So, phee and I clayed, polished, and sealed my paint yesterday - here are a few pics to enjoy. Comments and criticism welcome.

Before


During


After - The paint looks like it is dripping wet now - it rained last night and I kept going out to look at the beads! Phee def. knows what he's doing when it comes to details guys - hit him up if in or near ATL.



Those spots are on YOUR monitor!!!!!!




And a few HDR (shots by phee):

 

looks very clean.

needs to be lowered a bit more, a little to 4x4ish.

 

dam clean!!!

 

bout time! i was about to start the thread myself! haha

 

Looks really good. Love that color.

 

some more of the "befores"

 

wow, that looks really good, one of the cleanest tls ive seen in a while. what do you have for tips, they still look good without the lip kit

 

that is damn clean!!

 

Nice. Cleeaann!

 

a tip for others- put some plastic sheeting or newspaper-piece of cardboard,
under/beneath your work area when using the claybar
One slip and it hits the dirt= you must trash that piece!

Smart people start with small amounts and get used to the process. you dont need a hand size piece, finger sized will work nicely for average user, but if skilled and daring--go for it!
Remember to squish clay often to keep a clean side on the paint surface
It does pick up surface crud and store it

Looks really nice now guys
Pics of the scratched area after??
hand work or UDM buffer?

phee if you come out west we can line up a vacations worth of TLs for you!

 

another tip- when detailing the car- go for a run around the block to dry off the rotors after wash, so they are gleaming in the pics~

Hey fire- did you paint the calipers? cant tell on my monitor
Nice tires- how are they working in your weather?

 

process goes as follows
soap and water rinse
clay
strong rinse
porter cable:
orange pad with optimum compound speed-6 until breakdown
wipe with Mfiber
yellow pad with optimum polish speed 6 until breakdown
wipe with Mfiber
danase sealant applied with foam sponge
wipe with red pad
wipe down with mfiber
black magic gel tire dressing
wheels hand cleaned with soap,water and mfiber
glass cleaned with windex :p and Mfiber
dressing applied to all black trim and wiper exterior (not the blades guys)
rain

 

:jawdrop: OMG CAN YOU COME TO NEW YORK AND DO MINE!? lol thats is amazing awesome job phee!!

 

If u pay for the plane tickets and the detail ill come up there and do a full restore f your paint

 

lol if I could only afford it... I would do it myself but its to cold out to be detailing my car... gotta wait til the spring... you guys seriously did a beautiful job the paint looks wet!

 

damn that shit is fire!

 

Beautiful car, now rake up those leaves

 

I have been really impressed with the Optimum line from ExcelDetail (azine vendor)
Took years of abuse off the finish of my 01 with a UDM- similar to porter buffer
Needs another run thru with more confidence this time, then it will look good enough for a photo shoot...with my bike- which is taking up all my detailing time right now~

 

^^yeah i hear ya on the leaves, but i have several projects underway right now - besides, there are tons of leaves still on the trees! i'll give it another week before i vacuum them up.

thanks for the compliments everyone - phee did a great job on the paint!

01 - calipers are painted flat black. i still need to paint the mufflers black too.

m3 lip spoiler sitting in my garage - waiting to be installed (applied).

 

THe sixth and seventh and last pic damn i love those 3 looks hella good.

 

so phee mr master detailer,
why would you get matte black so your detailing skills would be useless?

 

matte black will test his detailing skills more

 

what are you talking about? i saw your new wheels thread - your paint is drippin too.....

now, that's mobile - hahaha!

 

because i dont like washing MY car. just others

 

Sssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttttttt ride one of these days ill clay bar & wax my car

 

Seriously?
In pic #2 of Fires thread, what is that white stuff on the ground below where your claying? Was it THAT oxidized?

 

Great job, looks damn sexy..

 

that is soap/water overflow and drip from the body. phee's first "before" shot is the same area - you can see it was dirty.

that denasse sealant seems to be a good product. are you getting good reviews on it?

All pads and microfiber towels were purchased from exceldetail and i believe phee bought some of his supplies from you too. Thanks again for your help and quick shipping!

 

very serious about the padding. any advice? pm me please

the run off is actually soap and water.

all my stuff was purchased from EXCELDETAIL.

 

Fuggin sexy

 

beautiful, i love the HDR shots.

 

dang...maybe i should detail MY car..

 

Very nice! I prefer Adam's products, but I have heard good things about Excel's stuff.

BTW- Phee, tell me you didn't use Windex on the insides of those windows

 

nope. i didnt touch the interior. i only used windex on the outside because i forgot my stoners :/

windex would (@$&!@)(% the tint

 

damn , that looks pretty good.

 

thanks again everyone for the compliments - phee did an amazing job!

speaking of the yellow pad - it is still at my house.

 

detailing is so underrated. people spend loads of money on fancy mods and cant afford a 20 dollar clay bar

 

I was hopin you knew that. lol I saw "Windex" and thought ooo shit. haha

 

car looks clean.. good job i got mine done last week.. night and day diffrence...

 

Car looks good bro