Orinda Auto Detail - 2014 Viper TA Opti Coat Pro

[Jsmooth]

Ready for a track day! If you want to go flex your might against any and all new comers bring out this thing! The story behind the "TA" is that the new Viper was beat by the out going ZR-1. So Dodge set out with a single goal when making this car.... KILL THE CORVETTE! And they succeeded with some tasteful mods and weight reduction! For a car of this stature you expect it to be awesome in every way and it almost was. The paint had some major issues, and this was not typical Dodge paint. It was painted by sub contractors for the TA and sanded flat! When it arrived the flat paint made me very nervous, assuming most places that will sand paint that flat do not know how to correct the after math.... And I was right!
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arrival
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Paint looked lifeless and hammered with sanding marks and buffer swirls
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ISSUES!!!
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After washing and deconing the paint it was really obvious!
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Right before I was going to start polishing a ZR-1 showed up so we took them out for a quick drag race to settle the dispute of which on is faster! J/K but made for a great photo opt!
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Here's a test spot I did as you can see by the 50/50 with my compounding step I was able to remove the buffer swirls, but what my iphone is not showing you is the DEEP sanding marks that are still there.
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Front bumper 600 miles in already taking a beating, we Did an Xpel wrap later to protect this!
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Ta Da! 2 compounding steps/1 polishing step later!
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I pretty much had my combo I was going to use nailed down at this point so I got to it!
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I take any chance I can to lay down on the job!
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My sister stopped by with her put and he took the chance for a photo opt!
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Tragically the next day I had to drive the car across town and put it on special lift because it was to low to go on mine for a full wheels off suspension coating. I hate when customers want me to drive their over the top awesome sports cars.
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Cleaned and coated!
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Ok getting out of the Viper takes some getting use to... As you can see I was snake bit! Luckily I was the venom did not make it to my heart and I'm going to live!
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Ok back to the shop for a jeweling step then 2 thick layers of Opti Coat Pro on the paint!
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New Flex lights doing work!
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And done!!
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[Jsmooth]

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Sun was playing Pik A Boo but you can tell from the gloss! This thing was DIALED!
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Puddle of ink!
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Hood just looks evil! I love how aggressive this car looks
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BLING!

Thanks for looking
Joseph Torbati
Orinda Auto Detail | Car Wash Orinda | Custom Auto Detail (http://www.orindaautodetail.com)

[EVOlved]

Nice job! Now the paint actually shines!!

[tersplat]

wow, one of my favorite cars of all time, and you made it more amazing. Fantastic work! That hood must have been a chore though.

[jamesboyy]

Marvelous work you really know how to make a orange paint work pop

[GL622]

Great job! I love the color and the way it came out

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[74 thing]

Joe,

I saw that nice looking vehicle parked to the left of your building a few days this week while I was riding home on Bart.

It was looking good-I thought it was a Lotus (I think the orange through me off and it reminded me of polishing out a black Lotus a few years back-that car was a bi*&^ to get out of too).

The car looks great as always!

Keep up the great work.

Brandon

[Mike.Almy@UltimateAutoDetailing]

WOW that was lot of correction but the result was fantastic. also great camera work:xyxthumbs:

[LatinFG2]

Awesome work! That's a nice color

[Jsmooth]

Thanks guys! And bending over that hood was fun as you would think it would of been!

[ousooner2]

*drool*

[Mikertt]

That's a beauty. Wonderful work on that car. Maybe if I have a chance, I'll stop by the shop sometime since I visit a friend who lives in Orinda.

[JSou]

LAWD....

Outstanding work. Awesome car.

[GreatAvalon]

Looks great. How many hours do you have into it?

[ZeroSP]

Awesome... And kudos to the extra mile for lifting that car up for the extreme job.