Enhancement Detail - 380bhp Ford Sierra Cossie

[RussZS]

I've been looking forward to this one for a while - ever since I met the owner late last year at a photoshoot.


This beast is running about 380bhp and is in superb condition, but was suffering from severe fallout and quite a lot of swirling and hologramming so it was booked in for an MCC Single Day Enhancement Detail...


Befores:

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An early sample of the hologramming on the paint...

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The wheels were dealt with first:

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Smart Wheels and G101 was used on the wheels, tyres and arches:

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Next the car was snow foamed to help begin break down the dirt on the paintwork:

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Surfex was used on the intricate parts and the shuts and sills:

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The car was then rinsed and hand washed with Auto Finesse Lather and CQuartz Mitt:

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Next... IronX... :doublesho

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It took 2-3 hits in some parts to remove all of the fallout!! The owner is also building a rather special Focus, which explains the volume of fallout on this car.


Tardis was used to deal with the tar:

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Then another foam to ensure the IronX was washed out of all nooks and crannies:

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Next the car was moved inside and clayed with Zaino Z18 clay with Citrus Bling as lube.


Then, time to assess the paint...


After trialling a few polish and pad combinations, two things were evident. Firstly the paint was HARD, very hard! Also it had discoloured over time, which we can see from this pic:

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(The right side has been polished).


I only had a day on this car so progressed with Scholl S17 and a Scholl Spider Sandwich pad which was correcting well and finishing down very well too.


Some of the correction pics:

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I decided to finish this car with Zaino Z2, which is a personal favourite of mine on White.


So I applied ZAIO by hand, Z6 wipedown, Z2 then Z8:

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Glass and Trim with Auto Finesse:

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Tyres were dressed with Pinnacle Black Onyx and Z2 was used on the wheels.


Some afters...

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(The engine bay wasn't detailed)

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I also recently applied Zaino Z5 to my own car to see how good it looks on black:

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Next up from MCC we have a Nissan GTR and a Candy White Golf Edition 30.


Thanks for looking!

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Russ.

 

[Joe#]

Fantastic as always Russ!

What snow foam did you use?

 

[NFox]

Fantastic work

 

[Christopher.]

Lovely car, awesome job Russ

 

[Wick]

Epic car, epic clean. Hope the owner let you take it out for a spin

 

[one in a million]

stunning!

 

[RussZS]

Thanks all

Snow foam was Hyper Wash and Surfex blend with a dash of something not out yet!

 

[Gally]

Oh my! First off glad business is still good Russ.

The car is fantastic. It obviously has the 500 cues but I can forgive it.

Most of all though. That's one of the best turnarounds i've seen in that space of time. Simply fantastic mate!

As soon as I seen the colour of the car I couldn't wait to see the Iron X pic! Oh and I love this pic...

So what do you think of z18?

 

[Jamie_182]

wow! looks stunning now.

 

[Jimbo_M]

OMFG what an iconic motor!!! Great work as always dude

 

[Stefan.]

f**king hell that is one lovely cosworth! and you have done an epic job on it in the space of time allowed!!

 

[Poopensharten]

f**k.

IS what.

 

[Adamm.]

Wow brilliant work. Need this sort of magic unleashing on my clio I really cba to do it myself lol.

 

[-J-]

One day I will have one! So much want.

Stunning turn around.

 

[.Andy.]

Wow! What a car, I'd love to own one of these one day. I probably won't but hey, I can dream! Fantastic job Russ. As always

 

[chriscummins7]

Russ, awesome as ever mate.

 

[dudes45]

Amazing car! I love reading these! Keep em' coming :rasp:

 

[Y7 ADW]

Superb Russ as always.

 

[Eddie.]

Fantastic as ever! Love it

 

[Yellow Dave]

lovely job there!

changing the LSP on the golf already? what happened to the CR and wraith?

 

[Scrooge]

Great turn around!

 

[Chip-mk1]

Fantastic condition car by the looks of it.

That plenum is a bit nasty for a 380bhp car though, he'd be much better off on a ST escos one, the swedish style ones arent good for throttle response as they are too big.

 

[aucky]

Bloody fantastic!