H.O. Driver got his GA's hair did! (pic intensive!!!)

[coupe]

I was finaly able to do a full paint correction on my good buddy’s 1999 GAGT. Me and Tim had talked about it in the past but since he lives 3+ hours away it took us almost a year to finaly setup a weekend to do it. It needed it badly, definitely beyond saving but well worth trying, we think it came out great considering what we started with.

Wash with foam gun and megs goldclass
Clay with an old mothers claybar I had, didn’t wanna waiste a new one on this, it was THAT bad. VHT and rubber all the way down the sides from the track and all the other surfaces where loaded with some seriously bad contaminants.
Rotary with edge2K 6” pads, optimum compound at 1500-2400 rpm
Porter Cable with Danase 5” CCS polishing pads and LC 4” polishing spot pads, megs #80 speed 6 the whole way.
Megs #26 high tech yellow wax


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/claying.jpg

This is ONLY the very top of the bumper!!!
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/clay.jpg

Half and half of the hood:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/hoodhalfandhalf1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/hoodhalfandhalf2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/hoodhalfandhalf3.jpg

End of night one!

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/endnight1.jpg

[coupe]

Rear quarter half and half shots:

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/quarterhalfandhalf1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/quarterhalfandhalf2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/quarterhalfandhalf3.jpg

Door before
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/doorbefore.jpg

Door after
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/doorafter.jpg

End of night 2

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/endofnight2.jpg

The inevitable lol
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/endofnight3.jpg

[coupe]

Fender before
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/fenderbefore.jpg

Fender after
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/fenderafter.jpg

All afters

Tim just hangin
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect2.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect3.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect4.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect5.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/reflect6.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/Img_0192.jpg

[99GrandAMSE]

Very nice indeed!!! ... I would LOVE to have you buff my car but I am getting more and more interested to try it myself :) ... I have buffed other cars in the past but never anything that really means something to me :(

[XoticGA]

Ohhhhh MAN!!! :drool:

So THAT'S what my car is supposed to look like! :lol:

[Jchiasson]

:bow:

[coupe]

It was rough going. It took close to 15 hours but we did it over the course of 2 days, was nice for a change not to have to bust it out in one day like i ussually have to.

[carfreak666]

Damn!!!

[coupe]

Originally posted by carfreak666
Damn!!!


You next? :lol:

[coupe]

These 2 pics are my favorite, really shows what swirl marks and imperfections make the paint look like. Makes black look grey.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/hoodhalfandhalf1.jpg

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d104/Rand81/detailing/quarterhalfandhalf3.jpg

[The Artist]

i mean, its NIGHT and DAY... that is insane

now he's gotta KEEP it that way!

[coupe]

Originally posted by Sweet98GA
i mean, its NIGHT and DAY... that is insane

now he's gotta KEEP it that way!

Oh he will!! I made him very conscience of his paint and he now understands how fragile it really is.

[Greengo 07]

how much do you charge to do all of that to the car,

[carfreak666]

Originally posted by coupe
You next? :lol:

Couldn't afford ya!!! :)

J/K... Maybe sometime in the future... Right now time and money are both playing Hide and seek with me... :banghead:

[beavercountyemt]

and that's y i wish you were closer to me. thats just what my car needs. Beautiful job

[coupe]

Originally posted by Greengo 07
how much do you charge to do all of that to the car,


Originally posted by carfreak666
Couldn't afford ya!!! :)

J/K... Maybe sometime in the future... Right now time and money are both playing Hide and seek with me... :banghead:


You guys buy me food and beer and throw in a few bucks for product use and thats it :D

[Greengo 07]

hmm, i think i will consider this but i will just give you money for the beer, im gonna be going to school in toledo so a drive up there on the weekend shouldnt be too bad, id love to watch you go at it and get some pointers from you,

[car audio dave]

are you plannign to come out my way for vacation any time soon? Ive been doing my best on my car today, but i think you would do a way better job.

[SE'sarecool2]

Simply amazing, dude. I too wish you weren't so far away; I'd have you do my car(its dark green). I compounded the roof a little bit when I bought the car(it looked like someone dried the roof with steel wool!) but now the whole thing is swirl marks.

[coupe]

I really wish i could do alot more members cars and i would in a heart beat. There has been 4 people already who set up a date with me and then at the last minute cancelled or didnt show. Really frustrating when you plan a whole day or whole weekend and they dont show or cancel.

I still offer it though, just buy me beer and food and you get a reconditioned paint job :)

[XoticGA]

they're idiots for cancelling... :lol:

see how ugly.... :(

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/xoticneon/IMG_1261.jpg

[coupe]

Ouch, your paint needs work :lol:

Good thing is its always fixable :)

[XoticGA]

you never did give me a date, yanno :( :lol:

[coupe]

Sorry about that, im pretty booked this whole month. I will let ya know if a weekend opens up.

[Jchiasson]

Originally posted by Greengo 07
... id love to watch you go at it and get some pointers from you, Don't go if you don't plan on helping out. Sitting there and watching some one do the work you will only learn about 5% of what is being done. Taking a turn (especially with some one there who can correct what your doing, or what you've done) you will retain considerably more.
Then again, I can just picture Coupe with a look of pain and agony on his face as he reluctantly passes the tools over. :lol:

[coupe]

Originally posted by Jchiasson
Don't go if you don't plan on helping out. Sitting there and watching some one do the work you will only learn about 5% of what is being done. Taking a turn (especially with some one there who can correct what your doing, or what you've done) you will retain considerably more.
Then again, I can just picture Coupe with a look of pain and agony on his face as he reluctantly passes the tools over. :lol:


I always like teaching people how to use the machines, the products and teach the process and why we have to do each thing. I kinda didnt show Tim much with his GA and i should have. I just knew how much time it was gonna take becuase of the severity of his paint so i went full bore at it and didnt stop to teach him much.

After spending a day or weekend with me you will never look at your paint the same way again :lol:

[Jchiasson]

:lol:
After spending a day or weekend with me you'll never look at a light beer again!
:lol:

[coupe]

bwahahaha

[GMFWDFAN]

me next me next!

My car needs that bad! But I'm trying my hand at claying it on Monday. We'll see how it goes.

[coupe]

You will love claying

[poncho 1]

fantastic

[RickHigginsHtbr]

simply amazing....

[coupe]

This was a really fun car to work on

[Rainbow1616]

Originally posted by Jchiasson
:lol:
After spending a day or weekend with me you'll never look at a light beer again!
:lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :bigok:

[coupe]

I have a hard time drinking full beers, i dunno why