1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder (Trashed)

[david11g35]

This car belongs to my friends manager. He gave my friend the task to sell this car for him. Car has 30,000 original miles. My friend knew he would have a very tough time selling the car in the condition it was. He contacted me a few weeks ago and we scheduled a 1 Step polish nothing too major since the car is going to be sold. The goal here was to bring back the gloss and make it presentable.

According to my friend and his manager the paint is original. He is the second owner of the car. I had my doubts it was original paint it was very tough and hard to work with. Japanese paints are known for being soft. The more I inspected the car the more compound I was finding in crack and crevices and door jams. I think at one point it was repainted or had so time of work done. The spoiler looked like it was burned at the edge and under it was green paint. Car also had very tough water spots

Got to work. Tried Optinum Polish II on white pad no luck. M205 on white pad no luck. M205 On Orange bit of improvement but lots of rids. Went to Ultimate Compound on orange pad much better improvement about 65%-75% correction. I decided to go with this combo. I could of got better results but didnt want to invest too much time since the car was going to be sold. Interior was in decent condition just lots of dust. Vaccum and dressed.

Overall good improvement. My friend was beyond happy


Wash- Foam cannon with CG Maxi suds and dawn
2-Bucket wash- CG Citrus w&G and dawn
Wheels- Megs WB & Trix
Wheel wells-CG Bare Bones
Clayed
Interior- Cleaned with CG Nonsense, Dressed with Silk Shine
Seats- CG leather conditioner
Corrected- Megs Ultimate compound on Orange Buff N Shine
Headlights- Polished with Megs M105 on Surbuf pad
LSP- Blackfire Wet Diamond

On Arrival
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After wash and Clay true condition on paint
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50/50
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[david11g35]

Afters
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The Delivery
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Thanks for looking. Feed back appreciated
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[CM8 6MT]

Very nice work! Awesome to see a correction on this car because my wife owns one, except hers is a 97 5 speed.

[hondajake]

Wow you really turned that car around- there was no way that guy was going to sell this car in the previous condition, unless he was asking very little for the car.

[m249saw]

Cant believe the difference in the wheels. Good job!

[cartman57]

Yowza....what a turnaround!!
The rims are chrome, headlights clear, finish is clean, another trash to treasure. Owner might drive it for a while now and think about selling it.

Great job!!

[hoyt66]

Great turn around! I hope your friends manager manages he company better than he takes care of his car. That thing was a mess!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vet]

That thing was BAD! Great save!

[RTexasF]

I would have called the cops and reported auto abuse on that one. From filthy to sharp! Well done.

[CaneCharger]

Great job!

[vinharski]

Nice tunraround. Is the owner still considering to sell it? :xyxthumbs:

[Daltune]

I hope the owner takes better care of his/her employees! Great job!

[Joelotto]

I'm not sure what that car would have sold in it's prior state but I'm willing to bet it gets 2 g's more now.

[eatnosenuggets]

Nice to see some Ultimate Compound get some love. Looks great!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow that car was brought back from the grave and put back to service.

Its a shame that they let the car get to that point. Well done David.