What a scorcher today, no shade, temperature in the 30's and a solid black GT-R.
Purchased a few weeks ago and the owner was a little dissapointed with the dealer prep, the aim for me was to get as good as possible within a 12 hour timeline and keeping the removal to a minimum during the polishing stages.
Before,
Alloys, calipers, tyres & arches cleaned using various brushes and Megs APC & BH Surfex,
Bugs soaked with BH Surfex and pressure rinsed of,
1st layer of Megs APC through the foam lance,
Whilst dwelling various parts of trim cleaned using a soft detailing brush,
Pressure rinsed then a 2nd application of foam, this time BH Autowash, washed using the TBM with Shampoo+ and Zym@l sponges,
A light claying with Sonus green, then vunerable areas masked up,
1st stage of machining done using a drop of Megs #83 and #205 on a Megs polishing pad, 2 hits to most panels,
50/50 after initial test with 1 set of passes,
A few before and afters, prior to refinement.
A few reflection shots, prior to refinement,
Refinement stage done using Ultrafina on a Megs polishing pad, at this stage the panels were very hot so the UF was chosen due to it's oily nature, given slow passes at 1000rpm,
With the machining complete an IPA wipedown was given with the alcohol applied straight to an MF as opposed to the panel first,
Panel gaps and shuts dusted down with a Megs slide/lock brush, engine bay given a wipe over with a damp MF,
Alloys, calipers and un-painted trim protected using Opti-seal,
Tyres and arches dressed using Zaino Z-16,
Tailpipes polished using Britemax easy cut and final shine,
Glassed cleaned throughout, rubber seals fed,
SV Best of show applied to paintwork and shuts & removed panel by panel.
Pictures taken a little quickly on auto mode as it had been a long & hot day, some of the exposure is out and not really doing the car justice.
Results
Thanks for looking.
