Pete's GS400 Build Thread
02-19-13, 12:18 PM
#108
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
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
02-19-13, 07:11 PM
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I just bought my dwp 99 gs400 with 220k on it and it needs some work as well. I've been making a list of "things to get" and now I've added the wenol chrome polish, console leather cover, paintscratch.com, and the meguiars compound (I've got a great makita buffer) and cant wait to get started! Thanks for all the tips! Awesome thread bro.
02-20-13, 11:11 AM
#113
Worth every penny!
congrats. 2gs' are very addictive. 
haha, awesome thanks for peepin the thread. congrats on the GS400!
no, that was just a photoshop idea i had. but i have been thinking about it. I actually did a test piece of "Leatherworld Black Dye" on the dash material and it didnt want to stick so i will have to try something else.
I just bought my dwp 99 gs400 with 220k on it and it needs some work as well. I've been making a list of "things to get" and now I've added the wenol chrome polish, console leather cover, paintscratch.com, and the meguiars compound (I've got a great makita buffer) and cant wait to get started! Thanks for all the tips! Awesome thread bro.
no, that was just a photoshop idea i had. but i have been thinking about it. I actually did a test piece of "Leatherworld Black Dye" on the dash material and it didnt want to stick so i will have to try something else.
02-20-13, 11:25 AM
#114
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...
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...
02-21-13, 11:40 AM
#116
Worth every penny!
congrats. 2gs' are very addictive.
haha, awesome thanks for peepin the thread. congrats on the GS400!
no, that was just a photoshop idea i had. but i have been thinking about it. I actually did a test piece of "Leatherworld Black Dye" on the dash material and it didnt want to stick so i will have to try something else.
congrats. 2gs' are very addictive.
haha, awesome thanks for peepin the thread. congrats on the GS400!
no, that was just a photoshop idea i had. but i have been thinking about it. I actually did a test piece of "Leatherworld Black Dye" on the dash material and it didnt want to stick so i will have to try something else.
