Preview of Weekend Detail

[AlxRSPTT]

Well, this weekend I started to detail a few cars. I still have 4 other cars/trucks I need to finish this week as well, and they are in pretty bad shape. What a time to start! Well the Xterra is done, but it is in storage now because it is up for sale. I need to get pics of that. It just came from a cross country trip, and had been sitting in New York for 4 months before that. It was really dirty. It's silver though, so it's not as noticeable.

The 350Z(02') is my best friend's car, and I have been deatiling it for a while so, it wasn't in bad shape. Need to go touch up some stuff, so I should have pics of that later. His headlights had noticeable buildup up so I cleaned them up for him as well. This is an old pic, as he has a different front bumper and hood now, but you get the idea. It is usually clean.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Cars%20Bikes/Jason-350Z/jason1.jpg


Now the TL(05' I think), OMG (^ his wife's car). This car was bad. Worst I have ever seen. I started doing these cars at 6pm, and ended at 4am because the TL kicked my ass through the night. I need to go finish the back half of it tonight. On to the couple of pics I did take before/during. Will update when I get the cars finished completely though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/xterrasup.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/damn.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/damn2.jpg

After a few hours on the front end of the TL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/great.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/great1.jpg

On the TL I used SSR 2.5 with orange CCS pad, then SSR1 with white pad. I tried some XMT finishing glaze, but I didn't notice much of a difference. Then I topped it all with the Pinnacle Sig SeriesII wax.

I really think I needed SSR3 for this car, or some heavy compound or something. I got most of the scractches out, but there are some small ones that will drive me insanse if I keep trying to chase them.

The Z was just a wash, and quick wax with Liquid Souveran as I just did the car last week completely.

The Xterra was a wash, and interior cleaning. Also used Megs Silicone Free Dressing on most of the plastic pieces (which is about half the car haha), and it made a nice difference. I am going to try some other stuff I saw reccomended on here last week as well. I only used SSR1, and then topped it with some Klasse Sealant.

Alex

[ehuth1]

Looking good!! can't wait for the finals. Love the soft focus color / b&W only on the 350 pic, nice touch!

[AlxRSPTT]

Thanks! I wish I got some pics of the Xterra before we stored the thing. I might not be able to get any of it anytime soon. The TL I will surely get some daytime pics!

I used to take a lot of pics of people's cars for them and scenery type stuff, until I decided I wanted a new camera. Now I probably won't use it much until I get the new one, lol (olympus E-510).

Alex

[SPiN]

02' 350Z huh? lol... Must be super rare ;)

[DrMike]

any pics of your girly blue supra? :)

[AUdakota]

looks like that TL is gonna be fun times.

[sparkie]

Keep us updated!

[scottgt]

jeeeeeezzz...who used scotchgaurd on that car...that was crazy....nice job cleanin it up tho :)

[Nica]

Very nice, looking forward to the rest.

Thanks for sharing.

[AlxRSPTT]

My bad SPiN, it's not my car so I didn't remember the exact year off the top of my head. So it is an 03'! ;)

And of course I have pics of my girly blue car Mike. They are all older so you've prob seen them already. ;) Car is going through a super rebuild, but I need a few more parts to finish this thing! I'm relocating everything, and I have to paint/clear the engine bay next. PITA! Plus about 100 other things. :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Supra%20Pics/My%20Supra/P3230020.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Supra%20Pics/My%20Supra/P2162614.jpg

I am going to try and head over to where the TL is tomorrow, I need to get this car done! I almost don't want to do it cause she always parks outside/ won't even try to keep it clean, and I will prob have to do this car weekly to make sure it stays in ok shape. As long as I get paid, I don't mind though. :)

Alex

[AlxRSPTT]

Ok, so the weather cleared a little, but still didn't let me get any good daytime pics. I went and redid the entire car, and man did it suck. There is a spor on the passenger side that I dot't know what the hell it is but I need to see how I can get it out of the paint. This car was in really bad shape. It's been raining here so for new daytime pics I will have to basically do a short detail on the car again. It looks much better even dirty than it did before though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/tl2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/tl1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/tl3.jpg
you can see the spot in this pic. It looked like something ran down the paint, but dried on. I dunno if it's egg, or what, but it's going to take something tougher than SSR2.5 to remove.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/Alx2785/Detail/tlba.jpg

Alex