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Old 01-07-2009, 10:26 PM
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Default Presidential Detailed: 2002 Pontiac Trans Am Firehawk

This car has been sitting for a while, a garage door was accidentally shut onto the rear bumper and left a few scratches in its wake. It was in pretty rough shape, I spent a total of 3 days on this one..Enjoy! PS. I got the scratches out of the bumper..

Products:

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Meguairs M105/PFW Wool x2
Menzerna SIP/Orange
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

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Old 01-07-2009, 10:27 PM
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Once I got it cleaned up, this is how it looked under the halogen lighting..ops:

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Old 01-07-2009, 10:28 PM
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Now for some nice 50/50 shots!

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Finished:
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Products Updated.
 
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Old 01-15-2009, 06:55 PM
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Wow. Looks brand new.
 
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nice job! (like always)
you should do more audis tho :P
 
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Wow, beautiful job!
 


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