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:


After the job was complete:


Driver's side front before:


Driver's side front after:


Driver's side rear before:


Driver's side rear after:


Passenger side rear 3/4 shot before:


Passenger side rear 3/4 shot after:


Hood and fender with bird droppings, amongst other things:


Hood and fender after:

 

Engine bay before and afters:







Exhaust tip before:


Exhaust tip after hand polishing and trim dressing:


Here are the pics of the nasty scratch that goes down both doors of the passenger side:

 

I taped off the panels I didn't want to wet sand and began to work.



This is how it looked after the first pass of wet sanding with 1500:


Here it is after the second pass:




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:




Outside in the real light:

 

The interior all cleaned and dressed:


The final results:

 

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?