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blancaster69



Member Since: 08 Nov 2023
Location: Birmingham
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Paint Correction w/ Ceramic Coating
I've had my 22 Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE for about a month now and finally had to address the horrible swirl marks. Like most used cars it had been slathered with a cheap spray on wax that hid the true horrors beneath the surface. Here are the swirls on the doors with a before and after pic:


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Here are the tools used:

Flex XCE 8 18.0-EC (5 and 6 inch pads)


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Flex PXE 80 12.0-EC (1 to 3 inch pads)


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Polish:


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Ceramic coating:


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End Result:


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Click image to enlarge 22 Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE
17 RRS V-8 Supercharged Dynamic / Loire Blue / (Espresso/Almond/Ivory) / Zebrano
11 RRS HSE Lux / Galway Green / Almond / Anigre
08 RRS SC / Zermatt Silver / Ebony / Zebrano |
01 RR / Holland & Holland / Tintern Green
Post #1018190 12th Dec 2023 7:03pm
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Hairy Dan



Member Since: 25 Apr 2013
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United Kingdom 1998 Defender 90 V8 Petrol 50th Auto Chawton White
That looks impressive Thumbs Up Cheers Ian
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Post #1018195 12th Dec 2023 7:28pm
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Soup Dragon



Member Since: 22 Sep 2023
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Beautiful job, looks like the hard effort paid off.
Post #1018206 12th Dec 2023 9:19pm
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blancaster69



Member Since: 08 Nov 2023
Location: Birmingham
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Thanks for the comments! For those worried that I never plan to use this Defender for it's intended purpose, rest assured if will get dirty again very soon Twisted Evil . It just had so many swirl marks in the paint I just couldn't live with it. The first owner must have washed it with a wire brush. 22 Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE
17 RRS V-8 Supercharged Dynamic / Loire Blue / (Espresso/Almond/Ivory) / Zebrano
11 RRS HSE Lux / Galway Green / Almond / Anigre
08 RRS SC / Zermatt Silver / Ebony / Zebrano |
01 RR / Holland & Holland / Tintern Green
Post #1018418 14th Dec 2023 8:46pm
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Huwrhys



Member Since: 27 Mar 2024
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I picked my black 130 up on Saturday and it’s an 8 month old ex-demonstrator, to be fair was pretty clean from swirls. I don’t doubt they had someone in mopping it over to tidy it up pre-collection. It’s going in to a local detailer on Thursday for paint correction and ceramic coating. Mine won’t see much off road dirt as it’s a tow car / people carrier rather than a mud plugger.having said that if the opportunity arises……………


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Post #1032372 22nd Apr 2024 7:00am
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lightning



Member Since: 23 Apr 2009
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The 130 size really works on the Defender, l think it looks if anything better than the 110.
Post #1032436 22nd Apr 2024 6:04pm
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Huwrhys



Member Since: 27 Mar 2024
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Job done.
Now I need to refit the roof rack, side gear box, side ladder, side steps and reversing lights. May be looking at auxiliary lighting if the Matrix LED’s aren’t up to much. 24MY D300 130 X-Dynamic HSE Santorini Black
Post #1033105 28th Apr 2024 6:43am
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blancaster69



Member Since: 08 Nov 2023
Location: Birmingham
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very nice! 22 Defender 110 X-Dynamic SE
17 RRS V-8 Supercharged Dynamic / Loire Blue / (Espresso/Almond/Ivory) / Zebrano
11 RRS HSE Lux / Galway Green / Almond / Anigre
08 RRS SC / Zermatt Silver / Ebony / Zebrano |
01 RR / Holland & Holland / Tintern Green
Post #1033809 4th May 2024 2:56pm
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