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Old 10-04-08, 09:05   #1 (permalink)
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Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

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.. :eek3: :banghead: :thumbdn:

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 th reviews say its got a learning curve, maybe I just did enough research before I tried using it. this stuff is no joke, it literrally 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!

Oh, Id also like to say thanks to TSC17 for giving me a bit of advice on how to tackle this Ford paint. He was nice enough to give me a call from Ohio to help me out! :thumbup: :hello:

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 10-04-08, 09:06   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

Now in the halogens.. :

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 well 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 :eek3: :LOL:



























 
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

Awesome Details and great photos. What camera are you using?

TSC17 is a good guy. I talk to him on Club RSX.
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Thanks! I use a Canon Rebel Xti on all auto settings(i dont have time to play with aperture, fstop and all that ) TSC17 is definitely a great guy!
 
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

Great job, nice pictures as well
 
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Billy...great job! I'm glad it turned out well, and I'm sure the owner was pumped.
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

great job! TSC17 props to you too for helping him out from ohio!

very nice car!
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

Thanks! And special thanks to you TSC17!

Owners response..
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....great job doesn't even come close to it.. Billy, You made my day when I saw the car. I totally forgot how bad the car was before after seeing it today until I see pics on here and then i think.. DAMN.. very well done and the Yellow GT will be with you shortly
 
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HUGE improvement
 
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Re: Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

It must be horrible to be the new owner of a car, watch all of the fillers evaporate from a "detailing" and be left saying "OMFG--what did they do to my car???"

That buffer damage was tragic.

Nice recovery. I hope the customer was impressed.
 
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