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    One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    So a friend from a local racing forum picked up a beautiful 2000 Firebird Firehawk with 90k+ on the ODO and has babied it like a true fanatic would. This is one of the cleanest 17 yr old cars that's been enjoyed through it's life that I've come across. He's even had it up and cleaned under it. That said, even clean cars need the swirls removed and their paint corrected to really shine. Add in a nice layer of ceramic coating and that beauty will last and shine nicely for years to come.

    From a budgetary standpoint we approached this with my Premium Enhancement Polish Service. For the protection he chose CarPro Cquartz v3.0. Other goodies were Full Glass Coating and restoration and Coating of the Trim/Cowling Area where the wipers/hood have taken a beating. I'll put up some better pics of that in the morning but it's solid black and like new once again and no more need to treat the wipers or cowling with anything for a while.

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    • Wash with CarPro Reset
    • Iron X
    • Nano Mitt Medium Grade
    • Rupes Mille with UHS Pads and Polish
    • CarPro Cquartz 3.0
    • GYEON Q2 TRIM
    • McKee's 37 Glass on windshield
    • GYEON CanCoat on remaining glass



    As you can see in the following, the swirls were pretty bad. Light and not too deep but rampant throughout the paint.








    Hood:





    Notice the lower part of the rocker (top was polished)



    Once Polished the color and depth really shows through nicely




    Doors were both really bad too





    The weather today was bad so hopefully morning will bring some sunshine for pics that show off the results better. Until then, here are a few.












    The Tail lights polished out extremely well too. No more swirls in the plastic. Now they really pop!










    Headers and a nice Corsa Exhaust really help make it sound as good as she looks. Video forthcoming.




    Door Jambs and under the hood are as clean as when new








    Even the backside of the hood shines

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Wow great work man. Your friend is going to be happy I bet!

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Great work! How's the Mille compared to the 3401? One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Quote Originally Posted by MTLean View Post
    Great work! How's the Mille compared to the 3401? One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)
    The Mille is my go-to when I'm not starting off with Compound and Wool pads. Love it.
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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Awesome work and write up and pictures as always!

    Nice depth in that red color.

    /Tony

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    17 years later and still a cool car! Nice work.

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Nice job!

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Did you turn the headlights on and polish them as well? Also thoughts on what to do with the trim that has been coated when the coating starts to near the end of its life?

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    Awesome work on a pretty rare car. I like the under hood and door sill pics. Shows that you did a real thorough job.

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    Re: One Beautiful Red F-Body (2000 Firehawk)

    That sure doesn't look like 90k+ miles. You have it looking NEW.
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