370z - Correction detail (picture heavy)

GaleForce

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,


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Dirty interior,


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Interior Cleaned up,


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Some Auto Finesse love,


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Now some before shots,


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Rear window rubber before,


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After,


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This is MPL beading from the winter prep. As you know you should strip the paint of any existing waxes or sealants before doing a proper correction, so it has to go,


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This is Victoria Wax left over from a test I did after correcting the spoiler during the winter downtime,


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Time to strip the old protection,


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Sonax doing its thing,


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Clayed,


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Then some Iron-X,


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Iron-X doing its thing,


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Another wash,


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Blank canvas,


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Back in the garage to dry, blotted with a WW and followed up with a Metro Vac Sidekick,


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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,


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Ok, now you get the picture. On to the good stuff,

My test area before,


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Test area after,


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50/50's


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Hood 50/50


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Hood after,


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A quick inspection outside after correcting the hood, before LSP,


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Roof before,


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After,


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Roof 50/50. Closest to you after, away from you before,


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the opposite view,


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Some nastiness. Before,


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After,


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I wasn't happy using 3M two sided tape to help mount the rear spoiler, so it was time to get redone. Before removal,


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Before,


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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,


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Rear hatch after,


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to be continued,

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Front fender,

Lousy 50/50,


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After,


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Working on the door,


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Left front fender before,


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After,


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Left door before,


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After,


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Door 50/50


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Rear quarters after,


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Right taillight before,


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After,


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Left taillight before,


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After,


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B pillar before,


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B pillar after,


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One more wash pre-LSP,


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Exhaust before,


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No steel wool was used, just AF Mercury. After,


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50/50


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After,


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Engine bay tidied up,


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Cleaned up the wheel wells, front and back of the wheels, and callipers. (all four corners) Before,


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After,


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Applying Wheel Armor high temp wax,


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After,


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On to the after shots,


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Then a week later, I received my body kit. My car now looks like this...


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Thanks for looking.

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Materials and Products used,

Griots DA
Uber Yellow cutting pad
Uber Green polishing pad
Uber Black super
Meguiar's Microfiber cutting pad
Power Washer with foamer
Fireman hose nozzle

EZ-Detail Wheel Brush
Race Glaze Brushes - assorted sizes
Boars hair wheel brush
Pinnacle Safe Scrub bug and tar pad
Race Glaze sheepskin wash mitt
Various Microfiber cloths
Waffle weave drying towels
Metro Vac Sidekick
Grit Guards - x2
5 gal buckets - x2

Dawn + Optimum Power Clean to strip the old sealant
Optimum Power Clean in various dilutions
Optimum ONR diluted for Clay Lube
Riccardo Yellow Clay
CarPro Iron X
Auto Finesse Citrus
Auto Finesse ObliTARate
Auto Finesse Lather - to wash
Auto Finesse Hide Cleaner - for leather
Auto Finesse Hide Conditioner - for leather
Auto Finesse Spritz - for interior
Auto Finesse Crystal - for glass
Auto Finesse Finale - detail spray
Auto Finesse Mercury - for metal
Auto Finesse Gloss - for tires
Auto Finesse Passion - Carnauba Wax
Meguiar's D300 - compound
Meguiar's M105 - compound
Menzerna Super Finish PO106FA
Prima Wheel Armor
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
1z Einszett Gummi Pfledge
Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber care
Wolfs Chemicals Trim Coat

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genki370z

man i was wondering when you were going to do the review on the products you bought...it seems like top notch stuff cuz your car looks awesome. you did the old school claybar...thats awesome, im detailing mine in a couple weeks and im going to try the nano skin craze...ill let you know how that works. hard to believe i havent even used the porter cable yet...cant wait lol. but yeah again awesome job on the detailing!!

shaun66

man i'm jelly that's a clean ride. What all products did you use?

didymus

Nice thread!

GaleForce

still haven't used the PC! How long has it been since I shipped it to you? lol I'm thinking about selling my other Porter Cable now...

I have a Nanoskin here to use, but I still have so much clay. Make sure you use a lot of lube when you use the Nanoskin.

Thanks for the compliment.

I wasn't sure if people cared about the products used so I didn't worry about adding them. I'll add it to the thread later today. Keep checking back for the complete list.

Thank you sir

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Third post has been edited with materials and products used.

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petetlr

Very nice job!!!!!!!!!!!

TheGreatOne

Amazing job Galeforce, when I saw the pics of the products in the other thread I didn't know it was for this type of in-depth detailing job

Again, amazing results and work!

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GaleForce

Yeah, those pictures were just showing some new additions to my detailing products. I have way too much stuff.

Thank you for the compliments TGO

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Zerenity

Awesome job on your car!!! How long did all that take? Also, where did you get all those awesome products I've never even heard of? I'm interested in that Iron-X for iron filings and contaminates.

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GaleForce

I took a week to do everything, too many man hours.

I didn't include photos of detailing the door jambs, and treating all the rubber seals. I also corrected and waxed the spare. You could correct just the paint in a couple of days depending on the condition of the paint.

I buy products from a few different places. There are a couple of places in Canada I buy from, in the U.S. I buy from Phil at https://detailersdomain.com/ and Martin from Auto Finesse USA both guys have incredible customer service, great prices and great products.

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ICENINE

Great job man, I'm looking to buy myself a porter cable and do the same. I got a question though, what polish and pad did you use on the B pillar? Mine's all swirled up too. Thanks!

GaleForce

I used an Über Blue pad and a Lake Country Black pad with Menzerna Super Finish.

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