Presidential Detailed: 2005 Lotus Elise TURBO!!

[Presidential_Detail]

This car also belonged to the owner of the red S2K I just posted. This car is absolutely INCREDIBLE! The owner said it should be pushing somewhere near 350whp and this car is super lightweight! This car is tracked/auto-x'd quite often and actually just got back from one just before I detailed it as you can tell from the blue painters tape..haha! this car is so fast, the Targa flew off Fast and Furious style going over 120mph on the interstate and it SURVIVED!! :-o

Products:
Exterior:
Dawn Soap Pre-Wash
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m "green" Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna SIP/Orange
Menzerna 106fa/White
UK 3M Ultrafina/ UK 3M Finishing Pad
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of (retired) Cobra Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu

LSP:
Optimum Opti-Seal applied with Uber Foam Applicator
Two coats of Dodo Juice Supernatural Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush

BEFORE: Note. The wing was removed for polishing purposes.

[Presidential_Detail]

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All the plastic trim and moldings were cleaned with Meguiars APC+ and a Swissvax Brush and then treated with 1Z Einszett Gummi Pflege Stift.






This is the only damage the Targa sustained from its flight at 120mph on the highway!


After being compounded and polished..



A couple test 50/50 shots, the best I could capture on the camera with this color.




All the plastic trim, painted edges and the clear bra were taped off to prevent any damage from the buffer..




The engine was also degreased and dressed with Meguairs APC+ and Hyperdressing..




The only hint that you get to watch out for this thing!

[Presidential_Detail]

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AFTER:










If you cant tell, this is my favorite porton of the car.

[Presidential_Detail]

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Finally got the wing back on it, looks SOO much better!




















And one without the Targa.

[Justin Murphy]

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Very nice work. You can really see the gloss that was hiding behind the swirls.

Thanks for the write up.

[sudsbyhubbs]

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Those are such cool cars, I love them! Nice work on the Lotus!

[pampos]

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Looks amazing mate....

[yalerd]

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That's a very nice car! and a fine job indeed

[Presidential_Detail]

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Thanks!

[Firstson]

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That first 50/50 looks as if there are 2 different colors entirely. That is absolutely gorgeous work. I would accept a shotgun ride on an auto-x run as payment glady in one of the those beasts .

Peace

[Mike Phillips]

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Did one of those cars once, only used a few things to actually correct the paint and seal it, think it was M80 and NXT. Lot's of plastic to tape-off however...















After






Very cool looking cars...

[Presidential_Detail]

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Yes, I spent more time taping the car off than actually polishing it! haha!

[Carfire]

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Looks Great!!
Nice Work!!

[TimG]

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Wow. Good work man! Car turned up even looking better .

I could imagine the time taken to tape all them plastics and edges

[christian6984]

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nice work, never would have thought you would have lotus over there (its seen as a really small car manufacturer over here) stunning cars. Lotus know how combined with Toyota engines. Did i forget to mentioned there held together with glue (apparently)