05 Neon Revisited

[Nappers]

Gang,

My first days off in a long time with sunny weather and warm enough to play outside. I really wanted to wash my Neon and treat her to a proper make over since winter was kinda harsh.

My only process was a darn good wash. It still needs a little paint correction but we are expecting some not so good weather and will wait....maybe. I have been maintaining with ColorX so the swirls won't be so bad.

Process:
Meguiars Soft Soap - Wash 2 buckets.
Dry - Meguiars Supreme Shine Towels.
UQD on paint.
Cleaner Wax on wheels
Hot Shine on Tires.
#40 on wheel wells.
Gold Class Trim Detailer on exterior black trim and most outer door seals (for color purposes)
Shampooed with old Meguiars Carpet cleaner (pink bottle) and extracted
#40 on interior.
Removed front seats and vacuumed floor and seats (and extract coffee from back seat from a leaky thermos )
PlastX for headlights and tail lights

Thanks for looking....


Before:


After:


Before:


After:




Interior shots:






You can still see moisture on the seams from shampooing. I got it pretty dry but the seat fabric is hard to maintain.



I do the door jambs too:







We are going to Reno in a few days and my wife's Chariot awaits her



Thanks again for looking.

Aaron

[Andy M.]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Hey Arron,

Great Job!

Andy
101impala

[BlueZero]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Looks good Aaron!

[Ryan L.]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Looks great!! I really like that color and wheel combo, goes great together. Lots of gloss on it as well!!

Ryan

[rebelde33]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

I live in Reno so i'll keep a look out for your Neon.

[mattaleca]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Way to make the Mopar look killer. I love the burnt orange paint. Hot!

[VonLego]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Every time I see a picture of that neon all I can think of is WOW thats orange... and WOW thats some shine.

[yalerd]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Very nice jog Aaron

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Aaron, your neon looks fantastic. I bet the wife was happy. Enjoy your trip to Reno. Once again great work.

[Hemin8r]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Car looks great. Great job maintaining it.

[HagFan]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Yeah, looking good!

Hope you win big in Reno too.

[Nappers]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Thanks to you all.

Corolla, we are at the Eldorado and hope to win big on the nickel machines LOL.

We are going to "Catch A Rising Star" Sat night and gamble a little, Sportsman Warehouse, Cabelas and mess around, oh yeah, need some stogies

It is a nicer day than yesterday, and I may break out the G100 and a full bottle of PATIENCE and do some runs with 80 on the Neon (after a proper claying of course )

Wish us luck hope we win big, may try a table or two of black jack at Cal Neva.

Hope I don't eat too much yeah right!!

Aaron

[CarbonBlack]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

amazing!
I like neon's in general, but this is the most amazingly clean one I have seen
-Don't take it to reno, park it in a climate controlled art museum!

[rebelde33]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Thanks to you all.

Corolla, we are at the Eldorado and hope to win big on the nickel machines LOL.

We are going to "Catch A Rising Star" Sat night and gamble a little, Sportsman Warehouse, Cabelas and mess around, oh yeah, need some stogies

It is a nicer day than yesterday, and I may break out the G100 and a full bottle of PATIENCE and do some runs with 80 on the Neon (after a proper claying of course )

Wish us luck hope we win big, may try a table or two of black jack at Cal Neva.

Hope I don't eat too much yeah right!!

Aaron

Make sure you check out the buffet in the Eldorado. It's the best one around.

I wish you good luck and may you win big!

[Nappers]

Re: 05 Neon Revisited

Here's an update. I brought a full bottle of Patience and almost used the whole bottle. I did just the hood.

Process:

M80/8006 - 3 passes, not happy
M83/8006 - 2 passes, happy
M09/8006 - 1 pass-happy
NXT 2.0/9006 - 2 coat (great stuff)

I did 3 passes of M80 and did not like the results. I think the clear coat on this beast is hard as glass. I did not want to break out the rotary just yet. I laid down 2 passes of M83 and watched the swirls disappear in front of my eyes. I did 2 passes in all. I noticed some slight marring and decided to do a pass of M09 all with the 8006 pad. 83 is quite finicky, I made sure and cleaned the pad after every application. I did sneak by with every other application but the pad loads up thus stopping it's circular motion. I broke the hood up into 6 places to make it easier. I had some slight dusting on the M83 but nothing too bad. I did have to use QD to wipe the 83 off at times. The M09 came off pretty easy. I had tremendous patience and bout used it all. Now I have to get my 12 year old from school and finish up claying and laying down some wax.

Before: Not too horrid:


After the 3 passes of 80 (I did this in one test spot):


After M83:


More M83:


I think when I was done with the 83/09


Just another shot in sun:


All done with NXT on her, brings out that Orange Blast paint pretty nice:



The world is spinning as it should, my patience paid off and All is good. I went out with a clean conscience and did what I was supposed to and did not cut corners. If you do, you pay and it takes longer. I need to buy an iPod to do work with.

Thanks to Mike and the gang for testing my G100 out at an open garage and now I can practice. This is my third all around use of the G100 and the first shot was okay, 2nd on an Excursion sucked and now with proper procedure, I think the rest of the car will be awesome!

Thanks for looking again.

note: the dent is from a softball, the kids lived. it's the wifes car. The car has several tiny chips in the paint from road rocks. I may take it to the dealer (7/70,000 warranty) and have the paint evaluated. The front bumper is terrible but looks okay when done. I did just the hood and will work on the rest later. SHOOT I'M LATE PICKING UP KIDS FROM SCHOOL.

L8R

Aaron