As some of you may know, my girlfriend picked up a Berlina AP1 a couple of months ago. The paint was in pretty bad shape when she got it--it had obviously never been clayed/polished before and had some very heavy swirl marks and hologramming all over it.

Due to my busy schedule lately, I've only had time to do mini-details on her car here and there--I haven't really done a complete swirl removal on her car since she bought it. Anyways, it was nice out today and I had some free time, so I decided to put my rotary skills to the test! Here are the results... (I apologize for my crappy pics, my camera doesn't do these pictures justice )



No more swirls/holograms!






Liquid Berlina...






Process:
-Wash
-Clay
-50/50 mix of HTEC/OP via LC orange pad and rotary at 1400rpms
-Menzerna FPII via LC finishing pad and rotary at 1100rpms
-PC at speed 6 on the bumpers and other hard to reach areas
-Topped with Menzerna FMJ
-Vinylex on wheel wells, softtop, and all other exterior plastic
-Tires dressed with Poorboy's Bold n' Bright

 

Nice and shiney But whats up with the softtop , why is it grey ?

 

Nice pics, it looks like the lighting is what is making the top look grey.

 

Lookin good!! Berlina FTW

 

The top itself is actually pretty faded--the car is an '02 with ~50k miles, and from what I can tell, it looks like it's sat outside for most of its life without anything to protect it!

 

303 or ragtopp may bring it back. Have you tried it?

 

very nice job!!

welcome another black car to our group!!

 

Yup... I use Vinylex (same as 303 basically) and it only works temporarily. I think dyeing the top is the only way to get back to its original color...

 

looking good man! I just clayed my car as well over the weekend...need a buffer though...

 

My garage is always open, just let me know