rohanhet Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hi all, I'm quite new to this forum - thought I'd share the below with you ... I own a black IS250 sports luxury which I bought 9 months ago. I bought the car 1 year old second hand from a private owner for a very decent price. The car looked perfect and I had it checked by several ppl including the NRMA before buying (wondering to myself why it was selling so cheap). Things seemed too good. Three months in, I started to notice water marks which I couldn't remove. It turned out to be salt water which etched into the paint. The guy I bought it from used a paint filler to cover up - the more you washed the more the paint filler was removed hence showing the flaws. Taking it to a few places including the Lexus dealership most adviced me to get it re-sprayed. The only person who offered assistance was the PolishDoc (member in this forum) - however being in Sydney and he in Melbourne I wanted to check locally first. I came across a guy Peter 'Dr Buff' who helped me out. 22 hours of work went in. The results were amazing and totally exceeded my expectations! Before and after shots below. Before shot 1: Before shot 2: Before (left) / After (right): Before (top) / After (bottom): Dr Buff at work: After shot 1: After shot 2: I highly recommend Peter. You can check him out at http://www.paintcorrections.com/ He has included a write up of the work he did on my car under ''Customer Cars' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankyX Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Looks great! Sounds like you got a great deal on the car for a quick fix of the initial problem. Do you mind me asking how much it cost for the finished product? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Fantastic finish. Black looks amazing when cleaned properly. I bet your glad you spent the money for a quality job. I recently had a drivers door paint chip "corrected" by a chip repair mob. All looked OK initially, until I got some sun shining off the repair area in the late afternoon. All I could then see were a mass of swirls across the entire drivers door and half the rear door, where he had to blend the paint and clear coat. I decided to try correcting it myself with a random orbit polisher, some compounds and some elbow grease. Here are some photos to show the initial damage and the final result. I was so happy with the doors I ran over the whole car and removed almost all swirl marks. Baby shines again, especially after the wax was applied :P Before After swirl removal, no wax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanhet Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Looks great! Sounds like you got a great deal on the car for a quick fix of the initial problem.Do you mind me asking how much it cost for the finished product? Hi there Franky, The total cost was $1890 for just under 3 days of work. However much much cheaper than a full respray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohanhet Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 Fantastic finish. Black looks amazing when cleaned properly. I bet your glad you spent the money for a quality job.I recently had a drivers door paint chip "corrected" by a chip repair mob. All looked OK initially, until I got some sun shining off the repair area in the late afternoon. All I could then see were a mass of swirls across the entire drivers door and half the rear door, where he had to blend the paint and clear coat. I decided to try correcting it myself with a random orbit polisher, some compounds and some elbow grease. Here are some photos to show the initial damage and the final result. I was so happy with the doors I ran over the whole car and removed almost all swirl marks. Baby shines again, especially after the wax was applied :P Before Wow - you've done an impressive job yourself! I couldn't agree more - black looks amazing .. but only when clean and a nice paint finish!! Swirl marks, acid rain, paint etchings are so obvious though on black paint and are highlighted so easily. Whenever I clean the car now, I view it in both strong natural light (which really does show any signs of swirl and spider marks) as well as flourescent light (which highlights water marks / etchings). In hindsight I probably would have bought the charcoal colour IS250 as I spend so much time trying to keep it clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
last1 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Bluey, what type of random orbital do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bluey, what type of random orbital do you use? Meguiars!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
last1 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bluey, what type of random orbital do you use? Meguiars!! Thanks. Do you use the Meguiar pads on it as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluey Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Bluey, what type of random orbital do you use? Meguiars!! Thanks. Do you use the Meguiar pads on it as well? Yes. Thats what I used for the paint correction in the pictures in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
last1 Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Bluey, what type of random orbital do you use? Meguiars!! Thanks. Do you use the Meguiar pads on it as well? Yes. Thats what I used for the paint correction in the pictures in this thread. Thanks Bluey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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