07' Roush Stage 3 Mustang

[RickRack]

A friend of mine works for a local Ford dealership that is certified to sell Roush vehicles and asked me to perform a complete detail on this Mustang before the new owner took ownership.

The car is brand new, but it had a significant amout of decontamination on the paint from sitting out in the lot without any protection for months. There were some water spots on the silver stripes, which are vinyl and had some very minor acid rain damage on the top surfaces. The soon to be owner requested that the car to be sent to a professional detailer to be properly detailed before he took it home.

My process was:

Wash, clean wheels and tires

Cleaned engine compartment

Clayed with Kar Kraft clay bar

Compounded top surfaces with Optimum Hyper Compound using a yellow foam cutting pad

Buffed complete exterior with 106ff using a black foam finishing pad

Alcohol wipedown

Werkstatt's Prime by hand

ZFX'd Z2 Pro X 2

Z8 Wipedown

Werkstatt's Prime on wheels, followed by Opti-Seal

Opti-Seal on all exterior glass

Super Blue dressing on tires and wheel wells

Scotchguarded all interior carpets and floor mats

Meguiars Quick Interior Detail on all vinyl and leather

[tdekany]

Beautiful Rick!!!!!!

[jtford95]

That thing is sweet!!!! I like the color combo.Did you put anything on the top? Any engine pictures?? Looks great!!! Great job!! Joe

[gmblack3a]

I am sure the new owner will be very happy Rick.

[rydawg]

Great job Rick. That is a sick car!

[RickRack]

Thomas- Thanks!

Joe- I did use a protectant on the convertible top, but I forget what the products is called. I bought it from my local Kar Kraft distributor. I switched to Raggtopp protectant because they discontinued the product. Sorry, I don't have any engine pictures. I just found one of my memory sticks with a few older details on it. I think that some of the pictures were deleted.

Bryan- Yes, the owner was very pleased. I left a business card in the glove compartment and the owner called me about a month later. He is a local private contractor and has a few really nice cars he wants me to detail for him. He said he was blown away when he went to pick the car up.

Ryan- Thanks! The car was pretty nice.

I had fun last weekend detailing the LR-3 with you!

I have a few details next week if you want to get together

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job Rick. How cool is it to be a new car owner and getting a new car detailed by you and not some dealership hack. I am sure he was estatic...

[JoshVette]

Nice job, that's a good looking mustang thanks to you. It needs some 19's or 20's on there and then it would really jump out.

[RickRack]

Thanks guys!

I couldn't imagine what the car would have looked like if the dealers "detailer" got his hands on it!

The new style Mustangs are pretty nice.... Still no Corvette though!

[Danase]

I see a ton of Roush vehicles but I think that is the first convertible I have seen.

Nice work!

[MartinD]

"It looks brand new"

[David Fermani]

Originally Posted by RickRack

The car is brand new, but it had a significant amout of decontamination on the paint from sitting out in the lot without any protection for months. There were some water spots on the silver stripes, which are vinyl and had some very minor acid rain damage on the top surfaces.


My process was:


Clayed with Kar Kraft clay bar

Compounded top surfaces with Optimum Hyper Compound using a yellow foam cutting pad

Nice car and work. I use to do warranty paint work for 5-6 Ford dealerships back in Michigan and I'd have to say that Mustangs are the worst for acid rain. I don't think I've ever seen a dark colored one that didn't have it! Very rarely was I able to remove the etching with just compounding (even with a wool pad). I'm glad your process worked for you. You need to have the Service Department put an acid rain claim into to Ford to get your services re-imbursed.