Mystical_Ice
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THE STORY:
I planned on getting a clear bra installed on my 2005 CTS-V which i'd purchased about 6 weeks ago. Before getting that done though, there were one or two lights scratches on the hood (you couldn't even feel them with your fingernail), and a scuff in the lower bumper (plastic) that i wanted fixed, so i took it to a local bodyshop. I picked the car up later that day, and noticed that there are swirl marks all over the car. Even on the plastic tail lights... it's as if they just glided their high speed rotary right over the taillights. i was pretty upset. They said that it needed to get waxed, but i said that wax would just be a band-aid, and when the installers put on the clear bra, they'll remove the wax anyway, and there's no way i want those halos/swirl marks under the clear bra, where they'll be permanent.
THE PROBLEM:
I want to get rid of the swirl marks on the car, and i don't want them just 'covered up' with wax. Even now, with a couple of coats of wax, it's still clearly visible.
THE SOLUTION (WHAT I NEED HELP WITH):
The shop's solution is not going to cut it. There's no way i want to 3000grit wetsand the car (that's the only solution they offer... which i've been told will remove entire coats of clearcoat, which will be far from necessary), even i know better than that, and i know next to nothing about paint or detailing. Everyone i know has said the same thing, to not under any circumstances let them do that.
Instead, i'm going to try to get them to pay for me taking the car somewhere else to get the swirls out (without just hiding them with wax), whether they can use 3M swirl remover, or whatever else. I need there to be no swirls visible without wax, so that the 3M clear bra can be installed. If i can't get them to cover it, then so be it, and i'll just have to pay out of my pocket, but i hope that won't happen, because it took me over 2 years to save up for this car, and i don't really have much money to pay for an expensive detailing job
So who can you suggest in Houston that will do a good job of detailing it? Other people have said that it will probably take 10 hours to do.
For a play-by-play listing, or to read the original thread in its entirety to get the story, see here:
clear bra
- Page 3 - Cadillac Owners
I planned on getting a clear bra installed on my 2005 CTS-V which i'd purchased about 6 weeks ago. Before getting that done though, there were one or two lights scratches on the hood (you couldn't even feel them with your fingernail), and a scuff in the lower bumper (plastic) that i wanted fixed, so i took it to a local bodyshop. I picked the car up later that day, and noticed that there are swirl marks all over the car. Even on the plastic tail lights... it's as if they just glided their high speed rotary right over the taillights. i was pretty upset. They said that it needed to get waxed, but i said that wax would just be a band-aid, and when the installers put on the clear bra, they'll remove the wax anyway, and there's no way i want those halos/swirl marks under the clear bra, where they'll be permanent.
THE PROBLEM:
I want to get rid of the swirl marks on the car, and i don't want them just 'covered up' with wax. Even now, with a couple of coats of wax, it's still clearly visible.
THE SOLUTION (WHAT I NEED HELP WITH):
The shop's solution is not going to cut it. There's no way i want to 3000grit wetsand the car (that's the only solution they offer... which i've been told will remove entire coats of clearcoat, which will be far from necessary), even i know better than that, and i know next to nothing about paint or detailing. Everyone i know has said the same thing, to not under any circumstances let them do that.
Instead, i'm going to try to get them to pay for me taking the car somewhere else to get the swirls out (without just hiding them with wax), whether they can use 3M swirl remover, or whatever else. I need there to be no swirls visible without wax, so that the 3M clear bra can be installed. If i can't get them to cover it, then so be it, and i'll just have to pay out of my pocket, but i hope that won't happen, because it took me over 2 years to save up for this car, and i don't really have much money to pay for an expensive detailing job
So who can you suggest in Houston that will do a good job of detailing it? Other people have said that it will probably take 10 hours to do.
For a play-by-play listing, or to read the original thread in its entirety to get the story, see here:
clear bra
- Page 3 - Cadillac Owners
