Handz Detailed: 2001 Lincoln LS Silver *Beater* Paint Correction

[Handz]

The owner of this car is a Good friend of mine. The owner Hired me to do Full paint correction on this car because, and I quote, "Handz Is Thug".



This Car is a DD. It has 120,XXX Miles on the Clock. Its lives its entire life outside and has gone through 2 motors. Car is beat on everyday in LA Traffic since Day 1 of Owning the car. Car has driven to vegas 10 or more times from LA and driven to mexico. Car sat in the Fresno dirt BS for a while.... So lots of work for me lol



This Car is the 3.9 V8 Model



Full Paint Correction Exterior with Headlight Restoration. Light wheel cleaning because they are Spray painted.



The owner helped me work on this job so we did it in a day and a half!!!



Silver is a PITA to find defects on and the Lincoln Paint is Rock hard.... It made this Job annoying.



Time Invested: 16 hours (2 Guys Working)



Wheels:

- CG Sticky Wheel Gel



Wash:

- Polished Bliss Foam Canon

- CG Citrus Wash+Gloss

- CG Citrus Wash Clear

- CG Orange Degreaser

- ShMITT

- Stoner Tarminator



Clay:

- CG Heavy Claybar

- CG Luber 1:1



Paint Correction:

Hitachi SP18VA

- CG No.721/LC CCS Orange + Wool (Roof)

- CG No.778/CG Black Flat Pad

PorterCable 7424

- CG Wet Mirror Finish/Hexlogic Blue



Protection:

- CG Jetseal109

- CG 50/50 Pure Concours



Plastic & Tires:

- CG Silk Shine



Metal:

- CG Metal Shine

- CG Window Cleaner



Headlights:

- 3M Sand Paper (800,1500,2000

- CG Scratch+Swirl B-Gone

- CG Pro Polish 3N



Before:



















"DankFanatic" from DB Stopped by and brought his Foam Canon for me to play With!!! Hurray!!



Foam Canon: 2oz CG CWG + 2oz CG CWC + 1oz CG Orange Degreaser















Clay With CG Heavy Clay + CG Luber







Inspection Time!!!! Nasty Swirls!!!



















50/50 Test Panel on The Trunk







Headlights Before















Headlights After











The License Plate Has a Chrome Frame that is Totally Trashed!!! We cant remove the Plate frame from the Plate because its glued to the Plate itself because the Owner has a HUGE subwoofer in the trunk and it prevents the vibration. We decided to use some Semi Gloss Paint I had laying around to make it look better!!!











Scuffed with 800 Grit







Looks Like New painted Black!!!







Hit the Scuffed Door handled because they were Scratched to Hell











Tailpipes Before







Tail Pipes After some #0000 Steel Wool + CG Metal Shine











Get the Fogs Also

[Handz]

Last Rinse After Polishing to Remove Dust















Hit The Tires and Trim







Last Inspection With The Scope







After!!!































Owner Has a Big Speaker.... Hits Really F*cking Hard. Custom Digital Designs 12inch Cone with 15inch Triple Stack Voice Coil and Magnet in Custom Horn Box. 4000 Watt Amp.







Nothing Hides Under The Lights....

[David Fermani]

Very nice - You made that Silver sparkle. Love the loop picture too. Great work!

[Barry Theal]

Nice work. I have one simaler to that! Except mine is white with a little more gloss. lol Car looks awesome man,

[bigltc]

Nice to save a lincoln!

[Bigpoppa3346]

Nice save! I drive an 02` LS myself.



Any reason why you didn`t clean and dress the wheel wells?

[focus2069]

outfreekingstanding job on that lincoln...









but seriously? wal-mart viva2 tires on a Lincoln LS V8? not even close to the right tire for that vehicle.

[Handz]

Nice save! I drive an 02` LS myself.



Any reason why you didn`t clean and dress the wheel wells?

Owners Request not to clean or dress the Wheel wells. This car is a Beater and drives on dirt roads Alot.... So me and and the owner both decided to spend the time on other places since the car is going to vegas next month lol.

[a_guerrajr]

nice work. think the newer LS wheels would make that car look much better.

[RustyBumper]

Nice turn around on the car!! It was pretty beat up. How do you like the CG paint polishes and pads? How does that metal polish compare to others that you`ve used before? The exhaust turned out very nice.



Are you taking a break from school and doing this as a living now?

[Handz]

Nice turn around on the car!! It was pretty beat up. How do you like the CG paint polishes and pads? How does that metal polish compare to others that you`ve used before? The exhaust turned out very nice.



Are you taking a break from school and doing this as a living now?

Thanks, The car came out nice :woot:



I liked the CG Polishes. They worked nice. I honestly like menzerna polishes better, but these are pretty good. The metal polish is Legit. Its not as strong as 3M metal polish, but its more of a watery constancy so you could use it with a powerball.



I Wish I was doing this full time. I am still going to school, But i am on Spring break this week.

[Accumulator]

Handz- Nice job :xyxthumbs



I simply *LOVE* beater-car details



Oh, but I *will* take you to task about that masking tape job you did around the headlights

[Handz]

Handz- Nice job :xyxthumbs



I simply *LOVE* beater-car details



Oh, but I *will* take you to task about that masking tape job you did around the headlights

Yeah, that is a different story lol. for some reason i ran out of 3M painter tape and found some lying around the house.... It must have been like 20 years old because that stuff would not stick. It annoyed me the whole day :sadpace:

[Accumulator]

Yeah, that is a different story lol.. It annoyed me the whole day..

Heh heh, yeah, I believe you. Glad you didn`t take my comment the wrong way.