RAREST R35 Nismo GT-R Gets $18,000 ULTIMATE Detail
One of the rarest 2023 Nissan R35 Nismo GTRs comes to Status Detail for the ultimate detail! We focused heavily on showing you the masterful paint correction and STEK PPF or Paint Protraction Film Steps. Sit back and relax as you watch this GTR receive a true dream detail for over a week!
00:00 Recap
01:26 Shipped From New York
02:14 Arrival At Status Detail
02:59 Paint Inspection
06:25 PPF Removal
13:51 In Depth Wash
18:39 STEK PPF
29:42 Interior
31:39 Finished!
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No detail job is worth 18k, I don't care how good it is
Their companies that charge more than this and don't actually figure the shipping cost into the price. This is not the most expensive detail you can find if you know where to look.
8K for detailing and wrap and transportation and 10k as gtr nismo tax
@@star32godzilla not even close lol
Topaz is the best detailers in the world. no clue their prices. but i bet they are 10000x times better than this guy will ever dream to be and are a fraction the costs
@@SourBogBubblewhat are you basing that on? Have you compared their work? Topaz are a completely different type of business model and service than Status Detail.
So $18,000 literally get your car in better condition than it was when you got it from the dealership initially! Amazing job well done!
And keeps it looking that way for ten years. Then you can unwrap. Rewrap. And have a new car again 👍 Nearly priceless on a car that will appreciate over time.
how do u figure that when the car is brand new and clean from factory?..no detail job is worth 18k
@@suprarune apparently this one was. And basically every other job I do lol
@@suprarune Factory defects. Did you watch the video?
@suprarune a fool and his money shall be parted everyday
thank you for the work you put into these details and videos! youve essentially been my teacher helping me get into the base level of detailing, i aspire to be at the level you work at some day
Thank you for watching and being respectful in the comments unlike many silly people commenting nonsense lol 🙂🤝
this man wakes up and loves his business. super impressed by this level of detail! I’d spend the money for the caliber of work just for the man himself - stellar.
Thank you! I definitely love what I do 👍🙂
Love the new video. A GTR is on my dream car list. I really appreciate all the effort you put into this content. Thank you Evan for the behind the scenes on another crazy detail.
Thank you for watching and commenting! The gtr is a awesome platform. Very reliable. Very fast. Very tuneable. Very affordable!
Blown away by the video, editing, and commentary! You hit all the points. Impressive, informative, educational and all the words! You do you b/c its amazing!
Thank you! Love comments like this! The upcoming Ferrari video should be even better than this one!!
you re detailling videos are amazing! I really don't get how your channel can be so underrated. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I think the issue is me haha. I need to post more!!!!
Outstanding work ! And what an amazing vehicle to work on. Love the content you put out.
Thank you for watching and interacting! Viewers like yourself help the channel grow 🙂👍
Man once I get a nice enough car worthy of this kind of work I absolutely will be paying for your expertise. Top tier work
Thank you! Ready when you send it 🙂🤝
yet another banger. blessed to witness such precision and greatness!
What a incredibly nice comment! Thank you 🙂🙂
just spent 7k to paint correct, polish , ppf and ultimate detail my brand new m240i. i went back to the dealer to get some service done parked it next to the same car same color as mine and made the oem finish look like trash. its WELL worth doing it right when you got a fresh new paint job.
Definitely! It can really be a big difference when you see it side by side like that. Especially comparing a PPF car to no PPF car after 10-20k miles.
Really enjoyed the video and the commentary. Great job.
Thank you for watching 🙂
How frickin cool. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
Thank you for watching 👍
Amazing video, crazy attention to detail. True inspiration! I love your channel and your art! Keep them coming.
Thank you! I'm going to try and get the Ferrari 458 speciale video out in a timely fashion lol
OMG! That is one of my favs. Can’t wait to see that one now. You shouldn’t have told me that. ;)
@@Anienee after that should be 992 GT3 RS. A sport classic. And bunch of other cool ones 🙂
@@STATUSDETAIL Now your'e really testing my patience ;)
Taken to the next level stunning work as always 👏
Thank you for watching 🙂
Really like your eye for Detail! Very impressive work. 👌👍
Thank you 👍
Nice work for the Gem that car is. Thank you for filming and sharing.
