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    Rough 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 - correction & coating - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

    Hey guys, this is a recent correction and coating job I did for a new customer. He contacted me about correction and coating work, citing that he was the second owner of the car and the paint was "pretty bad". After taking a look at the car, it was obvious its 91k miles hadn't been easy ones and it would take quite a bit of work to get things looking proper. Since this SRT8 is a daily driver and there were numerous repainted panels, I advised the owner that we should shoot for around 90% correction in order to leave enough clear for future correction work should the need arise.

    Before:

    This was actually after the Jeep had received a decon wash using Iron-X and Tar-X. You can see the paint really lacked depth and was a little lifeless, even after a thorough wash:

    DSC09234 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    This was before the decon wash:

    DSC09190 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    Random paint transfer that would be removed later:

    DSC09182 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    The marring was VERY visible in this paint under sunlight:

    DSC09238 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr


    DSC09241 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    There were some deeper scratches like this all over the paint:

    DSC09243 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    After the aforementioned decon wash, the Jeep was brought in and I took some pics under LED lighting prior to using clay and masking the trim:

    DSC09250 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09253 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09254 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09255 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09264 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    The pillars were especially bad:

    DSC09281 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    A nice series of scratches around the driver's door handle:

    DSC09283 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09289 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    Plenty of marring and scratching around the gas filler door:

    DSC09293 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    The hatch was heavily marred and scratched:

    DSC09302 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    After some experimenting with a lot of different pads, polishes, compounds, etc, I found a combination that removed the marring safely and quickly enough. The magic combo ended up being about 40% M101 mixed with 30% Meguiar's D300 and 30% HD Polish on Meguiar's microfiber cutting pads. This combo was used on speed ~4.5 on the Rupes 21 MK II for 4-6 passes, with a second or third application in certain areas. The Rupes 75E and Ibrid Nano long neck were also used to correct recessed/smaller areas. The result of the cutting process was this:

    DSC09317 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09329 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09336 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    As you can see, there was plenty of micro-marring due to the mf cutting pads and M101, but the original marring was nearly gone. Surprisingly, this micromarring was very easy to polish out. I first gave the paint a thorough cleaning and wipedown with CarPro Eraser to remove the dust and possible polishing oils from the cutting step, then I used CarPro Essence on LC black finishing pads for 4-5 passes, followed by removal and reapplication for a few more passes at speeds 4-5 IIRC. The paint was then wiped down with Eraser and 22ple VX-Pro was applied.

    After - the car had been outside for pics and had sat for a while by this point, hence the dust in these pics:

    The scratches under the driver's door handle were nearly gone:

    DSC09398 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    The upper quarters (C-pillar?) looked much better:

    DSC09392 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09384 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09382 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09381 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09372 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09370 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    The hood still had some visible rock pitting (in addition to the dust):

    DSC09354 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09409 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09413 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09446 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09406 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09420 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09422 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09438 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    DSC09441 by Mike Donoghue, on Flickr

    Was the final outcome perfect? Nope, but I didn't expect it to be given the depth of the scratches and marring, and the owner was made aware of this from the start. Overall, we were both very happy with the way it turned out, and we met the goal of ~90% correction. Thanks for looking, comments and questions are welcome!
    Mike Donoghue
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    Re: Rough 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 - correction & coating - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

    It's so shiny and reflective that it's hard to focus well enough to see it. I couldn't tell how bad it was until seeing the direct light pics. Nice save!
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    Re: Rough 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 - correction & coating - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

    always good to see a washed and deconed car with defects to see what is needed to be done, even better to see a cleaned car with no defects, excellent work!!
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    Re: Rough 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 - correction & coating - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

    Wow, that was beat! Great work! It's a black diamond now!
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    Re: Rough 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 - correction & coating - Pinnacle Auto Detail - CT

    Great job, may I ask, how long did it take?

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