Spring Cleaning

[Prototyp3]

Hello everyone,
I finally finished my paint cleansing/restore that has been underway for the last several weeks. It has been a pretty amazing transformation, the difference in color and shine is day & night. I would have to say that I am thrilled with how everything turned out after the countless hours that where put in.

What was done -
-Wet sand heavy problem areas
-Cutting Compound on the entire car
-Swirl Remover
-Paint Cleanser and Polished
-Waxed
-Re-dyed moldings black
-Cleaned seals (still need some work)
-Re-pained IS spoiler
I plan to make a thread of the process, before and after. At the bottom I have included a few before shots where "Perma" dirt formed around the molding & Spoiler and was very visible around the edges.

Here are a few Photos from my shoot, hope you enjoy.













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Thanks for viewing!

[cbouchez]

Very nice! Looks like it just came out of the dealer.
I hope to see you around.

BTW: Pics are very sharp! Well done.

[87e30]

nice!

[Brezzi]

looking crispy! I plan on giving my car a good detail in the coming weeks and the cleanness of yours is inspiration

[brutus87]

Lime it fellow PNWer!

[Ape]

Love love love it, great job on it.

Fantastic photos, great composition.

[N2MYE30]

Looking great. More info on how "heavy" you wet sanded.

[george graves]

Is Lip - LOL - but it looks good!

[Ape]

Is Lip - LOL - but it looks good!

I dont see where he makes a reference to an IS lip....

[Bimmerista]

Nothing like a nice & clean Alpine!!

Is Lip - LOL - but it looks good!

He's talking about the trunk lip spoiler.

[Shangsta]

Very nice, please post the link to this thread when you make a thread of the process(im maily interested in the redying of the trim and freshening of the seals

[Prototyp3]

Very nice! Looks like it just came out of the dealer.
I hope to see you around.

BTW: Pics are very sharp! Well done.

Thank you! I am really looking forward to some PNW meets this year, hope to see you there aswell.

looking crispy! I plan on giving my car a good detail in the coming weeks and the cleanness of yours is inspiration

Thank you, and good luck with your project! Prepare for painful fingers....

Looking great. More info on how "heavy" you wet sanded.

Only sanded problem areas that Cutting compound would not remove. The entire area where the spoiler sits was sanded along with molding areas. Sanded areas that I did touchup work to even out the coat. My paint is single stage so it was a bit worry some at first as my sandpaper turned instantly milky white. In the end, no foggyness or low spots, paint is nice and even.

Lime it fellow PNWer!

Love love love it, great job on it.

Fantastic photos, great composition.

nice!

Nothing like a nice & clean Alpine!!

He's talking about the trunk lip spoiler.

Thank you so much for comments, mucho appreciated!

Very nice, please post the link to this thread when you make a thread of the process(im maily interested in the redying of the trim and freshening of the seals

Will do, I plan on making the thread this weekend and I will provide a link here. In sort, I used a Vinyl Dye on the moldings, coats, standard prep work. On the seals I taped off the areas and used forever black.