1996 Buick Regal Coated

[The Guz]

I am getting the family vehicles ready for the El Nino rain season. This is my mom's daily driver. I was not looking to make this a show car appearance but rather to get some protection on the paint. In addition to that I was sent this coating to review by Nick over at Autogeek a few months ago. I finally had time to use it. I will review the product on the Autogeek forum.

This paint hides defects very well. The car is champagne in color. It is the original paint.

Here are the products used:

Wash- Adams Car Shampoo

Paint Decon - Ironx, Clay with D155

Compound -
M100 on a Meguiar's Burgundy thin foam pad. This was done only on the hood, roof, trunk and front fenders.
Pinnacle Advanced Compound on a 3" Lake Country Cyan Hydrotech foam pad. Side Pillars only

Polish -
M205 on a Meguiar's Yellow thin foam pad. This was done only on the hood, roof, trunk and front fenders.
Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish on a 3" Lake Country Tangerine Hydrotech foam pad. Side Pillars only

Surface Prep - Pinnacle Black Label Surface Cleaninsing Polish. Meguiar's Black thin foam pad on the hood, roof, trunk and front fenders. Lake Country Tangerine Polishing pad on the bumpers, rear quarters and doors.

Paint Protection - Pinnacle Black Label Version 2

Wheels - Dub Wheel Cleaner

Tires - D143, Dressed with Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Gel

Glass - Clayed, Detailer's Pro Glass Restorer Polish (Front Glass only), Detailer's Pro Coating Prep Polish (all glass), Detailer's Pro Glass Coating (all glass)


Started things off using this wash method.

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...shing-car.html

IronX doing it's thing. This car has never had any type of iron remover applied.



I tested out a new compound and polish from the Pinnacle line. This is my initial test spot on the side pillars. I started off with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish on a polishing pad. See above for more info. I think it's obvious which pillar was corrected



I then moved to the left pillar this time going more aggressive and going with Pinnacle Advanced Compound followed by Advanced finishing polish. Again the right side was only polished.



I didn't take too many photos. I ended up switching to M100 and M205 for the hood, roof, trunk and front fenders. Those areas had some oxidation that needed to be removed. I also did not correct the rear quarters, bumpers, and doors. Those just got the surface cleaning polish with a Lake Country Tangerine Hydrotect pad to remove any embedded dirt and prep the surface for the paint coating. See above for more info.

Here are the finished photos

[wheckathorn]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Looks better than New.

[exploreco]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Guz, you always do a great job at making those older cars look new! I mean, that is a 20 year old car. How many miles is on it? It looks great.

[Nick Winn]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.

[The Guz]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Looks better than New.

Thanks.

Guz, you always do a great job at making those older cars look new! I mean, that is a 20 year old car. How many miles is on it? It looks great.

Thanks. I think it's around 110-115K miles on it.

Nice work! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Nick.

[davey g-force]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Great work Mike!

I'm surprised you had to get aggressive on those B pillars. They are generally very soft.

[The Guz]

Re: 1996 Buick Regal Coated

Great work Mike!

I'm surprised you had to get aggressive on those B pillars. They are generally very soft.

Thanks. The pillars looked decent after the polish and they did have oxidation. They are almost like single stage paint. The drivers side still had deep defects on the pillars. I think I would need to use a microfiber cutting disc to get them like the passenger side. But this one is a daily and not a show car so it's as good as it's going to get.

The cars never been compounded. Some areas the paints faded. Hoping my mom trades this in for a newer car before she retires.