Dull hood on the 94 Coupe

[eyeball96]

The 94 Coupe I recently purchased from Bigbird has/had a very oxidized hood. It must have been damaged and painted in the past, but not clearcoated.

Today I was able to attempt to rectify the the problem. I've had LIFE ISSUES since the day after purchase,(long story) but today I installed Damons old head unit that Bird was nice enough to include, and installed the rear seat backs, that weren't! (Bird had a problem with a vacuum) I had to buy all new bolts!

I used Maguires cleaner wax, and the elbow on the hood. Lots of red paint came off on the towel and I reapplied the the wax twice, then followed that up with Eagle one Nano wax. It turned out pretty good! Here's a few pics! Can't wait to polish the entire car!!

I still have to install the passenger door handle, and there's a few other things I need to work on, but shes coming around! It'll be cherry one day.......unless the wife kills me first!

Here it is before




And after the rubbin!!

[MIC0417]

All Hail the mighty power of elbow grease

[Venom_5]

Uh oh ... looks like im gonna have to clean my car over Winter Break ... wouldnt want Joe taking my title of Best @ Detailing

[bigbird]

hey Joe, polish it like 3 more times(as well as the bumper) and ull be at the primer.

ur gonna have to paint it man, even if u clear coated it the oxidation is too bad to just cover up. i polished it every 2 months and it kept goin back to the haze. i thought u were sellin the lights back to Gino?

[eurohazard]

The car looks great in the pics! Nice work.

[Venom_5]

wish i had a Gen 3, i would buy those headlights .... (but i like my Gen3.5 styles better, so no conversion!)

[bigbird]

i like the 3.5 bumper better, but then u cant put in the alero foglights

[eyeball96]

Originally Posted by bigbird

hey Joe, polish it like 3 more times(as well as the bumper) and ull be at the primer.

ur gonna have to paint it man, even if u clear coated it the oxidation is too bad to just cover up. i polished it every 2 months and it kept goin back to the haze. i thought u were sellin the lights back to Gino?

hahah!! Then I be polishing it monthly then..Gino had some problems, not sure what, but I'm in no hurry to do the exchange were were discussing. He'll contact me when he's ready to deal!