A good buddy of mine has been bugging me ever since my first write-up a few months ago to detail his 2005 Black Dodge Ram 1500. I've never detailed a truck before so to be quite honest I was dreading it. That's alot of acreage. Add the fact that it's flat BLACK and that it's never been detailed or waxed, lives outside, and caters to a rather large dog that tries to jump into the bed with the tailgate up, I called in reinforcements. Two detailing friends from the Adam's Forums I met recently drove up from Orlando to graciously help me do this detail. Super thanks to the gang for braving the cold and volunteering to help me bang this one out!!! It just so happens that the only day we had available for all 3 of us was one of the coldest days in Florida. Despite following a hard freeze the night before, everyone verified the night before that they are "up for the challenge". Full complement of Adam's products used: Adam's Car Shampoo Adam's All Purpose Cleaner Adam's Green Wheel Cleaner Adam's Detail spray Adam's Clay Bar Adam's Glass Cleaner Adam's severe Swirl Remover Adam's Swirl & Haze Remover Adam's Fine Machine Polish Adam's SuperVRT Adam's In and Out Spray Adam's Metal Polish #2 Adam's Brilliant Glaze Adam's Americana Premium Wax Hardware: Adam's Dual Buckets & Dollies Adam's Fender Brush Adam's Lugnut Brush Adam's Boar's Hair Brush Karcher Electric Pressure Washer Flex 3401VRC Porter Cable 7424XP Pads: Adam's 6" Flex Pads Adam's 4" Focus Pad Kit Lots of MF Towels Here's the patient: ...judging by these claw marks, his dog's name is Godzilla Mirror drool... Wolverine on the door handles: That Tonneau cover was hard as a brick folded like that in sub-30 degrees that morning Engine bay, last time detailed: at factory. Mike up top inspecting the roof paint and the other Mike looking things over before we start. It was COLD that morning! Me sporting some Adam's Bling I made up for fun (yes I took off the chain before I detailed) A little bit of wax residue left from my quick and dirty demo a month or so ago on his hood After claying, everything started to show and it looked even worse, LOL Wow... Godzilla must have missed the truck bed on this jump Engine bay after APC soak, a complement of Adam's brushes, and a gentle rinse Mike attacking tar on the hood with some butter SHR on the roof after 2 passes with Severe. It was really thrashed. Front fender after 2 passes of Severe Swirl Remover & Green Pad 2 Flex's going Mike showing his organizational skills with his 4" Focus pad kit in a ribbon box from a craft store! The Tonneau cover warming up in the sun, 50/50. Left side Super VRT, Right side only cleaned Roof top corrected, bottom untouched. 2x Severe Swirl Remover (SSR) + 1x Swirl & Haze Remover (SHR) w/ Flex 3401 Rear fender 50/50 Left side untouched, Right side 2xSSR, 1xSHR, 1xFMP w/ Flex 3401 Me showing the Flex "no-hands" method! Note: it wasn't on haha Mike's GF chipping in towards the end, following us around with final wipedowns Me applying Americana Wax Taking Americana off Working around the car methodically, the Brilliant Glaze and Americana went on and came off within 10 minutes Mike on VRT and Undercarriage duty, other Mike on Glaze. Performing final inspections Finished Shots - Sun going down fast, we tried to get as many as we could Sun shots
Awesome job. Gotta agree about not wanting to do trucks. I have a few friends with black full size pickup trucks that always want to to "buff" them for free... I always tell them it will be useless since they have no clue how to care for it afterwards and I'd hate to see my work go to waste since they most likely will take it to the swirlomatic....
Hey Jae, I didn't realize you were over here on DB too, I'm over on the Adam's forum too with the same tag. You guys did an awesome job on this truck, really brought it back to life. The finish on the paint looks super deep.
nice work guys. I like the challenge of a big truck but im weird like that haha. paint looks nice and deep, 3 guys to go after it worked well.
You guys did a great job. The side by sides really show the work. When did you the engine, did you cover anything up before using the APC or during the "gentle" rinse?
Great job guys that thing was beatup. I do one of those twice a year for my neighbor. Except his is Blue. it does take a toll on you.
So P1ET is a moderator here, but has other folks detail his truck ... like a BOSS ... lmao. Kidding aside, great work guys. I detailed a 4-door Ram a while ago and it was my first and last.
Thanks everyone! It was quite a bit of work, but the outcome was great! The most satisfying part was when the owner said - " I was thinking about selling it, but now it looks better than new!". Oh, and that Jae fed us all day!
