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NOTPAID4
05-02-2011, 01:24 PM
As most of you all already know we bought BLUE for an everyday driver and the previous owner surely did NOT take care of THIS car! I don't believe I have ever seen so many scratches on any car, especially one this new! Now I could surely expect this as this was, to him, just an everyday family car and with small children and 127,500 miles surely it wasn't gonna look new.

Yesterday I spent most of the afternoon buffing out the hood and roof trying to remove the scratches with compound and my new high speed buffer that Tee just bought for me. I was actually shocked that the majority of them came out pretty good and you have to look pretty close to see where they were. Then I waxed and buffed with a polisher buffer (much lower speed). Hopefully and maybe today, I'll get to start on all the side panels and rear hatch!

I did NOT take any pictures as I know the before and after pictures would have looked pretty much the same; was hard to see scratches in pictures.

Redtruck-VA
05-02-2011, 01:45 PM
Jim, it's hard work getting it all done. I find myself doing a section at a time. But the work does pay off.

Storm Rider
05-02-2011, 07:09 PM
Yo Bro - Stay with it. Blue is coming around. It may be a daily driver, but she will sparkle & shine when you take her out.

4XLGator
05-02-2011, 08:13 PM
work, work, work, and blue will come to life

NOTPAID4
05-02-2011, 09:32 PM
Worked on Blue's side panels today and it's coming along pretty nice.

Here is a picture of working on ONE side....

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/deboyacej/DSCN0372-1.jpg


Then I added my new vinyls decals I had ordered....

http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/deboyacej/DSCN0374.jpg


http://i266.photobucket.com/albums/ii247/deboyacej/DSCN0373-1.jpg

Storm Rider
05-02-2011, 09:44 PM
Those decals are SWWWWWEEEEEEEEET. Better on Blue than when you showed them to me.