Toyota Vitz De-swirled & Transformed

[zckid]

Hello folks! :dblthumb2:

I got the opportunity to polish a Toyota Vitz, dark blue, gorgeous in the shade. But in the sun, it’s very nicely filled with swirls and scratches.


http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/001.jpg



http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/002.jpg


Close up pics
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/003.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/003.jpg

Washed n Clayed:
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/005.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/005a.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/005b.jpg



Lacking definition, dull, no depth

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/nodefn2.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/nodefn1.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/b4/nodefn.jpg


The ride’s best companions: swirls and scratches
Vertical panels

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl1.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl1a.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl2.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl4.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl3.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl6.jpg

[zckid]

The hood and the top

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl10h.jpg

Close-up

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl7.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl11h.jpg


Other paint defects

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl5.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl8a.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl8b.jpg


:buffing:

I started with a test section on the hood, Makita, Menz 203s on LC white pad. Very little effect!

I moved to Menz PG on LC wool polishing pad. Results were nicer and less holograms than foam. Then, I found the swirls and scratches were hiding other defects such as long RDS, pits, and orange peel. I stepped down to Menz 203s on LC white with Flex DA. Results were superb, clear definition, no holograms and swirls, the deep RDS remained but were almost unnoticeable. Only the hood I refined with Flex, PO85rd on LC black. This was the most battered part.

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/Polish.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/polish1a.jpg

Deep RDS remain, but they’re not easy to capture. Only noticeable from an angle, & with a detailer’s eye!

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/Polish6.jpg

Pits and pores discovered while polishing. Wet-sanded 2000 grit, then continued.

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/Polish7a.jpg


Hello!

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/Polish10.jpg


Looking at the ant: is it hydrophobic?

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/ant2.jpg

Remember
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/swirls/swirl8b.jpg

Now
http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/Polish9.jpg

Thanks God, it came very nice.

[zckid]

Some 50-50 pics:

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/ToyotaVitzblue00028.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/5050a.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/5050b.jpg


Some finishing pics

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Finish1.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Finish3.jpg

I missed on my next lucky victim, she’s sold.

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect6.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect2.jpg

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/ReflectFisheye.jpg

Some reflection shots


Mirror Finish on the side mirror

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect1.jpg


Mauritian Tea

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect3.jpg


Old & new house

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect4.jpg


My buddies never let me down thanks God

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/finish/Reflect5.jpg

Your comment and thoughts are most welcome and many thanks to all those who kindly helped me their advice. :dblthumb2:

God bless you all.

Best regards

Zaid

[rider9195]

Very nice work Zaid! :props:

Those swirls were pretty bad, but you did a awesome job of knocking them out.

[SkateForGirl]

Awesome job. You really revived the paint on this one.

[bigez]

Nice job....!

[zckid]

Very nice work Zaid! :props:

Those swirls were pretty bad, but you did a awesome job of knocking them out.





Awesome job. You really revived the paint on this one.




Nice job....!


Thanks so much for your kind words, buddies. I 've left half of the hood to polish so that others can notice the difference. God willing, I'll do that tomorrow morning. and do the interior too.

cheers :dblthumb2:

[Monster Shine]

Nice work, great save.

[lokichaos]

Awesome save on that paint!! That thing looked like it had been put through a swirl-a-matic for most of its life. yikes!

[zckid]

Nice work, great save.


thanks for the compliments buddy

[zckid]

Awesome save on that paint!! That thing looked like it had been put through a swirl-a-matic for most of its life. yikes!

thank you for the kind words. :dblthumb2:

It's a strange island here: sea, sand. sun and swirls, very little shine except sunshine.

detailing is almost non-existent here.

[kc's]

salam bro
congrats another awesome detail


thank for sharing & pic well taken
I guess it must be canon

Cheers

[zckid]

salam bro
congrats another awesome detail


thank for sharing & pic well taken
I guess it must be canon

Cheers


Salam n greetings!


thanks bro, I learned so much from u. still learning


U guessed it right, the Canon :dblthumb2:

God bless u

[Superior_Details]

Damn!!

[alko]

Looking at the ant: is it hydrophobic?

http://i930.photobucket.com/albums/ad141/zckid/detailing/Toyota%20Vitz00/polishing/ant2.jpg



Thats an ant?!?!?!?!?!?!? I'd hate to see what a spider looks like. ###?!

Back to the topic at hand, you did an amazing job with that car!!! It looks fabulous.