Evo IX Full Correction- Premier Shine

[premiershine9]

Herroooo there MM,

This SE Evo 9 belongs to one of our own- Steve! aka- RawrImAMonster

Intro thread here: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=8839&p=182461&hilit=RawrImAMonster#p182461

This job was completed after over 20 hours went into resurrecting the hammered and beat up paint. Heavy swirling, marring and yards of buffer trails and holograms left by a "detailer" was what I was faced with. The correctional process took 4 steps to complete at around 1 hour to an hour and fifteen per. panel. Sometimes I was 8) but when I finally completed and pulled her out I was like :twisted:

The car was COVERED in acid rain and heavy water deposits, including the windows which were hammered. Compounding pad + Glass polish X 3 passes per window helped, but still did not remove all. A large improvement was made!

Onto the good stuff

Products/ tools used:

Products:
CG Citrus Wash and Clear/ Dawn wash
Sonax FE wheel cleaner/ Megs WB 15:1
Megs APC
Uber Fine Clay
ONR
Zaino Z12 Clearview Glass Polish
Sonax Glass Cleaner
303 Aerospace Protectant
Adams VRT dressing
Megs 105
Menzerna Power Finish
Menzerna Super Finish
IPA 30%
CG JetSeal 109

Tools:
3 Wool wash mitts
SV brushes- wheel, Pneu
Uber Spoke wheel brush
0000 steel whool
PC air compressor
Flex DA
PC DA
Various backing plates
Surbuf R series MF pads
Uber Green foam
Uber Orange foam
Uber yellow foam
LC 3 in. yellow foam
LC 3 in. orange foam

Wash process:





Shot of the heavy deposits and etchings:



heavily oxidized lenses:








Megs APC sitting and breaking down the bugs






Pulled inside and Clayed- surprisingly not too much picked up


The Correctional process

One pass of Megs 105 on a Surbuf R series MF pad
One Pass of Megs 105 on a yellow foam pad
One pass of Menzerna SIP on an orange pad
One pass of Menzerna 106fa on a green pad
Average time per panel- 1 hour to an hour and a half



Some nasty befores
























Glass:





50 / 50 glass:



50 / 50's!





After:



Before:


After:





More 50 / 50




Spoiler











Rocker 50/50 - these puppy's were both hammered:
Left before- right after






Door surrounds- polished all 4 stages by hand:


After:


Pillar before:



After:






Another



I was pressed for time at the end of day 2 so I was unable to get afters of the other side of the car or the rear but here is some pics of before!






MMMMM rotary tails






Spoiler before- probably the least damaged exterior piece of the car




Trunk lid- pretty hammered:


2 IPA wipedowns later, then an application of some JetSeal 109:



Afters:































Thanks for looking!
- Dan

[SlimKlim]

Wow Dan, more truly incredible work. Keep it up man!

[RPWIII]

o la la. Looks great Dan!

[JPolen01]

Another great write and car given some new life. Keep up the good work!

[fiveoh2go]

Nice work, as always!!! :thumbup:

[premiershine9]

Thanks dudes!! =P

[RawrImAMonster]

Yeah man the car looks great now. I can see out of the windows way better since you polished most of the acid rain etching out.

[.RJ]

[ScottyB]

so THAT'S what acid rain damage looks like? crap. i knew leaving a car outside in atlanta would be problematic. i need to live closer to JMU....

awesome turnaround Dan. those final pictures really show off the depth of that paint.

[Jake]

Wow. You need to take the E36 under your wing at some point, after I sort out the final mechanical issues and find some new wheels. I think it has similar acid rain etching on the windows.

[premiershine9]

so THAT'S what acid rain damage looks like? crap. i knew leaving a car outside in atlanta would be problematic. i need to live closer to JMU....

awesome turnaround Dan. those final pictures really show off the depth of that paint.

Thanks Scott! Lighting was decent at the end of the day and my Nikon SLR is back up north (brother and I share it) so these are all taken with the gf's point and shoot brick- not a bad camera though

[premiershine9]

Wow. You need to take the E36 under your wing at some point, after I sort out the final mechanical issues and find some new wheels. I think it has similar acid rain etching on the windows.

Muhahahah :thumbup: sounds good Jake!

[D_Eclipse9916]

Wow. You need to take the E36 under your wing at some point, after I sort out the final mechanical issues and find some new wheels. I think it has similar acid rain etching on the windows.

Muhahahah :thumbup: sounds good Jake!

I dont know what it is with my cars, but they all get that damn acid rain etching. Can you get that out with a wash Dan before the car show in one of your spots, or what would that have to include so I can get my damn windows clean.

[premiershine9]

Wow. You need to take the E36 under your wing at some point, after I sort out the final mechanical issues and find some new wheels. I think it has similar acid rain etching on the windows.

Muhahahah :thumbup: sounds good Jake!

I dont know what it is with my cars, but they all get that damn acid rain etching. Can you get that out with a wash Dan before the car show in one of your spots, or what would that have to include so I can get my damn windows clean.

DJ- could work on yours Friday night from 8ish on- just need to polish them out- can't guarantee anything as you can see with this Evo- its permanent sometimes... overall though it will most definetely make a big improvement at the very least. Text or call me tomorrow!
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