05 Neon Revisited

[Sydster]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Looking Great!

[dvtldav]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Nice shine, great color. Is that a #24 wrap on the steering wheel?

[Nappers]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Nice shine, great color. Is that a #24 wrap on the steering wheel?

#20 Baby, Tony Stewart!! Hence the orange color (not the reason we bought the car )

Aaron

[Nappers]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Okay, another update. I don't know how you guys do it......I tried M83 three passes, no good, tried M83 1 pass with rotary with 8006, no good. I ended up using #2 with 8006 and had awesome results. I guess the clear coat on this beast is hard as nails. The overall appearence looked good but the deep swirls did not even budge with the G100/83 combo. I'm glad I did test sections first, I also made sure to clean the pads thoroughly they still built up product though, hence the reason you guys have more than one pad for each car..... I only got half the car done but will finish tommorow.

Swirls like this:


After (although not the same section, same type of swirls):


The sunlight and my patience is out so...Off I go and wash my MF and pads that got really loaded and finish her tommorow, we are leaving for Reno EARLY Saturday night (like 0200) and it's payday

TTFN (Ta Ta For Now)

Aaron

[amari]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Sweet Ride and great detail job

[97 Supra]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

"Hi!"

Great job, and a 5 speed? Nice!

[Nappers]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

It's 1642hrs. Sun is going down and I'm done. My patience bottle had the last drop squeezed out of it.

Here are the finals.

Process:
Wipe down with QD
M83/8006 X 3 passes
M02/8006 X 1-2 (depending on problem) (rotary)
M02/7006 X 1 = Holograms (test spot) (luckily it was in my test spot and easily fixed with M83) (rotary)
NXT/9006 (G100) (hand where G100 couldn't get)

A few splatters to clean up, but not too bad, at least it wasn't raining M80 like I did last time I tried a rotary. Overall, my rotary experience has been positive. I started out slow on speed and worked up to what I thought was enough speed. I used the Chicago Electric Rotary and it did not give me any trouble.....Yet. This was my 3rd go at the G100 and I'm glad to say, patience is key. M83 if finicky and I had little to no dusting problems and I cleaned the pad after every pass, once in a while I did every other pass but paid the price. I believe that's what happened the last time I used the G100, too much product and the pad wouldn't spin. This time, it spun just fine. I may need to move up to a stronger compound than 2 as the clear coat is hard as nails.

My end result is nice. Hopefully one of the nicer Dodge Neon SXT Orange Blast you'll see!

It was hard work. I definately need to attend an Open Garage, maybe I can speed things up. I have at least 12 hours into it. I have to say is I am glad I had patience and I'm glad I did test spots, the whole car had different ways to polish. The hood polished out in 2 passes of 83, drivers side 3 passes of 83, a pass of M02 thrown in the middle in test spots. Passenger side, 3 passes of M83, 2 passes of M02. All with 8006 and a pass with the rotary with
02 at one point. I tried M02 with a 7006 pad and got holograms, nothing bad and a pass of M83 took it out. I may just stick with 8006 pads for now .


























I'm pooped now and we are getting ready to leave EARLY to head to Reno!

Thanks for looking Again, and again.

Thanks to you pro's and you DIY for your tips and awesome write ups. My car is not perfect but it lookes 200% better than it did.

L8R

Aaron

Edit: sorry for some wider photos, I know the rules, I just may not have hit saved on the ol' PS...Dang it. Sorry bout that.