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Orion Detailing
- Thread starter jimmy_v
- Start date
TooManyHobbies
Ready to race!
- Location
- Roanoke TX
this is my favorite thread. Keep em coming.
Met this customer through Facebook and admired his photography for quite sometime. Was quite surprised to receive a message from him interested in our work. Long story short, into the shop in came.
Very impressed with the initial condition of the paint and found it only needed a 1 stage polish which was protected afterwards with Opti Coat Pro.
Arrival
Rubber and plastic trim all masked up
Measuring the paint
Before
After
Opti Coat Pro about it be applied
Double checking our work with a light that omits the same color as the sun
No swirls
And the finished product
Very impressed with the initial condition of the paint and found it only needed a 1 stage polish which was protected afterwards with Opti Coat Pro.
Arrival
Rubber and plastic trim all masked up
Measuring the paint
Before
After
Opti Coat Pro about it be applied
Double checking our work with a light that omits the same color as the sun
No swirls
And the finished product
Tyler Durden
Ready to race!
- Location
- New Zealand
Stunning results......Please come to NZ.
This new M4 came to us in pretty good condition straight from the dealer. Other then a few light swirls that the camera couldn't pick up the paint was in great shape. Not much else to say other then enjoy the pics!
As usual the arrival pics
Paint measurements
Masking off the rubber trim
Applied Opti Coat Primer via machine
After removing the tape etc we cleaned out some polish residue with our trusty tooth pick
Opti Coat Pro
Double checking our work with a light that emits the same color light as the sun
Perfect
And finally the fruits of our labour
As usual the arrival pics
Paint measurements
Masking off the rubber trim
Applied Opti Coat Primer via machine
After removing the tape etc we cleaned out some polish residue with our trusty tooth pick
Opti Coat Pro
Double checking our work with a light that emits the same color light as the sun
Perfect
And finally the fruits of our labour
This was totally a coincidence that two e39 M5s came in for a 2 stage polish + Opti Coat Pro. They had both booked on the same day so I ended up doing the write up on both cars at the same time which is a first and was quite interesting to do. I was very happy with the out come on both cars as were the owners so enjoy seeing the process and final pics!
Arrival (you should have seen both owners' faces lol)
Masking off the rubber trim after the wash and clay
Taking paint measurements
Before
After
50/50 shot
Opti Coat Pro
Application
And the finished pics
I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed working on my favorite generation M5!
Arrival (you should have seen both owners' faces lol)
Masking off the rubber trim after the wash and clay
Taking paint measurements
Before
After
50/50 shot
Opti Coat Pro
Application
And the finished pics
I hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I enjoyed working on my favorite generation M5!
A long time customer recently purchased this new 4 GTS from Pfaff and wanted to get the paint protected asap. Well after 1000km in it finally came.
I must say this is one of the most beautifulest 991s we have done this year and we had a great time working on it and admiring all the little details put together on this 4 GTS.
Paint wasn't in bad shape so just a quick 1 stage polish and then protected with Opti Coat Pro.
Enjoy!
Arrival pic
Paint measurement and plastic trim masked off
Before
After
Lovely metallic flake shot
Opti Coat Pro
And the finished pics starting with reflections off the hood
Definitely looking forward to maintaining this one over the years!
I must say this is one of the most beautifulest 991s we have done this year and we had a great time working on it and admiring all the little details put together on this 4 GTS.
Paint wasn't in bad shape so just a quick 1 stage polish and then protected with Opti Coat Pro.
Enjoy!
Arrival pic
Paint measurement and plastic trim masked off
Before
After
Lovely metallic flake shot
Opti Coat Pro
And the finished pics starting with reflections off the hood
Definitely looking forward to maintaining this one over the years!
Tyler Durden
Ready to race!
- Location
- New Zealand
I'm loving this thread, thanks for sharing.
This was a US 996 Turbo with very low mileage, to be honest I forget but I'm pretty sure it was around 30000km. Paint wasn't that bad but some of the swirls were a little deeper so a 2 stage polish was needed to correct the paint. As usual with most cars we do nowadays it was protected afterwards with Opti Coat Pro.
Hope you like the pics!
Arrival pic
Masking off the rubber trim on the moonroof and had trim it with the plastic razor to get proper coverage
Measuring the paint
Before
After
Opti Coat Pro(sorry for the blurry pic)
And the finished pics
After spending the day with this one I have to say I still like the 996 Turbo and think it's great value for the money! Now I am window shopping for a 996 Turbo S or 996 GT2 hahahaha.
