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Adam's Polishes · 03-19-2013, 10:02 AM

The subject belongs to Nicoletti Motorsports and they reached out to us to give this recently modded truck a little love before it headed off to the Denver Auto Show this week.

Quick walk around showed a fair amount of light swirling. The wrap had more significant damage that wasn't going to addressed on this detail. Heavy water spotting on all the glass. Since it hadn't seen any offroad use yet the undercarriage was still in pretty good shape and didn't take much to clean up. Interior was in good shape, but clear it hadn't been thoroughly cleaned since purchased (5k+ on the odo)

Goal was an overall cleanup, correction of light paint defects, and applying protection to all the surfaces to get it ready for display/show.

BEFORE:

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PROCESS:

Wheels Cleaned with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner / Trim & Lug Brush / Wheel Woolies / Boars Hair Wheel Brush
Tires Cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner / Adam's Deep Clean Tire Scrub Brush / Fender Brush
Exterior Wash with 2 Buckets / Grit Guards / 2 Wash Pads & Adam's Car Wash Shampoo
Contamination Removed with Adam's Clay and Detail Spray
Rewashed with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo
Dried with Master Blaster / Great White Drying Towel / Detail Spray
Correction done with Flex 3401 & PE14-2 / White Gen4 Pad / Fine Machine Polish
Hand Polish on wheels and hard to reach areas with Revive Polish and Blue Hex Grip
Sealed with Quick Sealant
Topped with Brilliant Glaze / Red Gen4 Pad
Tires Dressed with prototype tire coating
Under Hood and Exterior Trim dressed with Super VRT / In & Out Spray
Interior vacuumed with Metro Compact Wall Mount
All surfaces cleaned with prototype Interior Quick Detailer
Glass Cleaned with Glass Cleaner / Glass Towel / Sealed with Glass Sealant
Undercarriage Dressed with Invisible Undercarriage Spray
UCA's polished with Metal Polish #1
Bed liner dressed with 1:1 mix of Super VRTand water

Tires cleaned up with Deep Wheel Cleaner + assorted brushes. Tires hit with APC and tire brush

Exterior was foamed and 2 bucket washed

Drying off with Master Blaster thanks to Mr. Matt Butcher

Not wanting to interfere with the newly applied wrap all edges were masked.

NOTE FOR ALL YOU ASPIRING DETAIL BUSINESS OWNERS - Document damage before starting! You don't want to inherit something another shop did.

Dressed trim with Super VRT

Attacked some deeper scratches with the PE14-2 first. (not pictured) Swirl & Haze Remover + Orange Pad to address severely spotted windows

Then started attacking the rest with the 3401 and the same pad/polish combo

Spent a lot of time on the tubular bars polishing all sides

After a coat of quick sealant I topped it off with red pad and Brilliant Glaze

AFTER:

Took a break to geek out on the lighting setup

Outside for some all done shots

Bedliner treated with 1:1 Svrt looks great!

Thanks for looking.

Caswell239 · 03-19-2013, 10:31 AM

looks great!

SSOOCH · 03-19-2013, 10:40 AM

Bitchin'!!

Newportmedic · 03-19-2013, 12:09 PM

Great job guys!!!

CamaroDreams07 · 03-19-2013, 02:51 PM

Man, I'd love one of those for a toy. Would've hated masking off all of that vinyl. Looks great, nice job.

Adam's Polishes · 03-19-2013, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamaroDreams07

Man, I'd love one of those for a toy. Would've hated masking off all of that vinyl. Looks great, nice job.

You and me both, on both accounts!

dkp2LT · 03-19-2013, 04:14 PM

Nice!

Since I've been reading this sub-forum I think I've spent more on detailing supplies than I have on mods the last 6 months.

POWERMAN · 03-19-2013, 08:03 PM

Absolutely Yummy!

Adam's Polishes · 03-20-2013, 08:37 AM

Thanks guys! I definitely was tempted more than 1x to jump in this thing and take it at high speed thru the field behind the warehouse. Very cool truck.

swizlstik · 03-21-2013, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan@Adams

Thanks guys! I definitely was tempted more than 1x to jump in this thing and take it at high speed thru the field behind the warehouse. Very cool truck.

