First I would like to thank GTScott for letting us use his garage. I wanted to return the favor by cleaning up his driveway, but I broke my toothbrush after the first few mins. 
Also thanks to GTScott for doing some of the interior work and a wipedown down of the dust from around the deck lid and hood.
A BIG thanks to Jim (stickman81) for helping out on this one. After we removed the wheels, Jim polished these CCW wheels inside and out, he also polished the exhaust "cans" and pipes. He also cleaned the wheel wells and did most of the interior work. His effort really showed! :up
This Torchred Z06 had been wet sanded approx 2 yrs ago to remove the orange peel.
It did not look that bad:
But seeing it "in the light" revealed some defects:
QEW wash-clay-wash.
Here is what the claybar looked like after:
Wheels removed from the car.
Then Jim did his part:
Polished with Blue magic and a powerball on the insides, most of the front face of the wheels where done by hand.
Followed up the front face of each with NXT polish by hand.
Exhaust cans and pipes polished with blue magic by hand.
Tires got Zaino Z-16 x2
Being that the car had been wetsanded I was very apprehensive on my attempts to try and remove some of the defects with out risking damage to the clear coat.
I tried the following:
106ff green P2 pad rotary 1500
106ff White LC pad 1500
EC/OP mix White LC pad 1500
The EC/OP mix w/ the white LC pad removed 60-70% of the defects. I am sure I could of got most of (80%+) the defects out with the same product and a yellow LC pad. But after talking to the owner we decided that in the interest of a healthy clearcoat on a wetsanded car, I would stop after the White LC pad.
I then finished with the following steps:
106FF and a green P2 pad
50/50 wipedown
3X of Z5pro
Z8
The interior got a 1:10 APC wipedown.
Leather got Zaino Z-10
Trim got 303.
Tinted glass got Plexus
Exterior Glass got PB Sealant w/ Carnuba (thanks Scott)
Finals:
MORE to Come.
Also thanks to GTScott for doing some of the interior work and a wipedown down of the dust from around the deck lid and hood.
A BIG thanks to Jim (stickman81) for helping out on this one. After we removed the wheels, Jim polished these CCW wheels inside and out, he also polished the exhaust "cans" and pipes. He also cleaned the wheel wells and did most of the interior work. His effort really showed! :up
This Torchred Z06 had been wet sanded approx 2 yrs ago to remove the orange peel.
It did not look that bad:
But seeing it "in the light" revealed some defects:
QEW wash-clay-wash.
Here is what the claybar looked like after:
Wheels removed from the car.
Then Jim did his part:
Polished with Blue magic and a powerball on the insides, most of the front face of the wheels where done by hand.
Followed up the front face of each with NXT polish by hand.
Exhaust cans and pipes polished with blue magic by hand.
Tires got Zaino Z-16 x2
Being that the car had been wetsanded I was very apprehensive on my attempts to try and remove some of the defects with out risking damage to the clear coat.
I tried the following:
106ff green P2 pad rotary 1500
106ff White LC pad 1500
EC/OP mix White LC pad 1500
The EC/OP mix w/ the white LC pad removed 60-70% of the defects. I am sure I could of got most of (80%+) the defects out with the same product and a yellow LC pad. But after talking to the owner we decided that in the interest of a healthy clearcoat on a wetsanded car, I would stop after the White LC pad.
I then finished with the following steps:
106FF and a green P2 pad
50/50 wipedown
3X of Z5pro
Z8
The interior got a 1:10 APC wipedown.
Leather got Zaino Z-10
Trim got 303.
Tinted glass got Plexus
Exterior Glass got PB Sealant w/ Carnuba (thanks Scott)
Finals:
MORE to Come.
