Awwww Yea!

[Iowagdam]

AWWWWWWW YEA!


After recently debadging my car, (see How To: Debadging your grand am) I took a nice 20
minute drive down to Mark of MP Racing and got his full exterior detail done. I got there
around 3:00 in the afternoon and we went to about 10:00 at night. We both had a great
time and enjoyed cleaning my baby before I head off to college.

It was hot that day, about 91 and she was in the sun for a little while before I brought
her over so we got her in the shade to cool off. Then we started with a wash
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1896/p1000661zp7.jpg
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http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/8904/p1000663oa6.jpg
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Look at that Bead!


http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/6277/p1000668jn3.jpg
Marks garage is the Sh!t
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[Iowagdam]

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5749/p1000686uj1.jpg
Half and Half of the hood

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5743/p1000707yc0.jpg
Before
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After
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[Iowagdam]

Here's some more of the detail
Half and Half of the wing, yea its pretty bad
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/3701/p1000736zt1.jpg
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The Day after
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http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1686/p1000795cd5.jpg
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[Iowagdam]

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Gotta give a BIG thanks to Mark, he did a fabulous job and I hope to do more business with him soon.

Support MP RACING!

[Ajaxus]

very nice, can you get some more close-ups of the wing now? the one shot isn't so great, and i remember how bad it was at the meet, lol


btw, nice tye-dye shirt mark! lol

[Mike Jung]

Did you get lost going/leaving there ?

I remember leaving Mark's place...
Following my GPS to Walmart.
& going :wtf turn here, & turn here on to back roads.
(I wonder what lone wolf was thinking, following me back lol)

Nice looking headlights ;)
(Thanks by the way, for your old set :boogie: )

[Iowagdam]

Did you get lost going/leaving there ?

I remember leaving Mark's place...
Following my GPS to Walmart.
& going :wtf turn here, & turn here on to back roads.
(I wonder what lonewolf was thinking, following me back lol)

Nice looking headlights ;)
(Thanks by the way, for your old set :boogie: )

No problem, They look better on yours than mine lol

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/2360/p1000726dn1.jpg
Thats how bad it is.
Half and half-sorry I missed those pics.
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/5592/p1000736iw7.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1857/p1000740by8.jpg

[Bryan]

How come your pintstriping stops at the rear doors?

[lone_wolf025]

Nice! I like the "in action" close up shots ya did. Very cool.

But yea Mark's an awesome guy...with a funky tie-dye t-shirt...lol

[Iowagdam]

Took that off because the pinstrip on the back panels are 7 years old and the ones on the doors and front fenders are about 3 years old, I will destrip the car when I get time. But I did take both off so it looks somewhat symmetrical

[lone_wolf025]

Its too bad you didn't do it that day. It would have worked out since you'll probably need to clay it when you take the strips off anyways...

[Iowagdam]

I'm lazy;crap

[lone_wolf025]

I'm lazy;crap

Hey now that's MY excuse! I called dibs on it during the meet as to why half the stuff I wanted to do never got done. :D

[Ajaxus]

Hey now that's MY excuse! I called dibs on it during the meet as to why half the stuff I wanted to do never got done. :D

do you REMEMBER what my car looked like inside, outside, and under the hood?

yeh, that excuse is mine. ;crap

[Panacea]

How did your spoiler get so screwed up?

[lvemy3100]

very nice, can you get some more close-ups of the wing now? the one shot isn't so great, and i remember how bad it was at the meet, lol


btw, nice tye-dye shirt mark! lol

Nice! I like the "in action" close up shots ya did. Very cool.

But yea Mark's an awesome guy...with a funky tie-dye t-shirt...lol

I have had that shirt 8years now and I still love it like the day my cousin bought it for me... I mean it is Hendrix after all....




in any case that wing was just plain FUBAR.. lol


the main reason the detail took so long was a result of not just doing everything myself with no talking.... instead I took the time to teach Andrew anything I could about detailing that he did not already know. Oh yea we also took a nice little break to go pick up my fiance from work (30-40minutes)


Andrew- it was my pleasure tuning and detailing your car and I thank you for your appreciation of my work.

[kuecker_dj09]

simply amazing

[Iowagdam]

How did your spoiler get so screwed up?

The 99's and 00's clear coat on the wings were put on wrong and after 7 years this is what happens.;crap I will repaint my car in the coming years so I'm not to worried about it.