Just don't do it at 60mph.

biggerisbetter · 03-21-2013, 02:47 PM

awesome

03-19-2013, 10:40 AM	#3
SSOOCH Camaro SL,UTs Drives: 2010 Camaro SS/RS #16429 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Jordan, UT Posts: 7,357 View My Garage	Bitchin'!! __________________

03-19-2013, 02:51 PM	#5
CamaroDreams07 Drives: Slow V6 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: East Lansing, MI Posts: 9,361 View My Garage	Man, I'd love one of those for a toy. Would've hated masking off all of that vinyl. Looks great, nice job. __________________ [B]

03-21-2013, 02:47 PM	#11
biggerisbetter lll Drives: 2010 camaro ss L99 Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: new orleans Posts: 1,176	awesome __________________ PERFORMANCE DYNATECH LT 1 7/8 HEADERS, CATLESS MID PIPES, CORSA CATBACK, CAI. COLD AIR INTAKE w/ SCOOP, 1LE 3:91 GEARS, LETHAL RACING PROWLER CAM, LETHAL RACING DYNO TUNE, ENERGY CRADDLE BUSHING INSERTS, PADDLE SHIFTER RELOCATE KIT, 449RWHP/438TQ APPEARANCE COPO HOOD, ZL1 SPOILER, SLP BLACKOUT PANEL, PLASTI DIP WHEELS, HERITAGE GRILL, RETRO SS EMBLEMS, WEATHER TECH FLOOR MATS, ORANGE STITCHING

03-19-2013, 10:02 AM	#1
Adam's Polishes Drives: The shiny ones. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: In the detail shop! Posts: 5,979	SHOW PREP DETAIL: Custom Ford F150 Raptor The subject belongs to Nicoletti Motorsports and they reached out to us to give this recently modded truck a little love before it headed off to the Denver Auto Show this week. Quick walk around showed a fair amount of light swirling. The wrap had more significant damage that wasn't going to addressed on this detail. Heavy water spotting on all the glass. Since it hadn't seen any offroad use yet the undercarriage was still in pretty good shape and didn't take much to clean up. Interior was in good shape, but clear it hadn't been thoroughly cleaned since purchased (5k+ on the odo) Goal was an overall cleanup, correction of light paint defects, and applying protection to all the surfaces to get it ready for display/show. BEFORE: ' PROCESS: Wheels Cleaned with Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner / Trim & Lug Brush / Wheel Woolies / Boars Hair Wheel Brush Tires Cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner / Adam's Deep Clean Tire Scrub Brush / Fender Brush Exterior Wash with 2 Buckets / Grit Guards / 2 Wash Pads & Adam's Car Wash Shampoo Contamination Removed with Adam's Clay and Detail Spray Rewashed with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo Dried with Master Blaster / Great White Drying Towel / Detail Spray Correction done with Flex 3401 & PE14-2 / White Gen4 Pad / Fine Machine Polish Hand Polish on wheels and hard to reach areas with Revive Polish and Blue Hex Grip Sealed with Quick Sealant Topped with Brilliant Glaze / Red Gen4 Pad Tires Dressed with prototype tire coating Under Hood and Exterior Trim dressed with Super VRT / In & Out Spray Interior vacuumed with Metro Compact Wall Mount All surfaces cleaned with prototype Interior Quick Detailer Glass Cleaned with Glass Cleaner / Glass Towel / Sealed with Glass Sealant Undercarriage Dressed with Invisible Undercarriage Spray UCA's polished with Metal Polish #1 Bed liner dressed with 1:1 mix of Super VRTand water Tires cleaned up with Deep Wheel Cleaner + assorted brushes. Tires hit with APC and tire brush Exterior was foamed and 2 bucket washed Drying off with Master Blaster thanks to Mr. Matt Butcher Not wanting to interfere with the newly applied wrap all edges were masked. NOTE FOR ALL YOU ASPIRING DETAIL BUSINESS OWNERS - Document damage before starting! You don't want to inherit something another shop did. Dressed trim with Super VRT Attacked some deeper scratches with the PE14-2 first. (not pictured) Swirl & Haze Remover + Orange Pad to address severely spotted windows Then started attacking the rest with the 3401 and the same pad/polish combo Spent a lot of time on the tubular bars polishing all sides After a coat of quick sealant I topped it off with red pad and Brilliant Glaze AFTER: Took a break to geek out on the lighting setup Outside for some all done shots Bedliner treated with 1:1 Svrt looks great! Thanks for looking.

03-19-2013, 10:31 AM	#2
Caswell239 Drives: 2011 2ss/rs Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 1,431	looks great!

03-19-2013, 12:09 PM	#4
Newportmedic Drives: 2011 Synergy Green 1SS, 2004 Dodge Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Claremont, New Hampshire Posts: 166	Great job guys!!!

03-19-2013, 04:14 PM	#7
dkp2LT Drives: '11 2SS, '11 C6 GS, '04 MDX Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Kearney, MO Posts: 2,907	Nice! Since I've been reading this sub-forum I think I've spent more on detailing supplies than I have on mods the last 6 months.

03-19-2013, 08:03 PM	#8
POWERMAN Drives: '13 Charger Sxt+ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Canada Posts: 320	Absolutely Yummy!

03-20-2013, 08:37 AM	#9
Adam's Polishes Drives: The shiny ones. Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: In the detail shop! Posts: 5,979	Thanks guys! I definitely was tempted more than 1x to jump in this thing and take it at high speed thru the field behind the warehouse. Very cool truck.