Nissan Skyline GTR pearl white by Apollo Auto

Apollo_Auto

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Hi boys and girls! Here's a wicked Skyline GTR I finished yesterday and the color is just fabulous... pearl white! I don't know about you, but I haven't seen one in this color yet! I didn't get many pictures of the detail process, as it was about -8 outside and it had just started to snow before I arrived :(. Here's the products I used >>



- Pre-wash with Wolf's active snow foam (still under development)

- Wash with Wolf's Chemicals WS-1N "White Satin" shampoo 1:500 dilution

- Wheel detox with Wolf's WF-1P "Brake Duster", followed by WF-1NT nano wheel cleaner to give the base coat for the nano rim sealant

- Clay with Wolf's WC-1F fine clay and WC-1L "Pink Slip" clay lube

- Wheel wells with Wolf's WT-2N "The Outsider" APC 1:4 dilution

- Polish with Wolf's WP-5N and a polishing pad via Dodo Buff Daddy DA

- LSP Wolf's WP-0N "New Moon" liquid carnauba wax



You can't see it in this picture, but the snow was starting to come down pretty hard!



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Picking up the defects was quite difficult on this paint, but I managed to capture the gist of it. I settled with Wolf's WP-5N because mixed in with the hazing were quite a bit of deep scratches from when they washed it at the dealership... they used a water-blade :wall:!!



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The rest is just porn :). Enjoy!!



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I managed to catch the pearl color in this picture... fantastic!!



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Thanks for reading and to all the Playboy subscribers, thanks for "reading"!



- Jesse O'Connor
 
Beautiful!!!! I once gotten a ride in a tuned gtr in this color that was 0-60 in well below 3 seconds. Never felt anything like that before or since.
 
Matt_H said:
The car looks amazing! but what exactly is pearl compared to metallic?



Thanks Matt! Pearl paints give a softer more, well "pearly", look to them. Metallics tend to be a bit more "rainbow-like".



RaskyR1 said:
Car looks great Jesse! Definitely feeling the pearl white!



Thanks Chad!



tdekany said:
Beautiful!!!! I once gotten a ride in a tuned gtr in this color that was 0-60 in well below 3 seconds. Never felt anything like that before or since.



Thanks Thomas! Yes they're quite amazing...



Leadfootluke said:
That looks great Jesse!



Nicely done :up



Thanks buddy!



Scottwax said:
Wow, nice work. Too bad it is so cold there.



Thanks Scott! Yeah, I've closed the mobile part of the business since then... well for the winter at least :(.
 
Matt_H said:
The car looks amazing! but what exactly is pearl compared to metallic?





Apollo_Auto said:
Thanks Matt! Pearl paints give a softer more, well "pearly", look to them. Metallics tend to be a bit more "rainbow-like".





Amazing job! Love that car!



Like you said, the Pearls are interesting. I never really dealt with pearls in paint until I got my Crystal White Pearl Mazdaspeed3.



Not sure if you'd define it as more rainbow than pearl, but here's some pics I've been able to grab of the pearls in my paint:



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