My first time detailing

[deeze30]

Finally had the chance to detail my car after having her for 3 months now and I did not want to cheap out on the materials and wanted to do it the right way the first time and i think i did alright :up: now onto it

before wash







as you can she was looking dirty but not too bad.

after the wash



onto claying and i don't think this car had been clayed ever. Previous owner probably just drove the hell out of it and brought it to shell stations for quick wash once in a while :/



after claying and she's looking a lot better already





Onto buffin and polishing :)





started with SSR3 but seemed a bit too rough so i moved down to 2.5 then 1 after that

time to whip this bad boy ;)



and after 9 hours here is the final product..







one happy car and owner :)

[Poorboyz]

Great job!!!

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[deeze30]

Great job!!!

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thanks man! family members are now trying to get their cars detailed -____-

[E30_Pare]

Almost got it. Not bad for a first timer. Need to hit it a little bit more with a wool pad then cut it lightly with a fine foam pad. Should be able to get a deeper red out. Looks a little henna ish.

[deeze30]

Almost got it. Not bad for a first timer. Need to hit it a little bit more with a wool pad then cut it lightly with a fine foam pad. Should be able to get a deeper red out. Looks a little henna ish.

Thanks man. Still learning but this detail gave me more idea how its like. I used the wrong pad for cutting then because I used the orange one to cut then the wool pad to polish i guess next time use the wool to cut then the black one to polish

[Mopri]

the wool pad is leaving you too many haze...you should use lake country pads or surbuf...much more easy and better results...

[e30austin]

Agreed. Use a nice soft foam finishing pad. Will take care of a lot of those swirls.

[MR 325]

Still a nice difference though! Wish I had the patience for this type of work.

[Nick_S]

Damn not bad at all for never doing it before. Echoing what the others have, you've still got some light buffer trails, another quick pass and finish with a foam pad and the light polish. Great job though, most people are very intimidated by detailing and the only way to learn is to just go for it.

[AwakenNoMore]

Nice paint save. Looks nearly showroom fresh.

[deeze30]

thanks guys. When I got the car i knew right away that it needed a good detail from a rough ownership from PO. If i understand this correctly, use the wool pad to start off with buffing then soft foam pad to finish and apply P21s by hand

[Stevoyayaya3]

Looks awesome man. I just picked mine up and it looks like it hasn't been washed in about 5 years lol

[mtechrisII]

Looks great! You gotta love how you can bring that red back to life with a little love.
Are you getting an early jump on putting up your Christmas lights?:D

[cpageiii]

Hey, good job on the detail! It's Clay from around the corner with the blue 87'sedan. Let me know when or if you want to do your windows over, be glad to help you out man.

[swboat12]

Looks great! Nice restore!