2011 Dodge Charger Detail

[Beerwulf76]

I own a 2011 Dodge Charger. It's a large car to detail with lots of odd angles and ridges. There's hardly a flat panel on it. The metallic black flake is hard to keep perfect, but it looks great when it's swirl free and clean.

Despite my best winter efforts, I've got some minor swirls showing and I'm drooling to do a spring detail that will include; Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0, Poorboys Polish, Klasse AIO, all topped with #845.

Now, did you notice the most annoying thing ever done by Dodge on a car? Something that makes me go "grrrrrrrr" every time I wash my car? In an attempt to isolate noise out of the cabin, Dodge put fabric under the front wheel wells. It's sort of like Scotchbrite - it's meant to keep engine noise out of the cabin. And it may do that, but mostly it picks up strand of grass and other lightweight debris that's almost impossible to remove without taking the wheel off and picking at it with a pair of tweezers.

Anyway, nice job on the Charger- those chrome wheels are shining!!

You sure ain't kidding,alot of surface area on that vehicle!

Your spring detail combo sounds awesome!What kind of polishing pad will you use?Please post pics when it's done.Good luck to you.:xyxthumbs:

 

[lokerola]

You sure ain't kidding,alot of surface area on that vehicle!

Your spring detail combo sounds awesome!What kind of polishing pad will you use?Please post pics when it's done.Good luck to you.:xyxthumbs:

I'm not sure about the pads yet. I'll have to evaluate the car in the spring with the Brinkman light and see how bad it's gotten. It's a daily driver in the DC Metro area, so there's a ton of pollutants, dust, construction debris, etc on the roads around here, so I'm sort of expecting the paint to be a bit rough by spring. Last summer was my first summer doing any detailing and I was able to correct my old 1996 Mazda pickup and my wife's Honda Civic using the GG DA polisher and the orange pads to remove a lot of swirls and other problems. My first choice for paint correction will probably be the Orange 6.5" pads. The 6.5" pads get a bad rap around here, but they've worked great for me.

The Mazda and the Civic each needed a lot of work over basically the entire vehicle with the Lake Orange pad and swirl remover, then a Lake White pad for the polish, and finally a Lake Grey pad for Klasse AIO. So I know that works well for me - I'm just hoping the swirls are not too bad on the Charger and I'll just have to hit certain areas with the Orange pad/swirl remover and I'll be able to hit the other areas with the white pad and polish. Anyway, I see LOTS of taping in my future with the Charger as I don't want to use the DA on all those high points on the body.

I'll post some pics when it's done! Im the MAN :buffing: