I picked this car up from my cousin for dirt cheap as my beater. The car was oxidized pretty bad. I ordered some opt stuff from exceldetail but I got pretty impatient and used what I had. I started with 3m compound with a orange pad on the hood and it just killed the pad, so I said screw it and threw on a lambswool pad which cut through pretty good without causing bad swirls, I followed with 3m compund on a orange pad, Danase wet glaze and some Four star UPP.

BEFORE







3M






DWG


FS UPP

 

Wow... that looks pretty damn good. My mother has a 86 BMW that looks just like the before pic, same color and everything. I might have to try doing it now. Good work!

 

Nice Job! What kind of Rotary do you have and what speeds did you use for the correcting?

 

Wow... That is DAMN good results from what it was before... Amazing what a lil work can do!

 

I have a portercable I started at 3 and I bumped it to 6 until the product breaks down. My pads are a mix of lake country and erasure pads.

 

wow... one helluva great job!!

 

Nice work. How cheap is "dirt cheap"? Thats a great reliable beater car that gets good gas mileage. I hope to find a deal like that.

 

I got it for $500 it does have 185K miles on it though, but I needed it I. My 350z isnt a practical daily driver.

 

Sweet recovery!

 

i have the same car! mine has 360k miles on it but it doesnt look that good. great job

 

that is pretty amazing, ive seen so many cars like that, early 90s with oxidation all over, and never really thought that it could still be removed and made to shine like that way to go man


try wetsanding that passenger headlight too, looks like its oxidized pretty good as well

 

wow that's amazing! i wonder if you could've done that to my 5th gen accord i had. paint was in similar shape as that

 

Never met a Red Yota that didnt need a little "extra" work......Nature of Toyota Red.

 

Nice Save!!!