FULL CORRECTION Saab 9-7x (JustinG's ride) - Premier Shine

[premiershine9]

Hey all,
Been crazy busy with school and work at MAM, got a chance to squeeze another detail in el garaje before turkey week festivities begin.

Vehicle: Saab 9-7x JUSTIN G's Ride! (fellow MM'er)

Little briefing:
Justin and I looked over his newly purchased Saab back at the Fiesta en fuego party (thanks again Rex!) and in the sunlight you could see swirls and buffer burn trails EVERYWHERE :vomit: . Needless to say I was more than happy to take on the task of removing another "detailers" dumb f#*@$&#*!$ mistake.

Education time:
What are these swirls/buffer trails/ holograms and why do they appear in my cars Clear coat?
- About 98% of all swirls and holograms (buffer trails/tails) or buffer burn etc. comes from improper use of a rotary polisher aka improper high speed polishing. In a nut shell the user either chooses and incorrect combination of proper pad and polish (such as a medium polish on a compounding pad) or the idiot does not properly take the time to fully break down the polish/compound and instead cranks the dial up to full and in effect "burns" the clear. :roll: A wool pad will also leave the same results. This leaves behind what you see below........

Notice tails in left rear panel- yes that's a murci and thats how it came from the factory.....



Lesson to be learned- YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

Also if you want to see more puke-worthy examples of pathetic detailing and more damage visit a car lot at night and look underneath the lot lights....chances are some shady "detailer" with a high speed rotary along with a pad that hasn't been cleaned in years is touching a majority of them. One of the best examples is Radical motorsports in my town back home- the inventory is stocked with high end exotics and all are littered with holograms- how pathetic. .....Rant off.

On with the detail!

Wash: (2 hours)
- Chemical guys citrus wash mixed w/ Chemical guys maxi sudz 2
- Uber fine blue clay
- ONR for clay lube
- OPT Power Clean
- Citrus Degreaser
- Sonax FE wheel cleaner
- Uber Spoke brush
- Swissvax Pneu/ wheel brush
- 2 MF wash mitts & a uber super thick wool mitt
- Pinnacle bug and tar block

Correctional process: (15 hours)
- Flex DA
- Lake Country Cyan blue foam (aggressive)
- Uber orange foam pad (medium)
- Uber Green foam pad (polish)
- Uber Black foam pad (LSP applicator)
- 25% IPA solution
- Meguiars 105 (M105) Ultra Cut Compound
- Menzerna SIP (medium cut polish)
- Menzerna 106FA (finishing polish)

303 aerospace protectant on all trim
glass cleaned inside and out
Exhaust tip cleaned up with 0000 steel wool and OPT Power Clean

LSP- Menzerna Power Lock Polymer Paint Sealant

Note- had to borrow roommates camera- Nikon DSLR still at home......
apologize for poor image quality

Some befores during the wash process- I started detail at & am and it was quite COLD- didn't stop to take many of the wash process









Sonax FE doing its magic:



After a 2-bucket method was performed, the car was then pulled into my garage to be fully clayed, then brought back out to re-wash with another 2-bucket method

Pulled inside and put under lights.....no surprise here:


Little bit of tailing


The right medicine:



After 2 passes with M105, a pass with Menz. SIP and another pass with Menz. 106
- Took 4 steps (close to an hour and change FOR ONE PANEL) in order to reach this:





Driver door before:




A little After 50/50 action:







Rear drivers side door before:





After:




Pillars after:



Following this the drivers mirror, all the areas above the doors were corrected, as well as the 3rd and final rear panel and I began to move around to the front of the SUV.

Front bumper before (note- the small specs are rock chips and other damage to the clear)
Bugs can be quite acidic and after being left on the clear and exposed to heat can etch into your cars clear which explains why there still looks like there is bug splatter present- think of it as a stain




After:





The hood- by far the WORST damaged piece on the entire vehicle, did not take after pics (forgot) but here are some befores. The hood took 2 passes with M105 on a LC Cyan pad, one pass with M105 on a Orange Uber, SIP on an orange, 106 on the green.
All in all- over 2 hours invested into JUST THE HOOD.





