1999 Grand Am GT- black

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coupe

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I was finaly able to do a full paint correction on my good buddy’s 1999 GAGT. Me and Tim had talked about it in the past but since he lives 3+ hours away it took us almost a year to finaly setup a weekend to do it. It needed it badly, definitely beyond saving but well worth trying, we think it came out great considering what we started with.



Wash with foam gun and megs goldclass

Clay with an old mothers claybar I had, didn’t wanna waiste a new one on this, it was THAT bad. VHT and rubber all the way down the sides from the track and all the other surfaces where loaded with some seriously bad contaminants.

Rotary with edge2K 6� pads, optimum compound at 1500-2400 rpm

Porter Cable with Danase 5� CCS polishing pads and LC 4� polishing spot pads, megs #80 speed 6 the whole way.

Megs #26 high tech yellow wax





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This is ONLY the very top of the bumper!!!

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Half and half of the hood:



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End of night one!



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Wow, very impressed with the afters!! You guys did a great job. Looks like #80 did a decent job of hiding whatever remaining defects there were.



-Frank
 
#80 didnt hide anything, it does not hide defects. Sure it has alot of oils like any other finishing polish and can hide them to a degree but once you wipe the panels down with QD it removes all the oils.
 
Now thats how to tell a tale! I always love seeing a little personal affect thrown into the c 'n b pics. And the car looks hot! Good work
 
Ya know i never really considered OC to have all that much cutting power but after using it on this car with a 6" blue edge2k pad i now think it has alot more than i previosly thought it to have.



1999-2005 Grand Am's are a PITA to buff out. 50% of it is plastic panels and the other 50% of the panels are small and very curvy.
 
Awesome work on the GA !

I saw those same pics on the GAOC yesterday and I thought that the end of the night pic was just hilarous ! :P
 
I am still ever greatful for what Coupe did. I wish I could repay him with something I am good at, lol. Where is Coupe, I haven't been able to get a hold of him for a while. I know he has a kid now, but thats all I know. lol



EDIT: oh yea, back from the dead, lol
 
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