SPLiiX Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Fantastic Nathan! Who said never buy a BLACK car! Actually I do not think the photos howed off your hard work, I think it's the drive and the surrounding area.... Top JOb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Harddrive... most expensive car so far was that carrera GT. my favorite car though... prob the grey db9 i look after on a regular basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harddrive Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 [ QUOTE ] my favorite car though... prob the grey db9 i look after on a regular basis. [/ QUOTE ] I would have to agree as there is something about Aston's in that colour..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 2nd car for this customer. 900bhp track toy. Aftermarket sequential gear box... Carbon Fibre front end... all very nice. I spent the morning finishing the Vanquish so it was about 2pm by the time i started So this was before i started cleaning... Soaked in AG PM3 TFR and pressure rinsed, done again as it was really dirty, then shampoo'd. I could already feel how rough the paint was at this point. Out with the sonus green clay and it was amazing what this did. I was folding to a clean side every 1/3 of a panel and i did each panel 2/3 times to get it smooth. This took me about 2 hrs. Then taped the car up and did a test section. Ip 3.01 worked the best and this was the result. DAY 2 Carried on round the car in the above fashion.. apart from the front end which was Carbon Fibre and had much softer paint which was corrected with 106FF passing over much quicker than the metal sections. Covered the car in SRP.. been a few cars since ive used this and had forgotten just how well it compares to the more premium finish. During and after SRP pics. Then on with some Collinite 915. Then used AG metal polish to clean the exhaust up.. the inside being 10x worse than the outside which was just lightly tarnished. Then outside and rinsed down and dried... and wiped down with optimum car wax and glass cleaned with AG fast glass. Thought this was an interesting comparison... first pic is after rinsing down after clay.. the second pic is after waxing. And then the final pics... it had clouded over unfortunately so not as spectacular as the vanquish pics.. My past 3 days work... Tomorrow.. the yellow Holden Monaro Cheers Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiekip Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Loving the skyline! Great work as always Nathan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPLiiX Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Fab Nathan! You should get some of those pics made into Jigsaw's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Aye, multi layered ones in which you start doing the base level that is totally untouched and manky and then work your way up the layers until final finish! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted March 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 End of a long busy week and the third car for this client. The nice warm sunny weather from the first part of the week had disappeared so i didnt take any before pics as i wanted to get inside asap where it was warmer! Prewashed with AG PM3 TFR, Shampoo'd and clayed as normal though. Then inside and taped for a test... 106FF did the trick .. blocke down very well after approx 10 passes and left a lovely finish. 50:50 shot.. which was difficult to show anything due to the yellow... but i tried. action shot Was a big old car so worked round taking my time and going over the roof and bonnet twice where there were some deeper marks that remained after the first pass. Got finished by 5:15pm and headed home for an earlyish night. DAY 2 Arrived and applied a coat of SRP... which i did photograph.. but on yellow you couldnt see anything so pointless showing it.. then Collinite 915. Windows cleaned in and out with AG Glass Polish... glass was filthy by the way!! possible never cleaned inside!? Vacuum'd and all surfaces wiped down. Leather fed with gliptone. Final wipe down with Optimum Car Wax, wheels waxed and tyres dressed. Some indoor pics Then outside and rinsed down to get any remaining dust out of cracks and some beading shots... it was gonna get wet in the rain anyway.. End of a good week with some amazing cars... rather knackered now though. Cheers Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOSE Posted March 31, 2007 Report Share Posted March 31, 2007 Fantastic work Nathan, am sure H was well pleased with the results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted April 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Evening. Bit knackered so its not a huge write up im afraid. Arrived this morning to find this lovely old BMW. Was restored back in the early 90's. Has 35k on the clock... and lots of marring and light swirls on the paint :wall: Pre washed, shampoo'd and clayed as usual Took longer than usual to tape up with all the chrome etc.. but proved relativly easy to correct the defects with a megs polishing pad and 106ff Lucky i have a generator as there was a power cut in the area and i still had 2 panels to go. Once it was all polished i applied the Paint Cleanse via the machine at low speed on a megs finishing pad and then the 47% carnauba wax by hand. One thing worth saying about this car.... very very thin metal panels! the flex so easily it was difficult to actually use enough pressure to polish and wax without them flexing about too much. Also there was a WIDE variety of paint from 99um to 1100um in places) Anyway... it was getting dark so not the best after photos. Hopefully it will still be there when i go back to do the next car. Thanks Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair_A3 Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 What a lovely 3.0 CSL That Carrera GT owner has good taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsmith Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 I second