Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

[Garry Dean]

This is a 1993 Ford Flare side F150. It has been sitting in my clients’ yard for over 2 years. One day, about 2 months ago, I asked him if the truck ran and he told me it did when he parked it. He just didn’t need it anymore. That’s all he really said and so I began working on his daily driver that I was there to detail. Last month I was at his place again and before I left I taped a small spot off and got out my PC and some Megs m105 and polished to show him what kind of potential the truck had. He was blown away. Last week I was there again for a maintenance wash and to my surprise when I pulled up the truck was pulled out into the middle of the main section of the driveway with the hood up. He had gotten it running and installed a new battery. He told me to “go to town” with my buffer. This truck really turned out great. My client was very happy with the result (Even if he hadn’t told me a thousand times how happy he was, I sure figured it out when he wrote the check for $100 more than I asked him for). I really love working on single stage paint, especially when the end result is this dramatic. Here is the detail.

Exterior paint:

* ONR wash
* Taped off all trim with 3M tape
* Compounded with Makita rotary
* Major painted areas were compounded with Wolfgang TSR and LC 6.5” Orange CCS
* Smaller areas were hand compounded with Meguiars m105 and LC Orange hand pads
* All chrome trim and bumpers were hand polished with Optimum Metal Polish and LC Orange hand pads
* The entire vehicle was polished and sealed with Optimum Poli-seal with PCXP and 5.5” Green LC CCS pads
* Exterior windows were cleaned with Meguiars Glass Cleaner Concentrate

Wheels and tires:
* Wheels were cleaned with Muriatic acid due to extreme brake dust buildup
* Tires were cleaned with purple Power
* Wheels were polished with Optimum Metal Polish
* Tires were dressed with Meguiars Hyper Dressing

Befores



Can you tell where I did a test spot with ONR?











My test section and 50/50





Here are some while I was hard at work







Making some progress







All of the major sections were finished here. I was hand polishing at this point













These wheels were really gross. The before pic is of the wheels after I tried to clean them with every wheel cleaner known to mankind. I had to resort to the tough stuff, Muriatic acid.



After Muriatic acid and OPT Metal Polish

[Garry Dean]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Here is the rear bumper before and after OPT Metal Polish

Here are the afters, enjoy!





















Thank you very much for looking!

[Tuck91]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Nice work. The truck looks great!

[Garry Dean]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Nice work. The truck looks great!

Thank you!

[Shawn T.]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Awesome job! What a turnaround!

[Garry Dean]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Awesome job! What a turnaround!

I do appreciate it!

[cnfowler]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

That's awesome. I was amazed at the results you got on the wheels.

People that didn't know otherwise would think this was just a well maintained '93. Little do they know this thing was just dug up from the grave!

Very nice job.

Colin

[Garry Dean]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

That's awesome. I was amazed at the results you got on the wheels.

People that didn't know otherwise would think this was just a well maintained '93. Little do they know this thing was just dug up from the grave!

Very nice job.

Colin

Thank you for the kind words!

[Autobrite]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Fantastic work! Great ressurection.

[J. A. Michaels]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Fantastic transformation. The truck looks great. Awesome results. It is no wonder the owner was thrilled. Way to go.

[Bill Davidson]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

I love seeing red transformed like that. Good job Premium! The owner must have been shocked.

[Garry Dean]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Thanks for looking and I am glad you guys appreciate my work.

[BlackScreaminMachine]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Very nice, too bad the owner was not concerned about the Truck as you where. Those wheels were indeed scarey.

[Andrew C.]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Great Transformation!

[TomZ]

Re: Premium Detailed - Garry Dean - Tampa, FL - 1993 Ford F150 Flare Side

Quite a change....easy to see why the owner was so happy....curious, how long did it take?