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308GTB Detailed!!!

Discussion in 'Detailing & Showroom' started by Envious Eric, Dec 7, 2009.

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  1. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #1 Envious Eric, Dec 7, 2009
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    Upon arrival, it was fairly obvious that it had not been cared for properly (two other owners). oxidation, road rash, scratches, swirl marks galore, and some clearing in a few areas brought down the appearance standards of the car! With it being original paint, I only wanted to go so far and leave some of the deeper defects. I put the car at about 90-95% based on the starting condition of the paint! 25K miles on the car only, but time has taken its toll as well!!!

    Here are some sun shots on the starting day...there was ZERO sun when I finished the car, so I will have to go back to get some after sun shots at a later date.
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  2. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #2 Envious Eric, Dec 7, 2009
    This is one point where I stopped in the middle to take some direct before and afters of the same spot...I get in a groove and dont like to stop.
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    under the side mirror:
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    Rear panel behind the door:
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    Here are the afters with halogens/LED in the garage:
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  3. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #3 Envious Eric, Dec 7, 2009
    "the car was kind of hard to drive with all the gloss coming off the hood" - owner said after we drove it to the afters picture location.

    Afters outside under cloudy conditions:

    First pull out from the garage:
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    Thanks for looking, comments welcomed!

    Eric
     
  4. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #4 Envious Eric, Dec 7, 2009
    Oh man, why arent the pictures able to be shown?? they all have the img link when I copy and paste them...
     
  5. furnacerepair

    furnacerepair Formula Junior

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    #5 furnacerepair, Dec 7, 2009
    Pics look great. Quite a difference from before to after. Nice job.
     
  6. PAP 348

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    #6 PAP 348, Dec 7, 2009
    Looks awesome mate. :):)
     
  7. wards70

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    #7 wards70, Dec 7, 2009
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    #8 RacerX_GTO, Dec 7, 2009
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    #9 autowerks9, Dec 8, 2009
    great pics..Looks like a lot oh hard work pays off !!!

    vast improvement with before and after..
     
  10. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #10 BigTex, Dec 8, 2009
    The crackling paint MIGHT be the original paint aging....

    More often it indicates a respray at some point and the two paint systems did not get along , not enough sealer....

    Looks nice, in any event!
     
  11. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #11 BigTex, Dec 8, 2009
    It's okay to do it that way, if you load them up directly they'll count against a quota...5MB allowed, IIRTC.
     
  12. kaz550

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    #12 kaz550, Dec 8, 2009
    you need to be subscribed to post them like that

    nice job... looks great from how it was before
     
  13. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #13 Envious Eric, Dec 8, 2009
    yeah pretty sure it was original paint from what the owner was saying...

    Thanks for the compliments guys, its a labor of love!
     
  14. rdefabri

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    #14 rdefabri, Dec 8, 2009
    Agreed - I've seen a few like that...
     
  15. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #15 BigTex, Dec 8, 2009
    You can load them without subscribing but I guess only from your hard drive?


    I dunno..

    Only thing I know about computers is "the screen glows if it's on"......
     
  16. Easyrider7467

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    #16 Easyrider7467, Dec 8, 2009
    Very nice work !!

    What machine did you use?
    Enjoy !!!

    Thanks
     
  17. wards70

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    #17 wards70, Dec 8, 2009
    The car did have some paint work early on in its life. I have not found any signs of damage but the pevious owner, who was friends with the original owner, claimed there was some paint damage during shipping to the US that resulted in some paint work....as stated, probably where the paint cracking has occurred. I have not been able to identify what paint is original and what sections where painted as the second owner (1984-2009) wasn't sure either. Oddly enough I do have a quart of rosso corso paint from Italy that is dated 1977....probably ordered to do whatever paint work was done back then. I should take a picture of the can and post it.

     
  18. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ
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    #18 BigTex, Dec 8, 2009
    Wow, it still "sloshes" when you shake the can??

    That's amazing by itself...
     
  19. Jackmb1

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    #19 Jackmb1, Dec 8, 2009
    Great job!!!
     
  20. d00t

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    #20 d00t, Dec 9, 2009
    As I've said before.. amazing work, Eric!!
     
  21. Envious Eric

    Envious Eric Karting

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    #21 Envious Eric, Dec 10, 2009
    Thanks aaron, how are things going up on your end?
     

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