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  • #16
    Re: work in progress...

    worked on the truck some more yesterday. The wife removed all the lower body moldings and since the truck and paint is 21 years old there are lines where the paint isn't faded and also she never really waxed the lower sections so they were in quite poor condition!
    this is all just with several passes of Ultimate Compound, still need a pass or two more to try and removed more of the swirls and scratches, then polish and wax.
    on to the pics:
    Before:
    edge of fender and door:

    middle of door:

    rear of door edge of cab:

    front of bed:

    rear of bed:


    After:
    fender and door:

    middle of door:

    door and cab:

    front of bed:

    rear of bed:
    Joel
    1976 Cutlass S
    2001 PT Cruiser
    1990 454SS
    1989
    Suburban

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    • #17
      Re: work in progress...

      worked on the SS some more today...

      Went over the rocker panels with Ultimate Polish:

      front of door:

      middle of door:

      rear of door:

      front of bed:

      rear of bed:
      Joel
      1976 Cutlass S
      2001 PT Cruiser
      1990 454SS
      1989
      Suburban

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      • #18
        Re: work in progress...

        I also went over the bed side with Ultimate Compound and Polish. The UC removed most all of the nastiness and the UP cleaned up the micro marring and left a great shine! I still have to do a bunch of hand work in the body lines and then wax...

        before:

        front of bed:

        middle of bed:

        rear of bed:

        After:

        front of bed:

        middle of bed:

        rear of bed:
        Joel
        1976 Cutlass S
        2001 PT Cruiser
        1990 454SS
        1989
        Suburban

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        • #19
          Re: work in progress...

          A close up of after the UC:

          and after the UP:
          Joel
          1976 Cutlass S
          2001 PT Cruiser
          1990 454SS
          1989
          Suburban

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          • #20
            Re: work in progress...

            That truck was pretty beat up. Nice turnaround.
            Practice doesn't make perfect, the dedication to achieve perfection makes perfect. "Smack"
            2011 Jet Black 328i Touring
            2007 Jet Black 335i Sedan

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            • #21
              Re: work in progress...

              Lookin' good man!!!!! Truck is turning out real nice!
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              • #22
                Re: work in progress...

                Thanks guys!

                It is a bunch of work but it is pretty enjoyable and the wife is thrilled with how well it's coming out as well!
                Joel
                1976 Cutlass S
                2001 PT Cruiser
                1990 454SS
                1989
                Suburban

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                • #23
                  Re: work in progress...

                  As of now I am finished with almost the entire truck! I only have the tailgate and bed cover to do... For now I have called it a day on doing all the body lines by hand, they will get done at some point. I finished the passenger side rocker panels and bed side, all done with UC follow by UP then topped with Gold Class Carnauba Plus and I think it looks good! I would say it's about 85% perfect, but about a million % better than before I started!
                  On to the Pics:
                  Right side






                  Left Side




                  Joel
                  1976 Cutlass S
                  2001 PT Cruiser
                  1990 454SS
                  1989
                  Suburban

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                  • #24
                    Re: work in progress...

                    The wife took some shots of the truck while we were at a local car show on Saturday.

                    full frontal:

                    3/4 rear:

                    3/4 front:

                    hood up:
                    Joel
                    1976 Cutlass S
                    2001 PT Cruiser
                    1990 454SS
                    1989
                    Suburban

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                    • #25
                      Re: work in progress...

                      Looks really good Joel. Im a fan of the full length billet grill on those Chevy's. The billet Bowtie tops it off.
                      Practice doesn't make perfect, the dedication to achieve perfection makes perfect. "Smack"
                      2011 Jet Black 328i Touring
                      2007 Jet Black 335i Sedan

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                      • #26
                        Re: work in progress...

                        rcktpwrd,

                        How much product ( UC ) did you use since you started the project?

                        Regards!

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                        • #27
                          Re: work in progress...

                          Sorry, I forgot to mention,

                          Nice work, congrats!

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                          • #28
                            Re: work in progress...

                            Rodrigo,

                            on this truck I have used about 2 bottles of the UC and I'm not done yet! I still have the bed cover and tailgate to do.
                            When I did my PT Cruiser I think I used maybe half a bottle to clean it up, but that paint was in decent shape to begin with...

                            Thanks for the complements guys!
                            Joel
                            1976 Cutlass S
                            2001 PT Cruiser
                            1990 454SS
                            1989
                            Suburban

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                            • #29
                              Re: work in progress...

                              Thank you for answering!

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