Presidential Detailed: '03 COBRA

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PresdntialDtail

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A friend of mine just picked this car up a week ago from a local Ford Dealer. I honestly do not know how their detail department gets away with putting out this kind of work! This car was in the worse condition out of ALL the cars I have done so far..keep in mind this is Ford paint..its moderately hard. Also keep in mind this was 1 WEEK AFTER Ford detailed it.. :eek3: :banghead: :thumbdn:



Id also like to mention that this was my first time using M105, I dont think a polish/compound can get any better than this! Most of th reviews say its got a learning curve, maybe I just did enough research before I tried using it. this stuff is no joke, it literrally removes ALL defects in 20-30 seconds whereas SIP/PFW would have taken atleast 3-5 minutes! It would have taken 4 passes to do what I did with M105 twice to get the same results...I have definitely found my new favorite!



Oh, Id also like to say thanks to TSC17 for giving me a bit of advice on how to tackle this Ford paint. He was nice enough to give me a call from Ohio to help me out! :thumbup: :hello:



Exterior:

Optimum Car Wash

DD "Uber" Red Drying Towel

DD "Uber" Wool Mitt

Dual Buckets with Grit Guards

3m "green" Masking Tape

Optimum Instant Detail Spray

Adams Professional Clay Bar

P21S TAW

Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray

Megs M105/Megs Solo Burgandy Wool x2

Menzerna 106ff/LC FLAT White 5.5" and 4"

Menzerna Top Inspection

Tons of Uber MF Towels

Black WOW

P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel

Swissvax Pneu





LSP:

Lusso Oro applied with Uber Foam Applicator



Tools:

Dual Work Lamps

Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary

World's Greatest Boar's Hair Wheel Brush

Foam Pad Cleaning Brush

DD Detail Sponge

The Wheel Well/Fender Brush

The Spoke Brush

Canon Rebel XTi

Craftsmen 295MPH Vac/Blow



BEFORE:

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The hood was horrendous looking with deep swirling and holograms galore! the entire hood was like this...

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Now in the halogens.. :ignore:



Hood..

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Front Fender..

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Front Fender..

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Door..

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Rear Fender..

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50/50 with SIP/PFW..not quite enough but almost.

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This side with M105/Burgandy Wool. It left its own marring but it removed all defects very well and in VERY LITTLE time. Was almost effortless!

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This side with SIP/PFW. I got a pretty good finish with this combo, however there were still traces of defects throughout the panel and took considerably more time to remove less defects. So I chose to do the car with M105.

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SIP LEFT/BEFORE/M105 RIGHT

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I did a small section over my M105 panel with 106FF/LC FLAT WHITE and found no holograms just as TSC17 said! Saved me ALOT of time!

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Driver/Passenger door after M105/Wool x2

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Fender Before:

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Fender After M105/Wool x2

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Thanks! I use a Canon Rebel Xti on all auto settings(i dont have time to play with aperture, fstop and all that ;) ) TSC17 is definitely a great guy!
 
Thanks! And special thanks to you TSC17!



Owners response..

00siboy said:
....great job doesn't even come close to it.. Billy, You made my day when I saw the car. I totally forgot how bad the car was before after seeing it today until I see pics on here and then i think.. DAMN.. very well done and the Yellow GT will be with you shortly
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It must be horrible to be the new owner of a car, watch all of the fillers evaporate from a "detailing" and be left saying "OMFG--what did they do to my car???"



That buffer damage was tragic.



Nice recovery. I hope the customer was impressed.
 
PresdntialDtail said:
Thanks! I use a Canon Rebel Xti on all auto settings(i dont have time to play with aperture, fstop and all that ;) ) TSC17 is definitely a great guy!
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+2 !!

TSC17 is a very good guy. He helped me a lot on some concerns i had and i'm sure he'll still help me with future concern i'll have.



Very good detail.

You did an amazing job, wow !!



:xyxthumbs
 
resek said:
+2 !!

TSC17 is a very good guy. He helped me a lot on some concerns i had and i'm sure he'll still help me with future concern i'll have.



Very good detail.

You did an amazing job, wow !!



:xyxthumbs
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I'm feeling a lot of love in this thread! :)



Thanks guys...
 
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