badass detail job

badass detail job

i'm going to use this guy's work as a good base to detail mine...i'm impressed.

before:


after:


http://autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=51764


now to head to the tool store and get myself a rotary...

WOW, looks good. I am personally gonna pay a pro this year, I am not in the mood to do a winter clean,

i'm actually considering doing that...i just don't have a rotary tool to do all the buffing. i have a friend who's got an underpowered one, but i'm not going to bother with it. it's weak.

I am just lazy, I have a I think Orbital Buffer that I dont use

oh yeah?

would you consider letting it go?

using one of those high speed buffers is not easy!
you can very easily burn right through your paint if you're not careful.

those guys are trained to use one.

nice job btw!! that guy is good!

same here. I have a buffer but I found it in my basement and it looks like its 20+ years old. I dont really care anyways since my car is still not fixed.

Here are two useful links:

http://properautocare.com/byhand1.html

http://www.corral.net/tech/maintenance/detail.html

And thi sis the best power buffer for non-pros/semi-pros

http://www.properautocare.com/74uldema.html

thanks Laz

does anyone know where i can get polish for a sand drift type of color because i can't find any. I can only find things like red, black green, but not my color....

anyone?

I had good success with this product before:

http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguiars/product_detailpage.cfm?sku=G-118&store=meg

It works well on all color cars.

X

wow that is a huge difference, that's pro work right there if u ask me lol

yup meguiars polish is the best.

I have meguiars 3 step, but im not sure I want to go through all that work this spring. esp since it'll be harder on a black car. I wish that other person who drives my car would help me wash it at least once.

haha shit I wash and detail my car almost every saturday morning (depending on weather of course) but man I love when all those hours of cleaning paid off when ur car is smelling lemony fresh and the car is just bling blingin' and ppl just can't help but notice u lol.... *sighs* the feeling of a job well done lol

man you could eat off that car

i'm tellin you man, don't bother with that car. if your sister has any ability to drive it, it'll be ruined...just save up your mod money, and invest it in YOUR car when you can afford such a luxury. that'll pay off in the long run, and your sister won't have any control over it at that point.

i heard that clay bar is a pain in the butt

hrmm...i'll keep that in mind.

eeh...i'll have to wait till i move, then. dad drops all my shite.

Her eis the claybar how-to page and why it should be done

http://www.properautocare.com/creatsmootpa.html

It is not hta hard, I have done a lot of things to my car when I had it and it was always shinny, this is a pics before I sold it:



notice the relfection of the tree on the hood.

and I have more bigger and better ones and having it that clean was a major contributor to the sale. I still liek the colorX one the best, it was easy to work with, and the shine was perfect.

Here are more pics to anyone that is bored:

http://www.deexboy.com/corolla/corolla.html

easier said than done...dad inspects anything car-related to see what it does, and how bad it's going to mess up the cars.

Just keep it in your room or something so he doesnt get a hold of it.

heh...riiiight. that doesn't stop them