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Old 07-29-2017, 04:14 PM   #1
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Ceramic pro applied

I pulled the trigger and had bumblebee treated to ceramic pro coating. It helps that my brother-in-law is a certified installer. The car looks so much deeper and has a higher gloss than when I waxed it.
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Old 07-29-2017, 04:16 PM   #2
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Pics are a great example of what you get vs wax.....and moreover, it looks like that for years that way.

How much and what prep procedure was used?
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Old 07-29-2017, 06:33 PM   #3
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The coating looks great, but I'm really admiring your stripes because I want to do the same thing on mine. Are those gloss black? Did they come from the dealer or did you do them yourself?
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Old 07-29-2017, 08:38 PM   #4
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Pics are a great example of what you get vs wax.....and moreover, it looks like that for years that way.

How much and what prep procedure was used?
we clay barred first then used a rupes polisher and Americana compounds to remove some scratches. Two different cut strengths. Then we used a wax remover to go over the entire car and then we applied one layer of 9h and one layer of "light"

Retail would be close to the $800 mark, I paid $350
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Old 07-29-2017, 08:42 PM   #5
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The coating looks great, but I'm really admiring your stripes because I want to do the same thing on mine. Are those gloss black? Did they come from the dealer or did you do them yourself?
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Thanks for your comment...I too love how the stripes turned out.
These are the factory installed RS rally stripes and being my car is the 2LT and not an SS my stripes were the "matte" black stripes (they were kind of satin to begin with, not glossy like the SS cars get)

As we coated the car the stripes took on an amazing glossy shine!!
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Old 07-30-2017, 07:23 AM   #6
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Looks real good!
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Old 08-01-2017, 09:32 AM   #7
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Even at $800 the work done was reasonable compared to most that charge $1,200 for that job. Which is outrageous.

Welcome to the ceramic line. Did he use carpro Cquartz?

Your car turned out looking great. Hope you enjoy the easier ceramic upkeep qualities.
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Even at $800 the work done was reasonable compared to most that charge $1,200 for that job. Which is outrageous.

Welcome to the ceramic line. Did he use carpro Cquartz?

Your car turned out looking great. Hope you enjoy the easier ceramic upkeep qualities.
Thanks so much! We used ceramic pro 9h and light and I'm loving the result
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Old 08-01-2017, 09:06 PM   #9
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