Presidential Detailed: 2004 AC COBRA 427ci
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Presidential Detailed: 2004 AC COBRA 427ci
This car was brought to me by S&R Performance here in Tampa, FL. In the end we decided upon a "basic" exterior, 1-stage polish just bring back the luster but not really remove any defect beyond what my polish would do. We also did an interior detail, which I forgot to take afters of and we are scheduled to do the engine compartment in a couple weeks. The owner came by to check on the car and was very satisfied with the results and we may even be doing a full blown "Presidential" Exterior to this car in a couple months. We also scheduled his Audi S8 while he was there!
First off before we get started, this car was built in AFRICA!!! I must say it is one of the best aftermarket paint jobs I have probably ever seen. There were litterally no flaws in the paint job itself. The flaws I did happen to find were a few spots where it seemed after wet sanding, the body shop did not fully remove all of the scratched from the sand paper. The car also had quite a bit of swirling in it, but it probably hadnt even been washes since it was built! Even though the customer was satisfied with how the car looked, I pointed out the problem areas and he was interested enough to eventually reschedule the car for the full polish job. ENJOY!!! I DID!
Products:
Exterior:
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna IP/White
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu
LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator
Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
BEFORE:
First off before we get started, this car was built in AFRICA!!! I must say it is one of the best aftermarket paint jobs I have probably ever seen. There were litterally no flaws in the paint job itself. The flaws I did happen to find were a few spots where it seemed after wet sanding, the body shop did not fully remove all of the scratched from the sand paper. The car also had quite a bit of swirling in it, but it probably hadnt even been washes since it was built! Even though the customer was satisfied with how the car looked, I pointed out the problem areas and he was interested enough to eventually reschedule the car for the full polish job. ENJOY!!! I DID!
Products:
Exterior:
Optimum No Rinse
ONR diluted to clay lube
COBRA UMF Wash Mitt
COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m Masking Tape
Adams Professional Clay Bar
Meguairs APC+
Meguairs Hyperdressing
Menzerna IP/White
91% Isopropyl Alcohol
Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)
Swissvax Pneu
LSP:
P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator
Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Makita Hi Speed Rotary
World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush
DD Detail Sponge
The Wheel Well/Fender Brush
The Spoke Brush
Canon Rebel XTi
Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow
E-Z Detail Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
BEFORE:
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The car looked great already, but I knew that wouldnt be the case in the sun!
As you can see there were also some buffer trails, I have a feeling they rushed the car out after paint/wetsanding and didnt do a thorough job of polishing the car.
I played around with a few polish/pads to find out what would give me good correction abilities while also finishing down LSP ready...I tried optimum polish on a white pad, it did not cut very well and was still too harsh to finish down lsp ready. I then tried Menzerna IP on a white pad, since I have had good results with SIP/White(I ran out of SIP)and it was my choice for today also!
50/50..As you can see it cut down the swirling quite a bit and also left a LSP ready finish.
Even inside, you could tell the finish was significantly deeper than before..
As you can see there were also some buffer trails, I have a feeling they rushed the car out after paint/wetsanding and didnt do a thorough job of polishing the car.
I played around with a few polish/pads to find out what would give me good correction abilities while also finishing down LSP ready...I tried optimum polish on a white pad, it did not cut very well and was still too harsh to finish down lsp ready. I then tried Menzerna IP on a white pad, since I have had good results with SIP/White(I ran out of SIP)and it was my choice for today also!
50/50..As you can see it cut down the swirling quite a bit and also left a LSP ready finish.
Even inside, you could tell the finish was significantly deeper than before..
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I was limited on time with this car, so I didnt get as many detailed pictures as Id like..but here are some afters!
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Thanks!
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excellent Job!!
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3991 Park Blvd
Pinellas Park, FL 33781
www.Petestopmotorco.com
PERFORMANCE, INSTALLATION,REPAIR,Nitrous fills, Mon-Fri 9-6 Sat 9-5
Complete Repair, Import,Domestic
Forced Induction, Bolt on, custom, alcohol, Nos
COMPLETE INTERIOR, Custom everything
Import tuning by, Carter Taliaferro
Domestic tuning by, Pete Stop- tuner of your choice.
If your not first your last!
727-541-3400