CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

[cobrAA]

Je crois avoir réussi à bien le faire.










Application de l’aquapel


Et voyez comment mince est la peinture, j’ai pas pu faire mieux que ça comme correction principalement du à la mince couche de peinture. Pour tout ces petits détails, vous me verrez jamais au volant d’une Mazda, mais ça me fait plaisir de les remettres belle, par contre!







See ya!

[cobrAA]

Ben non là, j’ai pas peur de la sortir au soleil, attendez attendez!





Nice shine hen!?? Et vous voyez les touch-up?

















Les trims sont tous protégé pour l’hiver

Voyez les sun shot, les swirls beaucoup diminués et le pearl pop vraiment!









Et sautons à l’intérieur.. la section du centre es tun vrai cauchemar, tout parrait! Les marques, les lignes, quelle mauvaise idée de mazda!

[cobrAA]

Avant de commencer, je voudrais dire que j’ai eu bien du plaisir à vous rencontré, vous avez été bien sympathique, si vous avez d’autres questions, hésitez-pas.

Donc, on commence par la voiture de madame, une mazda 3.

L’histoire a commencé avec des touch-up de peinture mal faite qui ont fait que Monsieur s’est tourné vers moi pour corriger la situation!





Et maintenant, vous en pensez quoi?





Ça, c’était le test spot. Le lendemain, j’apprends que madame est très satisfaite et veux que la voiture au complet, soit fait! Pari gagné! :P

Voici, comment je reçois l’auto :





















Donc, oui, l’auto est ‘,entretenu’’ par deux enfants, c’est une 2009, elle est en magané, mais disons que les swirls, deep scratches et autres sont plus présent. Un bon nettoyage est nécessaire.
Comble de malheur, la batterie de ma caméra rend l’ame.. donc vous avez seulement des after-pictures.

[cobrAA]

lol i took my car out there for a bachelor party last year..wish i knew u then..i replied to your other thread..im pretty interested depending on price

I bet you will have another party

hey cobraa, a friend of mine had very severe paint fade (clear) on his hood and trunk and decided to apply wipe on clear coat 2 layers(i forget the brand) as his clearcoat layer may have been too thin to just wetsand/buff. anyways i saw his end result after buffing and it looked like new. my question is, would you ever do this or does this seem like something to avoid and just get it recleared (sprayed)??

thanks,
mark

Never heard about it. I do high-end detailing and the way you tell me about it, it look like your friend did it with a spray can ? If that's the case, you can bet I will never do such low-end kind of job.

A proper way to repair faded clear coat is by compounding or a total re-spray but not a half-a** job I'm the guy people comes to me when their paintjob went wrong. I repair the other guy's job. I bet you 1000$ I would find many defect on his job. Avoid that kind of job. do it right.

[M0nkeyMark]

hey cobraa, a friend of mine had very severe paint fade (clear) on his hood and trunk and decided to apply wipe on clear coat 2 layers(i forget the brand) as his clearcoat layer may have been too thin to just wetsand/buff. anyways i saw his end result after buffing and it looked like new. my question is, would you ever do this or does this seem like something to avoid and just get it recleared (sprayed)??

thanks,
mark

[JVizZLe]

lol i took my car out there for a bachelor party last year..wish i knew u then..i replied to your other thread..im pretty interested depending on price

[cobrAA]

awesome job!! i wish u lived closer so u can do my car =)

You never considered visiting montreal for a week-end ?

If not, Im still gauging interest!

http://forums.gtrcanada.com/off-topic-marketplace/52761-offering-my-detailing-service-around-canada.html#post508325

[JVizZLe]

awesome job!! i wish u lived closer so u can do my car =)

[cobrAA]

All trim are now restored and protected:









All the deep scratches remains:










The reflections are soo much wetter than it was a couples hours ago!




Both taillight and headlight are polished:








Thanks for looking!

See ya!

[cobrAA]

Little fifty fifity with my halogen light:






Aftershot:







Remember the deep scratch on the door?

[cobrAA]

On commence par sable une lumière à la fois :


Can’t see nothing :


And now it’s polished :


Done:



And now for the other side..





Here’s a couple of stuff needed to achieve that result:


Too bad, the lens inside had problem: lens would have been clearer.




And now let go back to the paint care:


Cleaning wheel using my color-chaning wheel cleaner


Foaming the car
Some call it the luxurious foma bath ( loll..) Wtv! It’s foam in order to reduce swirl while cleaning.:¸







I then proceed to the clay bar:




I was expecting more dirt, oh well! It’s not a bad thing.

[cobrAA]

Here’s my first G35. Nice car but this one needed soooo much attention!! I’M sorry but this is the truth, it was in rough shape! However, I did my best considering the times and weather to make it shine like it should, and I think I did very well!

Here’s how I got the car:





Very fade looking:






Wax residu everywhere:






Deeper scratch


Really faded plastic as well!






Condition of the paint under light:













Headlight Wetsanding:

This is no news to anyone, I’ve been doing over 20 of these every years but just a reminder on how it’s done:

You need to wetsand the light lens
Polish using different pad
And then you seal it for extra protection

Obviously it sound easy but you need a good technique in order to achieve a good result!

[cobrAA]

Le toit est aussi poli!




Ohh a sun-shot for you sun-lover!









Very good clarity right there:




Everything is nicely detailed:






One of my favourite shot:


So, which picture is wetter? The water or the after-shot?








Enjoy!!

[cobrAA]

Comme si j’avais pas déjà assez poli de métal de même!


Un autre truc que d’habitude, je ne fait pas et que moi et lui avions jamais discuté, la boite :





Beaucoup mieux, donne un plus fini et, en plus, protège à l’avenir.

Fini de protéger les moulures :


After-shot!

Wax used :













Oui, yen avait du métal haha!

[cobrAA]

Voici un gars qui connait bien son affaire et qui sait reconnaitre les défauts, mais qui n’a pas la patience pour faire la grosse job. Alors, avec plaisir, je m’occupe de sa voiture!

Hello F150 !


So much sticker to remove!








Lots of bug to remove and see how little clarity is on that paint?


Cleaning wheel using ph-safe wheel cleaner :


Pre-solution:




Let say if I can make that vehicule has wet has when the water is still on the car:









Bonne variation d’épaisseur de peinture.

Correction*




Moitié-moitié


Voyons voir de plus près:



Very good correction!

Pas pire hen!?













Parce que je suis un bon gars, j’ai vue cette boite et je me suis dit, le camion serait plus beau avec la boite poli right? So, free of charge, je lui offre ce cadeaux!

Since I’m a nice guy I decide the pick-up would look more finished with this metal box fully polished and I done a couple of metal project so far, let’s add another one under my belt! All free of charges by the way.

50-50, polished side:


Unpolished side:




La différence est marquante!




Removing compound dust around the car :


Dressing the tires: