Three Detailers and a Ram 2500

[howareb]

This 2003 Dodge RAM 2500 was a rarity where you have a King Cab and a Full Bed along with of course the Hemi. MAN what a truck, but it surely was hurting when it came into my shop. The owner asked for a lundry list of items to complete this detail and that is where the story begins.



On the laundry list we had to repair a large section of "missing paint" on the corner of the door jamb, a large amount of rock chips on the front hood, various scratches on the tailgate (it looked like a raccoon scratched it), an area of egg etching, and of course your normal RIDs and swirls.



I was lucky to have the assitance of "Got Leather (DJ)" and "Jeff (not an autopian member, yet). Anyhow let us begin our story. I took a trip to the local automotive store and got some Duplicolor 2in1 Deep Garnett Red Pearl for the door jamb, scratch and rock chips. I already had some touch up clear from PaintScratch.com which is some great stuff.



On with the detail.



Wash - ONR

Clay from just the passenger front fender. UGHHH!!

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Here are some pics of what we had to work with.



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Ready for polishing. Boy that pad seems small for this truck. :)

Process was PFW and #105 1800k

White pad #105 1500-1100-900

LSP -2 Coats Zaino Z5 Pro/ZFX.



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Here are some 50/50 shots.



Every part of this detail required complete coverage of all areas.

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Here is a pic of the tailgate

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After (Not perfect, but it almost blends in).

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Here is a "close to finished pic" (1 layer of Zaino & no Dressing) of the truck. I still had to work another 3 hours to finish off the final touches.

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I unfortunalty did not get a final pic of the completed truck from the owner. As soon as I do I will post it. I wished that I could have kept the truck in the shop longer. It became a great advertising piece. It was a project that touched upon many different areas of detailing.



Thanks to "Got Leather" and Jeff for helping on this one. :)



Thanks for looking.

[kaval]

That is definitely a nice turnaround! Would love to see some finished pics and a couple close ups of the scratch on the rear just to see how the paint matched.



Great work!

[imported_DJ Mayo]

Looks good Eric. I got some pictures from my camera when I was over helping so I`ll put those up when I`m free. Thanks again.