Wolfgang & PBL spoil my '90 CRX!

**Rommel** · 06-27-2015, 09:51 PM

Well my CRX has been an on-going project since earlier 2012 and for the past couple days have given here some extra attention. Last year did a garage paint job(I assisted) followed by wet-sanding, compounding & polishing done by myself with 3M Perfect-It products on a rotary. Initially was protected with Ammo Creme Reflective Paste, which was very nice. Later in the year switched to 2 coats of PBL Diamond Surface coating upon discovering Autogeek and was very very impressed with it.

The coating was still looking good & holding up just fine but I wanted to put my new found tools & knowledge to work that I have gained here from Autogeek

I started with:
-Good 'ol fashion wash
-IronX & Nanoskin to clean and prep surface.
-Flex 3401 with 5" LC Orange Hybrid pads with Wolfgang Uber compound to remove old coating & defects
-CarPro Eraser wipedown
-Flex PE8 w/ 3.75" backing plate to run 5" LC Hybrid Gold Jeweling pads using Wolfgang Finishing Glaze
-GG6 w/GG 6" Red Wax pad using PBL Surface Cleansing Polish
-PBL Diamond Surface Coating w/24hr cure time
-2 coats of PBL Synergy Wax(2hrs apart)

No before pics or in progress pics, these are all after.

**Mask** · 06-27-2015, 09:56 PM

sweet ride ^^
thanks for sharing

**custmsprty** · 06-27-2015, 09:59 PM

You did a great job that's for sure!

**af90** · 06-27-2015, 10:06 PM

Well done! How did you do a garage paint job?

**Marc08EX** · 06-27-2015, 10:07 PM

Amazing job on that sweet ride!!!

I love those CRX's. That's a beautiful example with a nice B16 transplant.

**Rommel** · 06-27-2015, 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by Marc08EX

Amazing job on that sweet ride!!!

I love those CRX's. That's a beautiful example with a nice B16 transplant.

Thx guys & B16B btw....

Originally Posted by af90

Well done! How did you do a garage paint job?

Not ideal but it was a great learning experience and hope to do a proper paint job in 1-2yrs.(door jams were painted as well!)

**The Guz** · 06-27-2015, 11:02 PM

Nice job. Great color.

My aunt use to have a red CRX. I should have bought it from her instead of her trading it in. I have always thought these had a great look to them. Yours looks great.

**fly07sti** · 06-27-2015, 11:09 PM

Very nice and tasteful. Makes me miss my 89.

**Busy mind** · 06-27-2015, 11:42 PM

I haven't used any Wolfgang products, but is the finishing glaze an actual glaze or just the name they went with?
Only asking because I wouldn't think it would be compatible with the coating.
Great results by the way.

**Rommel** · 06-28-2015, 12:31 AM

Originally Posted by The Guz

Nice job. Great color.

My aunt use to have a red CRX. I should have bought it from her instead of her trading it in. I have always thought these had a great look to them. Yours looks great.

I have a few people come up to me and describe similar scenarios

Originally Posted by fly07sti

Very nice and tasteful. Makes me miss my 89.

Thank you, yes the CRX is a car people regret getting rid of.

Originally Posted by Busy mind

I haven't used any Wolfgang products, but is the finishing glaze an actual glaze or just the name they went with?
Only asking because I wouldn't think it would be compatible with the coating.
Great results by the way.

Name they went with, quote from description of product:
"Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 is designed to deliver maximum performance in an easy-to-use formula. The water-based polish is low-dusting, silicone-free, filler-free, and wax-free. Menzerna’s polishes are developed for auto production so every polish they make is suitable for a body shop environment."

I'm not sure if I was doing the proper jeweling technique. I started with firm pressure on pad w/low speed #1 on Flex PE8 to work in product then letting tool be the pressure on a few section passes.