Nikku Detailed: Infiniti "Neglecto" G35 OB

[Nikku-]

Lets get started. A gentlemen from a G35 forum was looking for a recommendation for a body shop and I provided a suggestion and he followed through with the suggestion. From that suggestion it lead to this detail. He was a very inquisitive customer and definitely was interested in attaining knowledge about what could be done to his car and what he should continue to do after the detail. He was the second owner. The previous owner obviously didn’t take much interest in the vehicle.

The car had wax residue all over the place and the trim was in fairly bad condition. You will be able to tell by the pictures.
I apologize for not posting a little more often. Another business has taken up a lot of my time so I haven’t been able to do write ups of my details.

In any case let us get started.

Process

Wash Paintwork

Chemical Guys Maxi Suds
Dawn ( to strip the wax )
Poorboys Bug Squash
Two sheep skin mitts
Two Grit Guards
Waffle Weave Drying Towels

Wash Wheels

EZ Detail Brush
EZ Detail Mini Brush
Chenille Wash Mitts
Grit Guard
Zymol Wheel Brush

Interior

Woolite
Folex
1Z Cockpit Premium
Leather Masters Cleaner
Leather Masters Vital
Leather Masters Protection Cream

Polish

Meguiars M105
Menzerna SIP
Menzerna PO85rd
Micro Surface TufBuf 5 inch Wool
Micro Surface Tufbuf 4 inch wool
Sonus SFX White
Sonus SFX Blue
LCC Yellow 4 inch
LCC White 4 inch

LSP

Collinite 845
Natty’s Poorboys
Poorboys Wheel Sealant ( Wheels )
Poorboys Bold and Bright ( Tires )

Trim

Black WoW
303 Aerospace Protectant (inner trim)

Metal Polishing

0000 Steel Wool
Costco Yellow Microfiber
Duragloss Metal Polish

Equipment

Metabo PE12-175
Defelsko 6000
Ridgid Wet/Dry Vacuum
Halogen 1000w
3M BP
RB BP
3M Sun gun
Fenix TK10
Brinkmann (Canadian version)
Nikon D40

[Nikku-]

BEFORES




Wax Residue. They were not fun to get off. I had to use all purpose wash as well as peanut butter. YAY for smooth peanut butter. I had some to eat as well. Tasty and yes I did wash my hands before I used my finger.




Rust proofing residue that was found throughout the vehicle.







Swirls a plenty!


More rust proofing residue.

[Nikku-]

DURING

So lets begin. A measurement of the paint was taken and the paintwork was healthy for an Infiniti. I actually am quite jealous about the thickness of paint. My infiniti’s and other newer infiniti’s I have come across have hit as low as 76 from factory.

Ok, in terms of how I decided on the products I did. I went through the process of least aggressive to most aggressive. Obviously I ended up with a fairly aggressive combo of wool and M105. I love how smooth and how cool wool is on paint and I love M105 but I hate how it does dust up. The least cut polish to medium cut polish was hardly making a dent so I settled with the M105 and wool as it produced the results I was happy with. It was followed up with white sonus with SIP to remove the holograms caused by the previous polish and pad. I finished that down with blue pad and PO85rd.

The bumper was recently repainted however it already had signs of bad swirling. I did not have to use wool on the bumper just SIP with yellow and PO85rd with white 4 inch pads.



















Holograms after Wool and M105



Refined with SIP and PO85rd













The next few pictures I pulled the G outside to catch a few sun shots and also to check work.
I noticed a little holograms remaining.







Missed a spot in the upper rear passenger but it just needed another hit of SIP before
PO85rd.











The next few shots are of the bumper. The bumper was in really bad condition. I had to hit
the area with two hits of M105 and although it took out 70% of the defects I decided to skip a third hit of M105 and went with a less aggressive White pad and SIP with two more hits so I wasn’t taking off too much clear.











Severe swirling and some bad damage to the trunk and the afters below.



















