zeroordie881
05-16-2013, 06:18 PM
Hey guys, newbie from SLC here. Found this place from a guy who lives a few streets down that detailed one of my cars. His name is Anthony, and runs OCDetails. I had him detail my Subaru so I could pick his brains as much as I could, and he introduced me to a whole new world of things and products I had no idea existed. Can't thank him enough for that!
I started caring for my cars appearance when I got my second MR2 turbo. It had really oxidized paint and one of my buddies briefly showed me how to remove the oxidation. I did some experimentation on this car and made quite a few mistakes, but learned a lot in the process.
Here is what it looked like when I first got it.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0471.jpg
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0468.jpg
And this is one of the pics I took during my first attempt at wet sanding(made a lot of mistakes here...)
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0567.jpg
This was after my first attempt. I wet sanded it, hit it with Meguires swirl remover, then Meguires cleaner wax.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0603.jpg
After that I started experimenting with stuff that was still just off the shelf at my local parts houses because I wasn't aware that anything else existed at the time. I hit it with cleaner wax again cause the oxidation kept coming back, then used the NXT Tech Wax 2.0 on it after.(All of this was done by hand, I didn't own any form of buffer at the time)
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/spoiler.jpg
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/engine.jpg
And this was it right before I sold it. I had gotten some new wheels and changed up the suspension a bit by this point.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0951.jpg
It looked a LOT better, and from that point I fell in love with making any car I had look better than when I got it. I'm still learning new stuff every time I go and tinker with my car, and enjoy(almost) every minute of it!
I now have a 95 Honda Del Slow that I use as an experiment car. Its my beater and I don't expect it to look perfect all of the time.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/wheels3.jpg
And a 2008 STI, which I'm a bit more hesitant to try things on lol
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/carwallpaper720.jpg
I've already found some useful information, and I'm sure I'm going to find a whole lot more. Glad to find such an awesome site for this kind of stuff!
I started caring for my cars appearance when I got my second MR2 turbo. It had really oxidized paint and one of my buddies briefly showed me how to remove the oxidation. I did some experimentation on this car and made quite a few mistakes, but learned a lot in the process.
Here is what it looked like when I first got it.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0471.jpg
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0468.jpg
And this is one of the pics I took during my first attempt at wet sanding(made a lot of mistakes here...)
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0567.jpg
This was after my first attempt. I wet sanded it, hit it with Meguires swirl remover, then Meguires cleaner wax.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0603.jpg
After that I started experimenting with stuff that was still just off the shelf at my local parts houses because I wasn't aware that anything else existed at the time. I hit it with cleaner wax again cause the oxidation kept coming back, then used the NXT Tech Wax 2.0 on it after.(All of this was done by hand, I didn't own any form of buffer at the time)
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/spoiler.jpg
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/engine.jpg
And this was it right before I sold it. I had gotten some new wheels and changed up the suspension a bit by this point.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/img_0951.jpg
It looked a LOT better, and from that point I fell in love with making any car I had look better than when I got it. I'm still learning new stuff every time I go and tinker with my car, and enjoy(almost) every minute of it!
I now have a 95 Honda Del Slow that I use as an experiment car. Its my beater and I don't expect it to look perfect all of the time.
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/wheels3.jpg
And a 2008 STI, which I'm a bit more hesitant to try things on lol
http://www.celicatech.com/gallery/files/7/8/8/8/carwallpaper720.jpg
I've already found some useful information, and I'm sure I'm going to find a whole lot more. Glad to find such an awesome site for this kind of stuff!