2013 Ford Focus ST

[mfrickman]

This client is a neighbor of mine and this is one of my favorite cars to clean. This was a maintenance wash and we have been experimenting with different wheel coatings and nothing thus far has been able to ease the terrible brake dust that these ST's are known for. Vehicle was completely decontaminated during the last wash so the paint was just a little dirty.

Anyways, on to the goods!

Process:

-D103 on wheels and tires with various brushes
-Poorboy's Spray and Rinse on the driver's side wheels because I fought like hell with the D103 on the pass. side wheel barrels
-Pre-rinse with CG CWC in the foam gun
-Poorboy's Bug Squash for pre-treat of front bumper and side mirrors
-2BM with CG CWC and microfiber mitt
-Dried with 2 waffle weaves
-Poorboy's Professional Polish for some paint transfer on the driver's door
-D156 as a LSP since the Jetseal from last wash was still beading great.

[Pureshine]

Nice work

[Jpatchley]

Looks great!

[LatinFG2]

Looks awesome!

[VISITOR]

very clean looking hatch, nice job cleaning it up...

[Burns ST]

Nice. I also own a ST, the brake dust can be a challenge. The last time I washed mine, I put some wheel-wax on the face of the rims. It seems to help, my guess is the dust has a hard time sticking to a waxed wheel.

Wish I could find a way to keep the exhaust clean.

[af90]

Opti-Coat the wheels?

[mfrickman]

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

We've talked about opti-coat but he isn't 100% sure he wants to pull the trigger on doing it. We've tried jetseal 109 and poorboy's wheel sealant but nothing is touching it haha

[GenesisCoupe]

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

We've talked about opti-coat but he isn't 100% sure he wants to pull the trigger on doing it. We've tried jetseal 109 and poorboy's wheel sealant but nothing is touching it haha

Jetseal and PB Wheel sealant doesn't help? My customers are so happy when i use PB on their wheels, it keeps them clean for 3 months or so.

[noslef]

Nice work! I like these cars...has he done any mods?