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Re: Simple Concours Car Prep - 1973 Toyota FJ40
Great work! I absolutely love everything about that FJ!
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Here's a list of the products we used to take the dull, lifeless paint on this Toyota FJ40 to show car quality. The McKee's line of products are world class quality and over the counter prices the average person can afford.
On Autogeek.com
McKee's 37 Waterless Wash On The Go
McKee's 37 Universal Detailing Clay & Lube Combo
McKee's 37 Fast Compound 16 oz
McKee's 37 360 Corrects, Cleans, Seals
McKee's 37 Gloss Tire Gel
Stepping up to machine polishing
If you're still polishing and waxing your vehicle by hand, here's an inexpensive way to move up to machine polishing which will give you professional quality results without breaking the bank.
Entry level easy to use orbital polishers
The Porter Cable 7424XP and the Griot's Garage 6" Random Orbital Polisher are the easiest and safest tool to learn how to use and become expert with. They have plenty of power yet they wont burn through the paint or instill swirls into the paint.
Griots Garage 6 Inch Random Orbital Polisher
The Griot's polisher has the best warranty and the most power out of all the beginner's orbital polishers and for these two reasons plus it's low price point it's real popular with beginners. It comes with a 6" backing plate in the box so in order to run 5.5" pads you need to get a 5" backing plate.
Griots Garage 6 Inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griots Garage 5 Inch Vented Orbital Backing Plate
Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher
The Porter Cable 7424XP is the dual action polisher that started the trend for easy to use orbital polishers starting back in the 1980s. It's well built and can handle both the weekend warrior and the full time detailer. This tool does not come with a backing plate so in order to use it you must also purchase a backing plate like I've listed below.
Porter Cable 7424XP Dual Action Polisher
5" Dual-Action Hook & Loop Flexible Backing Plate
Buffing pads
Foam Cutting Pads
When buffing out cars you need lots of pads. If you need to remove swirls and scratches our of an average size car then you'll want around 6 to 7 foam cutting pads. As you're working around the car it's normal for foam pads to become wet with product. When pads become wet or saturated they don't perform like they did when they were dry. This means it will take you longer to remove the swirls and scratches. By simply taking the wet pad off and switching to a clean dry pad you'll be back to fast correcting and the job will go faster and you'll also get better results.
Foam Polishing Pads
After the compounding step the polishing step goes faster as the grunt work is over. You'll still want more than just one or two pads. For the average size vehicle 4 polishing pads is a good number to shoot for.
Foam Waxing Pads
If you're going to machine apply the wax or a paint sealant you really only need 1 pad.
Lake Country 5 1/2 Inch Flat Pads - 6 Pack - Your Choice!
When getting pads for the first time, call our customer sales staff and cite this thread. They will make sure you get enough of the correct pads for your specific detailing project.
Autogeek Customer Care
1-800-869-3011
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Re: Simple Concours Car Prep - 1973 Toyota FJ40
Amazing...............
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Re: Simple Concours Car Prep - 1973 Toyota FJ40
Incredible work on that FJ! It really looks great. Let us know how the show goes.
Question, why was 360 utilized instead of the finishing wax?
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Originally Posted by custmsprty
Amazing...............
Thank you... my team did a great job and many of them were first time machine users.
Originally Posted by Mike@DedicatedPerfection
Incredible work on that FJ! It really looks great.
Thanks Mike...
Originally Posted by Mike@DedicatedPerfection
Let us know how the show goes.
Will do.
Originally Posted by Mike@DedicatedPerfection
Question, why was 360 utilized instead of the finishing wax?
I wanted to knock this project out in to machine steps and because there were a lot of places we needed to hand polish I chose the more aggressive McKee's 360 over the McKee's Jeweling Wax. Both are one-step cleaner/waxes it's just the 360 has more bite and thus would clean up the areas we couldn't machine polish faster than the jeweling wax.
Great question... thank you for asking....
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Re: Simple Concours Car Prep - 1973 Toyota FJ40
Wow! Nice work, I must say - this one is in far nicer condition than the one we used to go "bush bashing" in back in the 90's when I was still in school! Perhaps we should've babied it? Hindsight huh!
Great job team, thank you for sharing Mike.
I like the colour too . . .
Aaryn NZ.
a DETAILS Blenheim New Zealand - IDA Member - C.Quartz Finest Authorized Installer
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Re: Simple Concours Car Prep - 1973 Toyota FJ40
Originally Posted by Aaryn NZ
Wow! Nice work, I must say - this one is in far nicer condition than the one we used to go "bush bashing" in back in the 90's when I was still in school!
Perhaps we should've babied it?
Hindsight huh!
I think a lot of people think the same way about these old FJ40s as well as most classic cars we used to own before they were classics.
Originally Posted by Aaryn NZ
Great job team, thank you for sharing Mike.
I like the colour too . . .
Aaryn NZ.
The folks that worked on this knocked it out of the park!
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