Swirls on the bumper.







































I pulled the G out for a second wash from all the dusting. I took a few more sun pics. You
will notice a fewer deep scratches however I decided it was not worth while to chase these
RDS.























AFTERS



















Thanks for your time and as usual I welcome the good and the bad.

[scarface_613]

holy hotness...you should come to florida one of these days and do my car...its not as bad but almost there...dang OB paint

[FlSHRFun]

Dang, neglect is a good word to describe that G.
Good job restoring it!

[Greekboy115]

Good to see you back Nikku! Fantastic job cleaning that G up as you always do.

[miltoda]

What did you use on the glossy black window trim and the chrome window frame trim?

[thescreensavers]

Nice work!

Did you use anything to darken/restore color to the plastics were the "Side View" mirrors are mounted too?

[Nikku-]

Originally Posted by scarface_613

holy hotness...you should come to florida one of these days and do my car...its not as bad but almost there...dang OB paint

Originally Posted by FlSHRFun

Dang, neglect is a good word to describe that G.
Good job restoring it!

Thanks for looking through the load of pictures FishrFun! Much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Greekboy115

Good to see you back Nikku! Fantastic job cleaning that G up as you always do.

Hey Greekboy ! Thanks for the welcome back. I've been around but I've been dividing my time with detailing and another venture so I haven't been able to do many write ups.

Originally Posted by miltoda

What did you use on the glossy black window trim and the chrome window frame trim?

For the window i used LC white pad with power finish and refined with White pad and PO85rd. 700-1000 rpms and light pressure.

Originally Posted by thescreensavers

Nice work!

Did you use anything to darken/restore color to the plastics were the "Side View" mirrors are mounted too?

Thanks ! For the trim and side view mirrors I used BlackWoW. I love the smell and it goes on nicely. Two applications were applied

[4DGS]

What do you use to remove wax residue that won't come off the rubber door trim?

Also best way to get wax residue off of the felt surround on the sunroof. No idea how the hell it got there since I don't wax my roof...(it's vinyl)

[Nikku-]

Originally Posted by 4DGS

What do you use to remove wax residue that won't come off the rubber door trim?

Also best way to get wax residue off of the felt surround on the sunroof. No idea how the hell it got there since I don't wax my roof...(it's vinyl)

For wax on the rubber door trim first try an APC and if that doesn't work try IPA 50:50 and if that doesn't work try smooth peanut butter.

For the felt use a very soft brush and try APC then IPA. When I say soft brush I mean really soft or a very well used toothbrush, zymol or swissvax brush. Do not scrub. Just gently massage the wax residue out. Then blot dry with an MF, check your work and if there were improvements repeat until satisfied. The key with felt is patience.

Hope that helps !

Cheers,
Nick

[superchargedg]

That was one seriously trashed car.I still see some spots that look like deeper rids.But i dont think those wiil come out with out some wet sanding.......but very good work on that car.

[Nikku-]

Hey supercharged !

There were definitely some deep rids that I didn't want to chase. It wasn't worth it with the history of infiniti clear coats. The client was keen on keeping the vehicle for much longer, it's in his best interest to leave with certain defects unless he plans on doing a full repaint from thin cc.

Thanks for looking

[thescreensavers]

Blackwow, nice


I actually was about to buy that but I tried mothers black to black and it works very well and its cheaper so I just stuck with BtoB. I also spray some Meguiars UQW to seal the BtoB in so that it will last longer. And So far its still holding up very well.

and again nice detail Black looks awesome

And for Wax on Rubber and stuff like that I use Meguairs M39, works well also

[Nikku-]

Originally Posted by thescreensavers

Blackwow, nice


I actually was about to buy that but I tried mothers black to black and it works very well and its cheaper so I just stuck with BtoB. I also spray some Meguiars UQW to seal the BtoB in so that it will last longer. And So far its still holding up very well.

and again nice detail Black looks awesome

And for Wax on Rubber and stuff like that I use Meguairs M39, works well also

Thanks for the tips. I love learning something new. I'll give megs m39 a try sometime Thanks again screensaver