THE Mook

I love the look of the car until you get past the front fenders. From there, it resembles to me, a Gen Coupe or BRZ or something. The headlights, hood, and maybe even the wheels are pretty ok.

I love how in this shot, off the wheel spoke, you can see the reflection of the parking lot. THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IN! Mook

Ready for some after shots?! I am!

With the paint now corrected and polished...and glazed, I figured what better time to bring out the Patriot! (Yes I cleaned up around the badge before I let the car go LOL!) Thanks to Matt@Adams for snapping a few action shots!

With Glaze down one side of the car it was time to work on the deck lid. Here's what I was looking at: ..

As dressing the car was now complete, it was time for me to work in a test patch, so I could what was needed to get this paint back to awesome again. The car was coming back very, very nicely!

After I dressed the engine, I took some Metal Polish and knocked out the water spotting on the cross member here. Once the vehicle was dry, and the door jambs were wiped clean, I placed my cardboard down and began to shoot Invisible Undercarriage Spray into the Wheel Wells. From there, it was time to dress the tires with SVRT. I chose to throw some Metal Polish on the Wheels too. Really brightened them up.

Onto the Two Bucket Wash Once the wash was complete, I pulled it in and dried off the car, and the engine bay.

With the large amount of bugs on the front end of the car, I opted to pre-soak the areas in Waterless Wash, but first, set the nozzle to Stream. Time to lift that hood back up and get to work under it. Clean!

a Few of the Engine...not too bad... My wheel and tire "Crew" ready to boogie. Before the wash, I addressed the exhaust tips. Getting ready to start the Wheels and Tires, I always start by rinsing the Wheel Wells. The Turbostick is so much fun! Boar's Hair Brush for the Faces Clean!

The Products and Process: · Wheel Wells and Tires cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner and the Adam's 20" Fender Brush. · Wheels cleaned with Adam's Green Wheel Cleaner, Adam's Boulder Blonde Boar's Hair Wheel Brush, Adam's Wheel Woolies and Adam's Turbostick. · Engine Bay cleaned with Adam's All Purpose Cleaner, Adam's Wheel Woolies, and Adam's Boulder Blonde Boar's Hair Wheel Brush. · Two Bucket Wash with Grit Guards and Two Wash Pads from the Adam's Complete Two Bucket Wash Kit. · Vehicle was dried using Adam's Air Force Master Blaster and Adam's Great White Drying Towel. · Engine Bay, Tires and Trim were first decontaminated with Adam's APC and Adam's Edgeless Utility Towels. Then dressed with either Adam's SVRT or Adam's In and Out Spray. · Wheel Wells were dressed with Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray. · Vehicle was masked with Adam's Professional Detailer's Masking Tape. · Door Jambs were cleaned with Adam's Waterless Wash and Adam's Waterless Wash Towels. · Interior and Exterior Glass cleaned with Adam's Glass Cleaner and Adam's Glass Cleaning Microfiber Towels. · Interior was vacuumed out and wiped down with Adam's Total Interior Detailer. · Decontamination of paint and glass was done using Adam's Detailing Claybar and Adam's Detail Spray as a lubricant. · Paint was corrected (holograms, swirl marks and water spotting) with the Flex 3401VRG Polisher, Adam's 7" Orange Microfiber Paint Cutting Pad, and Adam's Paint Correcting Polish. · The entirety of the paint was polished with the same polisher, Adam's 7" White Foam Paint Finishing Pad, and Adam's Paint Finishing Polish. · Paint and Glass Pieces were treated to Adam's Brilliant Glaze via the Adam's 7" Red Glazing Pad or the Adam's Americana Premium Wax and Glaze Applicator. · Paint was treated to Adam's Patriot. · All Polish, Glaze, and Wax residue removed with Adam's DoubleSoft Towels.

Good Morning, Did this a couple weeks back. Great guy, and awesome car! So much fun to knock this one out. The car had a fair amount of swirl marks in it, lots of bugs, a semi-dirty engine...nothing too major! Did I mention this one was a LOT of fun!? Here's what it looked like when it showed up:

Congrats on the purchase!!

It's the ingredients in dish soap that make up the things that could potentially damage your trim. Perfumes, oils, conditioners for your skin... While yes, dish soap is a de-greaser, the other contents inside of it are what are the bad things. Like Dylan said, and most of us here do, we use APC into the Car Shampoo bucket, and dilute it accordingly.

Rutledge's sense of humor rules. Good Stuff!

Hahaha yeah, I am bagged in the rear, but not the "right way", nor am I bagged up front. That's the goal!

Congrats Maybens!!!

Yeah I would love an 80E. Problem is, I don't have twice the money and then some to support it in my AWD application. I would really LOVE a 6L! This, once back together, will be turned into a strict show truck. No more go fast parts, or minimal adds from here. The goal is to bag all four corners and do an interesting two tone! Mook

Go Read this article and watch the .gifs under it. PERFECT narration! http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/the-worst-hit-and-run-ever-223111813.html

I would like to use different wheels...something more that can add some flash. I wonder if I cant retrofit some lawnmower wheels on there.

Nice purchase! These things have SOFT clear...like "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" Clear. Lots of luck with it!

Dylan, I imagine Tanner is on Cloud 999,999,999 today, no?

Guess I will update this a bit! I am starting the ball rolling this afternoon with the Transmission shop. The Winter Wheels I have, (Euromax 942), I have just painted the spokes black, but kept the Chrome lip. I still need to detail the Engine Bay and the Interior before I call the tow company to take it down there. I also need to re-spray the front brake ducts, and pull the interior pillars for paint too. Now, I didn't really want to paint the centers of the wheels, but the Mag Chloride stains in the Chrome have gone that far in, that I can't pull them out. Instead of re-plating them, I went this route... More to come soon, as I am EXCITED as all get out to get my truck back running! Mook