Thank you for watching! Many more great videos coming soon!
EXCELLENT video well done!
Thank you 🙂🤝
This is very satisfying, as a car enthusiast. Great video. Glad it popped up on my feed.
Glad you enjoyed it 🙂
insane work man, insane pricing comes with insane precision and you and your team have delivered again. it was a pleasure watching your video again. onto the next one brother!
Thanks for watching and commenting! 458 speciale edit should be next. Might be one of the best videos yet!!!
Professional work and very informative.
Thank you!
Amazing explanations in this video!
Thanks Obsessed Garage. Love seeing you around the channel 🙂🤝
Huge respect to people who do PPF/vinyling. If you've ever done it DIY you know that doing it on a professional level is impressive.
Agreed. Vinyl is very difficult as is PPF. The stress and frustration to learn and get to this level literally gave me gray hair and invented new swear words along the way lol.
Great job guys 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Thanks!
You guys are AMAZING ! Installing paint protection film is not easy and everything you said in the video about your work is spot on !
Thanks for watching! PPF is definitely hard to do lol
Rare indeed,great to see you back with a video. I believe I saw the trailer for transport at a car show, this rare car could not be in better hands 👍
Thanks for the continued support and watching the videos! Unlimited trailers are very impressive that's for sure!
Amazing work amazing video
Thanks!!
Amazing work Congratulations 💪🇵🇹
Thank you 🙂
Awesome work 💯 really inspired my detailing to put out better work
Love it!!!
Thank you for you upmost care on this Amazing machine that is everyone's dream car
Thank you for watching and being part of the channel!
insane job all around
Thanks!
Great video 👍👍beautiful car so meticulous PPF congratulations. New subscriber. I watch ammo nyc on you tube. But your videos are great😀
They started out watching ammo too! So it's pretty awesome to see people mention his name and then my name or that they view my channel too! Very cool. Thanks for watching
That was awesome!!!
Thanks for watching 🙂
Great video. Amazing process. No question on who to send a car to if you want the best possible outcome.
Thank you 🙂🙂👍👍
Awesome work!
Thank you 🙂🙂
The quality of this video is just as good as the job completed on the car
Thank you!! 👍🙂
Great video 🙏
Thanks!
Thanks for all the time and effort you put into these videos. My favorite channel! Did I catch a glimpse of Shelton's car in your shop? @8:50 😂
Yes! Two Ferraris coming soon!
Awesome vid 👌👌
Thank you for watching 🙂
As a DIY detailer I appreciate your attention to detail and learn a lot from watching professionals such as yourself. I understand all the comments that say the price for this service is a tad ridiculous. I also understand that using a top-tier product is not cheap and neither is all the experience required to install it correctly! The old adage will always stand, cheap price = cheap job. If I wanted a PPF installed on a supercar to be able to protect my investment…I know who to call to have it done properly!
I'll be the first one to tell you I'm expensive lol. I tell everybody including customers you can find a less expensive job. But it won't be the same experience. When you own such a expensive car the extra few thousand dollars is like deciding if you want Fry's with your burger. It's not a big deal one way or another. Some people do go to the less expensive places too. No problem with me. Gotta do what's best for you! Thanks for commenting 🙂🙂
Top Notch work on car and video.
Thank you 🙂🙂
Great work as always from Status. We just finished a 2024 992 C2S and also do extensive paint correction prior to PPF. In our experience, we have found that PPF will cover and hide most paint imperfections and we sometimes make a judgement call as to how much clear coat to remove from the car vs. hiding the problem with PPF. Paint correct 100% for sure, but sometimes the cut is deep and the hide effect is safer for the car.
Agreed! I talk about this in a few videos especially on nasty defects requiring sanding. We aim to remove all the defects and jewel the paint into a ridiculously glossy state and then lock that in. But managing clear coat depth is a serious thing! If your thinking about that your already leagues ahead of most PPF installers 👍
Watching an expert in their craft perform is inspiring.
