Oakes - Detailed: 2006 Saleen S281 Extreme #76 - First of the Twins

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I had the priveledge of detailing not one, but two, Saleen S281 Extremes this past weekend. Numbers 26 and 76, both belonging to the same home. They were both having tint, stereos and other goodies installed by GV Autosport and I was asked to make these low mile beauties shine! I had to match the quality of the install jobs being done, so I definitely had my work cut out ahead of me. Fortunately, both vehicles were in immaculate shape with the exception of a handful of correctable defects and dirt from being driven. Number 76 was only driven for about 8,000 miles and number 26 even less at 3,100 miles, so I'd hope they were in the shape they were in, even being 2006 models.



With that said, nothing was over looked, the wheels were removed, all vinyl taped off, plastic covered and treated to maximize the result of the gloss in the paint. Products used is as follows:



P21S TAW

P21S GWC

P21S Finish Restorer

P21S Polishing Soap

Menzerna 203 - Yellow/Orange for defects

Menzerna PO85RD - Green

P21S Paint Cleanser - love this stuff

Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant - Blue

Poorboy's Natural Look

Poorboy's Bold and Bright

Rejex Sealant

Adam's Undercarriage spray



Wax was not added, as the cars will be stored in a 68 degree garage in car bubbles. The sealant was MORE than enough protection.



Car as it was when I first arrived.



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Exhaust Tips Before/After



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Wheel Before/After



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Front Wheel well Before/After



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The paint was in excellent condition and only required light polishing/jeweling, a few defects were repaired, but over all we tried to crank as much shine out of this silver as possible. Hopefully these reflection photos capture it!



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Overall profile pictures of the car



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As always, enjoy! I will link the other thread of it's sister #26 once all those pics are ready!



-Oakes
 
Awesome! I love these cars, and you did some magnificent work! Not to sidetrack, but my only beef with Mustangs of this generation is the black rearview mirrors. They stick out like a sore thumb. I'm glad the Blue Oval got this right for '11, but I've always been surprised that the Saleens and Roushes of the world haven't addressed this...particularly when their products often include other paintwork.



Anyway - thanks for sharing and, again, awesome work!
 
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