Vauxhall Vectra ST200
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:35 pm
The plan was to get the pink car red again. Not a great deal more than that, any defect removal is a bonus.
Started out by giving her a bath to remove all the crapola from the bodywork. Used a very simple APC mix all over. To give you an idea, it was like this all over:
Full shot was like so:
Front wing looked like this:
Roof:
Once washed and clayed (no pics of this stage as time was limited as it was), she was looking like:
Not too bad you would think.
Taped up:
Front wing:
The roof:
Steve working hard and Ty making sure he keeps on going
The passenger wing was the worst of the wings, and now looks like:
Rear door into 3/4 which has new paint:
I had gotten a call from the missus at this point (polishing finished) so had to wind up. Gave her a wash using BSC this time, dried and waxed. Would have glazed first if time allowed. She got a good coat of DJ Diamond White (my preferred wax of choice):
Can't wait to get back down in the summer to finish her properly and get her looking crackin! Will be aiming for 90% or greater correction in the summer, as time was against us this weekend, achieved 70-80% so far.
Products used:
Daisy APC
AG BSC
Autobrite Tar & Glue
Megs clay & quik detailer
Menz PO85RD / PO203S
Menz polishing pads
Dodo Juice Diamond White
Thanks for looking
Started out by giving her a bath to remove all the crapola from the bodywork. Used a very simple APC mix all over. To give you an idea, it was like this all over:
Full shot was like so:
Front wing looked like this:
Roof:
Once washed and clayed (no pics of this stage as time was limited as it was), she was looking like:
Not too bad you would think.
Taped up:
Front wing:
The roof:
Steve working hard and Ty making sure he keeps on going
The passenger wing was the worst of the wings, and now looks like:
Rear door into 3/4 which has new paint:
I had gotten a call from the missus at this point (polishing finished) so had to wind up. Gave her a wash using BSC this time, dried and waxed. Would have glazed first if time allowed. She got a good coat of DJ Diamond White (my preferred wax of choice):
Can't wait to get back down in the summer to finish her properly and get her looking crackin! Will be aiming for 90% or greater correction in the summer, as time was against us this weekend, achieved 70-80% so far.
Products used:
Daisy APC
AG BSC
Autobrite Tar & Glue
Megs clay & quik detailer
Menz PO85RD / PO203S
Menz polishing pads
Dodo Juice Diamond White
Thanks for looking