Transforming An Abandoned EV That Sat Outside For 10+ Years! Coda Restoration pt. 2

Coleton continues his restoration of the barn-find, new but abandoned for 12 years CODA Electric! In this episode he begins to refresh the paint with some clay bar and compounding work.

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0:00 Welcome
1:55 Paint Restoration Plan
5:44 Clay Bar
11:55 Paint Thickness
15:41 Compounding Equipment
21:38 Realtime Compounding Demo
26:23 Paint Correction Day 2
34:26 Removing Bird Poop
40:52 Passenger Side Status Update
47:51 Passenger Rear Door
52:05 Working On The Hood
55:58 Wrap-Up And Up Next

[KyleConner]

Can’t believe how nice this is turning out!

[MNpicker]

That was awesome man!!
Amazing transformation!!

[gregridgway]

Very nice. When younger, I purchased a 1951 Buick convertible and it too sat for over 10 years in storage. I didn't have your skill, nor talent (15yrs old) but even today, I appreciate your work and results.

[kenmylrea]

Coleton. Thanks for continuing to share this incredible transition! Your commentary about your paint correction thought process and results is very educational!

[WestCoastChicano]

Excellent video and one of my favorites of the month! 🚗 🇺🇲 🔌

[mcunha]

This looks so good, great job, love seeing what detailers can do with neglected paint

[ShaneLindblom]

Awesome to see this beauty come back to life. Can't wait to see the end result. Keep up the great work!

[eddiefara]

pumping out the videos so far this year, congratulations on the consistency and growth! Look forward to watching the video and seeing the transformation

[papadave]

Dang Coleton, I was thinking "that's looking pretty good" after you and Kyle washed it. This is another couple levels....at least. Polish phase is gonna' be killer.
Really nice, all things considered.

[jpbananaman]

Worth the wait, can't wait to see the next stages!

[Johnvalentino]

Your awesome with your tutorials I wish you could detail my 2008 corvette z06, 9 thousand miles garage kept. I'm in Florida

[CheddarKungPao]

Aww damn, I think you performed a miracle here dude!

[DavidAMcC]

Yes, it’s “new” paint but it’s been outside without any care for 13 years. The result is phenomenal so far.

[tjs]

I've mentioned before, but I likely saw this car when SV Coda was open because I remember stopping by and checking them out. The things I remember: They were pretty crappy cars when new, Most of the paint jobs looked like resprays from Miracle and lastly, all of them smelled like rotten fish on the interior (probably all of the chemicals interacting).

Its funny since the location of SV Coda and now the Porsche dealership after tearing down the old buildings.

[KyleBrightman]

In the walkaround starting at 55:57 is that after compound and polish on most panels or just the compound stage?

[officialyasir]

Playback 1.5x is perfect for this video

[Bob_Sacamano]

freaking learned a lot in this video. And i never wash/detail my own car lmao. thats going to change.

[Mobile_Dom]

holy shit, Coda painted 120 cars better than Tesla has in 12 years. i jest but damn, that's a decently thick layer of paint, the consistency is pretty impressive, that sparkle payload is killer, Kudos Coda, and kudos Coleton for this killer detail

[georgecox]

Too much talking. 20 min and we haven’t done anything.