This is my friends car. I have a GTO also and he wanted his to look like mine. So we traded cars on Tuesday night and I went to work. The car was in horrible shape. There were water etchings covering every square inch on the horizontal surfaces. Swirls everywhere. These cars have a pretty soft clear so where there were no waterspots, swirl removal wasn't that big of a deal.
Process:
Exterior
- Washed with NXT/foam gun: to strip off the existing protection (don't think there was any)
- DP Exterior Cleaner 1:1 in fender wells and on painted surfaces that faced the road
- DP Wheel Gel for wheels and tires
- PB Bug Squash 2:1 on bumper and mirrors
- DP Krystal Vision glass cleaner on Cobra glass towel
- Clayed with Clay Magic clay kit. (I use Pinn Poly Clay, but that wouldn't work here, lol)
- PC with OC/LC Yellow on all water spotted panels, still only took out about 90% of water marks. But I didn't want to remove too much clear in one shot.
- PC OP/LC Orange on other panels that were just swirled
- PC OP/LC White on areas that were compounded to remove hazing
- Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealent: this stuff is beyond awesome on metallics
- P21S carnauba wax
- Topped of DG Aquawax a few hours later: This stuff is amazing. The slickness is mindblowing and durability is pretty good too.
- Tires done with Pinnacle Black Onyx tire gel
Interior
- All interior surfaces cleaned with DP Interior Cleaner, leather needs some Leatherique to bring it back fully
- Leather dressed with Connolly Conditioner
- Other interior sufaces dressed with DP Interior Protectant
Photos
Interior before/after:
Exterior before:
Clay from the roof:
Quick swirl removal test:
After compounding and final polish on one side (bad hazing present)
After WGDGPS:
Finished Pics after wax:
Linear Mode
