Meet Brightmare. This is "stylin99"' (Steve Shrader's) 99 Mustang GT (don't let the Cobra nose fool you). This is the car that started the Yellow Mustang Registry...car number 1 of over 7000 now. This car has been on the cover of Mustang Enthusiast Magazine, as well as Modified Mustang Magazine. It has also been on Pink's All Out. Next month, it will be in 5.0 Magazine's E85 shootout, so we had to get it looking top notch again. Plus, I would like to think the detail just lowered his quarter mile time due to the slickness of Zaino!!! It is probably one of the more unique cars I have worked on.
Steve will have to chime in on the specifics, and correct anything I say that is wrong (I am not as much of a gear head / mechanical genius as him), but his car has been modified to run off E85.
This is a
2valve 4.6 L 281cu in V8 pushing
640 rwhp!!! Here is Steve's page with mods -
Steve Shrader's Project BrightMare
Steve has been putting a lot of time into the engine, and Brightmare was in need of refreshing. She had lost her depth and gloss, and was suffering from some light swirling and
water spots. Thankfullly, "Sal329" was able to come over again and help me. We had about 13 hours in the car.
Steve brought it over at 9:00 this morning, and anyone in my neighborhood that was still asleep when he arrived, was awaken to the sound of raw, nasty, American corn fed horsepower!!! Heck, I was out in my driveway and could literally hear him about 3 streets away.
Interior - carpets and mats were vacuumed. Adams
carpet cleaner was used on the mats.
Meguiar's QID was used on all plastic surfaces. The leather seats were cleaned with Gold Class leather cleaner/conditioner. Vents were dusted with a horse hair brush. Door Jambs got Adam's APC 1:1 with water, agitated with a Swissvax brush, and rinsed with water.
Exterior - QEW wash (3 bucket method), AutoMagic
Blue Clay, The hood, trunk and roof were rotaried with Purple Foam Wool and SIP. The sided were hit with either the
Flex with SIP, or the PC with a 4" pad and SIP (for the smaller areas), and then we went over the whole car with Zaino PC on the PC with a Green LC pad, at speed 6. A
50/50 mix of Z2 and Z5 Pro, with a shot of Z8 and ZFX was applied - 3 coats with Z6 wipe downs in between, and a final Z8 wipedown.
The wheels and Exhaust were polished with
Meguiar's
NXT Metal Polish, and sealed with Zaino
AIO. The tires and wells got
Hyper Dressing 2:1. Duragloss 501 was used on painted areas under the trunk lid, and under the hood.
On with the pics, and more explanations...
The arsenal
Upon arrival
Front Bumper
Yeah...I am deliberately saving the full car shots until the end...It's worth waiting for
Trunk (I think this is his aftercooler???) It's his cold water box...
Engine before - not too bad...
If you were wondering if it is a fast car...
Dirty water spotting (before)
After DG 501
Sal on the Flex
Me with the rotary
This is the car in the garage after polishing - no Zaino yet...
I cleaned his fuel tank...
OK, OK - the afters. The clouds had rolled in, and we thought it might rain. I was trying to get pictures quickly, so Steve could come get the car since he had his drag tires on before the rain came. Which, it never did.
Sal polished the water tank with NXT metal polish and DG501
Battery box autographed by Chip Foose
"Brightmare" polished with DG501
To be continued...
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