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Old Jul 22, 2012 | 09:56 PM
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FRS/BRZ Opti Coated Over The Week

Hi everyone, Mike here again. I've decided to consolidate the opti coat work I've done over the week so I don't clutter up the sub forum.

The first one here is a whitewater pearl, it was mostly free of defects other than minor swirls here and there. The pictures you are going to see are all aftermath of the opti coat treatment:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623259662/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623257660/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623256290/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623254262/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623252448/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623250440/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623248290/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623246468/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623244626/
The next one you are about to see is a Raven Black FRS, this is the first FRS I've done that needed a 2 step correction vs the regular light polish I give. I started very early in the morning and finished around 10pm at night, customer came back first thing in the morning on Saturday so I wasn't able to get the usual finished shots. In fact, I only got 2 shots of the car finished down, after that I got way to busy trying to finish the car so I could go to bed and wake up in time for the owner to pick up his car.

Here are the pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623242302/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623238484/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623235248/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623232604/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623229550/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623227088/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623224634/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623222106/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623219366/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623216482/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7624748052/
Here are examples of the defects:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623212364/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623209262/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623202932/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623199426/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623195108/
I stopped long enough to capture these two images, I did not get a chance to capture more images like these two unfortunately. However, this is the level of detail that could be achieved through a 2 step process. Since this Raven Black was much more severe, I was only able to get between 80 to 85 percent correction level on the car, but I did the best I can and the owner was ecstatic to see the end results

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623188846/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623187108/
The next one you are about to see is a BRZ Premium in Satin White Pearl, this was my first BRZ and it was just as pleasant as FRS to detail. This is the second car (First was a whiteout FRS) to receive the Opti Guard treatment, here are the post Opti Guard pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623185762/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623184414/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623182462/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623181034/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623178606/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623177152/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/detailmaniac/7623175890/
That's all everyone, thanks for looking!
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