Labor Day Weekend = Working on the Stang

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I drive a 2001 Mustang GT Black.

I love the color but black is like a part time job keeping it clean. All the imperfections or scratches are magnified on black cars.

So I decided to fix the swirl and scratch to hopefully end up with a mirror finish.

First, lets see what the damage is

First attempt at paint correction, passenger side rear quarter
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After

Side-by-side comparison
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Driver side, rear quarter. Yep, lots of swirls when you shine a powerful light at it

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Couple passes with the Porter Cable. You can see my reflection now
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Driver side quarter window panel
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After
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After going at it for 2 days, finally I can wash it to remove all the polish and wax residue. A little foam will do

Couple pics of final results taken 1 hour ago

 

[98COBRA281]

WOW looks great!!! my car needs to be buffed bad!!

 

[96GT281]

WOW looks great!!! my car needs to be buffed bad!!

yea mine too my hood has like acid rain on it

 

[BurningRubber]

Man that is impressive, great job!!!

 

[SonicStangGT]

Great job! Yeah black is the worst, but sonic blue sucks too. If I dont polish and wax my car every month I get lots of water spots, wash marks. I dont have a garage to keep it in, maybe one day.

 

[Mike97gt]

wow great job.. I need to do that to my car.. it's black and it looks like **** right now

 

[mazen189]

that foam, isnt soap, its me splurging all over your car lol.
black looks best when well taken care of. Yours is a perfect example.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Looks good!


The V6 door ding gaurds gotta go though

 

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Looks good!


The V6 door ding gaurds gotta go though

It was an option?

I bought the car used and it even came with OEM mudflap and all fours

 

[98E9GT]

Those "Foam" pics look like a elephant ej@culated all over your car. I really do need to get me a PC though, your car before/after really is a WOW!. Great Job man! Did you go out and do a victory burnout?

 

[juecke98gt]

What products do you use? I need me some of what you use

 

[mustang50v8]

What products do you use? I need me some of what you use

:Word:

 

[Mustang5L5]

It was an option?

I bought the car used and it even came with OEM mudflap and all fours

No not an option, but it was usually put on V6's.


Every once in a while a set gets stuck on a GT though