Hope you like the pics!
Arrival pic
Masking off the rubber trim on the moonroof and had trim it with the plastic razor to get proper coverage
Measuring the paint
Before
After
Opti Coat Pro(sorry for the blurry pic)
And the finished pics
After spending the day with this one I have to say I still like the 996 Turbo and think it's great value for the money! Now I am window shopping for a 996 Turbo S or 996 GT2 hahahaha.
I love this e46 M3! Laguna Seca Blue on Laguna Seca Blue seats and navi! What more could you ask for.
The shine on this M3 was still great but the swirls in the sun was annoying the client and he wanted to get as much of the swirls out as possible. We ended up doing a 2 stage polish which brought the paint condition to about a 9 out of 10 minus the deeper scratches.
Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed polishing this one!
Arrival
Paint measurements
Masking off the rubber trim
Before
After
50/50 shot
And the finished product
The shine on this M3 was still great but the swirls in the sun was annoying the client and he wanted to get as much of the swirls out as possible. We ended up doing a 2 stage polish which brought the paint condition to about a 9 out of 10 minus the deeper scratches.
Hope you enjoy the pics as much as we enjoyed polishing this one!
Arrival
Paint measurements
Masking off the rubber trim
Before
After
50/50 shot
And the finished product
Very good client contacted me regarding a 2 stage polish + Opti Coat Pro on his recently purchased Lp640.
We had tried to schedule an appointment prior to this one but due to rainy weather we had to reschedule and he mentioned that maybe he was considering postponing the detail until the springtime, which is understandable. Luckily... he had a change of heart and we were able to schedule a date where the weather worked in our favour!
So in to the shop it came!
As usual, the arrival pic
After cleaning the wheels, 2 Bucket Method wash, and clay bar, we masked the rubber trim
Next up was to take measurements of the paint with our special paint depth gauge which measures via ultrasound due to a few panels not being made of steel or aluminium. This gauge is not cheap at all and costed us $3000
These are the results of the 1st stage of polishing
Before
After(did I mention that solid black is a pain in the a**?!)
Headlights & Taillights were polished as well
Before
After
2nd stage of polishing was completed and then an alcohol wipe down to remove the polishing oils. Finally Opti Coat Primer applied to prepare for the Opti Coat Pro application
Tape removed and little details such as removing polish with a tooth pick from the edge of the stone guard was performed
And finally the star of the show, Opti Coat Pro
A shot in the sun to show no more swirls in the paint
All in all minus some deeper scratches which I suspect may have been from people leaning on the car for pics and the fact that it is solid black, I would say we got the paint condition to about an 8.5/9 out of 10.
Here are the results
I love reflection pics
The lens flare pointing at the car is pretty cool
And the last pic to finish the walk around
Hope you enjoyed the pics!!!
We had tried to schedule an appointment prior to this one but due to rainy weather we had to reschedule and he mentioned that maybe he was considering postponing the detail until the springtime, which is understandable. Luckily
... he had a change of heart and we were able to schedule a date where the weather worked in our favour!So in to the shop it came!
As usual, the arrival pic
After cleaning the wheels, 2 Bucket Method wash, and clay bar, we masked the rubber trim
Next up was to take measurements of the paint with our special paint depth gauge which measures via ultrasound due to a few panels not being made of steel or aluminium. This gauge is not cheap at all and costed us $3000
These are the results of the 1st stage of polishing
Before
After(did I mention that solid black is a pain in the a**?!)
Headlights & Taillights were polished as well
Before
After
2nd stage of polishing was completed and then an alcohol wipe down to remove the polishing oils. Finally Opti Coat Primer applied to prepare for the Opti Coat Pro application
Tape removed and little details such as removing polish with a tooth pick from the edge of the stone guard was performed
And finally the star of the show, Opti Coat Pro
A shot in the sun to show no more swirls in the paint
All in all minus some deeper scratches which I suspect may have been from people leaning on the car for pics and the fact that it is solid black, I would say we got the paint condition to about an 8.5/9 out of 10.
Here are the results
I love reflection pics
The lens flare pointing at the car is pretty cool
And the last pic to finish the walk around
Hope you enjoyed the pics!!!