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Still waiting for the silly sand seal to come in. While I was waiting I decided to clean up the back end of the car. I've successfully sanded and polished most of the rear of the car. I was never able to get in close around the license plate light, the license plate, around the tail lights or behind the bumper. It's always been kind of hazy and dull back around those parts.

 

I threw caution to the wind and removed everything so I could get in there and color sand the back end.

 

 

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Below you can sort of see what I mean. Just dull and bleh.

 

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Me and my trusty 2000 grit paper and a sanding block. Now it's REALLY dull.

 

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First pass with some compound on a wool cutting pad. Second pass with a lighter compound on a new pad:

 

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Third pass with a foam pad and some Chemical Brothers 'renew' glaze

 

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One pass with the Chemical Brothers 'Black Light' and a final pass on the Cyclone polisher and some Chemical Brothers 'Black wax'. 

 

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At this point I can't tell if it looks any better than it did two passes ago, but it's a whole lot better than it was when I started.

 

Oh, while I was in there I decided to clean up the wires once and for all. Good ol Al had a hodge podge of bullet and butt connectors. I'm going to upgrade the entire mess to some standard plugs.

 

 

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I did a tiny bit of work on the 'daily driver':

 

 

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Tune in next time when I finally seal up the rear of the engine compartment. (between the rear subframe and the rear of the body.

 

Thanks for checking in...


Ted

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