Black 95 Cobra, full detail, pics inside

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sftempest66

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Hey guys, well a friend of mine brought me his 95 cobra today friend, and to be honest, for over 100k on the paint, it wasnt in too bad of shape, it did have a decent amount of swirls/hazing on it, but it wasnt too far gone, my process was as follows

-Wash with NXT car soap

-Clay with Pinnacle Poly clay/mothers instant detailing spray

-Yellow pad with optimum compound, whole car, PC set at 4500 RPM

-White pad with optimum polish, whole car, PC set at 5000RPM

-Poorboys EX sealent with caranuba (by hand, whole car)

-Poorboys Nattys blue paste wax, whole car applied by hand

-Interior - vaccum, door jambs cleaned with instand detailer/some meguiars scratch x to remove any defects, meguiars quick interior detail, mequiars exterior/interior trim shine on all vinyl/plastic surfaces, meguiars leather conditioner on all seats, carpets scrubbed along with floor mats

Wheels cleaned with quick detail and a microfiber, tire shine, etc.



Here are some before and after pics

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oxidation still on the trunk lid, that along with the roof were bad but all other areas werent bad, swirls are gone though :thumbsup

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(looks hazy, but I believe it was the humidity, if not its still way better than before...)

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Looks good! Have you considered removing the wing for ease of polishing the trunk? Not sure how hard it is to do that.
 
awahl63 said:
Great job...You only needed 4500 to get out the swirls?
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would I be safe with a yellow pad/compound to use a higher RPM? I'm still kinda new to this...and is it ok if I go straight to a white pad with the polish? or should I use the orange with a polish then a white, it looked like all the hazing was out but I dont know...I've used the yellow with compound then the white with polish before and seems like it is ok, I dont know though....
 
gmblack3a said:
Looks good! Have you considered removing the wing for ease of polishing the trunk? Not sure how hard it is to do that.
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It's pretty easy as it just 4 nuts and it comes off. I've done it to mine when I wanted to really polish the trunk lid good. It makes it much easier to work around and is less than a 5 minute job to remove and put back on.
 
gmblack3a said:
Looks good! Have you considered removing the wing for ease of polishing the trunk? Not sure how hard it is to do that.
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I thought about it, I'll do it next time I do this guys car, its not hard, its only 4 bolts
 
Well, that's probably the best looking black '95 in the state now. If you take another whack at it later, you might want to sand/polish out the headlights, it'll really complete the look.
 
themightytimmah said:
Well, that's probably the best looking black '95 in the state now. If you take another whack at it later, you might want to sand/polish out the headlights, it'll really complete the look.
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hey, I was thinking about it, but I wasnt sure of the exact process, are there any threads that specify what to use? I know you can wet sand them, not sure what grit though, or if you need to use a random orbit to really buff them out...I'll do a search see what I come up with, but thanks man, it looks pretty damn good now :spot
 
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