Detailed: 2002 VW GTI

[justin30513]

Just did this for a buddy of mine. He lived in Atlanta which is know for horrible acid rain and hard water. He drove it alot so there was small road rock chips.

Meguiars NXT car wash and clay barred at same time.
(HUGE time saver!)

Meguiars #80
(Hood was done twice)

Meguiars #26 Hi-Tech Yellow Wax
(Two coats on hood and Roof)

Before....





After....

[abrcrombe]

Looks SOOOO good! How long did it take you Justin? Washing and claying saves a lot of time. Just imagine if you hired someone to help you!

[Markus72]

Nice .. but now all German Car Brands , have wave and roughness in the Color , because nobody will grinding the base color , before the paint the clear varnish.. it is no more so good , like on your Pics.. i show , what i mean... if you look closer to the Paint you can see it..sorry for my poor English .. but i´am a bloody German

[justin30513]

Originally Posted by abrcrombe

Looks SOOOO good! How long did it take you Justin? Washing and claying saves a lot of time. Just imagine if you hired someone to help you!

This was an exterior only. I did it at 8 this morning under an open garage. He went and drove it here last night for me to do. Tooke me about 3 hours. I'll never wash then clay again! Actually stupid to in my opinion.

Thanks guys.

Justin

[justin30513]

Originally Posted by Markus72

Nice .. but now all German Car Brands , have wave and roughness in the Color , because nobody will grinding the base color , before the paint the clear varnish.. it is no more so good , like on your Pics.. i show , what i mean... if you look closer to the Paint you can see it..sorry for my poor English .. but i´am a bloody German

We call that "orange peel" here.
I notice ALOT of it on this one. I see on just about every newer car I do nowadays. Sucks but it's just the way it is.

[Markus72]

We call it also in German "Orangen Haut" .. nearly the same.. yes it´s a Pitty ..Also a thing of Cost reductions...

[Kelso]

well you can wetsand the orange peel if you want.... but i dont so ill just make it uber clean

[Markus72]

yes , but the problem is , that the color layer is very thin ... <it´s dangerous to work on so thin layers ..because you can damage it ..

[justin30513]

Not worth the time to wet sand it.