RX-8 detail with scratch removal
 

This car actually used to belong to a friend of mine, and was picked up by the new owner about a month ago - it's his third RX-8. When the car was delivered to him, it had been to an autocross event at Carlisle two days before and needed a good cleaning. There was also a long scratch I knew about on the passenger side from having seen the car before and I was able to dramatically improve it.

On to the pics:

As delivered to me this morning:
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After the job was complete:
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Driver's side front before:
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Driver's side front after:
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Driver's side rear before:
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Driver's side rear after:
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Passenger side rear 3/4 shot before:
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Passenger side rear 3/4 shot after:
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Hood and fender with bird droppings, amongst other things:
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Hood and fender after:
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Engine bay before and afters:
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Exhaust tip before:
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Exhaust tip after hand polishing and trim dressing:
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Here are the pics of the nasty scratch that goes down both doors of the passenger side:
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I taped off the panels I didn't want to wet sand and began to work.

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This is how it looked after the first pass of wet sanding with 1500:
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Here it is after the second pass:
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Here it is after a good polishing to bring the gloss back, and a couple coats of wax just like the rest of the car:
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Outside in the real light:
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The interior all cleaned and dressed:
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The final results:
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Re: RX-8 detail with scratch removal
 

Beautiful job!

Thank you!

And to think I did all those jobs for free. Hehe...j/k. Nice work man.

Thanks bud!

what hood is that?

what grit wet sand paper did u use?

beautiful job

Seibon KS Style Carbon Fiber Hood (I am the previous owner Jeff mentioned)








Man i miss that car........

1500

how did u take those scratches out so easily?