Subaru WRX - Mirror Detailing

MirrorDetailing

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Havent posted much in this section lately as most of my correction work always ends up with the pictures coming out pretty bad. Luckly this one I took a bit more time with my photos and not trusting the crappy preview window on the back of the D50 which is not accurate.



Customer contacted me about getting his WRX polished as it had not been cleaned for 6-7 months from being way to busy...plus he had it taken to a detailing car wash here in GA called Cactus Carwash a few months prior to that and had them detail it. Said the car came out looking terrible all over and just had not had time to get it corrected elsewhere. Customer wanted to get my 2-Step Polish package as he knew the Subaru clears are really soft and easily correctable.



This one though was not an easy job. Clear seem to be even more soft than normal and was really hard to get the polishs off the paint without lightly marring the paint with the towel. The glaze that Cactus Carwash is known to use...was a PITA to get off the paint before hand and over-all this was not an easy job as every step had something that did not want to work right. Took me a good three hours longer than normal. But ended up with roughly 90-95% correction.



Process:

3 Foam Washes with CG Citrous Wash to break down the glaze on the paint

Washed w/ TBM w/ CG Cirtous Wash'n'Gloss

Rims/Tires w/ Diablo Wheel Gel

Clayed w/ Pinn. Ultra Poly Clay w/ ONR Clay Lube

IPA Wipedown

Taped w/ 3M Automotive Tap

Buffed:

SIP w/ LC Orange Pad via GG DA Speed 6

IPA Wipedown

Ultrafina w/ LC BLack Pad via GG DA Speed 6

LSP:

Menzerna Powerlock

CG Concourse 50/50

Windows:

Stoners Invisible Glass

Tires:

Pinn. Black Onxy Tire Gel





Before...



PassFrontBefore-5.jpg


PassRearBefore-2.jpg


PassSideBefore.jpg


PassRear2.jpg


RearBefore-1.jpg


DriverRearBefore-4.jpg


DriverFrontBefore-2.jpg




Shots of the paint upclose before...



PassA-PlllarBefore.jpg


PassQuarterBefore.jpg


PassDoorBefore.jpg


PassA-PlllarBefore.jpg


HoodBeforeOutside2.jpg


HoodBeforeOutside.jpg


RearBeforeUpclose.jpg




Some compounding left from Cactus...



TOGW.jpg


TOGW2.jpg


TOGW3.jpg




Testing the hood to figure out my process...



HoodBeforeInside-1.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfInside2.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfInside.jpg




Pulled out into the sun to see how it looked under that light...



HoodHalfandHalfOutside3.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfOutside.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfOutside2.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfOutside5.jpg


HoodHalfandHalfOutside4.jpg
 
Doors...



Left side after first buff...



DriverDoorsSidebySide.jpg




Left Side after second buff, right side not..

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DriverDoorsSidebySideAfter.jpg




As I was cleaning out the door jambs and dust, more compound left over from Cactus...



TOGW4.jpg


TOGW5.jpg


TOGW6.jpg




After, which sucked because the sun had already set behind the trees before I could get some sun shots. Luckly customer was planning on getting some good photos once his new wheels are on so... I will eventually have some better shots.



PassRearAfter-8.jpg


RearAfter-3.jpg


DriverRearAfter-5.jpg


DriverFrontAfter-9.jpg




Other after shots...



PassDoorLightShot.jpg


HoodReflection-6.jpg


HoodLightShot-1.jpg


HoodAfter-14.jpg


RoofReflection-8.jpg


RoofReflection2-1.jpg


RoofReflection3.jpg
 
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