Correcting a bodyshop nightmare (VERY pic heavy)

[gofast908z]

This SS recently had a lot of work done. Most notably his custom DH stripe and the Asanti wheels that really set this car apart. The owner wasn't very happy with how the body shop finished his paint so he called me for a consultation on his car. After a few minutes of looking at it, it was apparent this would be a much bigger job than anticipated. So he dropped it off at my house and I spent several days working on it. Upon closer inspection I found numerous sections that were completely unfinished after wetsanding, several areas where there was nearly no clear or paint either, and several burn marks from the body shop running a wool pad at high speed on edges. I was able to bring the majority of the car back though.

Keep in mind, this is not a 100% correction, but most sections was able to achieve ~95% correction.

Total time about 25 hours.






Before I got started I photographed the worst spots. Here you can see there is almost no paint coverage and even less clear. These sections I didn't touch at all...it would just make it worse.




















Previous shop burned the plastic here










And again, the plastic trim here...










A few paint burns I found






















Ready for the swirls and wetsanding marks that were left for me?


































There was massive orangepeel around the gas door that I had to wetsand to get it smooth.

























Wetsanded, but didn't go too deep because of the thin paint in other areas.













Fixed
















Can you say product fling? The inside of the hood scoop is unfinished fiberglass so it was pretty much impossible to clean. Thanks a lot bodyshop...








































Heavy waterspots that dried on the car as the clear was curing. The spots were baked into the clear. I got most of them out, but after 3 steps of compounding/polishing, it was apparent they weren't gonna come completely out without wetsanding the entire hood and fenders.










Better...















A quick 50/50 on the fender and door....

















Can you say DA sander marks/swirl/hologram heaven?




























This is where it starts to get better... The front bumper looked completely flat with no reflection as well. I didn't get a before pic though. This after pic was taken at about 2am so its a little shaky... BUT at least it has gloss again!





































































Thanks for looking!

[2LTRS]

Great job Jeff! What kind of polisher / pads / products did you use aside of the M105?

[AlSuwaidi]

Great Job !! Keep it up!

[gofast908z]

Originally Posted by 2LTRS

Great job Jeff! What kind of polisher / pads / products did you use aside of the M105?

Thank you!

The clear was hard at first, then seemed to marr easily as well. Very odd. I used so many combos I can't remember them all. So here are the products in no particular order.

Megs 105
Megs 205

Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna PO203
Menzerna SIP
Menzerna 106FA
Menzerna 85RD

Megs 8" wool
Lake Country: Yellow, orange, white, black, red



Mostly on rotary, some on PC.


Don't know if you took statistics, but you can see there is a LOT of combos to be made from all that lol.

[Mindz]

Gorgeous fourth gen. Good job!

[garcmol]

That's hard to believe that a body shop would return a finished product in this bad of shape. Very nice save!