Tranquility Black - Neighbour's happy as a bunny PART 1

JonD-2.7tDallas

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I've been lurking now for about 6 mos. You all rock!! My 66 Mustang Convert. (Raven Black) never looked better. My 01 Turbo bug (black) glistens, and the Old Merc looks good enough that my wife will drive it. I will post my stories and pics at a later time, but just wanted to say THANK YOU to everybody involved!



Later

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lep
 
Welcome to the group lep! This site is great, huh? When you buy a car, especially a black one, you should get the url for this site at the same time. :bounce
 
This is my neighbors car (Proton Waja CPS Premium). Owner has just bought the car less then 5months and odometer is less then 5000km. Plus owner is a very nice person and would not mind I spend extra time on his ride (has another spare car to commute).

Total time spent on the car was around 30hours spanning over 3days.

Owner mentioned the car has never been polished; only waxed by dodgy car wash centers.

(during work, the images in my camera were again corrupted therefore most of the pictures were gone; might be buying the 550D)

Car upon arrival (Day 1)
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All the door handles were stained by wax residue. Took me some time to remove them.


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Emblems still had some plastic coverings which was not removed completely






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Exhaust tips in need of some polishing








After the wash (taken later evening)


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Swirls-o-rama throughout the car


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C pillar - pretty swirled up



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Holograms installed free of charge from dealers/factory - There were more of this throughout the car but this picture is the only one not corrupted.



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RIDS on hood - notice more near the MF







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Closeup on defects - Hood



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Rear panel



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The Roof


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Rear Boot



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Side Mirror











Engine shots taken during the day
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The engine bay was loaded with dust, grease stains, oil stains and water spots under the hood and also on the firewall.









Wheels

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Wheels were installed at the same time owner bought the car. Some caked on brake dust, tar spots and minor swirls on the lips.





Some pictures on the interior
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Wax residue, dust and grease stains on the jambs




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Dust on the louvers & steering column


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Scratch on the centre console













I started off with the interior

Process:

* Thorough vacuum for interior
* Carpets PW+ APC + scrubbed to clean
* Leather wiped with APC then final wipe with terry towel (warm & damp)
* APC wipedown on all vinyl, plastic surfaces.
* GooGone to remove grease stains
* Leather moisturized with Meguiars Step 2 Leather Moisturizer
* Vinyl & Rubber dressed with M40
* Painted panels sealed with M21 2.0






After which I continue on to the engine bay

Process:

* Electronics covered
* PW to loosen dirt & grime
* APC & Super Degreaser sprayed and scrubbed with myriad of brushes & wash mitt
* PW to rinse
* Compressed air to dry
* Painted surfaces polished with D151
* Gunk cleaned with GooGone & Body Solvent
* Plastic dressed with HyperDressing
* Rubber seals on M40
* LPS on painted parts : FK1000P




Then moved on to the wheels

Process:


* PW to clean/rinse
* Osren Nanowash on wheels
* Super Degreaser on tires
* APC on wheel wells, strut and suspension arm
* GooGone and Body Solvent on tar spots
* Wheels polished with D151
* LSP : M16 (2 coats)
* Tires dressed on Endurance Tire Gel
* Wells with HyperDressing




Finally, moved to body

Process:

* PW to clean/rinse
* APC on foam cannon
* Emblems & other nooks cleaned with APC and scrubbed with various brush
* Osren Nanowash as shampoo
* Dried with Water Magnets
* Meguiars Blue Clay & ONR as lube
* Prepsol wipedown
* G220
* Meguiars 6.5" & 7" Yellow Pads
* Meguiars 6.5" Finishing Pads
* LC 4" White Pads
* M205
* M105 (spot correction & glass)
* D151 on doorjambs
* GooGone for wax residue removal
* LSP on paint : M21 2.0
* LSP on glass: RainX
* Brightworks - NXT All Metal Polish
* Light source : Hi Lumen LED torch & sun
* Defelsko DFT Combo
* Magnifier





Here are the final results

Interior - only shot that was working
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Engine Afters

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Wheels After
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Shots taken during paint correction
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Dull and stained B pillar





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All polished up




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Driver's fender 50/50 shot






Afters (slight haze was from not properly wiping off the polish)
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Closeup



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Part 2

Shots from the hood
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Passenger side 50/50




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A closeup on the 50/50





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Please ignore the porkchop holding the camera *LOL*






Finalized product. This is my pi?ce de r?sistance





The rear panel


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Chrome lining all cleaned up




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Emblems- no more plastic residue


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Exhaust tip - After


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Clear flakes on bumper


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Got to love them flakes!!





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Roof





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Adding to that, car keys was a little bit dirty so I clean them with GooGone and Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish (images distored for protection)


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I truly enjoyed doing this particular car with this particular paint color. Owner was impressed of what has been accomplished and did not expected the level of work render to the vehicle. In fact he helped me out by showing off my work to his friends and hopefully there's more to come.

Thank you for reading and comments/suggestions are much welcomed.


Tim

...and almost all the stuff can be sourced from PAC. Ordered more stuff since they had an irresistible promo!
 
Did you say something about porkchops :w00t:

That flake in the paint....Looks like Subaru paint :spy:

Very nice job Tim. Thanks for posting here @ Truth In Detailing :wizard:
 
Awesome job you did on that car, love that color too, thanks for sharing :clap:

Thanks Hops

Did you say something about porkchops :w00t:

That flake in the paint....Looks like Subaru paint :spy:

Very nice job Tim. Thanks for posting here @ Truth In Detailing :wizard:

Porkchops LOL, my girl calls me that:out:. Anyhow, Thanks Flash.

Nice work and great attention to the details!

Protons have very strange keys! (just kidding).

LOL Thanks Puckman
 
Great work Tim. Your attention to detail was top notch.:Dancing Dot:

Thanks for sharing with us.:thumbup:
 
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