Thank you for watching 🙂
Status Detail is the real deal! Just bought a new car and emailed them about a similar job. Evan was extremely helpful and took the time to educated me on allot of things that helped me out. In the end it helped me find a local shop. I was going to send it out to status but I drive my cars and would have been an inconvenience to send it out every time I need a panel redone due to me driving the car and my OCD about scratches. As for the 18k price ... It is what it is. My local shop is charging me 11k for the work which is about what Evan would have charged minus the shipping. You pay for the time it takes to do the job properly and the skill level of the installer. I was going for a Matt PPF over a gloss paint and for that, install quality trumps all. The folks that complain about the cost are not the clients that would pay for or even appreciate the effort it takes to do things properly. Great vid Evan and great job on the GT-R! Oh and apologies for not returning the last email. I have been swamped with work.
No problem at all 🙂 Thank you for watching! And appreciate the pricing in your comment. When you figure in my price minus shipping I'm typically more but obviously very competitive considering the product I turn out. So for many people the shipping as seen as no big deal to just make sure it's done perfectly. Almost like buying insurance. A status detail is a pretty sure thing lol. But shippya car is a bit inconvenient for some and well it can be expensive so it won't be for everyone. Glad you got your car squared away and hope you enjoy many fun miles with it 🙂👍🤝
well done!
Thanks!
This is excellent work! How would you compare to Esoteric? They are local to me and claim to be a top 1% shop as well and seem to train a lot of great detailers.
I would think they do great work but I've never seen it up close. I'm not sure how that business is structured currently either. I'm sure they have multiple employees. So that introduces questions like how many of them do PPF. Do the ones with most experience only do the really expensive cars or do you have a vetaren doing a car with a guy who has 6 months experience? At what point do you trust the new guy to work on a car by himself? I'm my opinion that's over a year because PPF is complex. Most companies can't afford to train a guy that long then risk he just leaves to make all the money himself. Tricky business. I've seen many of the videos on there channel. I think overall they must be doing a great job and are a good source of detailing information. Todd appears to be a top notch detailer. The tricky part is who else is doing all the work. That's why this business currently is essentially completely me. So you know my last car will look like my next car. No inconsistency from employee to employee. Safe to say esoteric does high end work. As does Larry at ammo and the other big names
Dude the title threw me off a bit but after watching this vid I fully stand behind that price you charged. You do awesome work and your commitment to your craft is top notch and inspiring!
I appreciate you being open minded and taking the time to watch the full video to see what was done. Thanks for watching 🙂🤝
How perfect do you want the detailing? YES!
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you guys and topaz derailing my fav channels attention to details is insane
Topaz does great work. An honor to be mentioned along side them. Thank you for watching 🙂🙂
Fantastic work - wish I had known you guys when I was still in Chicago. But it appears that's shipping to you may still be an option. Side note - which version of Gimme Gimme Gimme is that in the intro?
Not sure on the music. It's a remix from sick ick and then I usually change things slightly again. This detail was pretty extreme You can definitely get the price down a little bit but overall still get an amazing detail. If you're interested in shipping just head over to my website and either give me a call or email me. I'm definitely happy to help!
@@STATUSDETAIL thanks! Clearly amazing work and you clearly have passion.
Missed ya!
😀😀 I'm back!
That's awesome man ❤when you get the right idea with enough money for it .
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Fantastic video, I learned a lot. At 15:40, you said you use brake buster first and them foam. I was wondering what product you use in the foam cannon. Hyper wash? Brake buster?
Thanks! Typically it's various soaps. Reset. Bathe. G wash. CarPro lift. Gyeon foam. Gtechniq citrus foam. I use various stuff 🙂
@@STATUSDETAIL Much appreciated. I've been trying to figure out a product that will rid my rims of brake dust. So far the iron remover and brake buster have not worked. I will try some of those.
@@Doesin I spray brake buster. Then foam on top. You need brushes to agitate tho.
