The Love Bug

Subject: Cynthia’s 1964 VW Bug

Paint Correction and Sealant plus package

Exterior:

  • Washed and Decon

  • Paint Polished

  • Residue removed on trims

  • Paint: sealed with CP Sport

  • Windows polished

  • Chrome polished

  • Paint touch ups

  • Wheels, bumper supports and gas tank refinished

Patiently waiting for its salon time

Front before I start working on it

Frunk with full size spare

Before

After

Fuel tank touched up

Headlight buckets need cleaning

Headlights taken apart to clean inside the housings

Bumper struts sprayed

Time to polish the bumper

Hand polishing

After polishing the bumperettes

50/50 and you can see how dingy the paint is

50/50 Frunk Lid

Front done

50/50 Driver’s Fender

After

Driver’s Door before

After

Polishing the inside of the doors

Door panel before

After

Door jamb before

After

Before

Dash before

Cleaning the running boards

Roof before

After

Wheels before

Wheels refinished

After with the hubcaps polished

The challenge with polishing vintage cars with single stage lacquer that’s white. The dinginess shows what’s polished and what’s not

Rear engine lid before

Cleaning up with degreaser and then polish the underside of the lid

After polishing

Bumper supports need some love

Supports done and now for the rear

Ready for the road

50/50 Grab handle cleaning

Finally done!