Reviving the 20 Year Old Paint on my Mazda RX-8

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

Комментарии • 36

  • @DayDream-RR
    @DayDream-RR Год назад +5

    Thank the lord man.. I couldnt stand looking at the blue anymore. Car looks night and day better

    • @akagels
      @akagels  Год назад +1

      The blue was fun for a bit, but I’m so much happier with how it looks now

  • @yeeboyhowdy2611
    @yeeboyhowdy2611 Год назад +3

    Gels: “I’m going to do a small test area” *does a 1sqft spot right on the hood*
    I’m glad it turned out though!

    • @akagels
      @akagels  Год назад

      😂 got a little too ambitious on that one

  • @lukezillig6111
    @lukezillig6111 Год назад +1

    did this on my black jetta. makes it look so much better. black really shows and haze.

  • @Kraedt
    @Kraedt Год назад +1

    Looks great, can't wait to see it around town 👍

  • @wayned3122
    @wayned3122 Год назад +1

    Now that you've got it as good as possible I'd go ahead and ceramic coat it. I just got done doing my Tangerine Scream Ford Focus and I am VERY happy with the results. It Autocross and Track it so I want to protect it as much as possible.

  • @wayned3122
    @wayned3122 Год назад +1

    You can get Chemical guys polishing and cutting compounds to get the deeper scratches out and just move up from the more aggressive compounds to the polish and really fix alot of issues.

  • @Treaxvour
    @Treaxvour Год назад +2

    Shout out to Maggie! Great Wifing 👍

  • @idotg2012
    @idotg2012 Год назад

    Looks excellent and glad you shared the same concern about the kit you painted yourself and how it would handle with the correction

  • @jasonhenry2212
    @jasonhenry2212 Год назад +1

    I feel for you in the weather. I live in rochester ny. Our weather is pretty waky as well.

  • @bangarng
    @bangarng Год назад +1

    Good stuff. I hit mine with M105 and 205 with a Hexis Green and White and it comes out great. The one thing I noticed is that the 105 takes out only so much, and then the 205 takes out what's left. Then, if you ceramic coat. it takes out (hides, I guess) even more.

  • @MaggyIsham
    @MaggyIsham Год назад +2

    DAMNNNNN. What. A. Difference!

  • @JBIsrael
    @JBIsrael Год назад +1

    Nice job. I did the same thing to my 2010 Volvo that was COVERED in water spots and yeah it took a while but was soooo worth it. Car looks great.

  • @jameshaulenbeek5931
    @jameshaulenbeek5931 Год назад +1

    Looking good! That's definitely a lot of work, and I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

  • @DakotaStone
    @DakotaStone Год назад +2

    Black cars clean up the bestttt 🤤 for 5 minutes

    • @akagels
      @akagels  Год назад +1

      It’s not allowed outside anymore

  • @bilzerzayd
    @bilzerzayd Год назад +1

    Can’t wait to do mine…

  • @2005ep3si
    @2005ep3si Год назад +1

    Looking better with every step you take!!! Only little thing id suggest is taking care of them rusty calipers

    • @akagels
      @akagels  Год назад

      It’s on the to-do list!

  • @Uchia18
    @Uchia18 Год назад

    Im doing this to my car once it cools down. Never thought doing it in your garage would look that good

  • @igreyfox9793
    @igreyfox9793 Год назад +1

    paint is looking good, if you were going to make the headlights more clear-er, i think I'd recommend cerakote ceramic headlight restorations. I haven't used it myself, but ive seen Tanner (Smeedia) use it on his WRX and STI and so far he's been pretty happy with the end results. Keep up the good work Gels!

  • @davehoffman515
    @davehoffman515 Год назад +1

    Looking good

  • @jacobasuncion3132
    @jacobasuncion3132 Год назад +1

    Came out clean so far 🧼

  • @quesokelso5425
    @quesokelso5425 Год назад +1

    Nice!

  • @eastcoastken
    @eastcoastken Год назад +2

    So I do body work for a living. You need to consult your paint companies info and see how long they recommend before you do anything to those panels. Good rule of thumb is 6 months for proper curing, especially in your area where it's colder than down here in the south.

    • @akagels
      @akagels  Год назад +1

      Good to know, thank you!

  • @hirevhoon7474
    @hirevhoon7474 Год назад +1

    The paint on my rx8 is coming off and Mazda paint is very expensive one qt of Mazda 27a is 3500 that’s nuts so I am getting away from stock paint

  • @maxrosario7353
    @maxrosario7353 Год назад

    What is your exhaust setup?

  • @karlojoki6314
    @karlojoki6314 6 месяцев назад

    Roughly what would an stock RX-8 cost in the US today? I was planning on buying some RX-8s for the project, but they are getting too expensive here in Europe.

    • @karlojoki6314
      @karlojoki6314 6 месяцев назад

      Edit: not rx-8s, RX-8, idk why is there s

  • @TheFatSandwhich
    @TheFatSandwhich Год назад +1

    All that effort - but you're gonna put some kinda protection on right?

  • @Papajin68
    @Papajin68 Год назад

    Shocked by snow in April? Are you new to the area? Maybe MAYBE you'll be 100% guaranteed clear of snow by May... Until then... it's always possible.

  • @mamagels8111
    @mamagels8111 Год назад +1

    Wax on...wax off!