2018 Tesla Model 3

**Justin at Final Inspection** · 05-21-2019, 02:56 PM

Had a new client referral with his 2018 Tesla Model 3 in a beautiful red metallic paint. The plan was to get it corrected and protected.

Wash/decon- Hyperwash, Nanoskin fine towel

Wheels- Wheels off coating service. Cleaned with Mckees foaming wheel cleaner gel, Coated with IGL Eclipse. The wheel liners and suspension was also coated in IGL Eclipse

Paint- Like most Teslas the paint was less than stellar. Rupes Mark ll 21mm, Fast correction cream, Meguiars microfiber cutting pad

Finishing polish- Rupes Mark ll 21mm, Buff and shine yellow pad, Hyper polish

LSP- IGL Kenzo 4 year coating

WALK AROUND VIDEO

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**Rsurfer** · 05-21-2019, 03:41 PM

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**SWETM** · 05-21-2019, 04:17 PM

Great work and write up and pictures as always Justin!

Before and after pictures is showing the depth difference very effectively.

Do you use an airbrush to apply the IGL Eclipse with? And around how much of Eclipse does it take to do a car like this with wheels and wheel wells and suspension and all?

**Justin at Final Inspection** · 05-21-2019, 04:41 PM

Originally Posted by Rsurfer

You Tube said that this vid does not exist.

It's there. Try again.

Originally Posted by SWETM

Great work and write up and pictures as always Justin!

Before and after pictures is showing the depth difference very effectively.

Do you use an airbrush to apply the IGL Eclipse with? And around how much of Eclipse does it take to do a car like this with wheels and wheel wells and suspension and all?

Typically a hvlp gun. Just upgraded to a Iwata lph80. Things awesome. 50ML +/- maybe a bit more.

**TMQ** · 05-21-2019, 07:58 PM

Awesome work.

Would love to know more about airbrushing coatings.

Again...good before and after pictures---great workmanship!

Tom

**TTQ B4U** · 05-22-2019, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Justin at Final Inspection

It's there. Try again.

Typically a hvlp gun. Just upgraded to a Iwata lph80. Things awesome. 50ML +/- maybe a bit more.

Originally Posted by TMQ

Awesome work.

Would love to know more about airbrushing coatings.

Again...good before and after pictures---great workmanship!

Tom

^^ I'm with Tom on this. Intrigued by it but isn't it a bit overkill? Why not just apply wheel coating as normal? Honest question as I'm not familiar with the IGL Product lineup and how it's applied vs others. 50Ml+ just seems like an awful lot of coating to be used on that car.

Thanks!

**Bruno Soares** · 05-22-2019, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by TTQ B4U

^^ I'm with Tom on this. Intrigued by it but isn't it a bit overkill? Why not just apply wheel coating as normal? Honest question as I'm not familiar with the IGL Product lineup and how it's applied vs others. 50Ml+ just seems like an awful lot of coating to be used on that car.

Thanks!

I've heard other detailers say yes, it wastes more product. But you get done in like 10 to 20 % of the time it would take to apply with a cloth/towel. Very little leveling to do afterwards. When you charge something like $200 to coat a set of wheels, even if you use an entire bottle that cost maybe $40 you're making good profit because you got done so quick.

This is what I heard before and it made sense to me. Of course only applies to those that detail for money and want to get done faster to get more cars in.

Let's hear if this matches Justin's opinion.

**Calendyr** · 05-22-2019, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by BSoares

I've heard other detailers say yes, it wastes more product. But you get done in like 10 to 20 % of the time it would take to apply with a cloth/towel. Very little leveling to do afterwards. When you charge something like $200 to coat a set of wheels, even if you use an entire bottle that cost maybe $40 you're making good profit because you got done so quick.

This is what I heard before and it made sense to me. Of course only applies to those that detail for money and want to get done faster to get more cars in.

Let's hear if this matches Justin's opinion.

That really depends how you coat them.

Because I am mobile, I coat the face of the wheels as part of all my coating packages. But I don't do the barrels.

I had one guy asked me to do only his wheels, they were off the car. So I agreed and told him the price would depend on how long it would take.

Well... Those were not new wheels. So cleaning them correctly, claying them, polishing them, degreasing them and coating them ended up taking 4 hours.

So when you say it is quick to do, it really depends

**Sizzle Chest** · 05-21-2019, 08:15 PM

Nice work on that Tesla crappy paint! Looks great now!

**Calendyr** · 05-21-2019, 09:06 PM

If you have clients with Teslas Model 3, inform them that they need to get mud flaps installed on the front wheels. There is a defect with that model. The wheels throw rocks and other debris along the sides of the vehicles and it removes the paint. Tesla refuses to cover it under warranty. Many people with vehicles less than a year old now have rust on the lower panels and the paint has been completelly removed down to metal. A simple mud flap will prevent this from happening and will cost only a few dollars for each wheel.

I sent an email about it to all my Tesla Model 3 clients.