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2010 Ford Fusion Sport - Tuxedo Black Metallic
We performed a 'complete' on this beautiful 2010 Ford Fusion Sport AWD.
It had only 1,700 miles on it. This is the 4th car we've detailed from Steve & Joni. You might recall the 2007 Fusion http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32736 that we detailed earlier this year. Unfortunately that Fusion was demolished by a driver who was texting on a cell phone and ran a red light. Luckily, Joni escaped with her life but with some serious injuries. This 2010 Fusion is a replacement for the 2007.
The first thing I noticed about it is the styling...WOW, Ford finally got sport sedan styling exactly right IMHO. The suspension is tight and sporty and the engine is responsive and powerful. I was very impressed with the complete package.
Our experience with 2007 and newer Fords has been rock-hard clear coat. This Fusion was no exception. The swirling was pretty light, but to remove it required the Nuke combo - M95 on a Rotary w/ a Solo maroon wool pad. We followed that up with M205 on a PC w/ a green 5.5" pad.
Unfortunately, it was very difficult to capture the swirls on camera due to the metal flake. You can see some swirling here but it was more evident in person:
The paint is a really unique black metallic with flakes in purple, blue, gold, silver, and green. It looks like a sparkling jewelry box in the sun
Here is a test spot - can't really see the difference in the picture, but in person you could see the swirls around the test spot:
This was the first car we detailed without AudionutMike in quite a while. Mike had back surgery earlier this week and is out of commission for several months. Needless to say after a 12 hour day we miss him dearly!!
Here was our process:
Wash
and finally, not a great picture for showing details but I like it nonetheless:
Thanks for looking
It had only 1,700 miles on it. This is the 4th car we've detailed from Steve & Joni. You might recall the 2007 Fusion http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32736 that we detailed earlier this year. Unfortunately that Fusion was demolished by a driver who was texting on a cell phone and ran a red light. Luckily, Joni escaped with her life but with some serious injuries. This 2010 Fusion is a replacement for the 2007.
The first thing I noticed about it is the styling...WOW, Ford finally got sport sedan styling exactly right IMHO. The suspension is tight and sporty and the engine is responsive and powerful. I was very impressed with the complete package.
Our experience with 2007 and newer Fords has been rock-hard clear coat. This Fusion was no exception. The swirling was pretty light, but to remove it required the Nuke combo - M95 on a Rotary w/ a Solo maroon wool pad. We followed that up with M205 on a PC w/ a green 5.5" pad.
Unfortunately, it was very difficult to capture the swirls on camera due to the metal flake. You can see some swirling here but it was more evident in person:
The paint is a really unique black metallic with flakes in purple, blue, gold, silver, and green. It looks like a sparkling jewelry box in the sun
Here is a test spot - can't really see the difference in the picture, but in person you could see the swirls around the test spot:
This was the first car we detailed without AudionutMike in quite a while. Mike had back surgery earlier this week and is out of commission for several months. Needless to say after a 12 hour day we miss him dearly!!
Here was our process:
Wash
- 3 bucket wash with Nxt car wash
- Wheels cleaned with All Wheel Cleaner
- Windows washed with Stoener's Invisiglass
- M95 via Rotary on Solo Maroon pad @ 1700 RPM, KBM
- M205 via PC on LC Green 5.5" pad @ speed 5, KBM
- M21 via PC
- Sealed with Cleaner Wax
- Rubber treated with Endurashine Gel
- Plastic/Vinyl treated with Natural Shine
- Leather treated with Gold Class leather conditioner
and finally, not a great picture for showing details but I like it nonetheless:
Thanks for looking
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