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Thread: LRM - Red VY SS Ute Restoration Detail

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    Default LRM - Red VY SS Ute Restoration Detail

    Just in case my last job was not hard enough, I took on a Red VY SS that had been seriously neglected, and needed more than a little Love.

    While this car is 11 Years old, it only has 126k km's on it, so you would think it would be in fairly good condition...WRONG.

    This shows the consequences of washing your car with the wrong equipment, and not drying, or rinsing your car off while it has detergent on it. Also how polishing your car is not the last step in a correction process, and how little protection from the elements, paint has without wax, sealant, or coatings.

    There is also one picture in particular that shows how incorrectly polishing can lead to real issues later on....Read on.


    After Pressure wash and hand wash


    Look at those embedded water marks, oxidisation, and swirls.

    Oxidisation on sides

    Tailgate clear coat cracking. This is beyond correction.

    That was after pressure and hand washing....Oh boy

    Bonnet under lights




    Right hand plastics wax and detergent staining

    Roof deep scratching

    Roof oxidisation

    Bonnet 50/50 compound first pass

    Bonnet 50/50 compound second pass

    Bonnet corrected and finished down

    Roof rough 50/50 compound first pass

    Roof rough 50/50 compound second pass

    Lower left hand side corrected

    Upper left hand side compound first pass

    Still some scratches...Some lol

    Left hand side corrected

    Only oxidisation could be removed on front guards and parts of the bonnet due to almost unbelieveably low levels of remaining clear coat
    MPS is gone. Ghey Trail enabled....Not Happy. MPS 6 to come

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    Right hand door first pass

    Right hand door second pass

    Right hand side before


    Right hand side after


    Note the very deep scoring on the B pillar which was only partially correctable

    Right hand side corrected

    Daylight shots


    This is the money shot


    Who put that Apollo there?


    Total work time 22 hours
    Last edited by RadiantKnackers; 26-05-2013 at 06:15 PM.
    MPS is gone. Ghey Trail enabled....Not Happy. MPS 6 to come

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    You forgot to remove the Chevy badge... Do a better cleaning up job next time!

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    Great stuff mate. Bet the owner was stoked!

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

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    The old chev badge strikes again lol nice work!

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    Agree with Sam lol. Didn't realise utes are meant to be cleaned, that just took the last of there appeal away from me owning one ROFL.. Good clean up job Jase

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    Nice job! Love doing red, always shows off your hard work best.

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    Looked great in person, shame about the mess on your garage floor it left kinda looked like the MPS had dandruff haha

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    Great work right there! Almost like polishing a turd, but it still managed to shine... lol

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