07 Lexus LS-460 Restorative Correction
Sep 8, 2011 | 02:20 AM
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07 Lexus LS-460 Restorative Correction
A customer who has a M3, he wanted to know if I could "Work on" his wife's car........little did I know what I was in for.
During wash, 2 hours to strip off the LSP.
Now that the car was stripped............ I found the paint like this.
Hood with crust/acid rain damage/deep RIDS.
Clearfilm with "Rotary compound swirls".
He we go...........over 14 microns removed to get the one side like this(The car had excellent readings and being a Lexus...high quality paint that came back to almost new condition).
Trunk was so bad the reflections from the halogens can barely be made out.
50/50 improvement pics.
Trunk restored, reflection under the halogens and T8 Daylight bulbs.
RIDS.
Defects removed.
Lower rockers were not immune to marring either.
Making progress during cutting phase.
Film was almost a total loss, started to think I might not be able to correct it.
"B" pillars were as bad as you want....
During cutting /compound stage.
During wash, 2 hours to strip off the LSP.
Now that the car was stripped............ I found the paint like this.
Hood with crust/acid rain damage/deep RIDS.
Clearfilm with "Rotary compound swirls".
He we go...........over 14 microns removed to get the one side like this(The car had excellent readings and being a Lexus...high quality paint that came back to almost new condition).
Trunk was so bad the reflections from the halogens can barely be made out.
50/50 improvement pics.
Trunk restored, reflection under the halogens and T8 Daylight bulbs.
RIDS.
Defects removed.
Lower rockers were not immune to marring either.
Making progress during cutting phase.
Film was almost a total loss, started to think I might not be able to correct it.
"B" pillars were as bad as you want....
During cutting /compound stage.
Sep 8, 2011 | 02:22 AM
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Before.
After.
Sun pic time.
Rear bumper was NOT touched.....32 microns measured from hack re-spray(Customer is going to tightness approved body shop).
Clearfilm restored.
Pre-delivery pics.......
Time to clean the floors in the shop.........just a little compound dust issue(Understatement).
Going home to happy wife................never get tired of a happy customer reaction.
After.
Sun pic time.
Rear bumper was NOT touched.....32 microns measured from hack re-spray(Customer is going to tightness approved body shop).
Clearfilm restored.
Pre-delivery pics.......
Time to clean the floors in the shop.........just a little compound dust issue(Understatement).
Going home to happy wife................never get tired of a happy customer reaction.
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