Presidential Detailed: 2004 AC COBRA 427ci

[Presidential_Detail]

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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[Presidential_Detail]

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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[Presidential_Detail]

I was limited on time with this car, so I didnt get as many detailed pictures as Id like..but here are some afters!

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[Presidential_Detail]

Some more..
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[Presidential_Detail]

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[highline1164]

car looks great, ive done a Shelby Daytona built by the same company(Superformance) and i agree, the paint is as close to flawless as it gets

[killrflake]

What a great looking car, I'd give a kidney for one of those. You did a very nice job with the paint and I'm sure the owner must be greatful. Thnaks for sharing your fantastic pictures.

[Presidential_Detail]

car looks great, ive done a Shelby Daytona built by the same company(Superformance) and i agree, the paint is as close to flawless as it gets

Thanks! So then you would understand the quality of this paint is unreal! I guess we gotta go to Africa to get a paint job these days! ;)

[Presidential_Detail]

What a great looking car, I'd give a kidney for one of those. You did a very nice job with the paint and I'm sure the owner must be greatful. Thnaks for sharing your fantastic pictures.

Thanks! The owner was very pleased! He actually want me to do a full correction job on it in a couple months and we already scheduled his Audi S8 next month! :righton:

[highline1164]

Thanks! So then you would understand the quality of this paint is unreal! I guess we gotta go to Africa to get a paint job these days! ;)
yea, and the fact that the cars are fiberglass and that smooth, the craftsmenship is second to none. if you get a chance check out there website and see how they are built and shipped. its very impressive, the cars dont even have wheels or an engine when they come to the states. good to see that you are staying busy and the quality of the cars you are working on seem to be getting nicer too. keep up the good work

[Superior_Details]

that car is pure sex!!

[karburn]

Great work on bringing out the luster in that paint. :) The people at Superperformance are real perfectionists and it shows. They turn out a mean GT40 as well.

[med]

Nice job. Need some engine pics. Your work is awesome!

[Presidential_Detail]

Thanks, engine pics are soon to come..we ran out of time and had to reschedule. ;)

[rs2k2k2]

nice