[328i]

One of the cleanest cars I've seen, its an 01 and only has 28,000 miles on it. The owner is very meticulous about his car and only hand washes it, however there was still many swirls because of improper wash/dry techniques, which surprised me because of how hard the paint was. With m105 on purple wool I was able to finish off almost LSP ready, however going over it with 106ff brought the gloss to a whole new level.


Exterior
CG CWG via Foam Cannon
CWG using 2 Buckets/MF wash mit
Meg's Mild Clay
Hitachi Rotary
Meg's M105 via purple wool
Menzerna PO106ff via white foam
Isopropyl wipe down
ONR wash after polishing
Jetseal 109 x2
Meg's ASD on trim
Menzerna FMJ on door jambs

Wheels, wells, tires
CG CWG
Meg's Hyper Dressing
Duragloss Aqua Wax
AA Extreme Tire Dressing

Interior
Megs APC
Optimum Protectant Plus
Vx-5000 Steam Cleaner
Stoner's Invisible Glass

Before

Pollen:


Foamed up:


Before Polishing:




Polishing

M105/before:



After 106ff and Isopropyl Wipedown, no LSP:







Afters with Jetseal

[JOYRIIDE1113]

Excellent! Did you do the roof too! I always under estimate the time I think it'll take to finish a truck like that... Definately a cut (pun intended) above the rest.

Why did you use jetseal instead of something more durable. I'm sure a truck like that isn't going to get waxed or detailed often? Jetseal lasts what? 3 months?

[328i]

Originally Posted by JOYRIIDE1113

Excellent! Did you do the roof too! I always under estimate the time I think it'll take to finish a truck like that... Definately a cut (pun intended) above the rest.

Why did you use jetseal instead of something more durable. I'm sure a truck like that isn't going to get waxed or detailed often? Jetseal lasts what? 3 months?

Thanks, I did do the roof and it seemed to take forever...especially with all the plastic ridges and just the huge surface area. I actually went with SIP on a white pad for the roof since the marring wasn't as bad, I'm guessing it's because there wasn't as much pressure applied when the roof was being washed and dried.

I used jetseal because I just picked some up and wanted to try it out. Durability won't be a problem as the owner babies this truck, it sits in the garage whenever it isn't being driven and gets waxed regularly. It has never seen snow or mud, and hasn't been in the rain very often.

[Detailed Image]

Excellent work with that Tahoe. Lots of depth and gloss out of the paint.

Keep up the great work.

George

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wow looks great!

[achenator]

How long did this take. My wife has a black 07 Tahoe that has hadnothing but washes. I keep putting it off because I know it will be an ALL DAY JOB!

[328i]

Thanks guys.

Achenator, I did this over the span of 3 days, washing and claying and compound the first day. Final polish the second day, followed by an ONR wash to get rid of polish dust, and then I put on the first coat of jetseal. The third day I removed the jetseal and put on another coat and dressed all the trim, tires, cleaned the glass and did the interior. Working non stop it would probably be a day and a half of work, but the client was away for a couple of days so I had some extra time.

They're large trucks though so setting aside some extra time is necessary.

[ScheerSpeed]

great job! i hate doing SUV's. everything takes so long that you feel like you are getting nowhere!

[oneshare325]

Originally Posted by ScheerSpeed

great job! i hate doing SUV's. everything takes so long that you feel like you are getting nowhere!

FUCKING AHE!!!

I just did a suburban a few day ago too!! God did I hate it!!

Great results though buddy!!

[achenator]

Yeah i'm gonna make the wife help, as she was at the dealer going I WANT THE BLACK ONE!!

[328i]

Originally Posted by achenator

Yeah i'm gonna make the wife help, as she was at the dealer going I WANT THE BLACK ONE!!

On the plus side I heard the new GM black paint is very soft so removing defects should be easy, however finishing off perfectly might be a challenge. Definitely post up some pics when you get it done.

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