Sleek sophistication embodied
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Best deal in collectible car game. Letsssssss goooooooooo
Should be solid long term buy
WOW! Awesome work Guys! I'm impressed. The GTR is My Dream car. I had a friend who had the Nismo version of it. I detailed the exterior for him. It was a BLAST to do! I'm New to your guys' channel just subscribed. I'm a detailer out here in So Cal. It's a GREAT MARKET to be a Detailer. I had a question about the Ceramic coatings you guys use. I use Gtechniq's products as well. Do you guys use their Crystal Serum Light (CSL)?? 5 year coating..and if you do how do you like that product? Once again Great work! I Definitely admire people that can do PPF......because IT LOOKS VERY challenging to do especially as a beginner.
Thanks! So glad you found status! PPF is super hard. It will make you go crazy learning and if you get good enough and dint give up you can be proficient. Then you go down the advanced hole and lose your mind again lol. I use CSL and v5. Both are incredibly good especially exo v5.
@@STATUSDETAIL nice. Thank u for the feedback. I see you respond to just about everyone's comments which is Not easy to do...especially when There's Soo many of them. Thank u. 🙏🏽 Keep up the good work.
@@johnboy5632 my pleasure! I do my best to interact with you all that interact with me 🤝👍🙂
amazing work as always
Thanks!
Saw one last week at Walt Disney World parking lot, it was red, cool car.
Oh man I bet a red one would have looked very cool especially with the carbon parts!!!!
From what I saw in the video, worth every penny.
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Damn , 18k is just crazy , for a few hours of work , good job , if you’re articulate with your words , you can definitely hustle customers , some ppl aren’t ethical. You work on a car that is rare , but you do the same work on a mustang, so you price gouge. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
This was more than a couple hours lol. I have never done full body PPF and and ceramic correction on a mustang. It's only been on 6 fig cars
Great stuff! Do you offer training?
Not yet! But one day yes.
what psi do you use on the pressure washer? Do you have a psi level that you dont worry about getting really close to the vehicle with? like when you get into the small cracks and other places do you change the pressure?
Pressure is always 2000psi. 2 something gpm. Ar blue 630. I get pretty close but knowing when and keeping it moving is very important. Helpful to blow bugs off. Helpful to prep seals and jams.
Can’t wait to own one 🙏🏼
You will definitely buy your dream car. 👍
I am really curious. How long can the PPF stay on the car (considered it's not constantly exposed to sunlight) until it has to be changed in order to not bake into the paint?
STEK has 10 year warranty! Theoretically it should last much longer than that if your garage captain not driving it very much like I assume this car will be used. It is however a good idea to remove it around 8 9 10 years old is if you wait too long it can be difficult to remove. But that's more common when a car is like outside every day.
Great job!!! I have a question. I was recently looking at a Mercedes GLE580 and the paint has TONS of orange peel. It kinda makes the car look cheap for $97K. Without wet sanding it, would there be a way to polish it and then add PPF to "smooth" out the orange peel look?
Sanding is th only fix. In some situations I feel like STEK PPF actually made the orange peel a little nicer looking and some 9/11s that I've done but it's pretty subtle. Unfortunately BMW Mercedes and Audi all have pretty aggressive orange peel. We just bought an X5M competition as a family car and that also has pretty gnarly orange peel for an over six figure car. I agree it's unfortunate but I'm used to it and was prepared for it so my expectations are low for paint on those cars lol.
@@STATUSDETAIL Thank you! Enjoy the X5M! Maybe a vid on that car? When you have time haha!!😅
@@MuffinMoney lol definitely planning a video! Ultimate Mom car detail or something like that
How cool to have Valtteri Bottas as a colleague doing PPF 😎
Lol. You think they look alike? Maybe a little?
@@STATUSDETAIL With the mustache, definitely lol
@@turb0gate lol!
man i wish if i can move to USA to learn and work with you i want to become pro in detailing and PPF installation
Lots of great free content on KZhead can help you get a foundation!
Nice 🔥🔥🔥🤙🏾🤙🏾🤙🏾😎 Doing this job you gotta have patience 💯🥱
Definitely! 🙂
Question: for the front fenders with the carbon fiber vents above the front wheels, was that area PPF film protected eventually? In the video the person cut a hole around that area to lay the fender PPF down. Next question what areas were "NOT" PPF covered on the exterior of the car. I saved this video for future reference, if the stars align I would be requesting similar service.
