Batmobile Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Comments

[Mike Phillips]

Batmobile Extreme Makeover - Pictures & Comments

The Batman Car arrives! at 7:30am Bat Time!

[Mike Phillips]

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A snug fit in the Meguiar's Batcave!









Anytime you can remove any trim or other components before machine cleaning and polishing it's a good idea to do so. Here Nick removes the Bat Antenna.

[PorscheGuy997]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu0xRmq3AY

See ya tomorrow!

[yalerd]

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Darn guys I wish I could participate
I hope you have a BLAST

[Tom Weed]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu0xRmq3AY


See ya tomorrow!

Chris, you going out to CA? COOL!

[Mike Phillips]

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The Batmobile sees a lot of wear and tear as it's a daily driver and the SoCal environment is a relatively harsh environment as it relates to finish care.

First we're going to do a couple of test spots, for perspective, here's a shot of the rear of the car and we'll be doing at least two test spots to dial in a process for the single stage paint on this car.



This is the kind of swirling that is throughout the finish of the Batmobile






Here's Nick wrapping some tape around the rubber grommet of the radio antenna to make clean up easier and to prevent getting any product on the rubber gasket or in the cracks and grooves in this area.



After claying these areas we did two test spots, one on each side of the Turbine. On one side we did,

M105/Rotary Buffer/W8207
M80/G110/W-8006





On the other side Nick did,

M105/Rotary Buffer/W8207
M82/G110/W9207

[J. A. Michaels]

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I hope you guys have a great time doing this. It will be a lot of work I am sure. Have fun. Will be looking for the progress reports tomorrow. Enjoy.

[Hemin8r]

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Will Mike & Nick dial in the process? Will the swirls be polished away? Will the Batmobile have the shine & protection it truly deserves to fight crime? There is only one way to find out. Stay tuned, Same Meguiars forum, same Meguiars thread.

[Jokeman]

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Will Mike & Nick dial in the process? Will the swirls be polished away? Will the Batmobile have the shine & protection it truly deserves to fight crime? There is only one way to find out. Stay tuned, Same Meguiars forum, same Meguiars thread.

Classic! Can't wait to see the end result.

[LacViet]

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wow, can't wait for tomorrow!

[Ryan L.]

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Just got back from a day at the Batcave and all I can say is WOW and Ouch. The car is WOW(ing)?, everything works, bat phone, lots of cool parts and toys. Ouch for the paint job though. If I heard correctly from Mike, the paint is a Single Stage Enamel on fiberglass panels. Paint is maybe 6-7 years old. Lots of swirls and very scratch sensative. Test panels showed that M105 by Rotary with a yellow Polishing Pad followed by #82 by DA with a yellow Polishing pad worked best. Upon further testing and 2 hours of many different combinations, Mike, Nick and Jason Rose went to town with PRC on a Wool Pad and I followed behind with a DA and #82. Further on and after doing about half the car Mike switched to 105 again with a Wool Pad and so did Nick.

Were not going for totally flawless finish as this is a daily driver.

Well I need some sleep so I can make the drive back up there tomorrow.

See everybody tomorrow!!

Ryan

[Mike Phillips]

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Just a note...

Was hoping to add pictures to the thread as we go but it's too time intensive to do this so we'll start adding pictures tomorrow.

It's also hard to upload photos with a buffer in your hands...

Thanks!

[Michael Stoops]

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Meguiar's Customer Care Center is in the building across the parking lot from our main building, meaning we can look down into the garage......sorry, BatCave..... and see Mike, Ryan and Nick working on the Batmobile during the day. It's a bit surreal, but when the work day ends today the fun will start in earnest!!

[LacViet]

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wow, what's a crazy night! That's all I can say for now. One of the best Thursday night ever. Here is sneak peak of today fun. I'm sure Jesse will post some great pics later on.

[PorscheGuy997]

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Wow!!! Being there is a thousand times better than looking through the pics.

Don't worry, I have over 1gb of pics to sort through sometime.