that's my dad 1963 Impala SS...but..the reflection of it in my door

 

your a dork and i say that with no intentions of being mean .

 

that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me

 

what you do to that door to get it to shine like that?

 

It took me a moment to even realize that actually was a reflection. Very nice!

 

their is no way that is a reflection

 

i'd bet it is, you can see the ground-FX in the bottom right corner.
i like how you can see rim through both reflections, very nice

 

Very nice bro! :hail:

 

Sure it is, IROCthe5.7L has posted pics like that, and I've done it with my car too. Its possible

Very nice man, what are you using?

 

hahah loss of bragging rights!

 

Black > *

 

black is a very highly reflective color and it's possible. i can do it with my truck and my camaro if i would buff out the door panels more, but it's not really made for looking pretty.

 

That's a 100% true reflection guys. I've had in the garage since October...and it got up to 50 degrees today..so..I thought I'd polish it (all by hand). Like alot of you guys have said, black is probably the most reflective paint when it's shiney. At the right angle...and lighting...it's like looking in a mirror. I've seen some pretty amazing reflections on here...and this is just one to add. Anyhow...to get a reflection like this? It's hard work...many hours of work. When we painted it...we wetsanded the whole car with 2000 grit and buffed it with "Perfect It" By 3M...we glazed it..polished it...the whole works. Since my car being black...it's one of the hardest colors to get the deepest...richest shine possible (I'm sure you guys with black cars know what I'm talking abou)..and I've tryed about every product available. I'm currently using products that aren't "over the counter" and I usually buy them by the gallon. Currently working on starting a detailing business...we'll see how it goes

 

It's possible, and it's definetly a reflection since you can see the GFX and it's not completely smooth like a picture. Almost any color can reflect like that, but black is a "color-less" color if you will that makes it look like a mirror if you look at it or take a picture on the right angle. But it can be the lousiest for seeing swirls, keeping clean, and showing the lines of something. It hides good, until you get close that is.

 

Blacks rough unless you have a garage queen.

 

Me too...I had to reread it a few times...very cool! Nice paint!

 

i give more credit to your camera....



looks good.

 

Shawn you have some skills When you start your own detailin place im deff gonna hav to bring my car to you

 

your reflection quality is twice as good as my picture quality!

Brandon

 

Holy crap I just realized that the picture IS your door.

WOW!

 

Ain't that the truth, I've spent hours "de-swirling" my paint and it still looks like someone buffed it with 1500 grit sand paper. But, from a distance my paint looks great. New paint job on the wish list for 2005, so won't be an issue too much longer.

 

Man that looks really good,, maybe I can run a close second to your car

 

Damn dude, that looks great...I think the 02 SS made it even better

 

Thanks man, hows your hatch area going, system and subs, box etc.?

 

I second that, I was under my car one day and someone pulled into my driveway, I crawl out and look up and it was my buddy in an 02 SS... anyways i got to ride in it

...those things are sharp:hail:

Brandon

 

i was trying to figure out wtf you were talking about....then i realized that the whole picture was just your door

 

I can't take it anymore, i'm joining in...

 

see, IROCThe5.7L knows what's up

 

beautiful cars

great reflections. that is amazing. i got to get mine shining like that.

:hail: :lala:

 

same here i want those reflections on my black paint.... IROCTHE5.7 i PMed you man, you havent answered me Anyways those reflections are amazing

 

Sorry, but I gotta get in too

The quality sucks cause its resized for cardomain.. but you get the idea. Its my hood.



For some reason, I'm seeing a red x. The pic is here:

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...50_90_full.jpg

 

The last three times you Pm'ed me, I replied and your mailbox is always full.

 

damn i erased all my messages and everything sorry bout that man

 

so a clay bar, and some deep crystal meguires polish should get me somewhere like that?

 

Still full.


Orr89, I find that combination to work well, it will for sure help the paint look better. But IMO, as far as shine and reflection goes, its 80% paint job, 20% detailing products.

 

You can have a shiney paint....but in order for it to look that smooth...like a mirror finish...it's definently the paint job...and the final touches. In most cases, in order to get the most smoothest paint job, the paint has been wetsanded and buffed. Wetsanding get's all of the "orange peel" out of paint and makes it as smooth as glass. Unless you know how to do it, wetsanding has to be done by a pro. I wetsanded my car with 2000 grit...you take the sandpaper, keep it wet with water, and sand the how car down so the paint is completely flat/dull. Then use a series of buffing compounds with a hgigh speed buffer to get that deep crystal shine. Usually that's the difference between a $1000 and $7000 paint job.

 

87 IROC-Z with Fall Reflections:

 

One more time>>>>

 

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here is mine :lala:

 

here is mine...car is red and it is very dirty...got rained on yesterday...day before that...and day before that... Driven 40miles a day to and from work!

Anyway...this it the roof. Bottom 1/2 of reflection in pic is the t-top, to give you a true smooth surface to compare to the top half of the reflection in the pic, which is my paint. This is straight out of the gun. No wet sanding at all! Would give you a body shot, but there is too much dirt!

 

just found another picture from awhile ago

 

 

Here's my six year old paint

 

dang, for a second, i thought that was a pic of your dad's car

 

Here's mine. Need to get better shots sometime.

 

 

damn your good IROC, and u use the 3 step with Meguiars?

 

I feel this is farely good

 

man i love your SS hood! Was it easy to install? If u wanna chat about it AIM is nimrod418... Im gettin one as well. sick car :hail:

 

No, not quite. I replied to your Pm after you said you cleared everything, and it still said it was full.