Great question. So much is not shown. That fender area was cut out as it needs to be cut out to install. Each individual vent has PPF installed one by one after 👍 All painted or I should say clear coated surfaces on the exterior have PPF. Including rear diffuser and partial underside of rear.
NEWBIE QUESTION: Is it ideal to remove the "orange-peal" during the paint correction before the PPF-step? If so, why wasn't it done before PPF
The only way you remove orange peel is before PPF. You must sand the entire car. It's very tricky. Very time consuming. Extremely expensive
@@STATUSDETAIL Thanks for the response.
Has someone who wants to ceramic coat my own car in the future, I am thinking of learning a little bit more about PPF. Just wondering if it's better and longer lasting especially if you also ceramic coat the film.
I think having them work together is one of the best systems you can have
my dream car
Definitely something id love to have in my future collection
Just a question. How does the film attach to the car? Is there an adhesive involved? Kind greetings from the Netherlands.
it works basically like a sticker with really strong adhesive
People don’t know what ppf is 😂 amazing job bro love it ❤
Most people hardly know what ceramic or paint correction is lol Thanks for watching 👍
What light is that you are using to show the swirl marks from the rotary?
That was a phone led. Surprisingly very efficient.
Wow!! 👌🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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Fantastic work! I am just curious about one thing. You said ppf doesn’t go by a catalytic converter yet you did ppf directly next to the exhaust tips? Why?
A catalytic converter is very different from a exhaust tip. You do need to be mindful of this too though! McLaren 720s OEM exhaust has like heat shield literally built into bumper due to heat and how the rear exit exhaust is designed. If you tune a 720 and do exhaust and or downpipes you start melting parts of that surrounding bumper and obviously PPF too. Anything shooting fire basically means your paint and PPF might not make it lol. A cat gets hotter than a exhaust tip though same thing with a downpipe. If the gtr dies open exhaust and any kind of flame tune that rear painted area is not lasting long.
@@STATUSDETAIL You responded! That’s awesome! My first thought was that gtr probably shoots some big fireballs! That is if it was actually driven. Great work!!!
@@EmptiedPockets I do my best to respond to everyone. Even the not so nice people lol.
I paid 3. 00 at my local do it yourself carwash and my car looks brand new. Paying that much for a detail just goes to show you "there's a sucker born every minute" as PT Barnum use to say😅😅😅😅😅😅
Many car enthusiasts and detail enthusiasts unfortunately think you are the fool to do a $3 wash. Don't shoot the messenger. This is just the conversation anoung the detailing communities.
Amazing and precise work but sheesh 18k your customers have some deep pockets lol great video
Thanks for watching 🙂
Bro really responds to everyone, if I get a response I’m subbing with notis on
Lol hello new subscriber. Welcome to Status 🙂🤝
Great work, as usual. It always boggles me though that a brand new car has say 50 miles on it. That's a whole lot of miles for a brand new car. Usually here in Argentina brand new cars have under 20kms on the clock, at least from my experience
I've seen everything from around 20 to 50 miles. I would imagine some of the facilities the cars are at are pretty large so driving the car to and from different spots puts miles on? It's a great question maybe someone can give us some insight
this will be my choice to if had the monay so cool Car x3
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Wow amazing attention to detail, guy makes me wanna give him my money
Thanks! Happy to work on your car 🙂🙂
There’s a new mug born Every day LOL
mug?
If people are willing to pay that much then why not, more power to you for taking full advantage of it. Great work by the way.
Thanks 🙂👍
What were the paint measurements on that fine piece of machinery?
Didn't measure. Only really important on heavy sanding work.
32:15 ppf edge is coming up. Hopefully the customer didn't accept it like that. But I'm sure it was corrected
Not sure what your seeing. Might be a weird light reflection. On our if state cars they often stay with me a few days after completion so I can check for this very issue! This was done a long time ago so I don't remember but it's safe to say I found things and re heated it trimmed any problem spots 👍
How are you drying the car after your second wash?
