G35 Restoration Detail

[Reflections]

The car was absolutely mis matched... faded tail lamps, head lamps, horrible rear bumper re-spray, door respray clear coat peeling, door scuff, front bumper faded with rock chips as well and lots of scratches.

Although the re-spray and clear coat failure are beyond my reach, the car was "refurbished".

Before:


As you can see the factory liscence plate area not faded vs. area beside it. Also take not the long scratch on the front of the hood.


More on that scratch later...


Front bumper- white scuff on the end corner. Faded headlamp.


First impression, not bad... close up yikes


Damage from garage post.


Panel was dented at the end something PDR can possibly fix.


Wheels- just dusty. Painted 2 months ago.


After wash. Still wet as for claying right after.


Half the hood... DIRTY!!!


IronX Sprayed on and waiting for the iron to change color.


Claying before hand really helped out, but still visible color change.


Paint condition- 4/10 at best.


No... thats not ironX still on the paint. Yes, the bumper was that matte!


... no gloss on half the bumper.


Extremely deep scratches. Were not 100% removed, but minimized.


Nice crystal tail lights *sarcasm*


Headlights looking dull...


Marks from jewellery... Loving this car ;)


Brutal!!!

During:

Headlights weren't terrible. Received 2000Grit.


Followed up with 4000Grit.


After some lovin'

After:

Did work on that rear ;) Look at the previously dull left side.


Some things are beyond my limits.


Improved gloss, no more swirls. One deep line remains.


Look at them babies now!


Beauty shot.


Majority of jewellery marks removed.


Corner scuff gone. Paint to great gloss- obvious paint matching issue as the door was a repaint.


Immaculate reflection.


Bumper looking better. I would have it re-done, too many stone chips.


Door looking great now, paint on the edge was almost to bare metal though.


Edge exposed to primer.


Handle looking a ton better.


She's looking taken care of :)


Wheels and tires dressed matte. Clean wheel wells too.


Proof.


Gleaming clean!


Hood mark vanished.


The sun says it all.

Thanks for looking.

[Carfreak226]

Nice. Did you polish the taillights, or did you use the same sandpaper technique as for the headlights?

[Reflections]

Originally Posted by Carfreak226

Nice. Did you polish the taillights, or did you use the same sandpaper technique as for the headlights?

Tail lights were in poor condition but were done with a 3" Microfiber pad. They were previously tinted as well which caused my pads to go black. Tail lights usually don't need more as they don't have bugs, rocks, etc. hitting against them.

[Carfreak226]

That's what I thought. Very nice work sir!