Well, the swirls on my Legend were making me nuts. I was off today and was prepared to polish.
My Process:
Sunday:
Remove Front License Plate
Remove Fog Light Covers
Wash
Monday:
Clay a few areas
Poorboys SSR2.5
Poorboys EX x2
Poorboys Natty's
Each coat of EX sat on my Legend for about 30min before I buffed it off. When I was able to take pics it was starting to get dark, and I've been trying to take nicer night pics, so I turned on the Christmas lights and gave it a shot-there not perfect, but I'm getting better after buying a tripod. Anyhoo-here are the pics:
One way or another the front license plate will go back on tomorrow evening. I hate the OEM bracket that covers part of the bumper, so my dad is making a set of brackets that will hang the plate below the bumper. I have the brackets now, but the holes are in the wrong spots, so he is re-drilling them tomorrow-hopefully that will work, if not I'll go back to the OEM bracket for now.
Thanks Everyone-No they are not the same pics-LOL. They are similiar, but they are not the same pics. The easiest way to tell is that last year some of the pics were in the road, I had my old license plate, and different foglight bulbs.
You're getting better at the night pics; they came out better with the tripod.
Yeah, but winter is probably not the best time to do it. A bunch of members have their Legends in "Winter Shoes" now. LOL One of these days.
Thanks guys. When the weather is dry on a Sunday night, I'm going back to that office building to try that backdrop again now that I have a tripod and know how to use my camera-LOL.
The new license plate brackets are done!!! They fit perfectly now!! They are made from a thick aluminum and are very strong. I just hope that nothing vibrates loose or what not because these brackets are heavier than the oem bracket. I'll just have to keep and eye on it. Here is a pic in the garage:
Thanks again for the compliments.
1. you live in Puyallup, WA
2. you house # is 14
3. find your street
4. steal your car
You mean 94-95 front bumper. The coupe bumpers were the same from 91-93 and 94-95. The only difference is that my foglight covers are painted, where on other 94-95 bumpers (stock) they are black. It gives a different depth to the front end. The only bad thing is that they are not meant to be painted, so when I pry them out to detail I always chip the edge and have to touch them up. It's not too big of a deal because you can't tell unless you get down and really look for it.
You have 2 sedans. I have a coupe. The bumpers are different. You don't have the same fog light covers that I do. There is a difference-my mom had a 94 sedan at one time. Go look at your Legends. Coupe bumpers and sedan bumpers are not the same. Yes, the 94-95 sedan bumpers are different from 91-93, but they are still not the same as the coupe bumper.
Olympus with you too?!?!?!? I'm using the Stylus D-300. And I definitely need a tripod. My pix would look a hell of lot better. How much do they run? Is there a certain company to get?
I thought I would need a specific tripod and would need to spend more money than I did. I went to Best Buy and spent $30 bucks on mine. I'm very happy with it. I have the Platinum Plus 5800D.
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