[coupe]

Thats EXACTLY what my wing looks like, no way to fix it, has to be repainted.


Great work guys!!!

If you dont mind, what was your process and products?

[lvemy3100]

Thats EXACTLY what my wing looks like, no way to fix it, has to be repainted.


Great work guys!!!

If you dont mind, what was your process and products?


Wash- Megs GC (mixed double strength), Sonus Wash Mitt
Tire Clean- Simple Green & scrub like hell 3x (then gave up cause of "issues" lol)
Clay- Claymagic
Break for 30-40min to pick up fiance from work
Tape it up with 3m blue painters tape
Polish with PC7424 (approx. speed 5.5), Megs #83, Sonus Light Cutting Pad (yellow)
Sealant- Klasse AIO applied with MF applicators and removed with MF towels
Wax- P21s/s100 (removed with MF towels)
To drink- Blue Demon Full Throttle energy drink and water

[coupe]

Man your getting good with #83 AND you do it with a cutting pad. Way better with it than i am, i could never do that. I have tried everything i could to get it to finish out perfect. I always get hazing (micro-marring) from it. The stuff hates me i think, i always have to follow it up with a lighter polish. #83 sure gets the job done though, its no slouch.

[Iowagdam]

Tire Clean- Simple Green & scrub like hell 3x (then gave up cause of "issues" lol)


Yea, got some simple green and a new brush. The wheels look great. Took off like 4 layers of caked on grease and tire shine.

[coupe]

Simple Green is all i use too, its safe and works.

[lvemy3100]

Man your getting good with #83 AND you do it with a cutting pad. Way better with it than i am, i could never do that. I have tried everything i could to get it to finish out perfect. I always get hazing (micro-marring) from it. The stuff hates me i think, i always have to follow it up with a lighter polish. #83 sure gets the job done though, its no slouch.

thanks man.. I do what I can and now that I have gotten my technique down I have yet to need to follow up with anything lighter...

I like the #83 alot cause its not harsh enough to take the clear down too fast and I can get it to finish as seen in the pics in this thread and lonewolfs thread..


since we are talking about it have you heard of others getting #83 to finish out without having to go back with a lighter polish or am I just getting the results that most get and the stuff jsut seems to hate you

[coupe]

thanks man.. I do what I can and now that I have gotten my technique down I have yet to need to follow up with anything lighter...

I like the #83 alot cause its not harsh enough to take the clear down too fast and I can get it to finish as seen in the pics in this thread and lonewolfs thread..


since we are talking about it have you heard of others getting #83 to finish out without having to go back with a lighter polish or am I just getting the results that most get and the stuff jsut seems to hate you



Im definately not alone on #83, most people have a hard time working with it. There is one guy on autopia.org, Totoland Mach. He is AMAZING. Check out some of his click and brags, he uses #83 exclusively and never follows it up with anything. Just amazing.

[WeibSunder]

I don't know if it's just me or what, but the before pics of your paint look darker than the after...any reason why? But either way it looks really nice, I like it.

[lvemy3100]

I don't know if it's just me or what, but the before pics of your paint look darker than the after...any reason why? But either way it looks really nice, I like it.

I noticed this as well.... I would have to say its a result of the paint reflecting more of the light now that the cc has been polished... i could be wrong but cant see what else would have caused it

[Iowagdam]

I don't know if it's just me or what, but the before pics of your paint look darker than the after...any reason why? But either way it looks really nice, I like it.

Don't know how but your right lol. It could have been the camera angle but I believe that it was caused by Mark's great job. I like it tooo:D

[Mike Jung]

(I could be wrong...Jung is not always right ;))

Put a coat of Carnauba based wax on it.
It will deepen the paint's colour; & shine.

Mark put a paint sealant on it after polishing, right ?
I have found that paint sealants tend not to offer as deep dark shine; as say Carnauba based wax.

PS: Carnauba based wax (with no polishes) will layer-up on top of the paint sealant.


EDIT: Never mind...I just re-read the details of the detailing.
You already have a coat of Carnauba wax on top of the paint sealant.

[Ajaxus]

Jung is not always right? Blasphemy!

[PhantomLover007]

It will deepen the paint's colour; & shine.

Yep. We can tell Mike is a foreigner. Look at the way he spells color. Damn uppity Canucks. Always have to be different. lol

[Metallman56]

i'd say it looks a little better. nice job guys!