Now he's ready for Carlisle

[07 stang gt]

I had the pleasure over the weekend to detail Bruces 1994 convertible. He had the usual wear and tear, scratches and swirls, and some areas that needed more attention than others. The 20 year old paint needs to be seen now in person, pictures do not do it any justice, the color really pops now !! My neighbor says the paint looks like you dipped it in candy apple coating. Here are some before and after pics.:o 23052306230723082309231023112312231323142315231623 1723182319232023212322232323242325232623272328

[07 stang gt]

Do not know how the 4 Runner pic creeped in there but that came out nice too !! Here are the pics that should have been posted. To early in a.m. to post I guess !!23292330

[TorchredSVT]

quite the transformation, look great as always

[SVT10th]

Everyone knows that black looks great when it's detailed, but i think red is the most "transformative" color -- it changes the most between before and after.

That looks absolutely stunning. Nice Job Jimmy and congrats Bruce -- it's like you have a new car!

[Dennis O'Shea]

It does look awesome nice job But make mine:p "Black":p
Everyone knows that black looks great when it's detailed, but i think red is the most "transformative" color -- it changes the most between before and after.

That looks absolutely stunning. Nice Job Jimmy and congrats Bruce -- it's like you have a new car!

[ToplessPony94]

congrats Bruce -- it's like you have a new car!

Thanks Jim! Yes, almost. Even the amazing Jimmy can't take 20 year off a car, but I swear that except for the cracks in the folds of the top, the car looks better today than the day I picked it up at the dealer 20 years ago. To say I was stunned and amazed is an understatement.

Thanks, Jimmy - great job. Now I just pray it doesn't meet with rain until Carlisle is over! Besides, with the top down the cracks in the fabric don't show! We're rolling at 9:30AM from Hudson on Thursday if there are any last minute decisions to come along!

[07 stang gt]

Thanks Jim! Yes, almost. Even the amazing Jimmy can't take 20 year off a car, but I swear that except for the cracks in the folds of the top, the car looks better today than the day I picked it up at the dealer 20 years ago. To say I was stunned and amazed is an understatement.

Thanks, Jimmy - great job. Now I just pray it doesn't meet with rain until Carlisle is over! Besides, with the top down the cracks in the fabric don't show! We're rolling at 9:30AM from Hudson on Thursday if there are any last minute decisions to come along!Thanks for the comments and you are quite welcome as well !!It is really amazing how the red color really did change. The metallic in the red looks great now, only a machine with great products (and technique!!) can get the paint back to a perfect starting point and then thats where the transfornation starts. If you look at the before and after, especially the one in my second post where the tape on the door shows only one pass made with the machine and the other side of the tape not touched yet with a machine only with a clay bar, you can see that the scratches are starting to be eliminated BUT look at the metalflake, now not hidden behind the swirls and scratches, it appears bright and along with the red color of the paint, is now showing itself the way it was mixed at the factory. That was only one step of the three step paint correction that was done. Some cars require only a two step paint correction, depends on what condition the paint is in, and how far you want to take it.As you know, Bruce takes great care of his car and it looked pretty good,now it has 20 years taken off it and is back to as close to perfect as can be. You really should see it in person, looks completley different than before. LOVE the color. Bruces car was stripped washed to rermove old wax etc., then clay barred, then a 3 step paint correction was done with a machine (Severe swirl remover,Paint correcting polish, Paint finshing polish) then hand applied glaze, then buttery wax ws applied, so it's really a 7 step process to get it like it is today. That did not include the wheels/tires being done, clay barring all windows and appying glaze to them etc etc, a lot of work, but very satisfying.Barry, YOUR NEXT !!!!