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Interior detail took ALL day Saturday (I stopped around 7 to have date night with Future Mrs. Ack), Cleaning the wheel wells, washing the truck and wheels, and claybarring the entire truck took all day Sunday (I finished around 11 PM), and the buffing took ALL day Monday.... (I finished around 10:30 PM). Truck is still sitting in the garage waiting for sealant. I beat myself up so much I'm taking tonight off and will seal the paint tomorrow.
Last edited by 97BlackAckCL; Sep 3, 2019 at 01:28 PM.
Bro, I've been a huge pusher of sealant and polymer waxes...the other day I found my old bottle of Megs Gold Class...I'm convinced that the paint was still thirsty and
starved for some old school carn for depth.
Mind you, this was after religiously doin the Wolfgangs on it...
got both my S4 and the Ody done and MAN, breathtaking the results.
Was going to ask if you fit in a Pens game and concert in-between...
No Pens games or concerts, I dedicated 4 days straight to working on the truck and I still didn't get everything done lol. I should have skipped all the interior work and just focused on the exterior work.
No Pens games or concerts, I dedicated 4 days straight to working on the truck and I still didn't get everything done lol. I should have skipped all the interior work and just focused on the exterior work.
Seems to me you got a cartload done. Just painstaking details and time involved. Again, it's impressive. The person who keyed your truck needs to get herpes or something...not cool. But, you did nice job getting it out.
Will you ever completely get the scratch out if you keep working on it?
Seems to me you got a cartload done. Just painstaking details and time involved. Again, it's impressive. The person who keyed your truck needs to get herpes or something...not cool. But, you did nice job getting it out.
Will you ever completely get the scratch out if you keep working on it?
I got the key scratches out completely, thankfully it didn't break the clearcoat so the scratch line is gone. The bumper scratches from the hit and run I got 80% out or so, it appears to have broken through the clear coat and into the base layer so I couldn't get the deepest part of the scratches out, but it's SO much less noticeable and mostly gone, so I'm happy with it
I'm surprised you've driven it this long without something damaging it, honestly, especially with it staying outsise all of the time.
Still looking :coocool: good as always!
Oh, and no more magnates...
Sadly it has a lot more rock chips than I originally realized, but it is what it is. It's my daily driver and my winter car, so it's gonna take a beating either way
Well after nearly a week of work, I finally wrapped up the paint work on my 4Runner last night. Wednesday night I rebuffed the hood and the last bit of key scratch on the rear passenger door that I didn't get out completely. Last Night I wiped the whole truck down with an alcohol solution to remove any compound oils.
Then it was time for my first attempt at ceramic coating.
I started with the rear hatch and roof, then moved to the side of the truck. The process is pretty straight forward but VERY time consuming. After each application you have to wait 2 minutes for the product to cure before buffing it off.
Here are some final pics of the finished product. I tried to get some reflection shots, but my lighting was bad and it was late so I did my best.
The circle is just the reflection of a metal cap on the wall, not on the paint
On Wednesday I also retreated the wheels with matte finish wheel sealant.
Here's my attempt at reflection shots, like I said not great but you can see how great the finish looks
It's sitting in the garage letting the ceramic cure.... hard to take full body shots... Especially when you work till 11:30 at night and want to go to bed
Chris...when people want to do something they find a way to overcome obstacles...not find reasons why they couldn't get it done.
Give that bitch a proper photoshoot this weekend...she deserves it!
Plus, you have a 4x4 to drive right over all of your excuses!
My brother-in-law just bought a 15 Tundra in this color. Will have to point him to this thread, his definitely needs a little love on the paint. Open the doors & there's a noticeable difference between the untouched jambs & the body.
Finally pulled her out into the sun to get some sun pics. The sun was going down so the lighting's not the best, but still came out OK. One person that I texted pics to said they "looked photoshopped" which was a great compliment since they obviously aren't and are just straight up camera pics.
Reflection shot
You can see the rock chips on the hood, but the paint looks amazing
I'm not a big fan of blues...but man that looks good.
Lord, wait 2 days and get 10 pics of the damn thing with you standing as close as if you were still in the garage.
I'm gonna have Tyler show you how to take car pics!
I'm not a big fan of blues...but man that looks good.
Lord, wait 2 days and get 10 pics of the damn thing with you standing as close as if you were still in the garage.
I'm gonna have Tyler show you how to take car pics!
Always have to talk shit ay?
I'm going to do a better photoshoot, this was just getting the thing out in the sun. Geez, some people are never satisfied
