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Old 06-22-09, 04:00   #1 (permalink)
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Black Mustang Convertible brought back to life

Here is a Mustang I worked on last week. As the pics will show, it's the worst car condition wise that I've worked on. Deep key marks on the right side from the rear bumper to the front, RIDS, swirls on every inch of the car, shopping cart scratches on the rear bumper, you name it, it had it.

Here's my process:

Exterior:
Gold Class wash
Megs white clay bar
Megs 85 with 4" LC yellow on Makita at 1800rpm
Megs 80 with 7" LC black on Makita at 1000rpm
Wash again as above
Klasse AIO with 4" LC black on PC at speed 4
Megs 26 Liquid wax by hand

Interior:
Megs leather cleaner and conditioner spray
303 Aerospace Protectant

Tires and wheels:
Megs endurance tire shine and Megs APC to clean both

Some before pics:




Here's the key marks along the entire right side:












Here's the bumper scratches from a shopping cart:






after claying, taped up and ready for battle:








Here are the after pics (sunlight was quickly fading):












remember those shoping cart scratches?


the key marks are all but gone, only the bits down to the metal can be seen:










heavy hail damage on the hood:




 
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Old 06-22-09, 10:48   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Black Mustang Convertible brought back to life

Man that car is beaten for how old it is, nice scratch removal, most of it anyways.

Did you go back and do the wheel wells?
 
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nice work, im a fan of all those supras
 
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Old 06-23-09, 06:48   #4 (permalink)
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Re: Black Mustang Convertible brought back to life

See that's why you should never cheat on your woman LOL They will carry underwood ya everytime. Great comeback on it.
 
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good recovery !
 
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Nice job, you must be a member of MOL.
 
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Old 06-24-09, 01:31   #7 (permalink)
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Nice job, you must be a member of MOL.
I joined it but I don't think I've ever made a post there, it was just for reading up on products. I use Megs a lot because it's readily available for me at the local paint shop 10 minutes away from the shop, and they work well.
 
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