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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!
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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'
Paint Correction - Salt Water Etching
in Lexus IS250 / Lexus IS250C / Lexus IS350 / Lexus IS350C Club / Lexus IS-F / IS300h
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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.