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Touched up a scratch, wetsanded it with 1500 then 2000 grit sandpaper, buffed it out with a cutting pad, compound and rotary, then a light cutting pad and a light polish and rewaxed that area. I also put gas in it.
Then I washed and waxed a customer's black '07 Z06 and '08 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500HD and used my car to get me there and back.
2002 Maxima SE 6 speed, K&N panel filter, GAB-more gears, more fun! Now no more, RIP 9/01/11
2002 Maxima SE, NWP block plate, GAB, Warpspeed test pipe, Vibrant FSTB, grounding kit, smoked tails. RIP 1/16/2011 due to a pile of garbage drunk driver
Touched up a scratch, wetsanded it with 1500 then 2000 grit sandpaper, buffed it out with a cutting pad, compound and rotary, then a light cutting pad and a light polish and rewaxed that area. I also put gas in it.
Then I washed and waxed a customer's black '07 Z06 and '08 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500HD and used my car to get me there and back.
i just use meguaires scratch removal
lol i wish i lived near you
Today my baby had to get her *** repainted... Some biatch backed into me at school the day before. It was one of those slow motion, can't to shiat about it wrecks. Lol.
putting in z33 injectors and tuning them @ cruise and WOT soon. hopefully going to figure out why my tire is leaking...losing 20psi in 3 days is not ok tire!
putting in z33 injectors and tuning them @ cruise and WOT soon. hopefully going to figure out why my tire is leaking...losing 20psi in 3 days is not ok tire!
woke up, took the gf to work, washed the car, came home slept till it was time to go to work, drove to work, blasted my system to set off all the car alarms in the parking lot, worked, drove home in the same manner, and here i am now.
woke up, took the gf to work, washed the car, came home slept till it was time to go to work, drove to work, blasted my system to set off all the car alarms in the parking lot, worked, drove home in the same manner, and here i am now.
Touched up a scratch, wetsanded it with 1500 then 2000 grit sandpaper, buffed it out with a cutting pad, compound and rotary, then a light cutting pad and a light polish and rewaxed that area. I also put gas in it.
Then I washed and waxed a customer's black '07 Z06 and '08 Chevy Silverado LTZ 3500HD and used my car to get me there and back.
you comin to florida anytime soon?
i got scratches on all 4 corners that the old lady who owned her before me put WHITE-OUT on....cant even get it off to begin working on the scratches
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Originally Posted by mindhead1
My steering wheel was looking ragged so I put on a Wheelskin cover. It looks like new!
yea i was planning on getting one in the next few weeks.
though i was curious if it was gonna look ****ty where the 4 pillar attachment things are. it is just loose there or what?
i just use meguaires scratch removal...
lol i wish i lived near you
The scratch was way beyond what a polish could fix. Here is the write-up I did on a detailing forum I go to:
I bought my Maxima a few weeks ago and it had a scratch on the passenger side rear pillar. I figured it would be a good test of a more extensive repair involving the touch up paint, wetsanding and buffing.
Unfortunately, it was cloudy so the scratch doesn't look as bad as it actually is, plus the Lustre Grey color hides defects well. Anyway, the verticle part of the scratch is deep into the primer.
I had to mix two of the silver/grey touch up paints together and it still wasn't quite dark enough when applied so I added a few drops of metallic black and it was very close. I overfilled the scratch a bit to compensate for the wetsanding to follow.
I then wetsanded with 3M Imperial wet/dry (used it wet) 1500 grit followed by 2000 grit.
I then used my loaner Porter Cable 7428 rotary, a Soft Edge orange one step pad (amazingly smooth pad via rotary!) and Optimum Compound. Started off on 2, bumped it to 3 for several slow passes and it came out pretty much LSP ready.
I followed with Poli-Seal using another orange Soft Edge pad and finished with the new version of Optimum Car Wax.
It is not perfect, but before it was noticable from 10-15 feet. Now it is more like 2-3 feet, a pretty major improvement for not actually refinishing. There are a couple shallow areas I guess I didn't completely fill, so I'll probably go over them again when I have time.
Until January: Watch it sit in the garage and not rust or get slid into...that job is for my Buick...January: Swap open diff 5-speed for VLSD model...Then watch it sit some more. That's all until the snow melts.
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MODS: VLSD 5-Speed Swap, Exedy Stage 1 Clutch, Turbo Manifold Studs, Koni/Eibach Suspension, Suspension Techniques F & R Swaybars w/ Blehmco RSB Links, Unorthodox Racing UDP, Blehmco Grounding Kit, WSP Y-Pipe, Place Racing CAI, Custom STS, Polyurethane Front & Rear Bushings, Q45 Front Brakes (Blehmco S.S. Lines, Brembo Rotors, Axxis Metal Master Pads), Courtesy Nissan FSTB, Blehmco RSTB, Blehmco Stage II LTB, NissanWorks TB & IACV Spacers, 9007 Headlight Bulb Conversion, GXE Fog Lamps, Sound System (Infinity, JVC, Polk, MTX), 2k3 SE 17" Wheels w/ 225/50R17 Hankook HR Ventus II Tires - 189K miles (bought 8/03 @ 87K miles) Sold 2/19/11
'96 Corvette LT4 6-Speed, 104K miles (bought 3/09 @ 60K miles), Black on Black, Fassstt!!!! Full Borla Exhaust, Modified Airbox, Hawk HPS Pads, S.S. Brake Lines
'00 Mercedes Benz ML320, 106K miles, winter beater
Replaced both CV boots and put in fresh Amsoil GL-4 and ABS Sensor.
I need to still do....wire I30 autodimming mirror and hardwire radar detector, shifter bushing, fix 02 resistors to kill check engine light and detail my car.
__________________ 1999 Super Black SE 5MT - Vortech V2 @ 10psi
Boosted, Fully Bolted, Tuned, VLSD, Coilovers, Retro'd, Stillen Kit, And much more...
finally installed H&R/Koni's in the front
Attempted to install brand new control arms/end-links but couldn't due to rust-seizing.
Attempted to install new inner/outer tie-rods, ended up cutting inner in half, discovered that inner tie rod tool from auto-zone is too small.
finally installed H&R/Koni's in the front
Attempted to install brand new control arms/end-links but couldn't due to rust-seizing.
Attempted to install new inner/outer tie-rods, ended up cutting inner in half, discovered that inner tie rod tool from auto-zone is too small.
have you tried there tool rental
if the one they have is to small just buy one, i think its like $20.00
Replaced both CV boots and put in fresh Amsoil GL-4 and ABS Sensor.
I need to still do....wire I30 autodimming mirror and hardwire radar detector, shifter bushing, fix 02 resistors to kill check engine light and detail my car.
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i wouldn't even drive on that tire
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