So usually when a guy with an FR-S contacts us lately, he wants HIS ride done...well...not in this case! I was contacted this time about us doing his girlfriends Charger...a purple one he told me. My sister Dani lit up right away when she heard that. As usual we set up a time to bid it so we could see what we were working with.
Well...we were working with a lot...a whoooooole lot! Starting with lots of dirt:
And then some nice faded trim:
And of course...tons of swirls everywhere!
Then there were the wheels....the wheels with 2" thick brake dust lol
Thats an Arizona Road Coating there!
Then there were a few rather deep scratches:
And bugs..
And kitty paw prints!!!!
And of course with all this...came lots of water spots...
Looks like someone has been setting cups on the roof...bad bad bad!
Oh yeah and more swirls...under the dirt:
And more of this:
This is what a sad Hemi looks like:
And some more trim asking for help:
*Sigh* and bird droppings:
Ok so, now you see what we saw during the bid lol. We set a price and a time....he said he wanted it to be opti-coated as well...which got a big thumbs up from us for sure. We arranged for it to be dropped off Saturday afternoon and picked up Sunday afternoon...and we used almost every minute of that time (except our few hours of sleep in between!)
The drop off day came...he was able to get it to us a few hours earlier than expected, about 2 p.m
First thing was first, those wheels, tires and wheel wells HAD to be taken care of....and it took over an hour just to clean them:
Foaming goodness to the rescue:
Thank God for Wheel Woolies, they clean barrels so nicely without slinging stuff all over me:
Then of course time to clean the faces:
Needed a brush angled at 90 degrees to get behind the spoked parts:
And then pressure wash the hell out of everything:
Then it was time for the tires to get their scrub on:
And the wheel wells needed much love too:
So yeah...like i said...over an hour later that fun was done. We had our tent set up since its getting to be pretty warm out here already (90's), and we needed some shade so we could foam and wash this big baby down:
After a VERY thorough wash it was time to rinse:
Once she was clean and dry, the deeper waterspots stood out like sore thumbs:
Etched right into the paint, isnt that nice!
Oh and there were clusters, yes...many clusters...
Then it was time to decontaminate the paint (clay, but with an autoscrub). Man did it need it, the paint had SOUND to it when you ran your towel or hand over it...many bonded contaminants, but that was ok...we'd smooth it all out:
There was a little left over tar on a lower panel:
But in no time flat the autoscrub disc by hand took it right off:
While i did that...Dani was busy in the backyard giving herself a near concussion! Yeah see what happened was..she was back under the awning where we store a lot of our supplies (no room in the garage but they stay stored in cabinets and in the shade outside) and thought she was going to clear the awning and BAM! Near concussion....i haven't seen her hurt that bad in a long time. She had to take a minute inside to get herself back together, but...being the trooper that she is...she was right back out there to keep plugging away at the Plum.
She got to her tires/wheels and wheel well duties. Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed very nicely:
Rims and tires turned out sweet as well...especially with Opti-Coat on them!
After all that fun was done, it was time to tape of a LOT of vinyl stripes (Dani's job again, bless her heart) and then find out what we could do with these swirls!
Some areas just required some good ole hand polishing,
It wasn't perfect but, it cleaned up pretty nice between the vinyl:
Then it was time to break out the Dyna-Brade/Makita combo (this was before we got our Rupes from Mr Kevin Brown!) with a Megs microfiber cutting disc and some 105.
Well...we were working with a lot...a whoooooole lot! Starting with lots of dirt:
And then some nice faded trim:
And of course...tons of swirls everywhere!
Then there were the wheels....the wheels with 2" thick brake dust lol
Thats an Arizona Road Coating there!
Then there were a few rather deep scratches:
And bugs..
And kitty paw prints!!!!
And of course with all this...came lots of water spots...
Looks like someone has been setting cups on the roof...bad bad bad!
Oh yeah and more swirls...under the dirt:
And more of this:
This is what a sad Hemi looks like:
And some more trim asking for help:
*Sigh* and bird droppings:
Ok so, now you see what we saw during the bid lol. We set a price and a time....he said he wanted it to be opti-coated as well...which got a big thumbs up from us for sure. We arranged for it to be dropped off Saturday afternoon and picked up Sunday afternoon...and we used almost every minute of that time (except our few hours of sleep in between!)
The drop off day came...he was able to get it to us a few hours earlier than expected, about 2 p.m
First thing was first, those wheels, tires and wheel wells HAD to be taken care of....and it took over an hour just to clean them:
Foaming goodness to the rescue:
Thank God for Wheel Woolies, they clean barrels so nicely without slinging stuff all over me:
Then of course time to clean the faces:
Needed a brush angled at 90 degrees to get behind the spoked parts:
And then pressure wash the hell out of everything:
Then it was time for the tires to get their scrub on:
And the wheel wells needed much love too:
So yeah...like i said...over an hour later that fun was done. We had our tent set up since its getting to be pretty warm out here already (90's), and we needed some shade so we could foam and wash this big baby down:
After a VERY thorough wash it was time to rinse:
Once she was clean and dry, the deeper waterspots stood out like sore thumbs:
Etched right into the paint, isnt that nice!
Oh and there were clusters, yes...many clusters...
Then it was time to decontaminate the paint (clay, but with an autoscrub). Man did it need it, the paint had SOUND to it when you ran your towel or hand over it...many bonded contaminants, but that was ok...we'd smooth it all out:
There was a little left over tar on a lower panel:
But in no time flat the autoscrub disc by hand took it right off:
While i did that...Dani was busy in the backyard giving herself a near concussion! Yeah see what happened was..she was back under the awning where we store a lot of our supplies (no room in the garage but they stay stored in cabinets and in the shade outside) and thought she was going to clear the awning and BAM! Near concussion....i haven't seen her hurt that bad in a long time. She had to take a minute inside to get herself back together, but...being the trooper that she is...she was right back out there to keep plugging away at the Plum.
She got to her tires/wheels and wheel well duties. Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed very nicely:
Rims and tires turned out sweet as well...especially with Opti-Coat on them!
After all that fun was done, it was time to tape of a LOT of vinyl stripes (Dani's job again, bless her heart) and then find out what we could do with these swirls!
Some areas just required some good ole hand polishing,
It wasn't perfect but, it cleaned up pretty nice between the vinyl:
Then it was time to break out the Dyna-Brade/Makita combo (this was before we got our Rupes from Mr Kevin Brown!) with a Megs microfiber cutting disc and some 105.
