Frankiman's GTR getting a detail done by me!

[cobrAA]

For the third or fourth time, frank asked me to detail his tracked GTR. This car see track abuse, yellow rear-end because of running too rich, very high level of brake dust and on top, the car is stored outside so some surface rust/scratch du to animal can occur.

I must also note that since the car has been on the road (a month ago approx.), the car hasn’t been washed. Frank said with a smile that he like to leave me his car the dirtier possible, so when he see the end-result he is even more happy lol!

Process:

Degreasing wash
Chemical decontamination
Clay bar
3-step polish (including the jewelling step)
Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
Raceglaze Special Reserve Waxxon
Window polishing + aquapel
No tire dressing was applied at the owner request.
Coating applied on wheel.
Trim dressed with Wolfgang trim sealant

Before:









See the difference in color?






Enough pictures, time to decon!




Oh no! she’s crying

[cobrAA]

I then rinsed the car, dried the car with microfiber and then the owner invited to go diner, so we let the car like that.

When I came back, it was time to inspect the paint under spot light.











Unfortunately, Frank wanted to impress me with his detailing skill and attempted to remove the yellow by himself, he wanted up doing more harm than good and some of the scratches will stay there for ever ( too deep to be remove)









I couldn’t believe the condition of the taillight also!






All taped and measure taken with my paint gauge:


Fast forward to the detail:

I had to polish the glass in order to apply aquapel but also to remove some sticker mark like these and the Ultraride sticker:


Little water mark:






to quote frank ; Waxing like a BOSS hahaha . Once he saw the jar of this exclusive jar, he understood why it was worth so much and when he saw the finish on his car, he really liked this wax.

[cobrAA]

See the taillight, they are so iconic, I couldn’t let them in such a bad shape!


Still a lot better than before but not perfect like I said.




The carbon add-on has been polished also:


Nice carnauba glow:












Correction done under the spotlight:










On this picture I wanted to show what Raceglaze Black Label Special Reserve can add to the paint:

This was before the wax:



And after:

[cobrAA]

And you might be wondering what about the bumper? Well it was polished also:


No more mark du to a paint transfer ( little accident)







Me snapping the pictures LOL: thanks frank!




If you have questions, you can always do it or by private message.

See ya!

[wannabe_sky]

Looks great! No wonder everyone speaks so great about you!

[PurpleStreak]

Damn! This should have gone as a post in Franki's build thread! Nice job!

[Fred-R]

Very nice job!

[MattRose]

That looks killer!

[cobrAA]

Looks great! No wonder everyone speaks so great about you!

Oh that's kind haha :P

Damn! This should have gone as a post in Franki's build thread! Nice job!

Frank's thread is so well organized, i rathe rnot jump in hahahaha I bet frank would kill me if I did :P

Very nice job!

thanks!

[cobrAA]

That looks killer!

You bet it is! I'm not a pro photographe so I think it sincerly look better in front of the car.

[326_godzilla]

amazing!.....wow

[Messiahlee]

Looks great
How many hours that take?

[cobrAA]

took ummm... well.. I worked around 8 hours on his car but preparation, cleaning pad, uploading pic took me easy 2 hours. so it's a 10 hours job approx.

and bear in mind, this car get detailed by me every year since 2009 ( or was it 2010? wtv haha )

[scottygtr]

Car looks great, amazing work, Cobra.

What brand/spec of buffer do you use? I'm looking at buying a new one, some input from a pro would be appreciated

[cooke24]

Makita probably