We have a pretty rare car on our hands this round. Its a vintage Lotus Esprit fully restored to factory standard. It was briefed by the owner himself that it was repainted by a very skillful painter and also the colour chosen was from the Aston Martin Vanquish! This is the 4th car the owner had us worked on. Well, lets begin.
Upon arrival, the car was parked in a semi covered area, whereby tree leaves, tree sap, and bird droppings were visible.
Without wasting time, we proceed to inspecting the paint. Its was almost mint but with some coarse finishing from the painters.
Some light contamination and also haziness on the clear coat.
The paint was not at its best state but its nothing major.
Zoom in and we spotted some keep swirls on the frontal part of the car.
Some minor uneven clear coat.
a deep scratch.
Another visible deep swirled area.
From far, these swirls are not very visible, but it doesn’t mean we skip it.
We gave the car a wash, clay and immediately started on the paint correction.
So after the paint correction, we restored the colour and also removed all of the swirls.
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A closer zoom in look on the paint condition.
The wheels were also repainted and it was a pain in the a** to clean. We manage to clean up all of them and got them coated.
As for the results.
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This is a Fiat X1/9. Made in the 80s, its the come back when Fiat almost went bust. The owner of this collectible cars were quite concerned about the paint work as it has been sitting outdoors most of the time. Being said, we were called once again to restore this mighty Fiat.
Upon arrival, we did our usual walk around to inspect the paint.
It had definitely been repainted in some point of her life. But the paint was holding up quite well.
The owner had 3 huge German Shepherds. They were all very hyper active. Hence, dog scratches.
More Feline Picasso.
Some hologram found on the paint.
Some areas had light swirls.
Some areas had light swirls, holograms, and waterspot stains.
But most areas were just swirls.
After paint correction.
Deep scratches and swirls. Before.
After.
Swirls Before.
Swirls after.
Dog scratches were reduced but it was too deep.
As a result of a 6hour paint correction. Here are the results after Opti-Coat™Pro.
Upon arrival, we already expected the car to be in harsh unloved condition. Looking at the car, we noticed the owner had 3 big, full grown, hyper active German shepherds. That, would be the highlight of our session.
The usual walk around found us some pretty interesting paint damage. As amazing as it sound, these are aircond water stains.
Owner briefs us that the car is pretty under utilized. Parked under the shade most of the time. Hence the dusty surface.
If you say its glossy, its not. If you say its shiny, we’ll say its a little dull.
We spotted some dog scratches.
More dog scratches.
Some unknown mark that had been stained to the paint.
Swirl damage.
More swirl damage.
Some severe watermark spots.
Swirls on the roof.
As we washed the car, we felt that the surface was really rough. We’re usually right.
We clayed the entire car. The photo shown is merely from 1 door.
Dog scratch before.
Dog scratch after.
After paint correction
After paint correction
Final finishing on the paint.
For wheels of this age, we wouldn’t expect much from it.
Closer reveals some brake dust stains.
The colour difference.
Wheels after cleaning.
Some marks were too severely stained.
After countless hours of detailing and paint correction. Here’s the results.
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