06 Mustang GT - Crazy Bad Condition (NO 56K)

[CleanGSR]

The Story:

THis car was beat up pretty bad last fall from a tornado that came through town. It ended up needing a lot of body work and a complete repaint. Well, where to begin. After 3 months, the owner wanted his car back from the body shop. They rushed the final buffing and there were rotary holograms/buffer trails over the entire car. THis was my first experience removing them. Next......this was the softest clear I've ever seen. I couldn't hardly wipe the polish without scratching the paint. Oh, and it had a few swirls in it too from the soft clear coat.



In the end, I wasn't able to remove everything, but got pretty close. The hardest part was getting it to finish down completely without marring from my PC....yeah it was so bad that Meg's #9 and a final finishing pad marred if I wasn't careful. Tried an Orange pad, but it left as much marring as it removed, so on to the green.



Process:



Wash w/ 2 bucket

(didn't need clay, but I tested various spots incase)

SSR 2.5 w/ Propel Green Pad - PC Speed 6 (twice in some areas)

Meguiars #80 w/ Propel Green Pad - PC Speed 6 (twice or three times in some areas)

Meguiars #80 w/ Propel Blue Pad - PC Speed 6 (only in some areas)

Meguiars #9 w/ Propel Blue Pad - PC Speed 6 (medium pressure, then letting up to light pressure)

Meguiars #26 w/ Propel Blue Pad

Final Wipe Down with Meguiars Last Touch



Windows got Invisible Glass

Interior got a wipe down with Meguiars NXT Interior Protectant

Vaccumed

Wheels Polished with Mother's Liquid Aluminum Polish

Exhaust Tips Polished with Mother's Liquid Aluminum Polish

Tires got Meguiars Hot Shine



I think that's everything. Now on to the horror shots





BEFORES

AFTER 1 Pass of SSR2.5 on hood

Some Half and Half Shots

AFTERS

Some Reflection Shots......just because

Like I said it's not 100% in full sun, but the customer was extremely pleased with the results. Was also open to tips about using the two bucket method.



Thanks for looking.

 

[Old Pirate]

Great turnaround you did on the GT, very wet and shine too!:goodjob

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great work. I loved this picture so I ran it through an editoer and sharpened it. I think maybe a little to much, but I cleaned up the colors, let me know what you think.

 

[CleanGSR]

doesn't look bad. Made it look a little grainy though. I usually edit mine a little in photoshop to get the color's looking good. Didn't spend the time on it this time.

 

[Bigpoppa3346]

Very reflective and wet. I feel your pain on the soft black paints-I did a black BMW today that is the same way-an MF will mar it and it looks like there are little swirls/streaks/smears left over at the end. Very frustrating.



Paint looks awesome though...cool car too.

 

[Old Pirate]

Wow what a difference on these pic's.

 

[15951]

The shop did a lousy job on the detail, but they sure did a nice job on painting and wetsanding...very little OP. Nice looking car, and you did a great job on getting it in good shape!

 

[CleanGSR]

Thanks guys. Yeah, the shop did a good job with the wetsanding. I noticed the driver's side door had a decent amount of orange peel. When I asked the owner he said that was the only panel that didn't get a repaint. Also the rear bumper had a good bit of OP that was still in there. The spoiler was really bad. I guess it's suppossed to have a little, but it was really bad with OP.

 

[imported_Dave11]

The Story:

THis car was beat up pretty bad

You wern't kidding.....



Excellent work........:2thumbs:



I'll bet that owner had a permagrin after he saw his car......

 

[codiddy]

I noticed the driver's side door had a decent amount of orange peel. When I asked the owner he said that was the only panel that didn't get a repaint.

Ford's paint quality is a joke, my 06 mustang is covered in orange peel!!

 

[jtford95]

That looks great!!! Nice turnaround. The door shot is cool. Nice land scape.LOL.THat is my favorite car. Is that a shaker hood scoop?

 

[CHAOS]

wow, that thing was in really bad shape... you did an excellent job.. hopefully they hire you again to maintain that shine!

 

[CleanGSR]

Yeah, when the damage was done from the tornado he too the oportunity to cut a hole in the hood and make it a shaker hood. Pretty cool. I hope he hires me to keep it clean for him. This was definately a fun car to detail.