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St33da

07-12-2010, 03:33 AM

Went over to a buddies house today and pampered the Mystic. I would first like to give a big thanks to Mike for his help. Now onto the steps.

First was a good wash and dry. Next we clayed the entire car, which took a full 80 gram clay bar. After claying, due to the heavy swirls in the paint, we ended up using PB SSR 2.5 with an orange pad to pull most of them out. Then we used PB Pro Polish followed up with some PB EX Sealant. We was going to try some PB Black Hole Glaze, but we got started late and ran out of time. Once the Sealant cures, I will be applying 2 coats of PB Nattys Blue followed by 2 coats of Nattys Red Wax. All in all I am very pleased with how the Cobra looks now. The colors seem to be more noticeable, and it doesnt look like a 190k mile car anymore ::bigthumb

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Jake

07-12-2010, 04:15 AM

that is absolutely stunning. :bigthumb and im glad to see that you're still racking up miles in it too!

87stangbbb

07-12-2010, 06:25 AM

thats awesome

Mustard

07-12-2010, 06:29 AM

looks awesome

cobraman302

07-12-2010, 10:00 AM

Looks amazing! Just out of curiousity, what kind of buffer/polisher are you using? I am in the market for a nice random orbital polisher to work some minor swirls out of the Cobra.

Stolly113

07-12-2010, 12:34 PM

I like the license plate frame the most!!

draggin50

07-12-2010, 12:49 PM

Looks awesome! I got the same license plate frame in my garage!!!

St33da

07-12-2010, 02:52 PM

Thanks everyone, I still have a few little things to do like get the tail pipes to a mirror finish, but overall I was happy with the results.

Looks amazing! Just out of curiousity, what kind of buffer/polisher are you using? I am in the market for a nice random orbital polisher to work some minor swirls out of the Cobra.

Porter Cable 7424XP with a DA 5" flexible backing plate

cobraman302

07-12-2010, 03:36 PM

Thanks everyone, I still have a few little things to do like get the tail pipes to a mirror finish, but overall I was happy with the results.

Porter Cable 7424XP with a DA 5" flexible backing plate

Thanks for the info! That is the exact polisher I was looking at getting, or the Griot's Garage 6" RO polisher. heard great things about both.

chris91

07-12-2010, 04:30 PM

I have the Porter Cable as well. Definitely worth the money. You can pick them up at Lowe's too. And pretty sure Smyth paint center still carries the pads for them.

04 Venom

07-12-2010, 05:00 PM

Impressive results!

2007ShelbyCobra

07-12-2010, 07:57 PM

I like the Mach

St33da

07-13-2010, 03:09 PM

I like the Mach

so do i :)

HawksWR37

07-13-2010, 05:37 PM

Thats the best looking driveway lol full of mustangs :)

KB1

07-13-2010, 08:20 PM

We carry Griots products at work, the buffer/polishers are incredible, we have the 6" & 3" models.

WARMACHINE

07-13-2010, 09:17 PM

God those are good looking cars.

chadomac

07-13-2010, 09:27 PM

We carry Griots products at work, the buffer/polishers are incredible, we have the 6" & 3" models.

where do you work?

KB1

07-14-2010, 05:01 PM

PM sent Chad

IWRBB

07-15-2010, 11:03 AM

Looks great. With something like a Mystic, you have to keep that paint in good shape since people are always staring at it!

I ran my Porter Cable over the woman's 7 yr old/125K mile car last weekend- I just hit it with 2 passes of Klasse cleaner wax stuff. It's amazing what those machines and a few hours can do. Her car hadn't been waxed in a long time- if ever. Now it just gleams like it were new.