The Twanksta

This is the former S&R Racing car here in Tampa, Rob(Primogen- our best ex-CO) picked the car up about a month or two ago and gave me a call to get it cleaned up for a show coming up. I must say, Ive seen the car before and was a little nervous with all the fiberglass molding and unsure condition of the paint. The entire front end is all aftermarket and I wasnt sure how the paint was going to hold up either, since it had cracked in a couple spots due to the flexing of the kit. Basically I told Rob, that I could make the car look a whole lot better, but was a little nervous to go for a full correction and he agreed. I ended up going at it with SIP/Orange and got very good results, actually night and day but the deeper swirling and some deeper scratched remained. Well on to the pics..

Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
Optimum Car Wash-Final Wash
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna PO85rd/Black
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Black WOW
Griots Garage Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Pneu


LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt 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

BEFORE:


Some pretty serious water etching..








There was quite a bit of hologramming from a previous detailer..

The Twanksta

We took the wheels off to clean up the undercarriage..












Wheel After..


Then we worked on the undercarriage..
BEFORE:




AFTER:




Rob being the helper he is, tightening the lugs..

The Twanksta

Now in the halogens..












50/50 on the hood with SIP/Orange..

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Taping off the edges to polish the inner rim of the vent..


A couple more before/afters..




















And the rest of the afters in the halogens..there wasnt much sun where I was working..not to mention the tent I had to use because there was no garage accessible.


















Couple of the sun shots I managed to get..

MuttGrunt

ooooohhh can't wait for more, including product list. awesome job inside the wheel wells. truly night and day. while i know its a drag to not try to get the paint perfect- thats, IMHO, just one part of a good detail job. when someone does the nooks and crannies right - you know they were a serious detailer

The Twanksta

Now finally finished..






















And finally my favorite..I love to see the cars bead up after I finish them!


One on the way to the show that my GF took, I just cropped it.

Blue_AP2

Great job.. Wish i can do something like this myself

Willie Gee

noice werk!

The Twanksta

Thanks!

JohnsS2000

Blly , photos look awesome , the car in person looks absolutly awesome , Black is THE hardest color , super work man .