Clean Edge Detailed another black 350Z

[never gone]

So I have always loved this Z and how aggressive it is, especially after the new wheels and for how SLAMMED it is. The one thing always hurting it was how incredibly swirled the paint was. That much swirling really takes away from the look of a car. You can have an absolutley amazing car but if it's swirled up really bad, it just takes away from the car. So with HIN coming up, we were FINALLY able to set up a time to bet this beast taken care of!

I'd like to send a huge thanks to Chris for helping some with this detail. Chris had seen the last Z I did and offered up some help if I ever needed it and with the baby here and all, I hate spending ALL weekend doing cars. So I saw some pics Chris had posted here and liked his work too and asked if he'd lend a hand and he did. So later in the day on Friday he came over and polished part of the car and then I polished the rest on Saturday. Here's the basic process....

Wahed her up with Megs Gold class
Wheels were cleaned with Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner Plus
Clayed the car with Meguiars clay
polished car with Menzerna SIP, 106FF, and Meguiars M105
1 Layer of Danase Wet Glaze
Sealed the car with Ultima Paint Guard Plus
Waxed car with P21S
Wiped car down with Zaino Z-8

Engine was cleaned with Megs All Purpose Cleaner and CD2 Engine Detailer

Tires were finished off with Zaino Z-16
Spokes on wheels were done with Wheel Wax and wheels were polished with Meguiar’s NXT All Metal Polish.


So here's the pics!


Here's a pic of the carbon fiber hood. Notice how the sun reflecting is more of a blob than a crisp reflection?



Polishing the hood wasn't easy because you couldn't use a lot of pressure or you'd crack it. Here it is after polishing, you can see how the suns reflection is much more crisp and pin pointed.



Here's a half & half shot. Top half not polished, bottom polished



Here's the hatch before...ouch!



and after



Here it is in the sun



Here's some half and half shots





Here's the passanger side hatch before...more ouch



the after is BUTTER!!



Front fender before



Front fender after



Rear bumper before



Rear bumper after!!!



Exhaust before



Exhaust after



Here's a pic of part of the carbon fiber front lip. Notice again how the reflection is more of a blob opposed to a crisp reflection.



Here it is after. We couldn't believe how all the carbon fiber totally came back to life after being polished.



another carbon part before



and after



Here is the engine before. It wasn't really bad. I just gave everything a good scrubbing, polished the carbon fiber pieces, waxed the intake and polished the strut bar with mothers metal polish.



Engine after



Front Wheels before



Wheel after



Rear wheel before



After



Ok, here are the final car shots.



















So there you have it. Thanks for looking and thanks again to Chris for lending a hand!!!!

[Detailed Image]

Excellent turn around on that Z! Very nice writeup and well documented. Keep up the outstanding work.

George

[never gone]

Originally Posted by Detailed Image

Excellent turn around on that Z! Very nice writeup and well documented. Keep up the outstanding work.

George

Thanks! I used the pads I just bought from you.

[WhosRich]

that single exhaust looks sick. very nice detail!

[KuroV36]

nice work!

[silver9]

wow! its looking real sharp...Great work

[tEh d0ct0r]

Huge difference, good job!

[Locksmith]

Great job!

[Gr8speed68]

Yes u did a greatttttt job it looks sweet...congrats here