Details: Dodge Viper and Ford GT
03-14-2007, 05:48 PM
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Details: Dodge Viper and Ford GT This car belongs to the Vice President of the Viper Club of America. The car was a pleasure to work on, and he was a pleasure to deal with. It was an overcast day, so the pictures are a touch dark.
Process:
-wash
-clay
-PO106FF with a polishing pad at 1500 rpm
-Zaino Z5 Pro by hand
-ZAIO on wheels
-Zaino Z16 on tires and trim
-Zaino Z9 and Z10 on leather
Process:
-wash
-clay
-PO106FF with a polishing pad at 1500 rpm
-Zaino Z5 Pro by hand
-ZAIO on wheels
-Zaino Z16 on tires and trim
-Zaino Z9 and Z10 on leather
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Next up was a Ford GT owned by a doctor in town. It has long tube headers, a Ford Racing exhaust, and a Whipple. This car was a major PITA! It only has 250 miles on the odometer and looked like it was washed with the dirtiest rag someone at the dealership could find. Numerous scratches and swirls plagued the finish. Not only that, but there are 4 million cracks, crevices, cubbie-holes, etc. to clean, polish, and/or dress. In the end, I spent 11+ hours on it. I wasn't 100% satisfied with it, but there eventually has to be a stopping place.
The paint was very thin, but rock hard. I corrected the majority of the defects, but some deeper problems still remain. A word of warning to anyone else who gets their hands on a Ford GT...be careful taping the textured trim pieces. While I was removing the tape, some of the paint/texture lifted from the piece. You can notice the area in one of the pictures (#4).
Process:
-wash
-clay
-PO106FF via light cutting pad and PC on 5-6
-PO106FF via polishing pad and PC on 5
-Zaino Z5 Pro
-Zaino Z16 on tires and trim
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Afters
Questions, comments, and advice are always welcome.
The paint was very thin, but rock hard. I corrected the majority of the defects, but some deeper problems still remain. A word of warning to anyone else who gets their hands on a Ford GT...be careful taping the textured trim pieces. While I was removing the tape, some of the paint/texture lifted from the piece. You can notice the area in one of the pictures (#4).
Process:
-wash
-clay
-PO106FF via light cutting pad and PC on 5-6
-PO106FF via polishing pad and PC on 5
-Zaino Z5 Pro
-Zaino Z16 on tires and trim
Before
Afters
Questions, comments, and advice are always welcome.
03-14-2007, 06:35 PM
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11+ Hours!? 
Damn, I hope you are appropriately compensated. This may be a "common sense" tip for you but, here it is anyway. As a graphic artist, I'm taping and untaping pieces of artwork all the time for one reason or another. One little trick I always use when I have to tape something that has a high adhesion factor is this: I'll first put the piece of tape on my blue jeans before I stick it on the item in question. This puts a nice even layer of very fine fuzz on the tape which doesn't really affect the adhesive quality but really helps the tape release once you pull it off. 
BTW, that GT looks freakin' awesome!!
Nice work. 
Damn, I hope you are appropriately compensated. This may be a "common sense" tip for you but, here it is anyway. As a graphic artist, I'm taping and untaping pieces of artwork all the time for one reason or another. One little trick I always use when I have to tape something that has a high adhesion factor is this: I'll first put the piece of tape on my blue jeans before I stick it on the item in question. This puts a nice even layer of very fine fuzz on the tape which doesn't really affect the adhesive quality but really helps the tape release once you pull it off. BTW, that GT looks freakin' awesome!!
Nice work. 
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03-14-2007, 07:31 PM
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i like how u masked off all the edges where theres plastic...i hate when i'm polishing and the pad hits it and leaves a white mark...such a PITA to get off..just good to see and the cars look amazing by the way!
03-14-2007, 08:14 PM
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Nice, That viper looks JUST like my cousin's '02 GTS. i mean identical. Nice car. That GT is SEX though. i wish i had your skills. I can never get my black Z to look like that. I'm repainting it in a month so it'll look just like that but god i wish i could get it that nice.
03-14-2007, 08:58 PM
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Im with everyone else, that GT is sooo fricken hot. I would kill to own one of those. I have seen a few in person, but I have to admit, that all black is the nicest one. I think that the ones that are multiple colors or stripes, hides the cool body design.
03-15-2007, 12:07 AM
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Thanks, everyone!! 
Actually, he drove 2500 miles for my services...just kidding. He lives in town and was referred to me by the owner of the shop.
He was very understanding - it's just a factory defect. The dealership is taking care of it. 
I agree. The paint had very little orange peel, but overall quality was not good.
I'm not completely sure.
Originally Posted by phantomzer0
How did you manage to get the VP of the Viper Club?? Just out of curiosity.
Originally Posted by 95greenbird
what did the doc have to say about the paint on that plastic piece that was taken off???
Originally Posted by SIK02SS
looks great. GTs have horrible paint. ours is bubbled on the front from the factory...not something you expect to see with that high a price tag...
Originally Posted by toofazt
On the GT it looks like the front and rear wheels are staggerd like 2'', is that right??
03-15-2007, 12:26 AM
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i seriously hate cleaning my viper its a PITA. I cant say how it is to clean a ford gt. I wish i could....my favorite thing in that viper pic is that trans am!!! vipers are soooo over rated id trade mine in on a c6 zo6 but my dad wont let me and its in his name so what are you gonna do? id sell it if i could its such a pointless car. But you did a very good job on the detail job!!! nice work and it seems as if your client ell is escalating!! remember the first post of yours i saw was i think an accord and now you got gt3's and ford gts!!! nice!! do i sense a future unique whips? you know this is how he got his start!!
