Presidential Detailed: 2004 AC COBRA 427ci

PresdntialDtail

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This car was brought to me by S&R Performance here in Tampa, FL. In the end we decided upon a "basic" exterior, 1-stage polish just bring back the luster but not really remove any defect beyond what my polish would do. We also did an interior detail, which I forgot to take afters of :mad: and we are scheduled to do the engine compartment in a couple weeks. The owner came by to check on the car and was very satisfied with the results and we may even be doing a full blown "Presidential" Exterior to this car in a couple months. We also scheduled his Audi S8 while he was there! ;)



First off before we get started, this car was built in AFRICA!!! I must say it is one of the best aftermarket paint jobs I have probably ever seen. There were litterally no flaws in the paint job itself. The flaws I did happen to find were a few spots where it seemed after wet sanding, the body shop did not fully remove all of the scratched from the sand paper. The car also had quite a bit of swirling in it, but it probably hadnt even been washes since it was built! Even though the customer was satisfied with how the car looked, I pointed out the problem areas and he was interested enough to eventually reschedule the car for the full polish job. ENJOY!!! I DID! :D



Products:



Exterior:

Optimum No Rinse

ONR diluted to clay lube

COBRA UMF Wash Mitt

COBRA Deluxe "Jr" MF's

Dual Buckets with Grit Guards

3m Masking Tape

Adams Professional Clay Bar

Meguairs APC+

Meguairs Hyperdressing

Menzerna IP/White

91% Isopropyl Alcohol

Tons of Uber MF Towels(AP)

Swissvax Pneu



LSP:

P21S "100%" Paste Wax applied with Uber Foam Applicator



Tools:

Dual Work Lamps

Makita 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

E-Z Detail Wheel Brush

Swissvax Wheel Brush



BEFORE:

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The car looked great already, but I knew that wouldnt be the case in the sun!



As you can see there were also some buffer trails, I have a feeling they rushed the car out after paint/wetsanding and didnt do a thorough job of polishing the car.

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I played around with a few polish/pads to find out what would give me good correction abilities while also finishing down LSP ready...I tried optimum polish on a white pad, it did not cut very well and was still too harsh to finish down lsp ready. I then tried Menzerna IP on a white pad, since I have had good results with SIP/White(I ran out of SIP)and it was my choice for today also!



50/50..As you can see it cut down the swirling quite a bit and also left a LSP ready finish.

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Even inside, you could tell the finish was significantly deeper than before..

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Very cool. My dad and I built one and still have it. The ones built in Africa are made by Super Performance a very good company that puts together a great car. My dad and I built ours from ground up and it took us about a year and an half. That's the car that got me into detailing and body work.



Brandon
 
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