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Well I finally took the plunge a couple weeks ago and bought a project car. I’ve been wanting one for a LONG time and have come so close to pulling the trigger and backed out for several reasons. Well I blinked and I’m 31 with three kids and happily married but I’m not getting any younger and I’d always said I want to enjoy my project car with my kids and enjoy going fast in my younger days so I did it. Long story short my brother bought a 2003 Nissan 350z loaded brand new in 04. He spent about $16,000 on go fast items and then met his now wife. When they got engaged she said “the car goes.....and the Yamaha R6!” So he complied. He sold it to an employee of mine wit 36,000 miles on it for.......$12,000!!!! I couldn’t believe it. That was about 4 years ago. Last year I made the comment to my employee I would buy it for $8,500. He actually agreed to it but with my 3rd baby on the way I chickened out and waited. Well this year I jokingly said, “I’ll give you $6500 cash today for it” and he says, okay just bring me cash and get it! It has set up for 4 years and has the typical issues. Needs to be dyno tuned, new programmer, electrical drainage issue, etc but I’m taking it to Z1 motor sports in Georgia. They are Z specialist and will be tuning and getting all the small issues resolved. I will be working on this one piece at a time getting it as close to perfect as I can. I am a complete newby. Never used a polisher. Never did the correct wash method, etc. I have recently done a LOT of reading and bought a ton of supplies from a GG6 to LED work lights and a huge order from AG for all my supplies from wash, compound, buckets, wax, glass coatings, etc. this will be a first in all departments with me so I will Be updating as I go along! Stay tuned for pics and sorry for the long write up!!
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Body is in really good shape and it’s been garaged kept. It was never washed properly and the day I picked it up the then owner was washing it with a deck brush
I told him I would handle it but he insisted it needed the dirt knocked off from sitting up lol. I’ll be working on interior first.
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This was the water from cleaning the seats. The method I used was a highly diluted degreaser in a spray bottle, a bucket of warm water and an auto grade magic eraser. I soaked the seats with degreaser and used the eraser to scrub and a clean terry cloth to wipe afterwards. Went through two erasers and honestly needed three and went through 6 cloths. As long as I kept the seats wet, the eraser worked great!
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Then the wheels, tires and fenders. These were in decent shape. The lip on the wheel is an odd brushed chrome finish. I may try to polish some at some point but for now I cleaned the wheels and then used a tire shine and waxed the rims. I ordered the speed brush set from AG and am waiting on those so I clean the backside of the rim. I am thinking of buying a floor jack for my tiny 3rd car garage/man cave so I can remove each one and thoroughly detail like I see people on here do. I hate having a dirty wheel on the inside.
I will also be getting some new performance rubbers hopefully in a month or two!! I don’t trust these that have been sitting up.
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So what’s left for me is the passenger side and rear of the car. Also I didn’t polish the front or rear bumpers or the bottom trim and mirrors on the car. Is there any special tips on doing these? I will be replacing the front bumper with a new OEM one when it goes to Georgia. It looks like it is cracked in the middle and has been replaced at one time. My brother told me a friend put a ball hitch through his bumper and he replaced it for him. Painting is way cheaper quality then the factory but I’ve got a great body shop close to the house. I’ll be having him match factory paint and paint it for me. On the mirrors and small trim on the sides of the car, how do you polish this? I’m using a 5” polisher and that’s all I own. I plan on buying a 3” one day but for now all I have is this. Should I use a pad by hand?? After polishing is done, I’m replacing the hatch struts, they won’t stay open ($60) and detailing that. The rear window tint is kind of bad so I will have my 3M guy replace it soon! I may tint the windshield also!
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Nice work and write up! You really got it to shine again! Fun to read and look at the progress you make. The 50/50 shot you see you got a great cut with your setup. Thanks for shareing your work.
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