Ares- my inferno

sands out everything that is not deep. starts with 500 grit pads dry, then 800 grit dry, 1300 foam pad wet, then foam pad with special plastic cutting compund/polish, then a final sealant.

you have to fully sand off the UV coating. that is what yellows. you will see the plastic is a different color where the UV coating is still on it while you are sanding. when it is a uniform frosted look you went enough with the 500 grit and move on to start moving towards getting the clarity back. you have to make it look worse to look better.

Shawn1112 wrote:

Hmmm. I thought using those kits weren't good because of what it removed.

i have done a hand full of cars with this kit. i did a co workers BMW with it and it looked great a year later still.

look at it this way - the lights were already fucked. at that point what do you have to lose?

True. Mine aren't fucked but have some scuffs I would like to get out. Might give it a shot

Took after the gym on Tuesday night.  I really like my car.  

Another cool shot from Joe when Ray and I were driving into the cruise night on Thursday.

So the car went to Royal Coach in Bartlett two weeks ago yesterday for the rust bubble under the paint. They did an AMAZING job with the car. Took it apart as much as possible, cut out the bad area, welded in new metal. Found like 4 other spots that were going to cause problems down the road, took care of them and treated the whole area to prevent any future issues. They also checked the drivers side and found no issues. They also found out what was causing the issues on the passengers side and fixed those and one of the issues was also on the drivers side so knocked that out as well. They also did a full outside and inside interior. My car has not been this clean since they day I bought it.

I was not expecting to get it back next week because of all the extra stuff they had to do. I had told them I wanted it back by the 19th but I changed that when I heard all the extra work. They still met my deadline without compromising anything on the car.

Also a big thanks to J Nanez Photography for being flexible enough to get a photoshoot done yesterday evening so I could capture the car in its current state. Here are some of the pics.

Here is the actual area that was fixed. I cannot see any sign there was anything cut and welded. Talked to their head dude Adam and he has a CAMM card so if anyone needs work I would go to them.

I went to the one in Bartlett. http://www.royalcoach.com/

Looks damn sexy

He is looking good for a almost 8 year old with 128,000+ miles on him.

Looking real good, congrats

Wtf in Bartlett and u didn't dtop by? Car looks good, congrats

LOL I was very surprised to get the call to come get it. I almost sent you a text when I was sitting in traffic.

Looks great!

nice. what did they charge for all that work? I have a rust hole on the underside and also a few small spots over the windshield I've been wanting to get fixed. I can do the underside stuff, but not something that could be seen like over the windshield.

bill

Sent you a PM Bill.

Newest mod. Wheels are off to get re-powdercoated so rocking some stock 18's, its weird. Will get pics in the sun tomorrow if we get any. Used the paint kit and I am thrilled with the results. I think the little pop of color behind the black wheels will work well.

Shit looks great, good job.

Are you painting it yourself?

Congrats, looks real good

Thanks Shawn and James.


Andy yeah I had a few people over to help jack the car up and get my rims off. I cleaned them and painted them using a G2 kit (HIGHLY recommend them the color match is dead on).

Right now I have a pair of 18's on the car because my 20's are getting repaired,repowdercoated, and the new tires being put on.

I cannot wait to see the red behind the black rims.

it will look great. Awesome job

very nice. Did you do them while still on the car? My calipers look like poo.

bill

Yep still on the car. I got paint a few spots I didn't want it but its not visible once the rims are back on. If I was super duper OCD about it I probably would pull them off the next time.

For those not on the Facebook here ya go.

It was time for new tires and my rims really needed to be redone.

Before:

Front Passenger Side



Rear Passenger Side



Front Drivers Side



Rear Drivers Side



Afters, will get them back on the car soon (hopefully).

Front (245/45/20)


Rear (275/40/20)


Front (245/45/20)


Rear (275/40/20)

I just want to put tire shine on them.