88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 well here is the scoop.. Iceman on here (ICE (pronounced E SAY)) contacted me about getting his 95 Cobra detailed. we talked over some options and he explained it has been sitting for a few years in storage, and its faded, oxidized, lots of swirls etc.. i had my vision of what it would look like but to my surprise it was alot worse than expected. as you can see in the following pics the car is almost grey in color, though it should be black. tons of swirls, very harsh scratches, looks like someone took a brillo pad to it. also after further inspection i saw the car had some panels that were repainted. and someone didnt do the greatest job on the right door. i had alot of work ahead of me, and some stuff i just couldnt correct. http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0127-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0126-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0125-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0124.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0129-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0132-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0133-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0135-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0138-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0139-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 i had alot of work into this car, about 20 hours total. inside and out. i wet sanded and then used my rotary and wool pad with some 3m perfectit III on the right door to get out the orange peel, it was just to bad for me to let it go. the rest of the car (and the right door after used the rotary) i used the porter cable with a Orange CCS pad with some Megs 105.. i had to make a few passes on each panel i did. i still only achieved about a 80% correction rate when i was finished. i didnt want to work any further to help preserve the paint. after that i used a white CCS pad and some Poorboy's World Professional Polish, this finished out very fine, and brought a nice gloss to the paint. i was very pleased with the outcome, even though i still didnt have full correction the paint was looking alot better than it did. I let Ice know how things were going and problems i ran into. setting up the final stage, i wanted to try and see if some glaze would help the car out at all... i tested it on a small bit and decided to not use the glaze. every car i tend to use a littlel different product for the wax/sealant, but for some reason with black the Meguairs NXT works really well, especially for somethign you can snag at autozone. i started with a single coat Megs #7, and then layed 2 coats of Megs NXT down. i then topped it with Optimum optiseal the wheels where sealed with Optiseal as well. sorry i dont have a ton of in the process pics, but time constraints and just not wanting to stop for a minute to take a pic caused me to not have any. but anyways here are some after shots http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0149-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0150-2.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0151-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0156.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0160-1.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0161.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0162.jpg http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/hoblick/DSC_0165-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 That cannot be the same car. Great job, Ryan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boosted98gst Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Great job you did an awsome job, what I dont get is how can people let there car get that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowflake Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 nice job... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyPPC Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Car looks great. I am sure he was thrilled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Main3s Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 DAMN!!! I don't know how you detail guys do it. I really enjoy washing my car and putting in 6-8 hours "Detailing" it. But I couldn't imagine spending all that time on someone elses car, hell I'd probably give up on my own if it took that much effort! hahah. GREAT JOB! The exhaust tips look brand new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudiOn19s Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Great job Ryan. Way to bring life back to that hammered paint. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99crb600 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 wow! that is unreal how much better that looks! GREAT JOB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Any "after-effects" on the photos? That car looks better than it did in the showroom in 94!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICEMAN1647545504 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Well, first of all thank you very much Ryan for getting the car the way it should be, and not the way I let it be. I'm very, very happy with Ryan's work and it came back a lot better than what I thought. Let me tell you guys about the car first. I bought this car back in 2005 from an older guy, and the car had about 88k miles on it and it was all stock. It has about 90K on it now. Having 5 Mustangs (down to 4 now), this is the one that gets driven the least. The car was sitting in storage since 2006, being started every once in a while but not much driven, and I finally decided to take it out and start driving it. As a matter of fact I was thinking about selling it, because I just do not drive it that much (but Ryan is making me change my mind . I know Ryan for some time now and I have seen his work, and I was very happy with it. He took the car on a very short notice, in a hell of a condition and did a great job... Thank you Ryan... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhett Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Good job Mang, car looks amazing... better than my 01!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Any "after-effects" on the photos? That car looks better than it did in the showroom in 94!! no after affects in the photos. i just shot them using a nikon d40 and then put that border around them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Well, first of all thank you very much Ryan for getting the car the way it should be, and not the way I let it be. I'm very, very happy with Ryan's work and it came back a lot better than what I thought. Let me tell you guys about the car first. I bought this car back in 2005 from an older guy, and the car had about 88k miles on it and it was all stock. It has about 90K on it now. Having 5 Mustangs (down to 4 now), this is the one that gets driven the least. The car was sitting in storage since 2006, being started every once in a while but not much driven, and I finally decided to take it out and start driving it. As a matter of fact I was thinking about selling it, because I just do not drive it that much (but Ryan is making me change my mind . I know Ryan for some time now and I have seen his work, and I was very happy with it. He took the car on a very short notice, in a hell of a condition and did a great job... Thank you Ryan... thanks for giving me the chance to work on your car. im glad your happy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwashmycar Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 wow. very impressive. nice job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsey Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 no after affects in the photos. i just shot them using a nikon d40 and then put that border around them All i can say is wow... I did my own detail last year and it held up okay, but i think i need your help for this years detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 All i can say is wow... I did my own detail last year and it held up okay, but i think i need your help for this years detail. you know where i live.. just drop it off lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAWDAD Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 I didn't think something that bad could be brought back. I would have told the dude he needs to get it painted! GREAT JOB!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88lx5oh Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Holy shit hoblick, you literally brought that thing back to life. when are you going to get back in the mustang game yourself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTM Brian Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Amazing Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 That started out looking about as rough as the freaking POS Z28 that I bought off of ICE. (That I bought sight unseen and was worth every penny. J/K ICE! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 that turned out good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahd-ler Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 My Truck is doing the same thing his front fender and door on the passenger side did, they're two different colors. Ive owned the truck just over a year. When I got the truck the buff/wax job the dealership covered up most of the paint blemishes. I dont know if the truck has been repainted, but it stands out like a sore thumb. I was wondering is there anything I can do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowbusa Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 i need to bring my truck to u.. i had it painted a few months ago and the guy didnt buff it good at all and its black so its easy to see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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