I have been and currently use Zaino Tire Shine.
Stuff works killer with no sling, but am open to new and great products, especially if they work as advertised.
Chronicles of SneakySnakes | Vol III
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Stuff works killer with no sling, but am open to new and great products, especially if they work as advertised.
Anything Alex uses, is good enough for my car lol
Before the paint correction process begins we decided to re-do the entire hood's ppf. The clear bra the first owner had put on was done sloppily, and even though doing it in 3 pieces is the efficient way to lay it down on this massive hood, leaving a wavering gap that grows up to an inch in certain locations, is not. We also noticed that while the front bumper, hood, sills, and rear bumper are wrapped, the headlights and mirrors were surprisingly omitted. We are rectifying this along with the hood. Lastly, we are doing a partial film on the leading edge of the roof. I got a nasty chip on the roof in my old car, and don't care to relive the experience.
The issue (running almost the length of the hood);
Getting started for removal. A little heat, to get the adhesive pliable. Any drunkard can rip the film off, but doing so without leaving hours worth of reside mess to clean up is the name of the game.
Some elbow grease and the right side is removed;
A little more heat and the center section is motivated to give up its grasp;
Really stubborn areas were additionally motivated;
Film is gone, the surface is ready to be decontaminated and recovered.
The issue (running almost the length of the hood);
Getting started for removal. A little heat, to get the adhesive pliable. Any drunkard can rip the film off, but doing so without leaving hours worth of reside mess to clean up is the name of the game.
Some elbow grease and the right side is removed;
A little more heat and the center section is motivated to give up its grasp;
Really stubborn areas were additionally motivated;
Film is gone, the surface is ready to be decontaminated and recovered.
Are you planning to do a clear wrap or stick with a ceramic coat?
It will be re-covered with XPEL or Suntek.
Ceramic coating is done for ease of washing, uv, and bird dropping protection. It does nothing to protect you from debris--which is the film's job.
Hows the cerakote hold up on the hardware? Thinking of getting all the old looking hardware replaced but if cerakote will hold up I may just go with that instead.
It holds up perfect.
Home stretch.
Selecting and cutting templates for the film. The car is getting;
Full hood
Headlights
Mirrors
A-Pillars
Partial Roof
Rear brake inlets
The original film (which is in good shape) on the front bumper, side sills, and rear bumper is getting a polish to give it back some optics.
Making a few passes on the hood before the new film is laid;
New film going on;
Film is laid, and curing. It takes hours and hours for all of the moisture to evaporate from underneath the film, before any coatings can be applied. Curt did the film in 3 pieces on the hood as before, except where's before the 3 pieces were equal size in strips, his method was to lay a large center flanked by thinner outside pieces meeting at the vent recess. This makes the seam all but invisible when viewing off angle.
You can see the seam here running from the bottom right corner of the vent;
On the opposite side, the outer film is not yet laid, making seam pronounced and easy to see;
While waiting on the film to set, the center caps were finished up and re-installed. The center caps turned out to be a giant PITA. Try as we might, we could not get the inlay color to match the GTS blue with any sort of accuracy as we had to lay a base coat first and it was bleeding through and mixing with the blue and clear under bake-out. Masking and doing this process multiple times was ridiculously time intensive, so after a few attempts we decided to change directions. At first I thought about just installing them with the first satin coat;
That seemed a bit uninspired, so Curt suggested we clear just the in-lay to give it some contrast and pop. The end result was perfect, pictures don't really do it justice. Its very subtle, but from a distance the in-lay catches light and reflects, helping the centers not be "lost" on the wheels. It looks very oem+, which is how I like things.
Selecting and cutting templates for the film. The car is getting;
Full hood
Headlights
Mirrors
A-Pillars
Partial Roof
Rear brake inlets
The original film (which is in good shape) on the front bumper, side sills, and rear bumper is getting a polish to give it back some optics.
Making a few passes on the hood before the new film is laid;
New film going on;
Film is laid, and curing. It takes hours and hours for all of the moisture to evaporate from underneath the film, before any coatings can be applied. Curt did the film in 3 pieces on the hood as before, except where's before the 3 pieces were equal size in strips, his method was to lay a large center flanked by thinner outside pieces meeting at the vent recess. This makes the seam all but invisible when viewing off angle.
You can see the seam here running from the bottom right corner of the vent;
On the opposite side, the outer film is not yet laid, making seam pronounced and easy to see;
While waiting on the film to set, the center caps were finished up and re-installed. The center caps turned out to be a giant PITA. Try as we might, we could not get the inlay color to match the GTS blue with any sort of accuracy as we had to lay a base coat first and it was bleeding through and mixing with the blue and clear under bake-out. Masking and doing this process multiple times was ridiculously time intensive, so after a few attempts we decided to change directions. At first I thought about just installing them with the first satin coat;
That seemed a bit uninspired, so Curt suggested we clear just the in-lay to give it some contrast and pop. The end result was perfect, pictures don't really do it justice. Its very subtle, but from a distance the in-lay catches light and reflects, helping the centers not be "lost" on the wheels. It looks very oem+, which is how I like things.
Black wheel weights showed up as well, so all the wheels were pulled for the swap;
Before
After
Now on to the good stuff. 2 step color correction begun on the entire vehicle. Watching this process unfold makes me think that detailers who do it properly don't charge enough. So tedious.
Car is completely corrected, ready for a rinse.
Rinsed, and every panel gone over with Carpro Eraser to remove any oils or surface contaminants. Ready for ceramic coating;
Arguably the best coating in the business;
Coating was applied to every surface, twice, and every panel is cured with a shortwave IR lamp;
Lets go to Mars;
Yes sir!!! Have it on the full exterior of my truck. Great stuff. The closest shop to me that did the Cquartz Finest was an hour away, but so worth the drive and price.Arguably the best coating in the business;
Your Viper looks amazing.
A few shots;
This is a sickness, I thought I had it bad until I saw this thread. If I ever reincarnate I want to come back as one of your cars.
But really, beautiful car and top notch work!
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But really, beautiful car and top notch work!
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Your attention to detail is second to none!
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