I cleaned my 370z up a few weeks ago and am getting around to posting up a few shots of the correction work. I bought the vehicle late last August. Did a quick winter prep and parked it under the cover. This is the first proper cleaning since I took ownership of this car. First up, this sticker needed to go, DSC_0634 by J M Gale, on Flickr Dirty interior, DSC_0640 by J M Gale, on Flickr DSC_0637 by J M Gale, on Flickr Interior Cleaned up, DSC_0671 by J M Gale, on Flickr DSC_0673 by J M Gale, on Flickr Some Auto Finesse love, IMG_5905 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5855 by J M Gale, on Flickr Now some before shots, IMG_5567 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5569 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5570 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5571 by J M Gale, on Flickr Rear window rubber before, IMG_5572 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5764 by J M Gale, on Flickr This is MPL beading from the winter prep, it has to go, IMG_5576 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5579 by J M Gale, on Flickr This is Victoria Wax left over from a test I did after correcting the spoiler during the winter downtime, IMG_5578 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5577 by J M Gale, on Flickr Time to strip the old protection, IMG_5580 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5581 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5583 by J M Gale, on Flickr Now, I'm very much a newbie when it comes to detailing, so I probably did this in the wrong order. Clayed, IMG_5591 by J M Gale, on Flickr Then some Iron-X, IMG_5607 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5608 by J M Gale, on Flickr Another wash, IMG_5597 by J M Gale, on Flickr Blank canvas, IMG_5611 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5612 by J M Gale, on Flickr Back in the garage to dry, blotted with a WW and followed up with a Metro Vac Sidekick, IMG_5615 by J M Gale, on Flickr As you know, light coloured vehicles are difficult to capture their issues. I did my best to try and show the condition of the paint. Before, IMG_5601 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5604 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5605 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5606 by J M Gale, on Flickr Ok, now you get the picture. On to the good stuff, My test area before, IMG_5617 by J M Gale, on Flickr Test area after, IMG_5622 by J M Gale, on Flickr 50/50's IMG_5624 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5626 by J M Gale, on Flickr Hood 50/50 IMG_5632 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5640 by J M Gale, on Flickr Hood after, IMG_5647 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5637 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5647 by J M Gale, on Flickr A quick inspection outside after correction, before LSP, IMG_5649 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5651 by J M Gale, on Flickr Roof before, IMG_5661 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5662 by J M Gale, on Flickr Roof 50/50. Closest to you after, away from you before, IMG_5664 by J M Gale, on Flickr the opposite view, IMG_5668 by J M Gale, on Flickr Some nastiness, not the "ness" I was going for. Before, IMG_5667 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5672 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5673 by J M Gale, on Flickr You've seen these shots before. I wasn't happy using 3M two sided tape to help mount the rear spoiler, so it was time to get redone. Before removal, IMG_5674 by J M Gale, on Flickr Before, IMG_5676 by J M Gale, on Flickr I tried, heat, Goo Gone, a couple of other things... the other options were taking forever. So I decided to try the ObliTARate. Worked like a charm. After, IMG_5678 by J M Gale, on Flickr Rear hatch after, IMG_5685 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5691 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5692 by J M Gale, on Flickr Front fender, Lousy 50/50, IMG_5702 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5700 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5703 by J M Gale, on Flickr Working on the door, IMG_5705 by J M Gale, on Flickr Left front fender before, IMG_5708 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5709 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5710 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5712 by J M Gale, on Flickr Left door before, IMG_5714 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5715 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5717 by J M Gale, on Flickr Door 50/50 IMG_5719 by J M Gale, on Flickr Rear quarters after, IMG_5731 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5732 by J M Gale, on Flickr Right taillight before, IMG_5734 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5736 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5737 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5738 by J M Gale, on Flickr Left taillight before, IMG_5747 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5749 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5751 by J M Gale, on Flickr B pillar before, IMG_5752 by J M Gale, on Flickr B pillar after, IMG_5755 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5826 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5827 by J M Gale, on Flickr One more wash pre-LSP, IMG_5757 by J M Gale, on Flickr Exhaust before, IMG_5774 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5575 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5770 by J M Gale, on Flickr No steel wool was used, just AF Mercury. After, IMG_5775 by J M Gale, on Flickr 50/50 IMG_5779 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5780 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5786 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5789 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5792 by J M Gale, on Flickr Engine bay tidied up, IMG_5798 by J M Gale, on Flickr Cleaned up the wheel wells, front and back of the wheels, and callipers. Before, IMG_5799 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5800 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5801 by J M Gale, on Flickr After, IMG_5809 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5804 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5806 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5803 by J M Gale, on Flickr On to the after shots, IMG_5723 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5724 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5841 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5842 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5834 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5849 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5848 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5845 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5852 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5853 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5843 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5884 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5886 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5828 by J M Gale, on Flickr IMG_5879 by J M Gale, on Flickr Then a week later, I received my body kit. My car now looks like this... DSC_0935 by J M Gale, on Flickr DSC_0921 by J M Gale, on Flickr Thanks for looking.
great work and a beautiful car brought up to concours. never thought about the effort to mount a rear spoiler. might try obliterate myself. silver just works on some car shapes.
Sweet ride if I do say so myself. Excellent choice on the body kit...it's definitely not Amusing...haha...I crack myself up. But yeah...great work on a great looking car bud. What LSP did you go with?
Thank you. I actually needed to clean up from the spoiler twice. Once when I took the original factory spoiler off, then this time when I redid the aftermarket spoiler. Correction was a must because the aftermarket spoiler didn't cover the the same area that the factory spoiler did. Thanks for the compliments. I agree with you. It does have a bit of Porsche flair. Thanks Josh. I went with Auto Finesse Passion for LSP. The paint looks wet after I applied it. Smells nice too. lol IMG_5761 by J M Gale, on Flickr
Wow, amazing work! You have said that you're new to all of this detailing, but I would have never guess that based off your photos. Very well done!
I've learned a lot from the posts of the awesome Detailers on this forum, but I stiil have a lot to learn. I would like to get more efficient (quicker), that will come with time I hope. Thank you very much. Thank you Sir.
