2002 Black Mustang - Before and Afters

[russell336]

I used the following method on my wife's black mustang:

1. Wash with Gold Class car wash and dried with micro fiber towels
2. DACP (#83) applied with PC on setting 5 over entire vehicle
and removed with micro fiber
(it was clayed not to long ago and still felt smooth to the
touch so I was able to skip this step)
3. Swirl Free polish (#82) applied with PC on setting 4 over
entire vehicle and removed with micro fiber
4. NXT Tech wax applied with PC on setting 3 over entire vehicle
and removed with micro fiber.

I tried to take some decent before and after pictures but I had the car in my garage so they are not the greatest but I believe you can still see a difference.

Here is
My Gallery if you wish to see all of the pictures.

Here are a few before and afters:

Closeup of swirls under a halogen light:





Same area after one pass with DACP:




More to come...

[russell336]

Here is the trunk area:

Before:



After:


Here are some problem spots I still have even after DACP.
Bumper:
before

after


I did all this on a Saturday and only yesterday (wednesday) was able to see it under the sun. It looked real good. I could see a few spots that need a little more work but overall I was very pleased. I will try and get soem pictures of it this weekend under some sun but it will need to be rewashed as it has a little bit of dust on it!
I also plan on starting on my 2004 black F-150 if the weather holds out as I would like to get pictures of the two vehicles together. I think it would make for an awesome picture!

thanks for looking and feel free to comment, good or bad!

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Gary,

Looking good! Thanks for sharing your write-up and before and after photos...

Mike

[Rockpick]

Great job!

Now that you've spent several hours to get it to where you want it, make sure that you utilize proper washing/drying techniques to minimize additional scratching.

Excellent job! Black vehicles are a beautiful thing when they're in GREAT shape like your Mustang! Thanks for sharing your technique!

-RP-

[Vandelete]

looks very fine afterall! good job ...