RESTO 95 XP800 Resto/Light Mods

[racerxxx]

Sure did. Look at the photo from when i picked it up their was no saving it

That hood was an easy resto. I've fixed worse. I'm almost done one that was painted black. Piece of cake, probably 2 hours work to mint that hood out. Soft scrub with bleach would have gotten 90% of that out, the last 10% is wipe new. I would have gladly resto'd those hoods for free just to save them from being painted.

 

[1983]

Ive got a yellow 95' hood that someone painted :-/

 

[nickj718]

That hood was an easy resto. I've fixed worse. I'm almost done one that was painted black. Piece of cake, probably 2 hours work to mint that hood out. Soft scrub with bleach would have gotten 90% of that out, the last 10% is wipe new. I would have gladly resto'd those hoods for free just to save them from being painted.

Sure color wise i could have gotten it no problem and I'm well aware of the soft scrub trick. The large gouges and scratches all over the hood would not have come out though. Needed a paint otherwise I wouldn't have done it.

 

[Cpt Momo]

Ive got a yellow 95' hood that someone painted :-/

PM your way

 

[nickj718]

Getting closer! I also found a mint handlebar pad, its a bit dirty from installing and doing the finger throttle but when clean it looks new. Seat and final check over tonight and then testing Thursday if the weather holds out

 

[Ruskeyjdm]

Looks good!
What kind of sponsons are those? They look like they are upside down or something

 

[Matt Braley]

They are upside down. Maybe the previous owner liked to do spins or something.

 

[nickj718]

HOLY CRAP I INSTALLED THE LEFT ONE UPSIDE DOWN!!! Nice catch Matt but you ruined my day....

 

[Ankeneyou]

You should leave it like that. Now you can make tight right hand turns and still do 360s to the left!

 

[snikwad003]

Need to to spins to the right and hard turns to the left so you can be the nascar of x4s

 

[nickj718]

So pissed damn land shark lol

 

[snikwad003]

Dont get drunk next time you clean your raves! :cheers:

 

[nickj718]

Dont get drunk next time you clean your raves! :cheers:

? Story behind that

 

[nickj718]

Looks good!
What kind of sponsons are those? They look like they are upside down or something

Racer makes them

 

[snikwad003]

? Story behind that

Not that I know of, but if landshark assist you in putting things upside down, the raves are one you probably dont want to do with landsharks help.

 

[nickj718]

lol i was just joking around it was late and i just threw them on.

Doing a final buff them ceramic coating tonight can't wait to see how it turns out

 

[suke]

lol i was just joking around it was late and i just threw them on.

Doing a final buff them ceramic coating tonight can't wait to see how it turns out

whatcha gonna use for the coating? I just put gloss coat on my X4, also have it on my jeep. I have DLux on my wheels and plastics on the jeep though.

 

[suke]

Interested to see how it holds up

 

[nickj718]

whatcha gonna use for the coating? I just put gloss coat on my X4, also have it on my jeep. I have DLux on my wheels and plastics on the jeep though.

Using Quartz ceramic coat

Are you talking about opt-coat? looks nice

 

[suke]

Using Quartz ceramic coat

Are you talking about opt-coat? looks nice

cquartz?

optimum gloss coat is basically the next gen opti-coat 2.0....I believe is what they called it. There still is opti-coat pro which is now supposedly carrying a 5-7 year protection life. Which I find very optimistic.

Cquartz Dlux has been pretty amazing on my wheels on my Jeep. I'm less than impressed with how it laid down on my plastic roof. When that wears off i'll be replacing all of that with gloss coat. Particularly on the plastics. Wheels DLux is a lot more finicky to work with, but is holding up well.

If that wasn't clear gloss coat is a ceramic coating from Optimum and DLux is a ceramic coating meant for wheels and plastic from Cquartz. Just in case someone reads this and is like WTF? ha

 

[nickj718]

This is what I'm using

http://www.cqfinest.com

 

[suke]

This is what I'm using

http://www.cqfinest.com

Yup Cquartz. Good choice! The market has become absolutely saturated with all kinds of coatings. Have you seen immortal yet? Pretty wild stuff. So far only one installer in the US and they're in ATL.

 

[1of500]

50 for 30 ml

 

[suke]

50 for 30 ml

professional level detailing is not for the faint of wallet. Forget the amount of prep work that goes in to making the paint acceptable enough to put a coating on it. It's funny out of the 10 people I talk to about having their car detailed I'd say about 1 of those 10 actually follow through when I hit them with the cost. Keep in mind I'm cheaper and better than 99.9999% of all people that offer paint restoration in my area.

 

[1of500]

It's labor intensive. It takes a touch and an eye for detail. But unless it's a classic or exotic most people will not pay for it. They just want a wash and wax