The owner of this red godzilla contacted me to detail his car, in the pm he expressed concern about the panels that may have been repainted. We set an appointment for this morning to look at it, and alas, the entire car minus the hood has been repainted @ one point or the other (Body work ranged from decent to crappy, lol). I started at 9am with the help of a friend and finished the car @ 5:50pm. The front wheels were washed and rinsed 3 times and the rear wheels were washed and rinsed twice. The entire wash process took about 2 1/2 hours on this one. Polishing was done through Griot's 6" DA with Megs MF system (D300 + compounding MF pads). LSP used was Prima Amigo.

Now onto the pictures:

Wheels before:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715195/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715315/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715467/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715577/
Wheels after:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715997/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567716131/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715869/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567715721/
Here is the crud that came off one of the front wheel during its second rinse:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567716439/
Exhaust tips before:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567716577/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567716703/
Exhaust tips after:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567718121/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567718441/
This is what me and my buddy was up against:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567716863/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717035/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717187/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717293/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717467/
Here is the general condition of the paint after we unleashed Megs D300 compound on it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717559/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717693/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/6567717791/

Most satisfying part? The owner's jaw dropped, and the word "fantastic" was used in every other sentence, lol.

 

Wow Mike-that really looks great. Any more pictures?

 

looks good, car was probably keyed if the whole thing but the hood was resprayed.

 

Nice recovery! More pics please!!

 

Thanks, and no more pics. The sun had already gone down and I did not have sufficient light to take shots of the entire car

It was just from numerous wrecks (Owner bought the car used)

 

Nice job! Poor godzilla... but she does look good now.

 

Do you worry about the potential damage to the environment, from all the chemicals you used?

 

Thanks Rev, It doesn't look at the best it should be. But for a 1 step it had dramatic improvements to the paint work's overall condition.

mrclemson, to be honest I am not "concerned", these products I used came from well known, well respected companies whose MSDS sheets can be found online. They follow the most stringent VOC Compliance regulation in the making of all their chemicals.

 

More pics of Godzirra!

 

Damn you guys did a great job.