Handz Detailed: 2001 Lincoln LS Silver *Beater* Paint Correction

SRT Handz

I tripped & fell down and cut myself & got blood
Oct 10, 2004
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La Mirada, CA
Its Kinda like a 4-Door Mustang.... With a Small V-8 :D

The owner of this car is a Good friend of mine. The owner Hired me to do Full paint correction on this car because, and I quote, "Handz Is Thug".

This Car is a DD. It has 120,XXX Miles on the Clock. Its lives its entire life outside and has gone through 2 motors. Car is beat on everyday in LA Traffic since Day 1 of Owning the car. Car has driven to vegas 10 or more times from LA and driven to mexico. Car sat in the Fresno dirt BS for a while.... So lots of work for me lol

This is the 3.9 V8 Model

Full Paint Correction Exterior with Headlight Restoration. Light wheel cleaning because they are Spray painted.

The owner helped me work on this job so we did it in a day and a half!!!

Silver is a PITA to find defects on and the Lincoln Paint is Rock hard.... It made this Job annoying.

Time Invested: 16 hours (2 Guys Working)

Wheels:
- CG Sticky Wheel Gel

Wash:
- Polished Bliss Foam Canon
- CG Citrus Wash+Gloss
- CG Citrus Wash Clear
- CG Orange Degreaser
- ShMITT
- Stoner Tarminator

Clay:
- CG Heavy Claybar
- CG Luber 1:1

Paint Correction:
Hitachi SP18VA
- CG No.721/LC CCS Orange + Wool (Roof)
- CG No.778/CG Black Flat Pad
PorterCable 7424
- CG Wet Mirror Finish/Hexlogic Blue

Protection:
- CG Jetseal109
- CG 50/50 Pure Concours

Plastic & Tires:
- CG Silk Shine

Metal:
- CG Metal Shine
- CG Window Cleaner

Headlights:
- 3M Sand Paper (800,1500,2000
- CG Scratch+Swirl B-Gone
- CG Pro Polish 3N

Before:

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"DankFanatic" from DB Stopped by and brought his Foam Canon for me to play With!!! Hurray!!

Foam Canon: 2oz CG CWG + 2oz CG CWC + 1oz CG Orange Degreaser

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Clay With CG Heavy Clay + CG Luber

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Inspection Time!!!! Nasty Swirls!!!

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50/50 Test Panel on The Trunk

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Headlights Before

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Headlights After

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The License Plate Has a Chrome Frame that is Totally Trashed!!! We cant remove the Plate frame from the Plate because its glued to the Plate itself because the Owner has a HUGE subwoofer in the trunk and it prevents the vibration. We decided to use some Semi Gloss Paint I had laying around to make it look better!!!

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Scuffed with 800 Grit

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Looks Like New painted Black!!!

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Hit the Scuffed Door handled because they were Scratched to Hell

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Tailpipes Before

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Tail Pipes After some #0000 Steel Wool + CG Metal Shine

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Get the Fogs Also

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Last Rinse After Polishing to Remove Dust

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Hit The Tires and Trim

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Last Inspection With The Scope

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After!!!

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Owner Has a Big Speaker.... Hits Really *****ing Hard. Custom Digital Designs 12inch Cone with 15inch Triple Stack Voice Coil and Magnet in Custom Horn Box. 4000 Watt Amp.

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Nothing Hides Under The Lights....

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I too own my own detailing business :) Great work!!!! Lots of attention to detail. How much do you charge for a Full paint correction where you live? In NY I usually can average about 250-500 for an exterior 3-4 step buff process with rotary and porter cable.
 
"Handz is definitely Thug" lol, sir you are very good at what you do. I would love to clean the paint on my laser red because it has plenty of swirl marks but you just listed like 25 different products and i have no idea what they are hehe. Good job man good job.
 
Just tits mang! Always so freakin impressed with your work, just beyond excellent! :cheers:

Wish you lived closer cause man I want my car done. I am seriously considering driving out there and having you do my car. :nice: