This car belongs to "droptop216" (Mike). I detailed the car back in May - a full rotary job. Well, Mike had entered it a while back in the Carolina Regional Mustang Show that was held yesterday, in the concours competition. We detailed it last weekend for the show. There was a driver division, and a concours division. Mike entered it in the concours division, because he wanted his engine to be seen. In the driver division, engines weren't evaluated. "Sal329" asked me a while back if he could help with a detail sometime, so he was nice enough to come over and help on this one. Mike, Sal, and I all started working on the car last Saturday at 8:00am. Between the 3 of us, we put 20 hours in the car. Mike's car is a driver, and he doesn't own a garage. We knew we really had to step our game up to make Mike's car competitive against some other Mustangs that are pampered and trailered around, and don't see near the usage Mike's does.
Mike ended up taking home Gold for the 99-04 concours division. Way to go Mike!!! You should be proud of your car.
Sal and I detailed the engine bay with various brushes, rags, and sponges. I pulled the trunk liner out and cleaned the spare tire area - even though Mike doesn't carry a spare for weight savings. Mike cleaned the painted surfaces inside the trunk, and under the trunk lid with Duragloss 501. He also used 501 on the painted surfaces under the hood. The wheels were pulled, and Sal detailed them using everything from Swissvax brushes, to microfiber mits, to clay, to his finger nails. They were also cleaned and sealed with Duragloss 501. While the wheels were off, Mike cleaned the suspension, wheels wells, and brakes.
On the interior, we used
Meguiar's QID for a nice natural look, and Gold Class leather conditioner on the seats, shifter and hand brake boot. The white painted ares on the door panels received
Dodo Supernatural.
The paint only needed a light polishing, as Mike has taken good care of it since my May detail. Mike had never used a buffer of any kind, and Sal is only experienced with the PC. Sal decided he wanted to use a mix of Optimum Polish and
M105 with the PC, and it seemed to do a nice job. The car was then waxed with Dodo Supernatural.
Meguiar's Hyperdressing 3:1 was used on the top, engine, tires, and wheel wells.
Onto the pics...
Sal cleaning the wheels
I used a Powerball and M105 on the exhaust
In process shot of the suspension...Mike was about working on this
Sal polishing
The wheels are blinging!!!
After Dodo
Yeah, I was proud of the pipes - LOL
At the show - Mike did an excellent job wiping it down upon arrival
The inside of those wheels are clean enough to eat off of
His dyno sheet
And this made all the hard work worth it!!!
Considering this is a daily driver for Mike and the car has no garage to call home you guys did an amazing job! I really appreciate the effort that goes into a show detail but I'm glad the judges appreciated you superior job too. Keep up the great work!
Linear Mode
