Results 1 to 14 of 14
Thread: 2002 Camaro SS Polished & Coated
-
09-09-2015, 09:36 PM #1
2002 Camaro SS Polished & Coated
Well this is my personal car. Before I go on to the photos I would like to give a little background story about this car.
I am technically the third owner. The first owner was a car collector who had this car in his personal collection. He passed away and the second owner picked it up at a car auction and then I purchased it.
When I purchased it, the odometer read 3,000 miles. I could not pass the deal and low mileage. I have had it for about 10 years and it's currently sitting at 14,XXX miles. This is the garage queen as they say.
It's been about a year and half since I last did any sort of paint correction/polishing. Since it sits in the garage a lot more the paint stays clean and LSP just lasts. A year and a half ago I used M21/M26 and there was still something on the paint with maybe a spray wax here and there.
Onto the detail specifics.
This is what I used:
Wash: Adams New Car Shampoo, Meguiar's Wash Mitt
Paint Decon: Ironx, Clay, D155 clay lube
Wheels: Adams New Car Shampoo, various brushes
Tires: Meguiar's D143, Blackfire Total Eclipse Tire Gel
Polish: M205 with a Meguiar's thin yellow polishing pad, D302 with a foam finishing pad
Coating: Ameriarmour by Americana Car Care
Tools: Meguiar's MT300 (died in the middle of polishing), PC7424XP
I started off by using Mike Philips wash method. It is not the first time I used it and it won't be the last. It just saves time. Here's the link to that. Helps if one has a foam gun.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...shing-car.html
Here's ironx at work on the rear bumper
The one issue that this car has is the typical sail panel issue.
The paint looked pretty good with very minor defects or love marks. It was a bit hard to capture them but they were easily polished out.
This is the combo I used. M205 on a Meguiar's yellow thin polishing pad and D302 on a black thin finishing pad. I have always been curious about using D302 on a foam finishing pad as it was talked about so long ago on the Meguiar's forum. I wanted to see if I could amp up the gloss and refine the finish even more.
I was using my Meguiar's MT300 DA at the beginning and as I was using it for a better part on the front end, it started bogging down and eventually stopped working with the trigger in the on position while on the drivers side fender. Turns out the cord is causing the machine to not operate properly (I have a thread on this if you search under my name). I was bummed as I had only used it on 3 cars and 1 truck prior to this one. It's a good machine when it's working properly. I had to resort to plan B and use my PC7424XP. It's a good thing I had it as a back up.
I do have to say the new thin pads work very well with the PC. It utilizes it's power more efficiently. I was impressed with the results I was getting. It took a little longer but the PC was a workhorse and got the job done.
I followed up polishing with Car Pro Eraser and 2 coats of Ameriarmour.
Sun shot of the corrected paint.
Here are a few reflection shots in the garage after it was coated.
The passenger side of the sail panel with more bubbling. No more adhesive residue.
Pulled the car outside and took some various photos. There is no flake in this paint.
Various gloss shots. Not bad considering it's white.
Last edited by The Guz; 09-09-2015 at 09:39 PM.
-
09-09-2015, 09:37 PM #2
Tires dressed with Blackfire Total Eclipse
With the engine bay so clean I just used Blackfire All In One Trim & Tire Protectant
2002 Artic White SS 35th Wheels|Full Hotchkis Suspension|Koni SA|Magnaflow CME|SLP lid|www.fquick.com/The_Guz
-
09-10-2015, 11:56 AM #3
Sharp!
-
09-10-2015, 12:12 PM #4
-
09-17-2015, 07:18 PM #5
Very nice work. Iron-X is something a lo of white and light color vehicles in general should get. It is crazy how much residue that will clean off.
2000 Trans Am WS.6 M6
SLP lid & bellow w/ K&N, GMMG catback w/ Corsa Clones, UMI SFC, UMI Adj. Panhard, UMI Adj. TQ arm w/ relocation kit, QTP Longtube headers ORY, LS6 intake, EGR/A.I.R delete.
Eibach prokit, Bilstein HDs, Nitto NT555s, skip shift elim, whiteface overlays, 20% tint, matte black decal/overlays
YouTube.com/DarrenWS6
-
09-17-2015, 08:49 PM #6
-
09-18-2015, 02:56 PM #7
Nice work, man. Are those 35th LE wheels with just different center caps?
Boost gets you laid, unless your name is Jon.
-
09-18-2015, 03:07 PM #8
-
09-18-2015, 03:11 PM #9
Car looks great. I, at one point in time, considered getting an extra set of 35th LE wheels....but didn't....now I am kicking myself. Hopefully mine will remain in the condition they currently are. I love the look of those wheels.
-
09-19-2015, 08:04 PM #10
Nice Job ...Ive always been into detailing my cars and all....Yours looks very clean !!
-
09-19-2015, 11:15 PM #11
-
10-18-2017, 12:37 AM #12
- Join Date
- Feb 2008
- Location
- League City, Tx
- Posts
- 6
yellow- 03 vette
Awesome job
-
11-07-2017, 12:56 AM #13
Wow, your Camaro is in awesome condition! After reading your post I got so impressed with the pics of reflection, that I decided to polish mine as well.
-
01-04-2022, 06:27 AM #14
-
I was browsing Facebook when I came across Someones car fitted with a camaro ss center console. I didnt see any threads or pics anywhere online so I figured I would add them here.
êîìï
Thread Information
Users Browsing this Thread
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Similar Threads
-
C5 polished thin spokes on pewter camaro
By redbird555 in forum Wheels and TiresReplies: 0Last Post: 01-06-2010, 07:02 AM -
2002 WS6 Speedline 17" polished wheels w/tires
By Mustang Killa in forum Parts For Sale / TradeReplies: 48Last Post: 06-09-2008, 02:24 PM -
Polished Taillight Center Section 1993-2002 Firebird etc
By PontiacFan in forum Parts For Sale / TradeReplies: 18Last Post: 03-10-2008, 05:43 AM -
WTB: Polished 2002 17" WS6 Wheels near Orlando, FL.
By JEB99TA in forum Southern MembersReplies: 0Last Post: 11-08-2007, 02:58 PM -
2002 ls1 coated headers(pacesetters)
By Unlimited in forum Parts For Sale / TradeReplies: 8Last Post: 05-07-2007, 11:20 AM
Bookmarks