Sam's Auto: 2007 Lexus RX 400H (Neptune Blue)

[imported_artikxscout]

Another one of my clients who I've worked with lately. I had a friend help me out on this one. This car was pretty beaten up as it just went through a cross country trip and the front clear bra had been taken off. I would start with my rotary and my friend followed me with a PC. The owner also had dogs so there were a bunch of scratches from the dogs, so I had to wetsand the back. This ~7 hour job was probably shorted by at least 2 hours. This was probably the best correction I've ever done on a vehicle. Anyways here is the process:



Exterior:

ONR Wash (apartment w/ no water source)

Clay w/ ONR Lube

SIP w/ LC purple wool (1800 RPM) ~ 5-6 minutes.

PO106FF w/ LC White (PC 6) ~7-8 minutes

RMG

M21 Sealant

Megs Hot Shine

TOL Best Dressed on Wheel Wells

303 Aerospace Protectant on Exterior Plastic



Wet Sand:

3M 2000 Grit

HTEC by hand

SIP w/ LC Purple Wool (1800 RPM) x 2-3 times.



est time ~ 5.5 hours.



Before:

Here's the clear bra residue.

Best shot I can get of swirls. Other panels were much worst:

Most of the swirls looked like this:

Scratches & Wet Sanding:

After HTEC and SIP (I should've used flash)

During Polishing (SIP)

Hazing from the wool:

Final Product:

Money Shots:

You wouldn't see this through LA pollution. For those that don't know, this is the Bay Area Sunset over looking Berkeley to the SF Bay Bridge.

I love California! Enjoy guys, comments always welcomed.

 

[Tripperfx3]

Great job! The last shot is beautiful sunset shot!

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Yeah, I really wished i had a DSLR to take the pictures though.

 

[ShineyWhiteRex]

Great job! The wet sanding did wonders in those spots. Did you use the machine to polish in the tight spot on the bumper or did you work it by hand?

 

[nmxdaven]

Wow! The flakes really make that color stand out as does your hard work, well done mate!

 

[Labster]

awesome work! Looks amazing!

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Great job! The wet sanding did wonders in those spots. Did you use the machine to polish in the tight spot on the bumper or did you work it by hand?

I used HTEC by hand to level as much as I can first and then just used the wool pad to buff it out. Wool pads are much more forgiving.



Thanks guys.

 

[rucdn]

Why was the clear bra removed? Seems odd to remove something that helps protect your car.....

 

[danHA]

Looks beautiful Sam. I got my detail done yesterday. I'll try your services next time.

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Why was the clear bra removed? Seems odd to remove something that helps protect your car.....

Yeah, I wasn't sure of that either. It probably got ruined after a cross country trip but i guess he wanted it to prepped for a new layer.

Looks beautiful Sam. I got my detail done yesterday. I'll try your services next time.

Thanks Dan, I hope you have pictures to show us your ride! Luckily it's not raining anytime soon, so you're good to go.