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Before the Dodge Demon - There was the Dodge Drag Pak

5/3/2017

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Before the Dodge Demon - There was the
​Dodge Drag Pak

​With 800+ horse power, a Viper V-10 motor, fully caged interior, below seat exhaust cut off and fat racing slicks...it was clear that this was not your daddy's Challenger!
Having to be trailered to our Gilbert location (due to it not being street legal) - it had a rather unassuming presence about it. From 10 feet back, if you didn't take note of the racing slicks and battery switch on the rear bumper, you wouldn't know this was a 1 of 50 Dodge Challenger Drag Pak.

If you did happen to walk up a bit closer to take a look at the inside, the fully caged interior may pique your interest. However, once you looked  and saw what was under the hood...your intrigue would likely be confirmed.
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​Now while we all love cool / rare cars, this story focuses around the appearance (specifically the paint) of this Drag Pak and how we took this:
Dodge Drag Pak Challenger Paint Correction Swirl Mark Removal and Paint Polishing at Windows and Wheels Detailing Gilbert,Az
And turned it into this
Black Dodge Drag Pak Challenger after Paint Correction and Swirl Mark Removal at Windows and Wheels Detailing in Gilbert, Arizona
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​Now then, if you've recovered from the initial shock of how bad this paint was before, we will continue our journey...
 
You see, the paint on this Challenger was not totally factory. It had been re-sprayed and received a full wet sand (evident by all the sanding marks LEFT in the paint!) to remove orange peel and achieve a higher level of clarity. However, that whole clarity and gloss thing doesn't quite come together without the proper finishing work. While in the shade the reflections were decent and not as "wavy" as you typically see on today’s factory paint jobs. However, under direct lighting the paint's finish was fairly frightening.
 
Lets take a closer look at the car in its entirety:
What you're seeing above is a combination of different types of defects in the paint. We have lots of swirl marks and Random Deep scratches. Also you will see lots of "buffer marks" which are also called holograms due to their 3D appearance when seen in person. Lastly, the dull grey looking spots are actually sanding marks (which can also be described as uniform deep scratches). The graph below will help to put a more precise visual to what you see above.
As you can see, this was not an "isolated" section of damaged paint. No no, it had taken over! Top to bottom, this whole car was covered with buffer trails from the previous detailer, sanding marking, RIDS (Random Isolated Deep Scratches) and even some things we are not able to fix (fish eyes and solvent pops). We had, undoubtedly, quite the battle in front of us.

Once washed - we needed to remove any bonded contaminates on the paint (such as overspray, body shop dust, brake dust, fall out and so on). 
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Once the bonded topical contaminates had been removed - it was then time to put together a paint correction process that would work well with this particular car. Every paint job is different and requires a different approach depending on multiple factors (hardness/softness of the paint, paint age, paint thickness etc) so we treat each car on a case by case basis. There is no "one size fits all" when it comes to paint correction.
Paint Correction and Detail on Black Dodge Hellcat Challenger at Windows and Wheels Detailing in Gilbert,Az
As  you can see above - our test section came out quite well. The right side being "before" and the left side being "after". While performing a test spot and getting it to turn out well is not usually super difficult - repeating that exact process over the entire vehicle is - and takes many hours to perform correctly. 
​For the upper part of the trunk our Rupes 75 pneumatic was a dream as always. We combine it with a Carpro Gloss Pad for finishing work. It fit right into that slight curve just perfectly and left an insane amount of gloss in its wake.
Below you can see the middle is completely undone, the right side has been "cut" Meguiars M205 and a Meguiars Foam Cutting Disc and the left side has been "Final Polished" with a Meguiars Finishing Disc and Carpro's Essence. We used the Rupes MKII 21 for our larger areas and let me tell you, these little Italian machines are true work horses! 
Now that we knew the combo for our first line of attack, it was off to the races. A very slow, tedious, time consuming race!
Paint Correction and Swirl Removal using Rupes MK II 21 Dual Action Polisher, Meguiars M100 Compound and Meguiars Foam Cutting Disc
​Another interesting note on these cars...the owner informed us the side windows are plexi-glass. Thus much easier to scratch than standard glass. We took a little extra precaution by applying plastic over them and of course taped off ALL 1,832 miles of plastic trim as well to insure that while polishing the paint we did not stain the trim.
Dodge Challenger Paint Correction and Detail at Windows and Wheels Detailing in Gilbert,Az
​Here's a quick little detailers tip - for full correction work like this, especially with many hours and many hands on the car, its often easy to miss something small. It happens. However, that’s why after our final polishing step we will meticulously circle the car to see if we did in fact miss something. If we find anything, we'll then use a grease marker to mark off the area to let whoever is doing the spot polishing/correcting know "Hey, this needs attention".
It was very small, but we saw it, so we wanted it gone!
 
For especially deep sanding marks like what we had circled, Meguiars M100 was what we reached for to be able to give us the extra cut we needed in order to remove deeper scratches such as those.
 
Our little Rupes iBrid Nano also comes in extremely handy for jobs like this. Put into rotary mode, it was a great tool to trace around the badges to get as close as possible without damaging the badge itself:
Dodge Drag Pak Swirl Removal using Rupes IBrid Nan Polisher and HD Adapt
​Finally, after multiple days and multiple hours - the correction was complete and it was time to get to the good stuff. A super rare car deserves a super rare coating - and the new CQuartz Finest Reserve was up to bat. With a 3 year warranty, extreme protection and a wet look that literally lasts for years, this is the​ product to top off a full paint correction job.
CQuartz Finest Reserve nano ceramic paint coating being applied at Windows and Wheels Auto Detailing in Gilbert,Az
Before applying a nano-ceramic paint coating (and really any paint protection for that matter), it's very important to make sure the paint is squeaky clean and free of any polishing oils, finger prints or anything else that may interfere with the product bonding properly to the paint. This is where CarPro's Eraser comes into play, to remove those polishing oils and leave the surface perfectly prepped.
​After two coats, with an hour of wait time between coats - the gloss on this unique Challenger was coming to life:
After paint correction and CQuartz Finest Reserve nano ceramic paint coating at windows and wheels detailing in Gilbert,Az on black Dodge Drag Pak Challenger
​You can see our yellow infrared lamps in the reflection of the fender here. I.R lamp curing is a must when installing a high-grade nano ceramic paint coating. It allows the coating to actually swell up and cure a bit thicker, harder and glossier.  It also catalyzes the bonding of the product to the paint, which is most definitely what we want.

​The finished product was truly something to behold:
​It was a long and hard fought battle - but in the end we were able to win. Considering this was the 3rd vehicle the same owner has brought to us - I think its safe to say he's been satisfied with our work (the others were also both black, both swirled and both awesome muscle cars - GT350 and an all original 1981 Z28 Camaro w/5,000 original miles).
 
I hope you all enjoyed the eye candy, the process and more of the eye candy! I will be back soon with more fun paint correction and details we've been working on.
 
Thanks all!
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