that, a real beauty that only seems to look better as time goes on! The work is perfect as usual though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edo Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Great work. Just to let you know I have just reccomended you on the Seloc Lotus forum - do I get commission?!! http://forums.seloc.org/post.php?action=reply&fid=1&tid=115562 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted April 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Throught id show this from yesterday. Freezing cold foggy start to the morning but warmed up a bit later on. Pait was very dull and you could clearly see lots of marks even in the dull light... but the owner had chosen not to have it machine polished at this time. Pre washed with AG PM3 and Shampoo'd Clayed with Sonus Green Paint Cleansed with some premuim brown stuff using the machine and working quite slowly to clean / correct / fill what i could Paint Waxes with some premium yellow stuff. 47% Interior cleaned and conditioned with Gliptone. Pretty straight forwards and both the owner and myself were happy with the results. One thing about the clay... ever had it where you clay a car and its all pretty clean apart from one panel? the drivers door was really dirty.. anyway... some photos.. Thanks Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobjebb Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Hi Nathan - you did my RS6+ if you remember, way back on page 1! Still looks great, just an occasional wash with baby bath... Think I may have introduced you to Liquid leather, it's got to be a must have. Anyway I'm changing cars and changing house, and now in Wilts. Would you travel this far?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Ah ha.. yes of course i remember you Bob. nice to hear the car is still looking good. Ive just got back from a week away working. If you email me your postcode i'll check out how far it is and what costs might be involved etc. Thanks. [email protected] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted April 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Bit of a busy week and only just got home so thought i'd do a post with the whole of this weeks work. So first up was a top up on the Carrera GT. Unlike many supercars this does get alot of use so had fly's splattered over the front and other road muck and grime. Prewash, Shampoo, Dry, Waxed with Premium Wax (47% Carnauba Content) Then onto the 996 GT3. I had de-swirled this a few weeks back but the owner had then decided that the orange peel on the wings was too bad so asked for me to correct this. After the wash the area was wet sanded and then polished back with the following combo AG 03B compound > IP 3.01 > 106FF Photos during the process Then re-cleansed and waxed and then the whole car was waxed again with the premium wax. Then midweek was this 07 plate Cooper S. Have done a couple of cars for this customer so far and he wanted the same treatment for his new Mini. Pre Wash, Shampoo, Clay (its been a few weeks since he picked it up and it did have quite a bit of dirt on it), AG Radiant Wax, Collinite 915. Then as i finished a little early and had to wait for his wife to come home to collect the keys i decided to add a layer of dodo juice green which went on easily and added a touch of gloss i feel. Then down to london for this lovely 996 GT2. 53 plate with 6k on the clock. Had minor swirling on most panels which i was booked to remove. Pre wash, shampoo, clay, deswirl with 106ff, Pre wax cleanse, Premium wax Before After Then end of the week and this monster. Just back from a trip to the nurburg ring which included 207mph on the autobarn, 8 laps of the ring, and a day on a drifting track. 207mph + flies = one hell of a mess to clear up! Car was covered in flys, tar, rubber, and general dirt. Pre washed twice, shampoo, lots of time with tar and glue remover and AG PM3 removing the flys, tar and rubber, Clay, Pre wax cleanse, Premium wax. Got taken out for a spin and WOW... i need this in my life!! never been thrown into my seat as much.. and the noise!! Anyway... thats for looking. Lots more to come next week Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelwind101 Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Great work as always!! I like the GT3 with the wet sanding. The white is stunning and shows your a real pro. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritey Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Dam Nathan those photos gave me goose pimples all over! Superb work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Tone_ Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 The work you've done on that GT3 is amazing! How long and what did you have to use to get the flies off the nose? I will be doing my porker later today - lots of flies!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiPartner Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 [ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] My god I hope he has a secure garage. A true petrol head obviously. What's worth more; the car or the house? That is an awesome car. What's the story behind the towing ring then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 Well I'm gonna say it...that number plate...I mean come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediknight83 Posted April 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 all cars on the ring have to have to tow eye fitted just incase they need to be recovered. whats wrong with the plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N3WOB Posted April 23, 2007 Report Share Posted April 23, 2007 DOnt you see it Nath... BLOW DG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobGTi Posted April 24, 2007 Report Share Posted April 24, 2007 [ QUOTE ] all cars on the ring have to have to tow eye fitted just incase they need to be recovered. [/ QUOTE ] Thats not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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