After the car is paint corrected I basically blow dry the car to 99% dry. Then I take a brand new clean microfiber towel with with gyeon prep. To do a very light wipe down of any residual water and then begin the PPF. When a car is fully finished and I'm washing it like for maintenance that process is similar I'm still going to blow dry it until it's basically completely dry but then I'll take something like gtechniq ceramic sealant "C2" spray that once or twice on the panel and then dry it with a drying towel and then go around the car that way adding protection and getting the 1% of water left over
Does the clear wrap have different thickness and owner selects which one that want.
Its called PPF (Paint Protection Film) It doesn't come in different thickness however, you can select the finish.(Gloss or Matte)
STEK PPF is 8 mil and 10 mil. Most people don't use the 10 as it's harder to install and stretch often resulting in more relief cuts. It can definitely have its uses though! 7-8 mil is kind of like industry standard for PPF. We also have double layered 8 mil before in high impact spots like the 992 gt3rs fender areas
@@adnanabbas6900 it does come in different thickness. Some PPF brands sell a 8 mil and 10 mil.
@@STATUSDETAIL Thank you, Sir! My installer lied to me then lol
@@adnanabbas6900 I'm sorry that's the case! They might sell a PPF brand that doesn't offer the thicker version. Hopefully that's the case and they are honest people. Some people just don't like to talk about the thicker stuff cuz they don't want to inventory it. The reality in our situation is that if you want the film to be really invisible and look really good and have no stretch lines or adhesive lines then 9.5 times out of 10 you want the 8mil. Like I mentioned I think earlier in a comment if there were some really bad high impact areas for example on a GT3 RS or a 4 RS we might consider double layering film kind of like a tearaway on a race car helmet. So after about a year of driving you just pull off that second layer and then you still have the base. My honest opinion I find this more sensible than having a thick 10 well that still needs to be replaced after it gets beat up. At least when you have a double layer and really specific important spots you get to convenience of pulling it off and not needing to reinstall. A second double layer piece is usually a really precisely installed thing too so it's usually lower cost than you might expect.
All of that and still have the same HWP amazing.
Not sure what this means?
man how i can join your team i want get experience i want to take this professional work to my country also
Will offer training one day. But not sure when
@@STATUSDETAIL that's sound great if you do then I will be there
I don't know if he does ceramic coats wheels, but will that protect swirls on gloss black wheels?
I did ceramic wheels. It helps in the sense that they stay cleaner longer and are easier to clean. Technically they are harder to scratch after ceramic but if you rub any grit into the wheel repeatedly it's going to swirl unfortunately. The carbon ceramic brakes don't make dust so that's a big help. If you have steel brakes it's virtually impossible to not swirl them out but a great process will make it happen slower. Auto car wash brushes will destroy it in like a month lol
@@STATUSDETAIL I know it cleans easier. So swirls are still unavoidable.
@@One21P yea id go matte black if black is your preference. Swirls on gloss black isn't end of world. Just have the right expectations going into it.
Why didnt you remove the front bumper and headlights for PPF?
Un necessary is the main reason. More importantly the owner didn't want anything removed on the car at all.
Weird question but do you think that film adds any weight to the car?
It definitely does. It weighs something. But it can't add that much. Good question 👍
Smart.
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Is it dangerous to to use blade to cut PPF ?? Won’t the blade cut the paint??
It's definitely possible to cut through the PPF and into the pain and accident. Good after you make so many cuts you begin to realize how much pressure to make and then you can be confident that every cut you make will only be scoring the film and not cutting the film. For an experience installer it's extremely safe for an inexperienced installer it's a bit risky
When you really think about what was done and included in that price it really isn’t that insane. The shipping alone was a couple grand. Full PPF + Paint Correction very expensive. I don’t think $18k is unreasonable for a very rare and obviously quite cool car.
I think you understand high end detailing. Unlike many people in the comments lol. Thanks for watching and commenting. 🙂🤝
A lot of people out there can’t even afford a car and this man is spending 18k on cleaning his. how great is that.
Some people have been very fortunate to unlock a lot of wealth. All my customers are very hard working people. Almost all of them self made business owners.
I go to the car wash for 11.99 plus tip, use microfiber to dry haha
lol whatever makes you happy
Did you take the wheels off when detailing? Great Vid
Not on this car. Customer specifically requested that we not remove anything from the car