Camaro clean up

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

Finished this one up this past weekend. Guy came to me wanting to fix his hood but it had severe clear coat failure. He got it painted and waited two months and brought it back to me since the shop didn't do a great job buffing it. (severe marring, wet sanding marks, and swirling) He also wanted to clear up the head lights before spending more money on some new ones. Turned out great and about 98% corrected. The hood was the worst out of all of it but it turned out alright.

-Washed with Meguiars Hyper wash.
-Clayed w/blue clay magic.
-Wheels/Tires/Lug cylinders/Inner barrels/Wheel wells hit with APC+ 10:1 and scrubbed with various brushes.
-Tires/trim dressed with ShowroomFX White Pearl.
-Paint was corrected with D300 and a 5" MF cutting disk followed by D301 on a 5" MF Polishing disk.
-B Pillar trim was done with a 3" MF cutting disk and D300 followed by M205 on a 3" polishing disk followed by D301 on a 3" polishing disk.
- Head lights were wet sanded using 2500 grit, then 3000 grit, followed with M105 on a 3" cutting disk > M205 on a 3" polishing disk > waxed using D301 on a 3" polishing disk.
-Glass treated with Stoners crystal clear


Headlights before:


Headlights after:






Door before correction:


B pillar before:


B pillar trim before:


Driver side B pillar before:


B pillar trim before (oxidized and swirled):


Hood swirled:

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

Another shot:


And another:


Hood after:


Finished pictures:




Passenger side B pillar after (wind and dust was terrible on this day):


Driver side B pillar after:


Driver side B pillar trim polished:




Hood corrected and polished:

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

B pillar trim polished:




Hard top corrected and polished:




Hood corrected and polished:




B pillar after shown with a sun gun:


Thanks for checking it out.

Brian

[Cobraman]

How much do you charge for something like that?

[sdun]

On your third "finished" picture there is some trash or a fisheye on your right middle finger knuckle that could of been taken out, just saying.

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

On your third "finished" picture there is some trash or a fisheye on your right middle finger knuckle that could of been taken out, just saying.

What you're seeing is the infamous B pillar bubble on F-bodies.

GM used glue to hold that panel on that cause the material to "gas out" through the paint causing this. My T/A has this very faintly (it's a little worse the more sun the car sees)

If you look at some of the other "b pillar" pics, you will notice them much more.

Look at the pic "b pillar trim polished" You can see one of the bubbles a little more. To fix this problem, the pillar would need to be ripped off, the panel scraped clean of the old glue and use new glue along with a new pillar and repaint. It's sad GM skimped on this and they offered warranty for a while but some folks (myself included) didn't know about the recall.

Thanks for pointing that out and glad I could clear that up.

[Jaison]

ive seen your work on ls1tech too. good shit man

and showroom fx ftw. steves an awesome guy. he's helped me learn a lot

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

ive seen your work on ls1tech too. good shit man

and showroom fx ftw. steves an awesome guy. he's helped me learn a lot

Thank you sir!

Steves a great guy and awesome at what he does!

[Wish4svts]

Is that the brinkman light?

Good job on the detail! Lights look great man.

[BadCompanyVPWS6]

Is that the brinkman light?

Good job on the detail! Lights look great man.

Yes it is. Very handy to have to check your work aside from Halogens.

And thank you.

[ram57ta]

Still didn't answer the question asked: "How much do you charge for something like that?"

I have a 94 T/A that could use a little polishing of its own.