Street Dreams: Ford GT supercar, #1

[imported_nihoole]

Hey does anybody pay close attention to the fender wells? If so what do you clean those with?Being my truck is new should I or does anyone have an opition on blacking out this area?new cars have visible paint in this area but like mine usally are a little lighter in color than the paint on the car.If I am going to black it out what would be best product for this?Thanks

 

[rmccall6]

Use a strong multi-purpose cleaner. I use Ef-Hi which is not only the best wheel cleaner around, but a good tire and wheel well cleaner as well. I spray the whole well with the cleaner and scrub using a stiff but flexible brush, and rinse well. Afterwords, especially on trucks and SUV where the well is quite vivible, apply a cleaner/protectant like Vinylex to the plastic parts.

 

[Bobby G]

I pull the wheels off my cars twice a year to detail the wheels (front and back), wheel wells and brake calipers. I use EF Hi-Intensity to the most of the work. If Hi-I can't cut the dirt, I shoot a few squirts of EF Engine Cleaner. When finished, I treat everything I can reach with Klasse AIO. The rubber gets Meguiar's #40 or EF Clear Opal.



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[rstype]

My Bimmer's fender wells are covered in some sort of a black, plastic cover. I spray it with water and some Meguiar's Wheel Cleaner (#40?) when I wash the wheels.



I dress it with some cheap Son of a Gun protectant I have left.

 

[Greek Guy]

I clean my wheel wells with EF High Intensity.



For dressing I use Armor All. I use Armor All because I have a lot of it left over.

 

[andrew43]

Similar here...I scrub them when I am washing my wheels/tires (I dont use any wheel cleaning products..some good 'ol car soap normally works for me). Then, when dry, I spray some Meguiars #40 around the fender lining.

 

[old_gonzo]

a higher-end protectant (like Z-16) really isn't necessary. I have found the Eagle One Protectant very easy to apply and coverage is very good. The Z-16 is a great protectant, but at $20.00 per bottle, it just makes a little more economical sense to use something like the Eagle One in the wheelwells instead, and save the Z-16 for other uses.

 

[Street Dreams]

2005 White Ford GT, this is serial #1 sold to the public. Booked for light correction detail.

Started on the wheels

Before

After

Foamed the car and carried out the wash, first nice day I had to work on one of the owners cars outside

Clayed w. fine clay

Paint wasnt too bad. Corrected with medium cut polish on the new PC, finished down with the metabo. Inside shots were useless on the white finish, waited until I got some sun shots in the after pics.

Wheels were hand polished and sealed with 3 coats of AJT, tires dressed matte

Cleaning the glass engine cover was a a bit of a task, I made it work thanks to wide rear tires

After, side trim dressed as well

Cleaning glass backed with halogens

Glass firewall cleaned as well, you can see the supercharger spool behind your head, pretty neat.

KC mats again, tidied up with Folex

Interior after

Jambs cleaned and sealed

Tailpipes polished with white di. and steel wool, housing dressed. Rear diffuser cleaned and dressed as well.

50/50

Engine cleaned up

LSP machined on and left overnight

That ended day 1, came back in the morning for the final touches

Finished shots

Some direct sun shots after the final wipedown

And here is the GT at a charity event I was apart of (owner was the host). We got very lucky that the rain held off that morning.

In good company...

Thanks for looking

 

[imported_Flash Gordon]

Another Bang Up Job

Man, "Have You Driven A FORD Lately" Has Never Sounded More Intriguing

 

[imported_broker99]

great job. Your attention to detail is awesome.

 

[Old Pirate]

Very nice indeed, awesome work Street Dreams! That home is great looking also!

 

[Husker Z]

Holy cow you get to detail some cool rides. Well done, as always, that looks awesome! :hurray:

 

[Puckman]

Phenomenal, thanks.

 

[Old Pirate]

I had to come back for another look, just sweet looking!

 

[Street Dreams]

I had to come back for another look, just sweet looking!

Yea shes quick too.... I think auto transport can be an addition to my detail biz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6h7V9R-ClI

 

[imported_Luster]

Looks fantastic!!! Wow! What a car!:thumbup:

 

[imported_Stokdgs]

Wow, another beautiful job on an equally beautiful car !!

Congratulations on the great job !! Your reputation is really good, that you get so many great rides to work on !!

Keep it up and you will have enough money to put yourself through medical school !!

Thanks for sharing those awesome pictures of your work !!

DanF

 

[tthomp82]

Isn't that the same house with the yellow lambo?
those people sure have a lot of money to throw around.

 

[Tuck91]

Simply amazing!!

Nice job!

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great job Dave! Simply amazing work and great photographs!