CobrAA's Eastern detailing pic

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Condition initial:










May I remember you the car was painted last year ?

Wow.






Différence très marquee!


Pour un 3-step, je suis très satisfait de la correction.

*Wet-sanding*

Voyez comment l’image est distortionné,piquotté ?


In fact, this panel had way too much orange peel compared to the rest of the car ( well both fenders were wet-sanded).




Deep scratches:


So let’s do it. Sablons la peinture:


Voyez toute la pelure d’orange, je dois encore sablé un peu plus, mais j’ai peur de defence car je doute que l’épaisseur de peiture sur cette voiture pour la simple raison que je ne fait pas confiance à la paintjob.



Mieux non? Je ne vais pas plus profond.


Maintenant, il faut polir et voici le résultat final, retourner 3-4 photos plus haut et voyez la différence de clarité.



Mieux non!?

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I’m very happy to present you my second Supra of the year. However that car gave me a good amount of headache being repainted and I can’t say the quality of the job was high-end. Polishing those job are always touchy and I can’t guarantee anything when I see the paintjob wasn’t done ‘’high-class’’. So, I told the owner that it would be better than before but that it.

Voici un exemple qui me laisse croire que la peinture n’est pas top-class, regardez les grosse scratchs sur le coffre, en fait, la peinture était aussi bosseler, vraiment pas super. Je dit pas ça pour descendre le propriétaire, j’essaye juste de me protéger en expliquant que je pourrais JAMAIS faire un showroom condition avec une ‘’mauvaise base’’. Je ne veux pas créer de fausse attente. Je crois, malgré tout, que le résultat est très joli!

Here’s some before pic:

After the wet-sanding, the guy simply did a quick compound but never did a polishing and his compound wasn’t top. I could tell.

Après le sablage à l’eau, le peintre a fait qu’un compound vite vite sans faire de polissage de finition. Ça explique en partie la raison pourquoi il y a tant de swirls et manque de gloss.













Prepping the car with a more agressive solution :


Après la clay bar:




Now, here’s the after-shot :





Vous aimez le résultat !? En fait, ces deux photos sont juste de l’eau, voyez le genre de wet-look que ça donne. Voyons voir si je peux faire mieux que l’eau!

Tapping the car, that,s not something I usually takes in pictures but I guess I will know so I don’t hear any false accusation.

Je montrais rarement ce genre de photo car je crois que c’est de base, mais depuis les dernieres fausses accusations, j’imagine qu’il est nécessaire que je prouve mon detail.





I’m now ready for a fifty-fifty:

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Here's my grandpa malibu, last time he waxed his car he said he took 1.30 so I thought he needed some help from his grand-son .

2 bucket wash
Clay bar
CG Nano polish on white pad CCS
DP Max Wax
Aquapel treatment windshield et backglass
Plastic polish
Autoglym rubber protector
Microfiber

Mon grand-père vit en campagne. Alors, l'auto est toujours plein de sables! Suffit que quelque chose frotte et le sable va endommagé le fini. Une chance, l'auto est argent. Alors, mon nano-polish devrait s'en occuper!

Les 2 gros défauts de l'auto:

Before:




After:



Before:




After:



Photo après le polissage et la cire DP MAX WAX. Pic after the polishing and DP max wax.



















I know you guys likes when I add more than just pictures. So, here's a video I took to show you how Aquapel is still going strong after 5 month of salt,winter and sand abuse!

Voici une preuve que l'aquapel peut durer facilement 6 mois! Oubliez pas que mon grand-père conduit en campagne où l'abus est encore pire qu'en ville!

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Here's my grandpa malibu, last time he waxed his car he said he took 1.30 so I thought he needed some help from his grand-son .

2 bucket wash
Clay bar
CG Nano polish on white pad CCS
DP Max Wax
Aquapel treatment windshield et backglass
Plastic polish
Autoglym rubber protector
Microfiber

Mon grand-père vit en campagne. Alors, l'auto est toujours plein de sables! Suffit que quelque chose frotte et le sable va endommagé le fini. Une chance, l'auto est argent. Alors, mon nano-polish devrait s'en occuper!

Les 2 gros défauts de l'auto:

Before:




After:



Before:




After:



Photo après le polissage et la cire DP MAX WAX. Pic after the polishing and DP max wax.



















