Dodge Ram 2500 Picture Heavy

[Reflections]

This Dodge Ram was heavily neglected by the original owner and the second owner wanted to restore (up to 90%) the paint and basically was going to scrap the rims. I was confident I could do the paint correction and change his mind on the rims. Guess we'll see!

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Now- time for some afters!

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Heavy rock chips from the Mickey Thompson mudders kicking up heavy debris!

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Well, enough said here!

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Thanks again for looking!

[Shtexas]

Truck looks great.

Those 33's were dirty, I bet those were fun to clean.

[craz0boy]

Great turn around!

[sproketser]

Great job on that bad boy mate !

[sproketser]

What products did you use buddy !

[DogRescuer]

Great work, yes tell us what products you used.

[runrun411]

What a nice job. How long did it take?

[vet]

Great job! Bet the owner was happy.

[Reflections]

What a nice job. How long did it take? This one took around 10 hours. 2 of which were dedicated to polishing the wheels.


Great work, yes tell us what products you used.


What products did you use buddy !
Wash:
CG Citrius Shampoo
2 Bucket Wash Method w/ Grit Guards
Various Brushes for the wheels and body brush for lower panels
AF Iron Out

Paint:
Megs APC+ and Super Degreaser
PC 7424XP
Megs 105 + Sufbuf Pad
Megs 205 + LC Orange Pad
Menz P085 + LC White Pad
LSP: Megs Sealant 2.0

Wheels:
Steel Wool #0000
Chrome Polish
Tire Dressing- Megs Hyper Dressing 3:1 (semi-gloss)



Great job on that bad boy mate !

Thanks!!

[sproketser]

LOL , thanx for the comeback buddy ! I ll have to buy some stuff now ! lol

A whole work day , these are big trucks right !

[Reflections]

LOL , thanx for the comeback buddy ! I ll have to buy some stuff now ! lol

A whole work day , these are big trucks right !

This client was thrilled! I live in an area where these types of trucks are the norm. Took a lot of getting used to working on trucks of these size!

[sproketser]

Yep , bigass jobs , but worth it on the end right ! Hope you ll get some work from these other guys as well !

[Shtexas]

What did you clean the tires with? APC and scrubbing for awhile?:buffing:

Do you get any work from the Air force base up there?

[Reflections]

Yep , bigass jobs , but worth it on the end right ! Hope you ll get some work from these other guys as well !

I love the end result. I'm a truck guy too so these jobs are worth while just for the end result. Thanks, I hope so too!


What did you clean the tires with? APC and scrubbing for awhile?:buffing:

That's exactly right. About 4 complete cleanings worked with the APC. The CG Citrus soap helps to cut oils and grease as well. Luckily there was not a heavy lathering of greasy dressing applied previously, or I would still be working on those 33's!

[Chris@AutoCleanse]

Excellent results achieved. Thanks for the sharing the pictures. Did you leave the wheels on the truck or take them off?