blue Supra with TS hood and rear diffuser, not a fan of the Veilside kit though. Amazing job as always, I always look forward to checking out your threads whenever I see a new one up.
You know I LOVE my Supras! This one looks amazingly wet. That bodykit actually looks nice on it. Probably because it does not have that huge spoiler on it. Man, I don't know what I would do without Poli-Seal now.
Awesome work as always Scott. Stupid question you've probably answered 100 times; what did you use on the FJ Cruisers trim? I know you use AA on tires, but not sure on trim.
I just heated up what I had on hand of each in already opened tins, nothing more scientific about the ratios than that. They just melted together and blended. Sort of an ugly light purple color now.
01bluecls-the weather isn't that good, it may be dry but we've been below normal (40s and 50s in the afternoon instead of around 60) since the snow and ice about a week ago...and another arctic blast today! Imagine how much fun I had detailing a car in low 40 temps with 20-30 mph northwest winds. Ugh.
justin30513-typical Toyota clear on the FJ. You should be able to correct minor defects without too much trouble.
The #16/PW blend seems to hold up just like regular #16, seems to hold slickness well too.
^&04types-actually, the PC with the 7" curved LC pads was able to get 95% of the front spoiler, the rest I had to do by hand. No way with the Cyclo!
Picus-the trim looked really good just after washing it, so I just went over it with Clearkote's Quikshine.
