*Warning! No diving!* paint appears very deep! *No life guard on Duty* Skyline R34

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So I had one of my detailing buddies up in Bristol VA give me a ringer about this huge detail job that he had coming up on a 1999 Nissan Skyline GTR V-Spec. The car was used as a promotional car for the Fast and furious movies back in the day, and has since been repainted black. Here is what the car used to look like. 1999 Import Cars featured - Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V-Spec - Super Street Magazine



and now the current owner has changed some things around, such as wheels,wing, and other little things to her preference.





So When I arrived we got started right away with jacking the car up and started removing the wheels.



here are some before pics of what we were working with.

The wheels were super caked with brake dust.

we presoaked them with P21s wheel gel while we washed the car.

We degreased the wheel wells with some Chemical Guys Grime Reaper

and used P21s on the brakes

here is the motor

Next we sprayed the car down with the Foam canon mixed with Dawn soap and CG Grime Reaper

the grime just rolls off.

Next we both Washed it with 100 percent sheep skin wash mitts and two bucket method

 

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Then the rinse.

Now that all the wax has been removed the Tru surface is revealed

Next we clayed the car using a fine grade claybar and Dodo juice Born Slippy lube concentrate

Look how the water just sets on the sureface now. no more beading, no more rolling off.

here is David drying off the car with a ReThickulous towel.

we dried all the jams and crevices with a Metro Magic air.

Now that the car was finished with the wash and clay process, It's time for the wheels.



We used some more P21s wheel gel and some 0000# steel wool to brake up all the caked on dirt.

These wheels took forever but came out great.

Then we polished up the outer lips.

Looks way better now!

So then, to keep them cleaner longer and to keep them protected, we applied some PB's Wheels Sealant to the insides and outsides of the wheels.

here is the final out come of the wheels

Before we put the wheels back on I applied some Megs Tech wax 2.0 to the calibers to brighten them up a lillte.

And then I took some steel wool to the rotors to get the ugly Rust look off of them.

next we brought the car in and began taping up all the plastic moldings useing meguiars masking tape.

here is what the paint looks like under the halogens

 

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and here is a 50/50 using M105/Cyan via Flex 3401

I got the lower tight areas using my Griot's Garage 3in orbital with 4in backing plate and LC cyan pad with M105 compound.

Some of the scratches on the side skirts need some wetsanding. I used a Eagle supertack 1500 and then followed it with Eagle Bufflex 3000 (forgot to take after pics that night)

So we worked until 1 am and got the driver side mostly compounded. After a good nights rest we woke up and got back at it.

While David was correcting the paint, I started on the rear trunk.



There was a lot of Orange peel on the rear deck lid, so we removed the rear wing for it to be wet sanded.

I used a Meguiars G110 with my Eagle Supertack 1500 disc followed by 3000 grit.

After I wet sanded the trunk I removed the sand marks with a Mikita Rotary using the Meguiars W66 solo backing plate and a Solo maroon wool pad using M105 compound. Followed by M205/Tangerine.

While I was back there I finished up the tail lights and rear bumper.

Next was the Wing. It had all kinds of compound residue left behind from the previous buff job.

I soaked it down with some APC and agitated it with a brush

The top part of the wing had alot of deeper scratches so I wet sanded a small area to remove them.

And to buff it I put it back on the car for stability.

and polished it out via 205/tang pad with the G110v2

For the polishing stage we used our Flex 3401's with m205 and lake country Tangerine pads.

This is a picture of the Driver side skirt with all kinds of deeper scratches.

I wet sanded with 1500 then 3000 and this is how it came out.

This clear coat was ULTRA soft and would easily marr up just from wiping of compound dust so we finished up the paint with LC black pad and Menzerna 85rd.

 

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After all of that the car was covered in M105 dust and slingage from the wetsanding so we decided to spray it down with the foam cannon using CG citrus wash and gloss.

we let it dwell for a moment and then power washed it off.

we sealed the car using BlackFire Wet Diamond with a Blue LC pad on the G110.

and david polished up the exhaust with some 0000# steel wool and polish

And Finally the finished product, we was running out of sunlight, so I didn't get any direct sun shots, but you get the picture.

Thanks for viewing, have a blessed day!

 

[JohnKleven]

Very nice work. That black does look awesome.

 

[gtppilot]

Nice work. Holy crap. You made an already badass car...stunning !! Congrats !!

 

[Barry Theal]

Eric,

another outstanding job! Your hard work has finally paid off! Looks like your heading in a great direction! Im happy to see you making it. Great work both of you gentleman!

Barry

 

[LS1-MEX]

i have always loved the way skylines look....great job on the car my friend.

 

[adespain]

This car looks amazing! I always look forward to your posts. Keep it up!

 

[2Great2Exist]

insane job, well done guys

 

[sacdetailing]

Nice job brother! Looks awesome and sick car, one of my favorites. I just dont understand why would she paint it? it looks pretty exotic as it was before, from movie you know! But over all must be fast a** car!

 

[Nagz]

Wow wow wow. That is an amazing job! Keep up that high standard!

 

[Jean-Claude]

Beautiful job my friend.

 

[a_guerrajr]

great works GUYS!



paint looks much nicer.

 

[imported_JoshVette]

Great job on a great car, very well done.



Josh

 

[2MnyToys]

Stunning job on a fantastic car. Can you share with me the pressure washer you're using and are you satisfied with it? Thanks.

 

[uniquedetailing]

Nice job brother! Looks awesome and sick car, one of my favorites. I just dont understand why would she paint it? it looks pretty exotic as it was before, from movie you know! But over all must be fast a** car!

She didnt like the colour at all, "It was gay" her words.............im in the process of ordering new front and rear bumpers, then the cars gonna be taken apart and re-painted, then ill have the job of full wetsand, polish

 

[LS1-MEX]

She didnt like the colour at all, "It was gay" her words.............im in the process of ordering new front and rear bumpers, then the cars gonna be taken apart and re-painted, then ill have the job of full wetsand, polish

thats a chicks car?....wow

 

[sacdetailing]

thats going to be a killer project.

 

[Knox Details]

Tag teamin it! Awsome job guys! A++