08-03-2007, 05:38 PM | #1 |
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Let me show you how we do it in the PROS!
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6 hours in the garage.... I'm freaking BEAT. I haven't waxed my car since I got it in may and there were tons of little nicks and dings and scratches and all the little things that you cant really see unless you're up close. On a black car though, those things jump out so I figured I'd do what I could to take care of them. I started with a basic hand wash, dried the car and then used Meguiar's speed shine and a Griot's Garage clay bar. Then I used the griot's Porter Cable orbital buffer along with their 3 polishing compounds. Level 3 for the deep scratches and heavy swirl marks (Only needed in certain places), then down to level 2 for light swirl marks and heavy oxidation. I did the entire car with this then went down to the level 1 compound for minor oxidation and very light swirl marks. Finished off with the Griot's best of show wax and then used the Meguiar's speed shine on the entire car to remove any wax that was left over from the wax removal wipe down along with doing my best to get the wax out of all the cracks and crannies and MAN the badges on the back are a huge PITA to get around... I'm wanting to pull off the volvo letters and mabey put the T5 letters up next to the S70. Anyways, here are the results. I think my dog was sniffing the passenger side becuase on the outside pic pointed at the driver's side, there are marks on the door where I guess his nose touched it. My wife's camera sucks... she has mine out of town right now
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08-03-2007, 05:38 PM | #2 |
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08-03-2007, 06:23 PM | #3 |
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like black sunshine...
looks evil brother...
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08-03-2007, 07:54 PM | #4 |
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Uh, your hired.
You had to have some pretty good paint to start with. I wondered why you were takeing pictures of the ceiling.
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08-03-2007, 07:56 PM | #5 |
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looks good. I'll bring the 93 and the 01 to you next weekend to do
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08-04-2007, 04:53 AM | #6 |
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Looks Awesome.
I have 4 more cars you can practice on at my house
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08-04-2007, 07:04 AM | #7 |
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looks great
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08-04-2007, 10:44 PM | #8 |
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I know... the sides have that orange peel but the roof and hood, trunk and back don't. It's wierd... wondering if it's something that volvo did during paint process but I know it can be removed with some more work.
I can't even begin to imagine what a real body shop would have charged to do that much work. I didn't get any before pictures. Some were taken in the garage to illustrate the shine then backed it out in the sun. The glare was obscene and all I could do was sort of play with the light balance in Picasa to make it not look washed out.
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08-05-2007, 08:06 PM | #9 |
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good looking ride. what happeded to the acura?
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08-05-2007, 08:47 PM | #10 |
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It was depreciating faster than I was paying it off so I decided to get out while I was still ahead (barely)... I was able to pay off the rest of the loan with about $1000 left over.. enough for me to do all the basic tune up stuff and "stage 0" if you will maintinence when I got the volvo.
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