2009 Ford F-150 Body Shop Nightmare!

[InfiniteDetail]

I got a call from the customer who was ready to trade in his 2009 F-150 after getting it back from the body shop. Apparently, he had to return it to the body shop once as there were spots of purple and black under the clear. When he got it back the second time, it looked like this:


Aside from the horrific hologramming, the clear coat had many hazy spots:





There was a visible line on the roof where the body shop had masked off the sid but didn't cover the top completely. They only covered part of the roof. The overspray on the roof and hood felt like sand paper:



After hitting the hood and roof with Meguiar's aggressive clay, I was able to remove *some* of the overspray. Testing revealed that the only way to remove the overspray would be to damp sand with 3000 grit finishing pad and follow that with the nuke (M105 on a Solo maroon wool pad @ 2000 RPM on the rotary).

The sides only required the rotary with a Meguiar's cut N shine W4000 wool pad and M105.

Here's a 50/50 on one of the hazy spots:



Final polishing was done with my new G110 V2, 7" Meg's 2.0 finishing pad, and D151. Here's a before/after side by side:





And a few more afters:









Forgot to get any afters of the roof

Customer was extremely happy and doesn't have to trade in his beloved truck now! It was a very good day.

Thanks for looking

[ricksternbarb]

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Words cannot express how furious I was when I got my truck back from paint. No less than twice!!!
I can assure you Jeff, that you made my day in so many ways! I never thought that my truck could look as amazing as it did on the show room floor at Berge Ford. My wife, by the way, is more than delighted. Thanks Jeff, you saved my marriage. So, now I don't have to buy that Raptor I have been eyeballing with the new 6.2 Liter engine. I rate you a 10, the KING OF DETAILING.....................

Thanks,
Rickster

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: 2009 Ford F-150 Body Shop Nightmare!

Words cannot express how furious I was when I got my truck back from paint. No less than twice!!!
I can assure you Jeff, that you made my day in so many ways! I never thought that my truck could look as amazing as it did on the show room floor at Berge Ford. My wife, by the way, is more than delighted. Thanks Jeff, you saved my marriage. So, now I don't have to buy that Raptor I have been eyeballing with the new 6.2 Liter engine. I rate you a 10, the KING OF DETAILING.....................

Thanks,
Rickster

LOL, so glad you are happy with the work...sorry I kept you from getting the new raptor

[Marc08EX]

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Great job Jeff!!!!! I'm sure that it's just a walk in the park for you given you talent and experience! You sure brought the truck back to life!!!!

I hate how body shops just don't care about the cars they work with. If they're truly called professionals, they should have taped everything off and protected any other areas they weren't spraying paint/clear on. Plus they should learn how to use the rotary!!!!!

[InfiniteDetail]

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I hate how body shops just don't care about the cars they work with. If they're truly called professionals, they should have taped everything off and protected any other areas they weren't spraying paint/clear on. Plus they should learn how to use the rotary!!!!!

Thanks Marc

The most astounding part to me is that the body shop could clearly see the outcome, yet called the customer and told him it was ready to pick up! I cannot even imagine that!!

[Bill Davidson]

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I don't know what to say, I'm still shaking my head in disbelief. How does a company like that stay in business? Rick, you should be able to take Jeff's invoice along with the photos and get reimbursed. Not like that would ever happen though. Likely a company that puts out that kind of product wouldn't do the right thing, and compensate you. They'd say "you should have brought it in, and we would have taken care of it". Yah right... Hopefully you never have to deal with them ever again.

At least the truck is looking good now. Sorry you had to go through that Rick.

Nice job Jeff. you've earned some rep power :-)

[J. A. Michaels]

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Yikes! That was "professionally" done? That was a mess. Great work as always, Jeff. You saved the truck, marriage, everything.

The truck looks fantastic.

[yalerd]

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Great job Jeff!! That paint was trashed, I can't believe that, even the paint looks in a different color..

Amazing

[Golden]

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Wow, did they ever hack that up! I sure hope they footed the bill for the detail. Looks perfect now, though.

[gto_don]

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INCREDIBLE turn around Jeff. VERY nice job on saving that truck. Nothing short of amazing. Good Job!

[stevejetman]

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Yeah, I agree- They should foot the bill for the detail job. I really think Rick should bring an invoice in and show the Owner of the body shop. It shouldn't have to come out of Rick's pocket for something that wasn't his fault. Another great job Jeff, you brought it back from the dead. You are the Master................

Steve ('67 Mustang, '07 Mustang & '10 Fusion owner, all detailed by Jeff & Mike)...............

[VoicesInMyHead]

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FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

For me, the most impressive picture is the one where you can see the sun reflecting off your head... in the reflection off the rear quarter panel!

Reflection of a Reflection

[InfiniteDetail]

Re: 2009 Ford F-150 Body Shop Nightmare!

I don't know what to say, I'm still shaking my head in disbelief. How does a company like that stay in business? Rick, you should be able to take Jeff's invoice along with the photos and get reimbursed. Not like that would ever happen though. Likely a company that puts out that kind of product wouldn't do the right thing, and compensate you. They'd say "you should have brought it in, and we would have taken care of it". Yah right... Hopefully you never have to deal with them ever again.

At least the truck is looking good now. Sorry you had to go through that Rick.

Nice job Jeff. you've earned some rep power :-)

Astounding isn't it?? And thanks

Yikes! That was "professionally" done? That was a mess. Great work as always, Jeff. You saved the truck, marriage, everything.

The truck looks fantastic.

Gonna have to add "Marriage Counsellor" to my resume Thanks

Great job Jeff!! That paint was trashed, I can't believe that, even the paint looks in a different color..

Amazing

Thanks

Wow, did they ever hack that up! I sure hope they footed the bill for the detail. Looks perfect now, though.

I hope so too, but I doubt it's worth Rick's time and trouble. Thanks

INCREDIBLE turn around Jeff. VERY nice job on saving that truck. Nothing short of amazing. Good Job!

Thanks Don

Yeah, I agree- They should foot the bill for the detail job. I really think Rick should bring an invoice in and show the Owner of the body shop. It shouldn't have to come out of Rick's pocket for something that wasn't his fault. Another great job Jeff, you brought it back from the dead. You are the Master................

Steve ('67 Mustang, '07 Mustang & '10 Fusion owner, all detailed by Jeff & Mike)...............

Thanks Steve - This is something that all detailers/painters/mechanics should be aware of - we might take a relatively small amount of money to work on someone's car, but can do *huge* amounts of damage!

FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!

For me, the most impressive picture is the one where you can see the sun reflecting off your head... in the reflection off the rear quarter panel!

Reflection of a Reflection

Looks like using M105 as my shampoo is finally paying off!!! Thanks for noticing

[mreim769]

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That thing was in ridiculous shape. Good job on turning it back around in to what it should have been! Great work!

[InfiniteDetail]

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That thing was in ridiculous shape. Good job on turning it back around in to what it should have been! Great work!

Thanks, it was one of the more satisfying jobs I've completed in a while