Polish/waxed the Doba

My paint has been getting pretty rough lately so I decided to bring some life back to it. Had to work in my underground parking garage so the lighting was pretty horrible and I never used an orbital buffer, did everything by hand.

I think it came out looking a lot better but the paint still isn't as smooth as i'd like it, I might have to re clay-bar the whole thing with more agressive clay and re do the polish/wax possibly with a buffer (still some swirl marks) but the paint is starting to get thin in places and I don't want to burn through it.

Some pictures

What I used:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010780.jpg


Before:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010781.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010783.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010784.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010787.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010788.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010789.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010790.jpg

After:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010792.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010808.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010820.jpg

Don't mind the corrosion under the taillights, those pieces are getting re-painted
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010828.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010829.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010830.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010832.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010833.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010836.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010837.jpg

Original dealer sticker from '78
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010839.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a145/RustyRolla2/P1010834.jpg

Next up: the chrome, wheel covers and vinyl top.. probably not til next week though lol

Also will get some better pictures once I pull it outside

Not bad for 33 year old paint!

Looks great. I guess it's time I do mine.

Man, that car is in beautiful shape for its age and that being its original paint!
I like that color, too, it reminds me of my 2001 Concorde, which is a similar metallic brown.

Hey, thanks!

it's been garage kept for a better part of its life. My great grandpa used to own it and didn't drive it much, but the garage he kept it in was small and he liked to work in there so there are quite a bit of scratches and marks in the paint from tools and things banging into it but they don't show too good in puctures.


If you need tips cleaning/polishing your paint let me know.

The original paint looks new now.. Looks great, really brought the shine out!

Go Riders!! Nice car man!

Looks good! The factory paint on these doba's polishes out nice.