Before & Afters

[Team Adam's]

At yesterdays detail clinic the discussion of demos on badly swirled paint came up. To that end I'd like to get a thread underway that shows some real good examples of BEFORE & AFTER.

Limit each post to one specific process or product (ex. swirl removal, VRT on trim, interior cleaner on stains)

 

To keep this organized lets try to keep the format pretty uniform. I think this could be a great resource for those looking to see whats possible with the products.

 

Lets follow this template:

 

List vehicle make and model, quick rundown of condition

>BEFORE SHOT #1<

>BEFORE SHOT #2<

 

List product used and process

>AFTER SHOT #1<

>AFTER SHOT #2<

 

>BRAGGING SHOT<

 

I'll get us started off:

2008 Chevy Avalanche LTZ, belongs to my little brother. At this point it had only been waxed once in its life and was washed pretty haphazardly by him on occasion, but mostly was sent thru the car wash (my brother and I have vastly different approaches to car care)

 

 

Washed, clayed, & dried

2 passes orange pad w/ Swirl & Haze Remover

1 pass white pad w/ Fine Machine Polish

1 pass gray pad w/ Machine Superwax

 

 

Finished Product:

Edited May 17, 2009 by Dylan06SS

[chicklet]

Great job baldie! Wonderful reflection!

[baldie]

Thanks guys! I wish I would've known about this site before I bought my Sterling Grey Metallic 2011 Mustang GT...I would've bought black lol.

[Ironterp]

BEFORE

 

 

 

 

 

AFTER

 

holy crap

[Carolinaboy]

 

After Leather Interior Cleaner & Finished with Leather/interior conditioner

[Captain Slow]

I love Americana and I love the 4" polishing pad kit, two VERY BIG thumbs up.

 

Before (after the collision center)

 

 

After:

 

Edited April 12, 2011 by sportredmistress
replaced cloudy day picture w/sunny day picture :)

[walt1967]

heres my before and after and a few mods like de badging it but even though its brand new the shine is fing amazing

 

before

 

after

[Carolinaboy]

Very well done now Slam that thing

[Team Adam's]

Very well done now Slam that thing

 

Agreed.

[THE Mook]

Agreed.

[ATTACH]6553[/ATTACH]

 

MUCHHHHHHHH Better!

[Team Adam's]

The Ram is a very TALL truck... lowering them has a very dramatic impact on the look, moreso IMO than any other truck out right now.

[walt1967]

na allready dropped the rear 2'' thats low enough for me

[aworkman]

First time attempting "before" and "after" pics.

 

2008 FJ Cruiser (Black Diamond)

Before (Every part of the paint looked like this or worse)

 

After Wash/Clay/SHR/FMP/MSW/BG

[Bill-V8V]

Great job Adam :thumbsup:

[aworkman]

Thanks man! It was a lot of fun. I only finished half of it though

 

I showed a friend these pictures today and he couldn't believe the difference.

[MAYBEN]

nice job everyone..

[Osok]

Aworkman..nice job! Must be an FJ owner thing. One of my buddies has the same truck and it was in the same shape last year when I did a correction on it. Saddly he's managed to scratch it all up again so I get to do it again for him in a couple weeks. I tried to tell him no snow brushes or car washes..but that didnt sink in.

[aworkman]

Thanks Paul!

 

That's the shape I found the truck in when I bought it about a month ago. I'm hoping to never let the paint get like that again!

[Diggerdan11]

Well I got to test out Adams for the First Time this weekend. I will admit that my I have not been giving my truck the love it deserves the past few years. This weekend I washed my truck, and cleaned the wheel wells, and tested out my RP on the side of my bumper, and some BW. Last year over a couple of months I did not realize but when i was parking in my garage I was rubbing up against a cardboard box which left small scratches and marks on the side of my front bumper

Here is what it looked like before

And After, just clay bar, RP, and BW

I am very impressed with the results, not perfect buy much better

I cant wait till I get my PC Kit so I can really do some corrections, of course it wont get rid of all the rock chips on the front of the truck, but it should still look much better. I will also be attending a detail clinic at the end of May, and the person puting on the clinc said he might use my truck as the guinea pig which will be nice.

 

Also this weekend I used almost and entire bottle of APC to clean my wheel wells, and I am very impressed withe UCS. Sorry I dont have any before and afters of the wheel wells

Edited May 2, 2011 by Diggerdan11

[AVA182]

Before:

 

After GWC, APC and SVRT:

[Foxxer]

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

[Kustom_FX]

Before:

 

 

After:

 

 

 

BEAUTIFUL! That sand is murder on your paint bud.. dam..

[J Tegeler]

I will psot some pics up once my PC kit gets here in the mail. i went over the whole car by hand and was amazed, so amazed that i ordered the PC kit to get even more results. all the results in here are amazing! i hope mine turn out half this good lol

[LDM]

American Racing aluminum rims badly oxidized from years of neglect.

 

Before:

 

Process involved Metal Polish #1 used with 4" focus pads on a drill, followed by hand application of Metal Polish #1 and then Metal Polish #2 with a microfiber applicator. Finally sealed with Machine SuperWax applied with a hand applicator.

 

After:

 

For more on this process, check this thread: http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11274

[Nervouz]

All Adams goodies. Used the Porter Cable 7424XP along with Adams Swirl/Haze removed, Polish & MSW.

 

 

Then I focused on the rear hatch.

 

 

Doors were next.

 

 

The hood after some lovin

 

[Diggerdan11]

Here is a picture of my truck, I just did a test on the front passenger quarter panel. I washed it by had a couple days ago, so today I used the WCW, then I just used some RP, and BW

Before:

After:

Not to bad for just the hand products,Of course Adams products wont help me with the rock chips, Im hoping I can get those tinny scratches out with my PC kit when i actually get a chance to use it and have a garage to do it in.