2004 Mustang - Pic intensive!!

[imported_GregCavi]

I had the pleasure of perfecting this 2004 Mustang for a friend of mine. I spent about 10 hours total getting it perfect. I will keep the talk to a minimum and let the pics do the talking.





Process



Wash 50-50 Dawn-Z7

Clay Z18, #425 lube

HTEC/Opt polish 50-50 @ 1500 via orange pad (yellow on trunk)

Blackfire SRC finishing polish (PC) @6 via yellow meguiars polishing pad

Zaino Z-AIO

Z5pro

CS

Z8



Z16 on tires x 2



Interior

Vacuum

Clean with HT apc 20:1

Dress with Z16

Oxy method on carpets





Wheels:



Top of the line wheel wash

Meguiars Brushes and dawn wash mixture

Z-AIO

CS



Windows:



Zaino Z12 Glass polish

Z6

CS

Z8



Trim/Lighting:



Z14 Plastic polish

CS



Engine/Wheels:



Degrease with Hi Temp APC 10:1

Agitate with meguiars brushes

Dress with Meguiars Hyper dressing 3:1

Painted areas - Z8

Spoiler removed for thorough polishing

Befores: Lots of straight line marring

Polished - Unpolished (not blackfire'd at this point)

More coming....

 

[imported_GregCavi]

More coming...

 

[imported_GregCavi]

 

[imported_GregCavi]

To address the blotchiness on the front bumper, it is bug etching and can only be fixed by a repaint.



Greg

 

[euro]

Is that a solar flare occurring in the gamma quadrant? Geeez, that's fricking reflective! :goodjob

 

[01bluecls]

You werent kidding about being pic intensive lol Great job, the red looks dripping wet.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Greg - excellent detail!



That paint is wet. Great job my friend. :bow :bow :bow

 

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

Those clouds make the paint look so marred and hazy haha... I know it's wet and you did a great job, but most of those photos, at first glance, make the paint look bad... great reflections though

 

[roadmaster_Tx1]

That has to be the cleanest 04 mustang out there..great work.:2thumbs:

 

[djomlas]

wow good job man, that car is clean.

but looks goofy witht those wheels and the 4x4 look

 

[mgm2003]

Wow, what a plethora of eye candy:shocked



I would love to see that paint in person.



The flake & crisp reflections are jumping out of my screen.



:goodjob Greg!



The owner has to be 110% pleased with the results.

 

[imported_GregCavi]

Those clouds make the paint look so marred and hazy haha... I know it's wet and you did a great job, but most of those photos, at first glance, make the paint look bad... great reflections though

Bad? Are we looking at the same pics?



Greg

 

[imported_Ivan Rajic]

Bad? Are we looking at the same pics?



Greg

The paint is not bad... the clouds make it look bad...

like this pic...

Looks like there's left over polish or wax on there or really bad hazing... you understand?

I am in agreement with you though, the paint is amazing

 

[Digiman]

Nice shine :2thumbs: How long did it take you to master the rotary? I am new to machine polishing and yesterday was my first detail with DA polisher. Car polishing is fun :waxing:

 

[Kafn8td]

Great job Greg! Amazing as always!

 

[joe.p]

great job Greg,The paint is very reflective with some nice flake pop..

 

[audicoupej]

:bow :bow



That 'Stang looks awesome. Great job!

 

[klnyc]

Wow :goodjob

My 56K dialup just crapped out on me and big thank you to you :angry

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Just playing..Good job.

 

[topnotchtouch]

Great job, that Mustang looks better than when it rolled off the assembly line :2thumbs:



I am partial to that color as well :drool:



This one is mine...

 

[JasonD]

Bad? Are we looking at the same pics?



Greg

I can see what he means. The clouds reflect in such a way that if you don't realize you are looking at a reflection it almost looks like major clearcoat failure/peeling. I didn't think this, but after reading his post, I can see what he's saying.