Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hi, Here we have Grahamc's Nissan GTR in for a stage 1 paint enhancement plus engine bay. The car is certainly no garage queen. Despite being lovingly maintained, Graham is a firm believer of the car being used and he also attends regular track days. With that in mind and the time of year i wasn't surprised to see this when Graham arrived. So the car was given a good jetwash and snow foam. All door, boot, external rubbers and fuel shut were cleaned with APC. Wheels cleaned with Bilberry and tyres degreased with APC. The car was then washed via 2 bucket method using tar and glue remover on the lower sides, front and back. It was then clayed for some time to remove any bonded contamination, as expected there was lots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 After being washed again it was taken inside to be dried and inspected under halogen and LED lighting. This showed the following defects! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Lots of paint thickness readings taken. I proceeded with a stage 1 machine polish, with the Makita rotary and Meguiars product range. Taping up all rubbers and plastics to protect them and some tape being used to demonstrate the 50/50 shots. Starting to make some progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Moving round to the rear of the car. You will notice the black staining on the paint above the exhausts on previous images, very common with a modified car burning lots of fuel. All removed with machine polishing. And continuing down the passenger side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Plastic A pillars corrected. Once all polishing and a wipe down with Isopropanol was done, i applied some Lime Prime Lite to further cleanse the paint. The interior was hoovered, dusted, glass cleaned inside and out and all plastics/leather cleaned with APC. Tyres were dressed with 2 applications of Meguiars gel. Exhausts were cleaned, they are meant to be black! Any exterior rubbers and plastics treated with Bumper Care gel. I then went around the car touching in several stone chips from the track days before applying Collinite to protect the paintwork. During the initial wash stage the engine bay was also cleaned. All rubbers and plastics were treated with Aerospace 303 and left to cure overnight. These were the final pictures. Unfortunately nothing outside as it was pitch black once completed and Graham arrived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 15, 2017 Author Share Posted January 15, 2017 Hope you enjoyed the read and i will have more pics up for you shortly. All the best, Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplavery Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Fantastic work ! Stunning GTR too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Sexual chocolate that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoGlE Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Amazing work! Always makes me wanna detail mine when I read stuff like this. Top job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripped_fear Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Nice to see one of your threads again mate. Great job on a lovely car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayside_supra Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Amazing job! What a transformation! Are you able to disclose the sort of cost you charge for this service? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Fantastic job! Came up so well.... Such a shame that I had to drive it back to London, out to Redhill and back to London on Sunday evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thank you for your comments guys, much appreciated Have sent you a pm turbo-v8-turbos Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Top job Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitbox Junkie Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 He has a website turbo v8 turbos. Amazing work as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thank you both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Looking great as usual mate, be nice if you were closer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Looks like I'm only about 70 miles away Bobbeh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Fantastic job! I'm amazed that some manufacturer hasn't devolped a paint protection system to coat their cars,too expensive perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 XPEL Ultimate is the best product for protection. It is expensive to do properly, but well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Superb job. Impressed. I'm planning on getting my car done in April for the beginning of the decent weather. Wish you were closer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 excellent work Christian, and good to see you back around[emoji1303] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonkin Posted January 16, 2017 Author Share Posted January 16, 2017 Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Sterling work Christian as always. Hope you're well mate. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Looks like I'm only about 70 miles away Bobbeh Not too far away from where I work (Staines sigh ).. but I just know that by the time I'd get the car home and it'd be a mess again Especially this time of year.. even when I leave it outside for 5 mins I'm miffed at the dust on it - I think I have OCD The joys of black cars eh Maybe a traffic free 3 am run would be whats needed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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