Pete’s GS400 Build Thread by Sevenevez

By diyauto
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4 minute(s) of a 283 minute read

2-13-2013

2-13-2013


Mileage MILESTONE... 

Check the Odometer - pow!




2-19-2013


I just quickly want to show you how amazing the Griot's Garage Random Orbital is. Especially on Black Onyx.

Please know that my car in normal light looks great. When you put a heavy light close to the paint the swirls and scratches are terrible. So heres a before and after. Once with Big Garage Light then With LED.


Before...



After




Before...



After




2-10-2013


So last night i powered through the whole process. 

Polished the Whole car. 

Took about 7 hours from start to finish. 

I was smokin and drinkin in between too though 


Even with the Griot Orbital the Polishing takes a good amount of time making sure you have evenly removed all the haze and using the lights to make sure you wiped off all polish to a shine. I used Mr Miyagi technique with two rags. One that wiped most polish off and a second clean microfiber to really bring it home.


Door handles take a lot of abuse.

Before.




After. (getting it better than this is an option if i wet sanded) maybe some other day...



Front Fender. damn, terrible




After. Much better




Done with Polishing look at these reflections.








Once i got done polishing the whole car i was pretty beat. But then i figured the wax will go faster and its unbelievable how easy it is to wax with the random orbital too. Just turn the speed down to like 2-3 and it makes easy work of the whole thing. Used the Tech Wax 2.0 with the Blue 6in Pad. Waxing the whole car probably only took about 45 minutes. I couldnt believe it could get any better than the polish but it did. The black really set in and the depth of the reflection multiplied.




All Done! whew...





Comments

Great story! Thanks for the videos love the Ford too. What a beauty! Had to chuckle at your neighbor and lead foot comment. ???? thanks for sharing it’s ????????????

Posted by Diggymart on 1/28/19 @ 2:41:10 AM

Fantastic Account! And nice tasteful stuff. How is she,,?

Posted by Arussto on 1/28/19 @ 12:28:21 AM