Jngrbrdman
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My wife came in and took the camera with her when she went out and about on Saturday, so sadly I didn't get any before and after pictures. I get so excited to get started that I often forget to do the before pictures anyway. That was the case with this car. I did get a good half/half picture though. You'll have to ignore the sweeping streak from where my towel caught a drip on the last pass. I have no idea why I didn't wipe that off before I took the picture. Probably because I was anxious to just finish the job and get on with the day. lol Ever get that way?
The product used was Danase Swirl Abolish II, which is pretty comparable to SSRII or XMT2. It was what I had available, so that is what I used. I busted out a little SSR2.5 on a couple of other areas that had some interesting scratches, but for the most part I was able to sort it all out with SAII.
The vehicle itselve was a 2007 Subaru WRX wagon. Pretty rough for a car that was only a year and a half old, eh? He takes it to machine washes exclusively, so that accounts for the damage. It was pretty bad... There was a lot of stuff that he started to see after it was polished that really irritated him about the paint. Subaru just doesn't paint cars very well these days. Sort of like the rest of the industry I guess. Anyway, it turned out pretty darn good. I finished it off with Liquid Souveran and told him to come back in October and I'd put some polycharged UPP on it for the winter for better protection. I advised him that what is on there now will definitely not last him through the winter. It may not even last through the fall for all I know, so he should be back. ...hopefully. I hate sending cars out unprepared for the elements that will no doubt destroy them again.
The product used was Danase Swirl Abolish II, which is pretty comparable to SSRII or XMT2. It was what I had available, so that is what I used. I busted out a little SSR2.5 on a couple of other areas that had some interesting scratches, but for the most part I was able to sort it all out with SAII.
The vehicle itselve was a 2007 Subaru WRX wagon. Pretty rough for a car that was only a year and a half old, eh? He takes it to machine washes exclusively, so that accounts for the damage. It was pretty bad... There was a lot of stuff that he started to see after it was polished that really irritated him about the paint. Subaru just doesn't paint cars very well these days. Sort of like the rest of the industry I guess. Anyway, it turned out pretty darn good. I finished it off with Liquid Souveran and told him to come back in October and I'd put some polycharged UPP on it for the winter for better protection. I advised him that what is on there now will definitely not last him through the winter. It may not even last through the fall for all I know, so he should be back. ...hopefully. I hate sending cars out unprepared for the elements that will no doubt destroy them again.
They have some engine management devices that are so plug and play that you can give yourself ridiculous horsepower one minute and have it in valet mode the next (the car won't go over 3000 RPM or something like that). If I could get a better paint job on one, then I'd get another Legacy GT in a heartbeat. It's not tough to get 350 HP out of one of those things. Considering it is a 4 banger engine, that is pretty impressive. I didn't do much performance modding on mine because I felt the 250 it came with was plenty for my needs. 