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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 10:56 PM
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G35 Restoration Detail

The car was absolutely mis matched... faded tail lamps, head lamps, horrible rear bumper re-spray, door respray clear coat peeling, door scuff, front bumper faded with rock chips as well and lots of scratches.

Although the re-spray and clear coat failure are beyond my reach, the car was "refurbished".

Before:


As you can see the factory liscence plate area not faded vs. area beside it. Also take not the long scratch on the front of the hood.


More on that scratch later...


Front bumper- white scuff on the end corner. Faded headlamp.


First impression, not bad... close up yikes


Damage from garage post.


Panel was dented at the end something PDR can possibly fix.


Wheels- just dusty. Painted 2 months ago.


After wash. Still wet as for claying right after.


Half the hood... DIRTY!!!


IronX Sprayed on and waiting for the iron to change color.


Claying before hand really helped out, but still visible color change.


Paint condition- 4/10 at best.


No... thats not ironX still on the paint. Yes, the bumper was that matte!


... no gloss on half the bumper.


Extremely deep scratches. Were not 100% removed, but minimized.


Nice crystal tail lights *sarcasm*


Headlights looking dull...


Marks from jewellery... Loving this car


Brutal!!!

During:

Headlights weren't terrible. Received 2000Grit.


Followed up with 4000Grit.


After some lovin'

After:

Did work on that rear Look at the previously dull left side.


Some things are beyond my limits.


Improved gloss, no more swirls. One deep line remains.


Look at them babies now!


Beauty shot.


Majority of jewellery marks removed.


Corner scuff gone. Paint to great gloss- obvious paint matching issue as the door was a repaint.


Immaculate reflection.


Bumper looking better. I would have it re-done, too many stone chips.


Door looking great now, paint on the edge was almost to bare metal though.


Edge exposed to primer.


Handle looking a ton better.


She's looking taken care of


Wheels and tires dressed matte. Clean wheel wells too.


Proof.


Gleaming clean!


Hood mark vanished.


The sun says it all.

Thanks for looking.
 
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Old Jun 15, 2012 | 11:13 PM
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Do work son...... Do work.
 
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 12:28 AM
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Wanna come to mine?? Its black, I'm sure it would be a blast!
 
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Old Jun 18, 2012 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Splitnail
Wanna come to mine?? Its black, I'm sure it would be a blast!
Your paying for my flight, hotel and accommodation, count me in

In all seriousness if you want I could refer you to a detailer in your area if your interested.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 01:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMHighEnd
great job man.
Oh my dear fawking damn. Learn when to quote STAT, or never post again. kthxbai.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by drewdrew
oh my dear fawking damn. Learn when to quote stat, or never post again. Kthxbai.
+1...................
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 02:56 PM
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good job. Probably just prolonged the factory paint for a few more years.
 
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Old Jun 22, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Looks good
 
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