My first foray... (lots of pics)

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denali-d

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...into detailing and photography. This first car was my PC's sacrificial lamb as I needed some practice before I was confidant enough to touch my practically brand new truck. This car was a mess. Moderate scratching and swirling, and water marks covered the majority of the car.



BEFORE:



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AFTER:



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Sorry about the drastic lighting change, but I didn't start until noon, and these days are getting short.



Final process was:



Wash with NXT

Clay

SSR2.5 on LC orange

SSR1 on polishing pad

VM on polishing pad

EX-P by hand



Then I was ready to play around with my Denali. It's only 4 months old but came equipped with the dealer installed swirl package. I've only had time to polish out the hood and liftgate which had pretty bad marring from where a carwash used a 'bath puff on a stick' looking brush on it. Didn't get great before pics though.



BEFORE:



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continued.....
 
AFTER:



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The hood and liftgate got:



Wash

Clay

SSR2.5 with LC orange

SSR1 with polishing pad

VM with polishing pad

Souveran x2 on the whole truck

plain old armor all on the tires



again sorry the pictures aren't great, but I'm fairly impressed with myself. Let me know what you think
 
The car and truck is looking great. What size wheel are you running with on that truck? Oh, and by the way. Alot of people around here don't like crome. So, be easy on the responses you might get.
 
Excellent work !



The rims look like Lowenhart LD-1 Knockoffs...Katana Spazio's maybe? I like em though :)



Any chance of larger pics :)?
 
"came equipped with the dealer installed swirl package"... hilarious.



Damn son, you got a big black car. You'll be using that PC alot!



I bet those rims cost more than the car! Looks good. What are you going to use on the rims?
 
PrinzII : thanks. I absolutely love the Denali, I had an Escalade before and actually prefer this truck.



Beau : I know it, the idea of doing the whole thing in one day is quite daunting. The rims will be coming off soon for the winter, they've had #16 on them and will probably give them a good polish and another coat before I put them away.
 
beau: I actually looked into one of those, but figured it wouldn't work because of the low-pro sidewalls.



carcrazy22: check www.stylinconcepts.com, I think thats where I saw it.



buick_guy: I haven't done the brakes because I didn't want to buy another set of rims for the winter (stock rims are 17's and won't fit over big brakes.) But I'll probably do it in the spring when I'm planning on lowering it.
 
To my critical eye, black can either look beautiful, or horrible. Not much grey area. So I'm shooting for the former:)
 
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