Shelby GT500

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This is a Shelby I did last week in preparation for winter storage. Overall the car was in very good condition with just a few rids and normal use swirls. The interior was also in pretty good shape.
Products used
Interior:
Auto Finesse Crystal glass cleaner (pricey but IMO the best there is)
Chemical Guys WW Window Towel
Lucas Interior Detailer
Optimum Power Clean
Poor Boys Work MF Towels
Chemical Guys Leather Conditioner
Migliore Brilliant Dressing
Zep Carpet Cleaner
Bissell LGM Pro Heat
Various Brushes

Exterior:
Power Washer
Foam Cannon
Flex 3401
GG 6
Buff & shine 6” Green & Black
LC Black 5.5 Flat Pads
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss & Dawn Mix
Mothers® Wheel & Tire Cleaner
Optimum Opti-Seal
303 High Tech Fabric Guard 303 High Tech Fabric Guard 3 High Tech Fabric Guard
Ultima Elastrofoam Paint Cleaning System
Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus
Sonus SFX -1 Restore Polish
Sonus SFX -2 Enhance Polish
SONUS SFX-3 Final Finish Polish
BLACKFIRE Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection
BLACKFIRE Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste
Chemical Guys Hybrid V7
Migliore Bella Lustra Tire Glaze
Cobra WW Towels
Chemical Guys Big Monster 550 Towels
Chemical Guys WW Window Towel
Zep Citrus
Sonus Motor Kote
P21S Polishing Soap
Detailer’s Pro Quick Wax
Detailer’s Pro Trim Detailer
Optimum MF Cutting Pad
3M Tape
3M Painters Window Plastic
Various Brushes and MF Wash Mitt
That’s a lot of stuff for a car that was in pretty good shape to start with. 


Exterior of car as it was delivered.

I started off with the wheels. How many brushes does it take to clean wheels??
This many

Handled

 

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On to the wash and decon. I’ve found that a MF towel instead of a brush works best for scrubbing cloth convertible tops.
Soaking with CGCW&G and Dawn mix in warm water applied with a foam cannon.

All washed and ready for decon.

During the decon I found a few chips in the paint and fixed those. Here’s the process I use. As I find them I circle them with a yellow marker to so they are easier to find and not get missed. The chips need to be thoroughly cleaned with wax & grease remover then the chip can be touched up. With the chips being so small once the paint is dry I use a pencil eraser as a sanding block. The sanding disc is 1500 grit 1 ½ in diameter and has adhesive backing.

Once I have the paint worked back down level I then blend it all in and take out the 1500 scratches with 3” 3000 grit pad.

Looks good

All cleaned and protected with 303 Fabric Guard. To keep the top clean it was covered with 3M painter’s window plastic. The nice thing about this plastic is its pre taped on one side.

Next was the motor.

 

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Paint protected from over spray and ready for the motor coat.

All taped up for polishing.

Flex 3401
Sonus Restore and MF pad was used for removing the 3000 grit sanding scratches. Enhance was used with a green pad and the finish was used with a black pad.
GG 6
LC black flat pad was used to apply the BFWD sealant. The MS was applied by hand.

The final wipe was with CG V7. All trim was dressed with either Details Pro Trim Detailer or Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus. The door jams were done with Details Pro spray wax.
Reverse taping to keep the trim dressing off of the paint.

With the exterior done on to the interior.

 

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Finished pics day 2

Questions comments welcome. Thanks for looking.

 

[dc52nv]

Car looks better than new. Great job.

 

[Old Pirate]

Great job there, love the old school of using a pencil tip with sand paper to fix those minor area's! You put alot of work into this one! Bravo:rockon

 

[Pats300zx]

Amazing work :rockon

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Seriously great choice in some not-so-common products and an excellent job on the detail. The Shelby looks amazing now!

 

[tropicsteve]

what an amazing vehicle. your detail was flawless !

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

:bow I'm not worthly!! Epic job my friend

 

[CT3]

Great job! It looks great, inside and out.

 

[Rocket]

Great job. The Shelby looks great

 

[GearHead_1]

Great write up, great pictures. Very nice review.

 

[AndrewBigA]

very nice work. im a big fan when i see alot of tape being used & proper, complete prep work! nice trick with the pencil eraser! great job!

 

[ihaveacamaro]

awesome job!!

 

[Reddwarf]

Super job! The touch up paint on the chips process is interesting. Well done!

 

[rzatch]

Bumping up some older ones for the new guys.