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Dealership Hack Job, into show queen!

Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:28 AM
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Default Dealership Hack Job, into show queen!

A friend of mine just picked this car up a week ago from a local Ford Dealer. I honestly do not know how their detail department gets away with putting out this kind of work! This car was in the worse condition out of ALL the cars I have done so far..keep in mind this is Ford paint..its moderately hard. Also keep in mind this was 1 WEEK AFTER Ford detailed it..

Id also like to mention that this was my first time using M105, I dont think a polish/compound can get any better than this! Most of the reviews say its got a learning curve, maybe I just did enough research before I tried using it. this stuff is no joke, it literally removes ALL defects in 20-30 seconds whereas SIP/PFW would have taken atleast 3-5 minutes! It would have taken 4 passes to do what I did with M105 twice to get the same results...I have definitely found my new favorite!

Exterior:
Optimum Car Wash
DD "Uber" Red Drying Towel
DD "Uber" Wool Mitt
Dual Buckets with Grit Guards
3m "green" Masking Tape
Optimum Instant Detail Spray
Adams Professional Clay Bar
P21S TAW
Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray
Megs M105/Megs Solo Burgandy Wool x2
Menzerna 106ff/LC FLAT White 5.5" and 4"
Menzerna Top Inspection
Tons of Uber MF Towels
Black WOW
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Pneu


LSP:
Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt 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

BEFORE:














The hood was horrendous looking with deep swirling and holograms galore! the entire hood was like this...


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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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Now in the halogens.. :ignore:

Hood..


Front Fender..


Front Fender..


Door..


Rear Fender..




50/50 with SIP/PFW..not quite enough but almost.


This side with M105/Burgandy Wool. It left its own marring but it removed all defects very weel and in VERY LITTLE time. Was almost effortless!


This side with SIP/PFW. I got a pretty good finish with this combo, however there were still traces of defects throughout the panel and took considerably more time to remove less defects. So I chose to do the car with M105.


SIP LEFT/BEFORE/M105 RIGHT


I did a small section over my M105 panel with 106FF/LC FLAT WHITE and found no holograms just as TSC17 said! Saved me ALOT of time!


Driver/Passenger door after M105/Wool x2




Fender Before:


Fender After M105/Wool x2
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After M105 x2/106FF..
































One of my favorite pictures I took..


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SUN SHOTS!! Kinda..there was a little overcast.



























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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:40 AM
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wow, nice job bro. auto detailing is not an easy job. and takes time to perfect. gj
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 08:41 AM
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Thanks! It take alot of time to do it right, but the results are what makes it worth it. Of course getting paid too..
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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:28 PM
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what did this person spend with you....looks a million times better.

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Old Oct 5, 2008 | 04:38 PM
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He brought me two cars so he got a discount, but this job would typically go for $25/hr and it took me 18-19 hours to complete.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 12:01 PM
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looks good...was the ford dealer using sandpaper on it???i mean crap,my two year old maaco paint job looks better than the before pictures.you brought that one back from the dead bro.
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Old Oct 6, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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nice job man, i am doing the same thing to the same car, a black 99 cobra but with a black top. i had to repaint the bumper covers though because they were bad. i'll be doing all that crap you did to the body as well, dont you love detailing!! i love bringing cars back from the dead.
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