Detailing for the World Ford Challenge 56K *maybe*

ebpcivicsi · 06-01-06, 04:25

A few weeks ago I got a call from a now friend of mine (I have done work for him in the past) Alan, who owns www.speedofsoundllc.com, he needed me to prep two Mustangs for him. The cars would both be present if Speed of Sound’s display booth at the World Ford Challenge. I love detailing for this guy, he is always appreciative of my work, the working conditions are always pleasant, and he is a genuine “car guy.”

First up was a car that belonged to a friend of his, this car had been fitted with many one off parts from the speed of sound shop. This car is serious; I believe he ran a low 10 second ¼ mile at the WFC. The owner had recently painted his hood and rear trunk in his garage—I have to tell you it looked better than 95% of the junk that comes out of body shops around here. It just needed a little wet sanding to remove some trash in the clear and to level out the OP. It really looked great before I even touched it. The rest of the car had moderate swirls, but nothing too severe—it was very clean.

*DISCLAIMER* I don’t have a ton of before pics, and my after pics aren’t a true representation of the work. I am not trying to deceive anyone; I just got in a rush and didn’t have the time to take the proper angles, etc. In other words, these are just some neat pics of a pretty cool project, and an even cooler car. These pics certainly aren't good before and afters.

NOTE: The “good afters” were taken by a professional photographer, he was awesome.

Anyways, the process for the bullit was:

Wash

Clay

Wet sand hood and truck with Meguiars unigrit papers. 1500 on the rough spots, 3000 on the entire hood/trunk.

HT EC via rotary @1500 RPM’s with an orange LC pad

FP II via cyclo and white cyclo pads

WG QD wipedown

WG sealant

Before:

Here is during the sanding process:

After:

ebpcivicsi · 06-01-06, 04:26

Here are the photos taken by the professional photographer:

This is a panel that they made to cover the amps/stereo equipment—it is only visible when the rear seats are dropped:

The motor, just degreased and wiped down—no dressing:

This is a one off NOS bottle holder that they machined in house, it sits in the trunk, the LED work is theirs too.

This is a surround that they make custom for each customer—you can have whatever you want CNC’ed for the buttons.

ebpcivicsi · 06-01-06, 04:27

The other Mustang that I did was Alan’s Fox body, very cool car. This car is a garage queen, but it needed a little sprucing up after the mods that went in over the winter.

I just washed, lightly clayed, applied PB’s SSR2 via PC, VM, then applied tow coats of TS

This engine was degreased, then dressed with Meguiars hyper-dressing 1:1

Mitchubishievo · 06-01-06, 04:50

GORGOUES CARS, nice systems, great mods, good shop, awesome photos....but most of all, GREAT WORK! This thread rocks.

tdekany · 06-01-06, 05:05

your after pictures (first car) are awesome! Who did you learn wetsending from?

ebpcivicsi · 06-01-06, 05:24

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Originally Posted by tdekany

your after pictures (first car) are awesome! Who did you learn wetsending from?

I use to get scrap panels from body shops and practice on them. I would get "help" from my grand father who owned a body shop/wrecker service for 20+ years. He really knew more about SS laquer finishes, but he could apply it to BC/CC. Once Al Gore invented the internet, my learning curve was decreased greatly.

Did something look off in the pics? I am always up for learning other technicues/hearing how others do things.