I have a 2003 Coupe, It is IP and the brightness of the pain is fading away, I was looking for a way to restore the original shine of the factory paint job, my best bet is to get the car detailed right? How much should I expect to pay and does anyone have any reccomendations for good places to get it done in the NJ area? (Morris County)
Thanks alot.

 

Reggae, I recall last week you mentioned that you'd learned to do a SEARCH rather than making all these worthless threads. Void this thread and try doing a SEARCH, you'll be supprised how much information is out there if you'll just try....
Gary

 

Lol, what's with creating so many threads? Spend a couple days reading in the Detailing section and you'll learn A LOT. You'll learn to detail your car yourself.

 

Just an FYI... I think the Search feature on this forum SUCKS!

I just did a search for detailing... first few results are as follows...

1. Aggressive Wheels & Stretched Tires: Post 'Em Up!
2. The "Look what i got TODAY!" Thread!
3. *SOLVED* Engine Startup Clanking Noise, 2005 G35 Coupe. (With Video)
4. Sticky: *Official* G35 Modded Sedan Picture Thread
5. Sticky: October Minnesota Chat Thread

WTF kind of results are those for the keyword "detailing"?

Youre prob looking at $100-400 for a professional detailing.

 

If you wanna go to Queens NYC go on g35nyc.com and hit up BigA... he does good work worth the trip ok bye

 

exactly, i search for stuff and look for results for mad long and then I just get tired of looking and make a thread, my bad ill chill on the threads haha

 

DIY, wash then clay your car. Get a buffer, glaze then wax, easy as that.

 

This is just so much bull ****, thread that has no use to anyone when the answers are here on DRIVER if you're smart enough to look for them. We have a section called CARE & DETAILING, is it possible you might find some answers there.

 

+ 1 on that.
We also have a new breed of people buying used, high mileage coupes that want to make them pretty for $02. G35's aren't cheap like that.

 

I'm 18, I have been working in a hardware store monday-friday every day after school for the past 4 years to be able to afford my car and insurance, I have always loved g35's but I couldn't afford a new g35 or Rays or Brembos, I hope that someday I will be able to afford all of this stuff and a Ford GT40 but for now I'm just workin with what I got man.

 

LOL. Dude, you sound like a Bimmer owner. Face it--all cars depreciate and become affordable to the masses. I bought mine 2-years used for almost half the price of brand-new, and 3 years later, I'd pay "$02" to make it pretty. Although, it's 6 years old now and still looks good.... Older, high-mileage G's don't need that much to make them pretty, as long as they were well taken care of....

 

^+1
Agreed. They dedicated a WHOLE SECTION to questions like this. Go read..

 

you got it all figured out.

 

Reggae,
Instead of busting you up let me help you out.
It all depends on how rough your car is.
Try clay barring. Try a panel. If its not enough shine you may have to get a bit extreme.

OPTION 1:
Clay bar
Medium cut compound
Fine Cut compound
polish
carnuba.

OPTION 2 (BE CAREFUL you can take your clearcoat off but is very effective if done right also you will need a lot of time)
Wet sand entire car (1500-2000 grit)
Heavy compound
Med compound
Light compound
Polish
Carnuba

I'm in the process of doing option 2 right now. Took me a day to get wetsand, heavy cut and med cut. This will take out all surface level scratches and swirls. You are sanding down clear coat so be careful not to go thru. I will post pictures soon so you can see how effective it is.

 

Awesome, thanks alot man I really appreciate you're help, I'm gonna go down to the hardware store tommorow and get what I need and wait for a good day to start, thanks for you're help instead of being a douche bag, Please post the pictures up when youre done, looking forward to seeing it. What color is youre car?