Matt S.
04-28-2008, 08:37 AM
Did this on Friday and it took me about 6hrs total...it was a free job as I owed my friend a favor.
Anyways, he's had this car for 5 years, and it's been running for 2 out of the 5 years. In its downtime it just sat outside...and the car was waxed once in the 5 years he's owned it. It's on its 3rd or 4th motor...I lost count. It's fully built with a pretty big turbo and definitely surprised me for a little 4-banger...I need to get a few runs in with him sometime.
Here's the approach I took:
Washed
Clay'd with Wolfgang Elastic Poly Clay
Polishing step1: Optimum Hyper Compound w/Cutting pad
Polishing step2: Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 w/cutting pad
Polishing step3: Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 w/polishing pad
Finished it up with tried and true Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1659/detail001nn2.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4434/detail002tb2.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9332/detail003ys0.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4148/detail005te9.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6661/detail010yu3.jpg
Uhh yeah...this clay = toast
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4593/detail011gh7.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1627/detail006st6.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5279/detail008ig8.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2633/detail013on6.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5686/detail014ki5.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1499/detail019ql4.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/531/detail020sg4.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7828/detail017vt9.jpg
Anyways, he's had this car for 5 years, and it's been running for 2 out of the 5 years. In its downtime it just sat outside...and the car was waxed once in the 5 years he's owned it. It's on its 3rd or 4th motor...I lost count. It's fully built with a pretty big turbo and definitely surprised me for a little 4-banger...I need to get a few runs in with him sometime.
Here's the approach I took:
Washed
Clay'd with Wolfgang Elastic Poly Clay
Polishing step1: Optimum Hyper Compound w/Cutting pad
Polishing step2: Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 w/cutting pad
Polishing step3: Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 w/polishing pad
Finished it up with tried and true Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1659/detail001nn2.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4434/detail002tb2.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/9332/detail003ys0.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4148/detail005te9.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/6661/detail010yu3.jpg
Uhh yeah...this clay = toast
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4593/detail011gh7.jpg
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/1627/detail006st6.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5279/detail008ig8.jpg
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2633/detail013on6.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/5686/detail014ki5.jpg
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1499/detail019ql4.jpg
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/531/detail020sg4.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/7828/detail017vt9.jpg