5.4 Shelby
05-04-2011, 10:23 PM
My brother in law was getting ready to trade this in on his wife's new Explorer. I have a daughter that will be getting her license in November. I would have preferred a Front wheel drive car, but, I knew the history of this car and it was a good one. No mechanical problems. Washed and waxed occasionally. As you will see, not babied and never polished. It had never been clayed either. I had to throw the clay away.
I was actually looking forward to getting it, because I wanted to learn to use a rotary and this would be my learning vehicle.
Well, I am waiting until late summer or fall to buy the rotary. After getting the car a couple weeks ago, I finally got a chance to correct it.
Process:
Wash - Griots Garage Wash
Clay - Griots Paint Cleaning Clay
Compound - Meguiars 5 in MF cutting pads with D300 on Griots 6in polisher and 3 in pads with D300 on my old PC 7424.
Finishing polish - D301 on same machines with finishing pads.
Trim - Cleaned with Griots Interior Cleaner and dressed with Poor Boys World Trim Restorer
Tires - cleaned with Griots Rubber Cleaner and dressed with Griots Vinyl and Rubber Dressing.
Interior, Wheels and Engine will be "soon" projects.
Some befores:
Driver's Door
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5837_800x533_.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5838_800x533_.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5844_800x533_.jpg
Notice the fingernail marks.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5843_800x533_.jpg
Trunk Lid. Must have been wiped while really gritty or something. A ton of linear swirls and rids.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5841_800x533_.jpg
50:50 Driver's Door. This is only with D300 compounding stage.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5845_800x533_.jpg
50:50 Hood. You can really see how hazy the finish was here. This was my test spot.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_58291.JPG
I was actually looking forward to getting it, because I wanted to learn to use a rotary and this would be my learning vehicle.
Well, I am waiting until late summer or fall to buy the rotary. After getting the car a couple weeks ago, I finally got a chance to correct it.
Process:
Wash - Griots Garage Wash
Clay - Griots Paint Cleaning Clay
Compound - Meguiars 5 in MF cutting pads with D300 on Griots 6in polisher and 3 in pads with D300 on my old PC 7424.
Finishing polish - D301 on same machines with finishing pads.
Trim - Cleaned with Griots Interior Cleaner and dressed with Poor Boys World Trim Restorer
Tires - cleaned with Griots Rubber Cleaner and dressed with Griots Vinyl and Rubber Dressing.
Interior, Wheels and Engine will be "soon" projects.
Some befores:
Driver's Door
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5837_800x533_.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5838_800x533_.jpg
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5844_800x533_.jpg
Notice the fingernail marks.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5843_800x533_.jpg
Trunk Lid. Must have been wiped while really gritty or something. A ton of linear swirls and rids.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5841_800x533_.jpg
50:50 Driver's Door. This is only with D300 compounding stage.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_5845_800x533_.jpg
50:50 Hood. You can really see how hazy the finish was here. This was my test spot.
http://www.autogeekonline.net/gallery/data/500/medium/IMG_58291.JPG