Notice how the dumbass who caused all the burning didn't even bother to pay close attention to the lines in the bodywork.....Rule #1 when using a rotary- watch the lines and keep the pad off of them........ clearly showing that someone was rushing.....



After a little over 2 hours and several Foo fighters tracks later we get:


Passenger side before:



Annnd after:






TIME CHECK- 12 midnight
Passenger side door before:

Pillar before:

Pillar after:


Passenger side door after:


1:15 a.m.......
Since non stop work (only for food) since 7 a.m. that morning time to call it quits.......
Reflection shot from door:

Coming out so far......



8 a.m. next morning:


After:



End time- 11 a.m.
Afters- camera sucks, pics don't do enough justice!


















Scratches? How about now?


Tire-well cleanliness

Ready for pickup:


Thanks guys! Enjoy Justin! :thumbup:

- Dan K.
Scott! -

[JPolen01]

As always, beautiful work Dan! After break I want to get my car done and learn some. I'll bring the beer :thumbup: .

[premiershine9]

As always, beautiful work Dan! After break I want to get my car done and learn some. I'll bring the beer :thumbup: .

Sounds good brother, bring some beer tokens and we'll get something worked out.

Acura NSX in pearl white coming next week ......she also happens to be a type R replica

[JPolen01]

As always, beautiful work Dan! After break I want to get my car done and learn some. I'll bring the beer :thumbup: .

Sounds good brother, bring some beer tokens and we'll get something worked out.

Acura NSX in pearl white coming next week ......she also happens to be a type R replica

Ahh I'm assuming that is in NJ? I would love to see that car.

[ScottyB]

i...wha...how?

that is OUT OF CONTROL.


that is probably the craziest before/after i've seen yet from any of your detail journals. thank goodness you witchcraft and sorcery is not used for evil. oh hey nice reflection in that last picture btw ....heh

[CaptainHenreh]

You're a wizard, Danny!

[JustinG]

Dan, once again thanks. Casey is very satisfied with the car and how it looks now. Her only complaint is now it looks so good, you can really see the miniscule blemishes even more now (Rock chips, etc)

As a back story, when we picked this up I noticed all of the swirls in the paint. I asked a service manager from the Lexus dealer we purchased it from, what they charged to detail the car/buff/wax etc. "Well sir, we perform that treatment to all cars, new and used, and your car was already professionally detailed. We typically charge $250-300, for the detail your car received." LOLWUT :evileye:

I'd also like to say, although I did want you to detail the car. This was completely Casey's idea, although I may have showed her some of your before and after pics from here to push her along.

Thanks! I'll be back for more in the spring/early summer.

[Goodspeed]

Holy hell that looks good. Nice work :thumbup: Can't wait to see pics of the NSX...drool.

[WRXtranceformed]

Dang, I'm about to drop a lot of $$ on a pro detailer down here...Too bad you aren't closer to the Carolinas! I'll be in NoVA over Christmas break but I don't think I can wait that long to get this car detailed.

[premiershine9]

Dang, I'm about to drop a lot of $$ on a pro detailer down here...Too bad you aren't closer to the Carolinas! I'll be in NoVA over Christmas break but I don't think I can wait that long to get this car detailed.

Make sure he know's what he's doing so the damage you've seen here is not replicated on your ride! Ask him questions and make sure he does wipedowns in-between polishing steps with some source of light to check for burning or holograms!

[BLAIR]

Awesome detail. Is that a trailblazer? Better yet why Justin? Why?

[JustinG]

Awesome detail. Is that a trailblazer? Better yet why Justin? Why?

SAABlazer, Because V8s....

[BLAIR]

Awesome detail. Is that a trailblazer? Better yet why Justin? Why?

SAABlazer, Because V8s....

I'll be sure to kick you the next time I see you

[kcook]

I'm super impressed with the detail. Love the before/afters. Dan, its Kyle. I talked to you at the last Verona Auto-X about detailing my STi in the spring. I can't wait.

[premiershine9]

I'm super impressed with the detail. Love the before/afters. Dan, its Kyle. I talked to you at the last Verona Auto-X about detailing my STi in the spring. I can't wait.

Great to have met you Kyle- thanks for the comment! Check back later on today- been up in Greenwhich CT working a private collection- get ready for some F car porn