Video & Pictures: 2012 Black Camaro Convertible - Blackfire Show Car Makeover!

[Mike Phillips]

Video & Pictures: 2012 Black Camaro Convertible - Blackfire Show Car Makeover!

Autogeek's Thursday Night Live Broadcast!

Sneak Peak of what we'll be doing tonight...

Horrible Swirls in a BRAND NEW CAMARO?

Full length Live Broadcast Video

Before ShotsI didn't get a lot or very good camera shots to show the before condition but here's a few....


This shot is just to frame up the below shot which I cropped out of this shot. The thing to remember is the entire finish, both horizontal panels and vertical panels were completely trashed with scratches.




This is the passenger side front corner of the hood...



Dull, hazy, filled with swirls and scratches and the clearcoat was no where near clear.




And this is off a BRAND NEW CAR?
If you watched the Live Broadcast, you saw me clay most, not all but most of JUST the hood. Keep in mind this Camaro has only 2000 miles on it since purchased new. Look at all the brown crud that came off the hood using Blackfire Detailing Clay.


Where has this car been since rolling out of the assembly plant?
Anyone want to guess what the brown stuff is?





And here's the beauty shots...




















This is Ivan, the Autogeek company logo character...




Thank You!


A huge thank you to Al for trusting Autogeek with his new toy!

A huge thank you to the Autogeek Thursday Night Detail Team for all your hard work to create a work of art...


Here's some pictures of the people behind the process...




This is Al the owner, he actually did a lot of machine buffing work to his own car but the only picture I have is of him wiping polish off...




Here's Todd showing Juan some tips and techniques for using the Flex 3401





Here's Forrest polishing with Blackfire SRC Finishing Polish with a PC 7424XP




Here's Adam using the PC 7424XP to remove swirls out of a Camaro clear coat using Blackfire SRC Compound





Here's Tyler using the Flex 3401 with a foam cutting pad and Blackfire SRC Compound to remove swirls out of the front clip...




I would trust Tyler to work on ANY of car project cars by machine...





Here's Juan machine applying Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection




Me working on the lower portion of the passenger door panel...




Here's our Moderator of the thread for the live broadcast Nick!
(Good job Nick!)




Here's Yancy doing what he does best...




Here's Yancy's eyes...




Some of the team had to leave early, here's who was left at the very end...














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[Yancy]

Looking forward to a great show tonight and we have something special planned for you all. Wonder what it could be.... You'll just have to tune in tonight at 6:00 pm e.s.t. to see.

See you there!

[Mike Phillips]

Watch & Win!

Here's what you want to look for during the live broadcast...

[Mike Phillips]

The studio is all set-up and ready to go with Blackfire products for tonights project.

[Mike Phillips]

Just added a sneak peak video to the first page of this thread...

[Mike Phillips]

***Update***

Tyler and Paul are back tonight to help out... Tyler is an incredibly polite young man and just as eager to learn everything he can about detailing cars. This will be a lot of fun...

Tyler removing swirls on Paul's 1965 Valiant...


Paul removing swirls

[Mike Phillips]

The car has arrived!

Over on my Facebook page a detailer posted this,

can u work on a car that really needs a treatment.... a car that is in bad shape NOT ON A NEW CAR PLEASE.....

And I've heard this before, it happened for the 1954 Ford F100 we buffed out here. Most people looked at the truck and thought it looked GOOD!

Thing is I don't inspect paint like the average person and neither do any of you. Here's what the truck really looked like before we worked on it.

1954 Ford F-100 - Extreme Makeover - Process and products used


BEFORE






AFTER



Looks like melting butter...






Pictures can make it look like the car looks fine and that's what most people assume about a BRAND NEW CAR

Except, I have a video here that shows otherwise. In fact, this Camaro is completely filled with swirls and scratches!

So yeah, it's new but don't we all know how cars are treated at new car dealerships?

Hang tight as I'm uploading the video right now!

Anyone that's been reading my posts for any length of time knows the word I use to describe paint in the condition on this Camaro know the word is

Horrific!

[Nick McKees37]

Alright guys and gals I'm out in the Show Car Garage and let me tell you, the Camaro is a swirled out mess!

[Mike Phillips]

Check out the YouTube video I just added to the first page of this thread showing how bad the swirls are...

[feslope]

Is this going to be a 6:00 start?