UGLY METALLIC BLACK - Toyota Passo wannabe -- Perodua Myvi

Its a Perodua Myvi Metallic Black. Owned by another friend that used to have his own car wash company. It just came out of the bodyshop as certain parts of the car had been repainted (meaning its fresh paint, barely 3 days out from the oven). Initially he told me the bodyshop already polish it for him and it was already shinny so I was hoping it was in a acceptable form - but when it arrived at my place, boy it sure does look ugly..

At first, I though maximum of 16hours would suffice to get it back to a better level, but I encountered buffer hop and the polish was gumming up faster than normal. But a tweak in polishing method and also the product application process helped to solve it.

I spent a minimum 16hours on the paint itself plus another 8hours on other parts (engine, interior, wheels, etc) - span of 3 days.


So here goes...


Day 1: Pictures taken during various time span


EXTERIOR BEFORE







Looks ok right? Wait till you shine a light on it

K-Car - Metallic Purple - Perodua Kenari

Finally I got a friend that does not mind his car being posted online.


Background: The car is rebadged model of the Daihatsu Move. Locally its called Perodua Kenari. The car had been repainted 2 months ago from Red to Metallic Purple.

The owner was not satisfied with the outcome as he mentioned that the reflection was blurry. So after a length discussion, he settled for a simple detail session.

As I was pressed for time, pictures are in very small numbers. Plus, weather was not great, sunny in the morning and started to rain in late afternoon till night time.


Spent around 20 hours on the car (2 days span) and polishing more like 8-10hours.



EXTERIOR - BEFORE (taken at various time)