Got fade?

[terryc101]

Have been getting into detailing a bit more over the last year, mainly to do my own cars as theyre both old and the paintwork isnt the best. But this week i have been doing one of my mums friends cars after she saw what id managed with our track car below.

She said she was happy for me to practice stuff on hers as it couldnt be made any worse thatn it was (it was bad). So i got stuck in over a few days and the pictures are below.

Products used:

Tyres/arches/door shuts etc - G101 and daisy APC
Foam - Valet pro
Shampoo - AF Lather
Tar/contaminents - Tardis and Iron x
Polish - Meguiars Ultimate Compound on a menzerna orange pad
Glaze - Blackhole
Wax - Purple Haze
Windows - 3m
Doorshuts - Autoglym SRP
Trim - AF Revive

The before pictures, the car had only ever seen '£5 hand car wash' in its life.

A load of car park ticket leftovers on inside of window

Rolled into garage for a bit of testing of combos on the bonnet. Check out that reflection

A few 50/50's after i'd found what was working best

And finally all finished

She was gobsmacked when i dropped it off after, although i said it'll no doubt fade again in a few months sadly. Was great practice on techniques and such tho, just a shame i dont have any decent lights to show up swirls etc. Oh and all pictures are from my phone so excuse the quality

 

[joshclio999]

Looks great mate well done!

 

[Kane.]

Nothing better than working with faded red. Great work.

 

[George182]

That's fantastic! Great work

 

[aucky]

Great turnaround!

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Good Job!! Needed some TLC

 

[BoatNonce]

When I saw this thread I instantly thought it was about brakes.

Amazing transformation!

 

[ksykes23]

Hope you got paid

 

[JonnyGee]

looks great

 

[The Russian.]

Looks 100x better well done mate bet she was over the moon.

 

[Leeshez]

Oh wow .

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

that looks great! good effort,

probably doubled the value of the colt by doing that

 

[Auto Finesse]

You can't beat a bit of faded red for a dramatic turn around, always satisfying when look at what is was before, the old Mitsubishi came up really well. Good work.

 

[Knuckles]

I bet she was over the moon. I'd love to bring a car back like that!

Hope you got laid

+1!

 

[terryc101]

Thanks for the comments. Yeah she was over the moon with it, her friends thought she'd had it resprayed. No I didn't get laid lol but she did give me a few quid for the products used.

 

[imprezaworks]

Jeez, great transformation.

 

[Clart]

Good old ultimate compound. the bonnet 50/50 is crazy

 

[.Adam.]

That s**t cray.