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1977 Mercedes W124 300 Diesel. |
Rims weren't dinged up, but they needed attention. |
Good wash, sanding, primer, silver, then clear coat. |
Buff job for the body and an interior valet made this car look new. |
Clear coat was totally ruined on the fibreglass roof. Also, much of the van was covered with tape residue. |
I wanted to keep the original decals, as Airstream is a well known brand. |
Silver tends to be very forgiving, so the new paint around the decals looks awesome. |
Renewed to former glory. |
Found a B2600, fading in Yokohama. |
The paint under the haze was excellent. |
Picked up a set of good white letter tires. |
I was proud to make this little truck happy again! |
There's a lot of internet love for the MX6, but this one was in need of a new home and saviour. |
It came with a an extra set of rims, which is good, since there were still studded snow tires on it in July. But the new rims clear coat had all gone flakey. |
Two tone taping takes a while, but I knew the results would be worth it... I went with gold for the silver sections, as the top grade MX6 would have originally had gold alloys. |
Body buff and these rims totally transformed this car. There was something beautiful waiting there the whole time. |
The interior was spick and span, but the owners must have parked this under a pollution tree or something. |
Started with a pressure wash and a thourough soaping, then onto a buff job. |
If the roof isn't totally clean, it will all be for nought the next time it rains. Dirt will drool right down the side of your freshly cleaned paint. |
We advertised this camper online for less than 6 hours before its next owner snapped it up! |
Again, the clear coat on the fibreglass roof had burnt up in the sun. |
The dark green absorbed a lot more heat than a lighter colour would have, so it really needed a lot of sanding down before a smooth surface could be established. |
I was careful to maintain the original two tone lines on the roof. |
This particular camper was never going to be perfect, but it sure did improve to a very presentable level. |
I was delighted to find this short wheel base Pajero. We had them here under the name Dodge Raider, although not with a Diesel engine. |
It hadn't been licensed for over 6 years, and clearly hadn't been washed for longer than that. |
I did a two stage compound and polish. It got colour back into the decals and lustre back into the paintwork. |
Some fender flares and an excellent set of 17" rims and tires really modernized and toughened up the look of this 4x4. |
This is a car that I brought to Halifax for my very own. It did need a good cleanup after 6 weeks on a ship. |
It started out as a lovely little car, but I really wasn't into the rims, so I picked these up. Pretty rough, but for $100, I figured I'd give them a shot. |
This particular time, I used a stripping agent to get the old paint off. Primed, sanded with 800 grit, silver wheel paint and clearcoat made them look new. |
Yes, man! Give me sweet 16"'s over fiddly 14"'s any day. |
Sometimes to do the job right, you have no choice but to strip the interior out. |
Kids and dogs can do a number on any interior, but if it's a light colour, it's going to show up even more. |
Years of hands closing doors will build up sticky residues. |
With all the salt soaked and scrubbed out of the floor mats, even they can come back pretty well. |
Using some special soaps and a custom brush, I can wick the grime out of the seats almost as well as a steam cleaner, but with a lot more control over how much water gets into the foam. |
This interior brushed up much better than I expected. |
From nose to tail, the inside of this car is presenting itself so, so well. |
When the owner came to collect it, she was literally amazed at the differece. She honestly never thought she would see her car this clean again. |
A lot of Chrysler paint from the late 90's and early 2000's had an adhesion problem. |
This was a challenging job that I probably wouldn't have taken on if the van hadn't been white. |
Using colour coded spray cans, I was able to bring a near showroom shine back to this car. This is pre clear-coat. |
The moment of truth: When the client came to pick up his camper, he asked me where I had done the painting. |
An Autozam Carol Turbo that I tidied up. This one is on it's way to Canada now. |
A superb Alfa Romeo 916 Spider 3.0L that I wet sanded and buffed to a mirror like shine. |
The inside of this ex-electrician's van was absolutley shocking before I pulled it all apart and brought it back. |
An odd camper van, full kit inside but a normal roof height. Shined up to like new before selling it on. |
