DaytonaJae Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 (edited) A good buddy of mine (his name coincidentally is Adam! so I am sure he appreciates this writeup) has been bugging me ever since my first write-up a few months ago to detail his 2005 Black Dodge Ram 1500. I've never detailed a truck before so to be quite honest I was dreading it. That's alot of acreage. Add the fact that it's flat BLACK and that it's never been detailed or waxed, lives outside, and caters to a rather large dog that tries to jump into the bed with the tailgate up, I called in reinforcements. Mike (XQUIZT), his GF Holley and Mike (mc2hill) so graciously offered to drive up to Daytona to help me do this detail. Super thanks to the gang for braving the cold and volunteering to help me bang this one out!!! Unfortunately, the day I chose just so happens to be one of the coldest days in Florida. Despite following a hard freeze the night before, everyone verified they are "up for the challenge". The Adam's Detail Party is on! Full complement of Adam's products used: Adam's Car Shampoo Adam's All Purpose Cleaner Adam's Green Wheel Cleaner Adam's Detail spray Adam's Clay Bar Adam's Glass Cleaner Adam's severe Swirl Remover Adam's Swirl & Haze Remover Adam's Fine Machine Polish Adam's SuperVRT Adam's In and Out Spray Adam's Metal Polish #2 Adam's Brilliant Glaze Adam's Americana Premium Wax Hardware: Adam's Dual Buckets & Dollies Adam's Fender Brush Adam's Lugnut Brush Adam's Boar's Hair Brush Karcher Electric Pressure Washer Flex 3401VRC Porter Cable 7424XP Pads: Adam's 6" Flex Pads Adam's 6" Experimental Dimple Pads (we were testing these for Adam's) Adam's 4" Focus Pad Kit Lots of MF Towels Non-Adams Gear: Coffee Hot Chocolate Lunch Here's the patient: ...judging by these claw marks, his dog's name is Godzilla Mirror drool... Wolverine on the door handles: That Tonneau cover was hard as a brick folded like that in sub-30 degrees that morning Engine bay, last time detailed: at factory. mc2hill up top inspecting the roof paint and XQUIZT looking things over before we start. It was COLD that morning! Hardcore Mode: I'm gonna show this truck who's boss A little bit of wax residue left from my quick and dirty demo a month or so ago on his hood After claying, everything started to show and it looked even worse, LOL Wow... Godzilla missed the truck bed on this jump Engine bay after APC soak, a complement of Adam's brushes, and a gentle rinse XQUIZT attacking tar on the hood with some butter mc2hill with SHR on the roof after 2 passes with Severe. It was really thrashed. Front fender after 2 passes of Severe Swirl Remover & Green Pad mc2hill and I with 2 Flex's going mc2hill showing his organizational skills with his 4" Focus pad kit in a ribbon box! The Tonneau cover warming up in the sun, 50/50. Left side Super VRT, Right side only cleaned Roof top corrected, bottom untouched. 2x SSR + 1x SHR w/ Flex 3401 Rear fender 50/50 Left side untouched, Right side 2xSSR, 1xSHR, 1xFMP w/ Flex 3401 Me showing the Flex "no-hands" method! Holley chipping in towards the end, following us around with final wipedowns Me applying Americana Wax Holley taking Americana off Working around the car methodically, the Brilliant Glaze and Americana went on and came off within 10 minutes XQUIZT on VRT and Undercarriage duty mc2hill performing final inspections Finished Shots - Sun going down fast, we tried to get as many as we could Sun shots Take that Dylan! - the Florida Adam's Team Edited February 14, 2012 by DaytonaJae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveVY Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Looks great! It was a rather cold day for Floridians to be outside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike63078 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Good job everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Take that Dylan! - the Florida Adam's Team You guys know its cheating if you repaint the truck right? Nice work... that came out awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XQIZT Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 This was a fun project. Despite the "cold," we managed. We were all happy to be there, and much like Junkman, the only "pay" required was food. The owner was so appreciative when he got it back. Its statements like "holy $h!t" and "I was thinking about selling it until seeing it now" that make it all worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 That is a one great job from the SUNSHINE STATE. Good team work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Tegeler Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 well done to all of you! the owner let that thing get trashed and you brought it right back to looking great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diggerdan11 Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Wow Great Job What a Difference!!! You guys should fly out to Oregon and work on my black truck in the real cold:jester: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamworkz Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 The owner was so appreciative when he got it back. Its statements like "holy $h!t" and "I was thinking about selling it until seeing it now" that make it all worth it. I love getting these reactions. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE Mook Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 THAT thing was HORRIBLE! Nice work, and that's awesome you got some help! What's with the cold weather gear? I didn't see any snow on the ground! Mook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipolley Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 You guys did a great job!!! I like that you all took photos of each other. It is nice to get faces with names and see ylou in action. Excellent job once again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Welcome you guys. The truck looks amazing. I love the Dylan shot with everyone. I need to know where you got that container for the pads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Fantastic job guys, cool to see how close the Adam's community actually is as a newcomber. The turn around on that truck is unreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XQIZT Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Welcome you guys. The truck looks amazing. I love the Dylan shot with everyone. I need to know where you got that container for the pads. Mike got it at Michael's craft store...it is technically a ribbon box...really keeps all the bits of the 4" pad kit neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueGenCoupe Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Thanks Mike. I shall take a ride out to michaels tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3PedalMINI Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Nice job guys! That container is GENIUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I like that container also. I am sure they probably have something to fit the PC pads also to store them nicely. Like I said earlier,, great job. look forward to seeing XQIZT end of the month at the Camero Show in Kiss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Great job guys. That thing was BEAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianT Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Great job guys/gals!! Turned out great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Tose were dog scratches? Looks more like one of the SUVs they used in Jurassic Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moz Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Definetly a big "black" truck,they aren't the easiest to do alone(time consuming to the extreme). Excellent save guys/gal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Welcome you guys. The truck looks amazing. I love the Dylan shot with everyone. I need to know where you got that container for the pads. Mike got it at Michael's craft store...it is technically a ribbon box...really keeps all the bits of the 4" pad kit neat. See this thread for the 4" pad box info - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/lounge/3762.htm I like that container also. I am sure they probably have something to fit the PC pads also to store them nicely. Like I said earlier,, great job. look forward to seeing XQIZT end of the month at the Camero Show in Kiss. Here is the box I have for the big pads - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/lounge/5859.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryW Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 See this thread for the 4" pad box info - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/lounge/3762.htm Here is the box I have for the big pads - http://www.adamsforums.com/forums/lounge/5859.htm Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I love the Dylan shot with everyone. As mook has deemed it "von kleisting" I wonder if we can get it to go viral like 'planking'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dipolley Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 As mook has deemed it "von kleisting" I wonder if we can get it to go viral like 'planking'? i wonder if we can get Rick Astley to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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