A past customer of mine emailed me a month or so ago with the intention of picking up a brand new Deep Blue Pearl Nissan GTR. The car had been located at a dealership in DE, and he had negotiated a pretty nice deal on the car. After seeing the car in person he noted that there were some scratches, and the paint was swirled up fairly severely from washes and frequent dusting. Our plan of attack was to be a full correction and Opti Coating to lock in the finish. Also, per usual David Saya of ProShield Inc. would be collaborating with a full front end Venture Shield application. The film was to cover the entire front bumper, hood, fenders, mirrors, A Pillars, 4" wide strip above the windshield, and in front of the rear wheels.

After all plans were ironed out, he scheduled a day to retrieve the car. At my request, he taped up the entire front end with blue painter's tape, to protect from any rock chips during the trip home.




Products used:

• Griot's HD wheel cleaner
• Meguiar's APC
• CG Citrus Wash
• Nanoskin Autoscrub
• Nanoskin Glide lube
• HD Uno on LC Hydrotech Tangerine pad via FLEX3401
• Pinnacle Advanced finishing polish on LC CCS White pad via FLEX3401
• Menzerna SF4500 (85rd) on LC grey pad via FLEX3401
• Optimum Opti Coat
• Stoner Invisible Glass
• Optimum metal polish
• Wolfgang Black Diamond tire gel
• Poorboy's wheel sealant
• 1Z Cockpit Premium
• 303 Fabric Guard
• Wolfgang Leather Care cleaner
• Wolfgang Leather Care conditioner

Various defect shots as the car arrived at my shop


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Deep scratch on the spoiler


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The hood was full of swirling and RIDS


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Tape residue on the bumper


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Tape residue and defects removed


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defects on top of driver's side fender


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Defects removed


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Few shots of the hood post correction


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Driver's side fender 50/50


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Driver's side fender post correction




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working on the door


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Driver's side quarter corrected


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Top of driver's side quarter corrected


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Rear end was swirled up pretty good


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50/50 right side corrected



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Moving along to the passenger side, defects were heavy here



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50/50 passenger door




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rocker panel before




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Corrected




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top of quarter corrected


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At this point I wiped the car down with alcohol, and pulled it outside for some pre film install pictures



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While David was working on the film install I decided to take care of the interior prep.


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After the film was installed, and interior taken care of, I applied two coats of Optimum's Opti Coat to preserve the finish. Here are the finished sun shots!




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-Brian
SpeedFreak Detailing

 

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