I was really looking forward to this one! It belongs to the son-in-law of a client I did a 2013 Gran Sport Vette for, a few months back. So I was HOPING this one would come my way! And I knew it was in worse shape than the owner "thought" it was (like usual), so I really had a chance to change the way he perceived the overall finish of this Mustang! Here's how I handled business: Popped the hood & simply rinsed it out with Adam's Firehose Nozzle, it was only "dusty" in the engine bay Dried the engine bay with MetroVac Sidekick Blaster Killed the fender wells with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Adam's Turbo Stick (tight clearance) & tires with Adam's Fender Brush Slayed the wheels with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner & New Lug nut Brush Full 2-bucket wash with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo & Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Adam's Jumbo Wash pads Full rinse, followed by pool rinse technique to aid in drying Owner was honest about clay bar & said he did it just a month ago, and even after my testing, came up with nada, so surface prep was fairly easy. I just did top surfaces and tail to cure my OCD itch (despite not pulling anything, lol) with Adam's Clay Bar, Adam's Detail Spray, and Adam's Single Soft Towel After my strip wash with CWS & APC the car was still beading water, so even pre-polishing I did a wipedown with 70/30 IPA & and Adam's Single Soft towel to help strip further, as to not clog pads. Tape off vinyl decals with Adam's Detailer's Tape Most polishing was done via ONE-STEP with Adam's new prototype correction compound/polish & Flex 3401 with an Adam's 4th gen Orange Pad (yes on black) Rest of polishing on front bumper and lower side skirts was done with Cyclo Polisher (testing) with 2-Adam's 4" Orange Focus Pads & Adam's prototype correction compound/polish Wipedown entire vehicle with 70/30 IPA & Adam's Singlesoft Microfiber towel to prep for sealant Coat entire vehicle with Adam's Quick Sealant & let cure for 1 hour Dress fender wells with Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray & block sponge Final detail on wheels with Adam's Detail Spray & Utility towel Dress all exterior plastic with Adam's SVRT Polish exhaust tips with Adam's Metal Polish #2 Polish Moroso metal parts under hood with Adam's Metal Polish #2 Polish radiator cowl underhood with Drill, 4" microfiber pad & Adam's Prototype correction compound/polish Dress entire engine bay with Adam's In/Out Spray and Adam's SVRT Adam's Waterless Wash entire vehicle to discharge static from Quick Sealant Top off vehicle with Adam's Americana Paste Wax & remove with Adam's Double Soft Microfiber Towel Vacuum interior Dust dash, console, gauges, etc. with Adam's Detail Spray & Utility towel (reeeeaallly wish I would've had the new TID for this, but it didn't arrive yet) Clean interior & exterior glass with Adam's Glass Cleaner & towel Car will probably be coming back in a couple months for a paint correction on the powdercoated wheels, as those weren't addressed in this particular detail. ON WITH THE PICS!!! Arrival condition, car has 40k miles, and is NOT a DD, garage kept: Cat footprints.... Engine bay before, not bad, just dusty & a bit chalky: Getting started: In an effort to strip existing protection, I added 4oz. of Adam's APC to the otherwise normally Ph Balanced Adam's Shampoo: Pool rinse to aid in faster drying: Baggie test to feel surface: And this is ALL I got after the roof, hood, and trunklid: IPA Wipedown prior to polishing to further remove old protection: Here's what I found upon inspecting the raw paint: Time to do work: Got out the Cyclo for the tight areas down low: My little Metabo 4" made a quick appearance for the tight tail area: Taillights before: Taillights after: For tightness on the big radiator panel under the hood: Metal sexiness: Engine bay pimped: Alcohol wipedown again, before sealant/wax combo: Finished shots: LOVE this tail baby: New rear window mod This rolling black mirror was reflecting the greenery in my driveway all over the place, lol. Thanks for hanging out & reading!!
Great job! Love Saleen Mustangs, met Steve a couple of time real nice guy. That thing looks sinister after your work.
Bravo Buddy! Well done Be careful with that cyclo, even with using Adams. I have a few stories i could tell you about that little machine, man can it cause some damage. :yikes:
great work...I'll be interested to see what you do to correct powdercoated wheels....never done that before
