Lexus Paint and Scratch Repair
94k Mile 2003 Lexus SC430. The owner frequently drove from Cincinnati to NY to manage fashion shows and the road has done a LOT of damage to the car. Its evident that many panels have been re-sprayed, the orange peel and lack of luster in the clear coat was across the whole car. She didn't have a lot of money to throw at this project, but just wanted a nice refreshed car; repairing the scratches and cleaning the interior.
The hood and front clip was totally shot-gunned with rock chips. I suggested we just do the ones that are at line of sight from standing level, as the front clip would benefit more from a respray VS doing the hundreds of chips it had. The car was washed and clayed, washed and dried, then moved into my garage for closer inspection. The following images show progress shots.
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...sc430hood1.jpg
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The following scratch was DEEP. So I broke out the bondo to fill it first before painting. I used my finger to apply the bondo so as to make it concave to the surface-this would allow me to fill the cavity with paint and prevent the possibility of seeing bright orange bondo when doing any sanding/blending.
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...30scratch1.jpg
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On to the glamor shots, the paint was finished with BlackFire.
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...hoodFinish.jpg
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...sc430Front.jpg
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...c430Front2.jpg
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/thumbs/sc430rear.jpg
Carpets and dash were scrubbed, the leathe was all cleaned and conditioned with Adams products.
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...0interior1.jpg
http://www.tssdetailing.com/images/t...0interior2.jpg
