Deep Gloss Auto Salon: Lincoln LS & Dodge Stratus

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Deep Gloss Auto Salon: A Tale Of Two Surf Cities

Part One: Lincoln LS​

I was contacted to do a one step correction on this Black Lincoln LS along with an engine detail.



As you will see from the various before pictures the paintwork on this vehicle was in dire need of some attention. I took quite a few befores just to show that the inclusions in the paintwork were present through out.

Process:



Exterior Cleanse/Dress:

Entire vehicle treated with Surf City Grime Destroyer via pump sprayer with wand

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash via foam Cannon

Bucket wash with Surf City Pacific Blue

Clay with Riccardo clay with Optimum No Rinse as clay lube

Surf City Clearly Better for windows

Surf Sity Beyond Steel on rims

Amazing Roll Off on tires and wheel wells

Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage Spray

Tires dressed with Surf City Tire Pro

Sealed with Surf City Nano Seal

Final wipe down with Duragloss Aqua Wax

Exterior Correction:​

The areas that only received one step saw Menzerna Super Intensive polish via Flex and a green Lake Country CCS pad

Other areas were too far gone for me to be satisfied with just a one step so I used Meguiars 105 Ultra Cut Compound with a purple Lake country foamed wool pad via rotary on 1300 RPM’s for 15-20 seconds MAX!!

I followed this with Menzerna Super Intensive Polish on a green LC CCS pad via Flex.

Headlights were removed for full access to the front fascia

Engine:​

Gently pressure washed (nothing was covered due to heavy shielding)

Entire engine bay and underside of hood was cleansed with Surf City Grime Destroyer via pump sprayer with wand

Agitated and left to dwell

Gently pressure washed

Dressed with CD-2 Engine Detailer



Engine:

Before (Don’t know why the pic is blue??)​

Surf City Grime Destroyer Dwelling

After Cleaned and Dressed:

Lovely Foam:​

Befores:​

Headlights Removed:​

Here is one direct “before and after�

Before:​

After:

Some afters under the same lights as the befores from numerous areas of vehicle(sun was gone by the time I was done):​

Beauty Shots:​

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Deep Gloss Auto Salon: A Tale Of Two Surf Cities

Part Two: Dodge Stratus​

This vehicle belongs to the family that also owns the Black Lincoln LS. I was initially contacted to do the Lincoln and was hired to do the Stratus as well. I did both of them the same day



On this vehicle an interior detail was the customers primary concern. Unfortunately the owner was not concerned with any paintwork correction. During the pre detail inspection it was agreed that a wash/clay/seal would also be performed.

Process:



Exterior:

Entire vehicle treated with Surf City Grime Destroyer via pump sprayer with wand

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash via foam Cannon

Bucket wash with Surf City Pacific Blue

Clay with Danase clay with Optimum No Rinse as clay lube

Surf City Clearly Better for windows

Meguiars Wheel brightener on rims

Amazing Roll Off on tires and wheel wells

Duragloss 501 on exterior Chrome trim (grill)

Wheel wells dressed with Adams Undercarriage Spray

Tires dressed with Surf City Tire Pro

Sealed with Surf City Nano Seal

Final wipe down with Duragloss Aqua Wax

Interior:​

All trim wiped down with diluted APC in bucket and a micro fiber

Trim Dressed with Surf City Dash Away

Carpets vacuumed / dry agitated and then vacuumed again

Carpets sprayed with Chemical Guys Lightning Fast carpet cleaner, agitated and left to dwell and then extracted

Mats vacuumed, dry agitated and vacuumed again.

Mats were then treated with Chemical Guys Lightning Fast carpet cleaner, agitated and left to dwell and then pressure washed until water ran clear and the extracted and ;left to dry

Leather cleaned with Leather Master Strong (I used a foaming pump to transform the Leather master strong cleaner from a liquid to a foam)

Leather protected with Leather Master protectant



Befores​

In Process:​

The dash after half of it had been wiped down:​

Interior Afters:​

Exterior Afters:​

 

[Old Pirate]

:2thumbs:Another Deep Gloss save! Awesome work on both vehicles Jason!

 

[imported_sal3291]

Great job, the interior of the Stratus was horrible

 

[Dawrenn]

Damn good job

 

[jayjacque]

Beautiful work as always.

 

[silvergray]

Great work! Where are you in Michigan?

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

:2thumbs:Another Deep Gloss save! Awesome work on both vehicles Jason!

Gracias Senor for the kind words!

Great job, the interior of the Stratus was horrible

Yeah, the stratus interior was not pretty

Damn good job

Beautiful work as always.

Thanks Jay!

Great work! Where are you in Michigan?

Thanks - I am in Auburn Hills but I am mobile

 

[bigltc]

Nice work on Lincoln paint!

 

[ScubaStevo]

Nice work. I never realized how similar the Stratus is to the Eclipse.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Nice work on Lincoln paint!

tHANKS:xyxthumbs

Nice work. I never realized how similar the Stratus is to the Eclipse.

Thank you

 

[johnbrown1500hd]

dosent look good with all that ornage peel

 

[johnbrown1500hd]

:dosent look good with all that ornage peel start wetsanding dude

 

[stiffdogg06]

dosent look good with all that ornage peel

If you are talking about the LS, it has factory paint. Factory paint is very difficult to wetsand if you've never done it.





Cars look good. Shut your mouth.:nana:

 

[imported_DJ Mayo]

If you are talking about the LS, it has factory paint. Factory paint is very difficult to wetsand if you've never done it.





Cars look good. Shut your mouth.:nana:

AGREED! Cars look great.

 

[Cleaning Fool]

Lets go Mods, time to can Richard Deere.

 

[Swaptrex]

It was crazy seeing someone in a pic with a CMU shirt(My current school) on autopia.com



Fire up Chipss!!!!

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

If you are talking about the LS, it has factory paint. Factory paint is very difficult to wetsand if you've never done it.





Cars look good. Shut your mouth.:nana:

Thanks SD

AGREED! Cars look great.

Thanks!

 

[imported_never gone]

Looks good. The one thing I would have done is polished the tail lights just to finish off the rear totally.

 

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Looks good. The one thing I would have done is polished the tail lights just to finish off the rear totally.

Thanks... The stratus you mentioned saw no polishing... It was only a wash/wax/interior