I know you guys likes when I add more than just pictures. So, here's a video I took to show you how Aquapel is still going strong after 5 month of salt,winter and sand abuse!

Voici une preuve que l'aquapel peut durer facilement 6 mois! Oubliez pas que mon grand-père conduit en campagne où l'abus est encore pire qu'en ville!

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A ++!:bigup:

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Maintenant, je suis revenu le lendemain pour finir la job :

Wax used :





After-shot :

This is my personal opinion and since I done the car, I’m sure going to say it look really nice but for a 10yr old black paint, I’m verry impress with the finished reflection and overall shine of the car.









Mirror shot :



Real shot :










Siiiickkk!








Pearl poppin’

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Aujourd’hui, je vous présente cette Accord. . Elle a 10 ans, jamais detailed dans le passé.

Le dernier anti-rouille a été dévastateur = fait en vrai gabochon. Sans plus tarder, je vous présente ça;











Résidu d’anti-rouille :




Deeper scratches : All gone when you see the after-pic.


Clay bar après l’anti-rouille!



-Correction-

50-50







Lots better no?








Polissage des vitres avant l’aquapel:


Petit poli pour les chromes :


Polissage à la main :


Trim restorer :

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And now let’s get back to the paint.. after pic please!

Concours wax. One of the niciest wet-looking wax.


Tire gel and wheel sealant were applied too:





















Nice clarity on this picture:




Tailight polished:


Exhaust tip too:






Great visual effect :




Thanks for looking!


It’s funny how many times Ross told me ‘’ wow you really aint missing a spot hen! ‘’. Yeah because Ross was with me the whole times. We had a good conversation together, we know each other since 2-3 years now so I’m pleased I finally got to do his car.

See you!

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Forgot the before pic; engine bay, treated with uv protector




See the trim protector is also rain repellent


Interior: needed a good extractor wash and extra care is needed for those recaro seat.











After the cleaning:






Brush everywhere to clean between cracks:





















Clean enough? I then finish the job with a nice odor eliminator for a clean fresh smell.

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So here’s another Impreza under my belt. Some parts has been repainted and I was asking to make it blend with the new paint and correct over-spray issues or usual stuff that bodyshop don’t do but actually should do when you pay 3000$ for a job.. *cought* That’s the reality,most bodyshop don’t like to do detailing, all they care is painting and must of them can’t even do it right, oh well, I’m not having the pretention to be able to paint, I can’t. However, I can tell you if a paint job is nicely done or not. The owner will be going back a third time to have the roof redone.

Anyhow!!! Here’s some before pics:









Foaming the car to prevent scratch from the washing:


Clay bar is done:


Condition of the paint:









50/ 50 shot:



Other side of the line..




Pretty obvious..

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Talight too:








Metal polish on exhaust:


Wheels are clean!


Some wet-shot:















Inspecting the paint with different lighting, tried to show the deeper scratch. Obviously, under a super bright light with my camera at 3 inch from the paint is more visible but in real life, it’s a lot better.













Enjoy!!

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Here’s how the car came in :



Missing a good load of reflection for a car that has been detailed like 2 months ago








Those deep scratches were on every single panel of the car!! It was a nightmare, I won’t lie, I’m not a magician, I couldn’t correct every single one of these but I made them a lot least obvious than they were before.









Foaming the car to reduce chance of scratching the paint:


Cleaning the wheels:




Taking reading of the paint. As usual, bmw comes with a good load of depth:








After-shot:

I wanted the flake to pop out of the paint so I went with something more metallic:


Polished headlight since first job..:

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Sorry for all the post.. but I can only post 25 pictures per post :P

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Ya meme de la reflection sur les collants :P


Stunning right? How about we move the car outside?

5 minutes later..



Mean!






Paint is very wet looking.








…and reflection is CRYSTAL CLEAR!






Grills were cleaned too:






Perfect finish:




Wheels had a coat of wheel sealant + tire gel + inside wheel well detailed.




Enjoy guys! I’ve got so many mores to show you, I just need times to upload the pics.

Video walk-around inside:

Vidéo à l'extérieur.. spotless right?

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After the correction:







Polishing windows:



Polishing exhaust tips


Engine-bay cleaning:





After-shot inside:

Wax used: 2 layers















WOW!