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Tuesday, December 4th

Ken's 2012 Challenger​

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On Tuesday, December 4th, starting at 5:00pm we will be performing a full detail to Ken's 2012 Challenger. Ken is looking to learn how to machine polish to keep the black paint on his new toy in perfect condition.



This class is limited to the first 10 people that sign-up.

Sign-up List

1. Ken - Owner of the Challenger.
2. Steve aka Indy, owner of the way cool 1969 Camaro Indy Pace Car.
3. Chris aka Bodedetailing - Pro Detailer and attendee of my boot camp class.
4. Tim aka 57BORNTORUN - Total "Car Guy" and entrepreneur.
5. Bryan aka TROLL - Owner of a hotrodded Subaru and Supra.
6. Paul aka Sailfish
7. Ken aka Ken Evans Jr
8. Chris aka Italian Guy
9. Shawn aka sullysdetailing
10.



Date: Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Time: 5:00pm to 10:00pm

Autogeek's Garage
7744 SW Jack James Drive
Stuart, FL 34997
Mapquest Driving Directions


The door to the right of the garage door is the entrance to our TV Studio, my
red Jimmy is usually parked right in front of the entrance door.
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A few more pictures of Ken's car...​

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Ken is a local car guy and he and his wife Debbie were both on the second season of our TV show, What's in Autogeek's Garage?


Debbie Kolinski's 1926 Model T

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Ken's 1948 Dodge Power Wagon...
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As you can see, Ken and Debbie like both the traditional hotrods and modern hotrods...


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Why don't I live closer, I could've brought the Pearl and we could've done 2 at once.

At least I'll get to see how my paint is supposed to look.
 
What products are you going to be using? I'll be interested to see how the test spot goes... I don't want to give away a future Chronicles post but the process I ended up with was quite a bit different than what I thought going in.
 
Thats one sweet ride. Cant wait to see it after you work your magic Mike and crew.
 
We cannot wait to see how the Challenger turns out! She is a really nice car to ride and proud to keep her looking her best! We know she will look great when Mike works on her!

Ken
 
*** Bump***


It's on!


This project is rescheduled for this coming Thursday night starting at 5:00pm


Be here or miss out on being part of the A-Team that restores and creates a true show car finish on this wicked black Challenger...



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Hey Mike, have you decided on which products will be showcased for the makeover?
 
Mike,

My Thursday night class is over, so I will be back on for Thursday nights again. I missed working on all of the cool cars and even missed working with all you guys. See you then.

Steve
 
Mike,

I am stoked to come up and help out with the challenger, please sign me up! I have enjoyed all of your thursday night classes and am so glad to live so close to you and the crew. Looking forward to turning her into a work of art!

Chris :buffing:
 
Mike, count me in if you will.Louie is leaving that morning so he wont attend.Hopefully you guys can hook up together at SEMA.I met Ken at a car show today with his Power Wagon.TIM.:dblthumb2:
 
I'd like to attend this one as well... please sign me up!
 
addysdaddy said:
Hey Mike, have you decided on which products will be showcased for the makeover?
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Not as of this post, I have not seen the condition of the car yet so that's the first thing I like to do before determining what products are needed.

The fact that it's brand new doesn't mean squat. This was brand new and it was in horrible condition, certinaly no "Garage Queen". :laughing:


Video & Pictures: 2012 Black Camaro Convertible - Blackfire Show Car Makeover!




Indy said:
Mike,

My Thursday night class is over, so I will be back on for Thursday nights again. I missed working on all of the cool cars and even missed working with all you guys. See you then.

Steve
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It's always good to see you here Steve...


Bodedetailing said:
Mike,

I am stoked to come up and help out with the challenger, please sign me up! I have enjoyed all of your thursday night classes and am so glad to live so close to you and the crew. Looking forward to turning her into a work of art!

Chris :buffing:
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Cool Chris, we'll see you here...


57BORNTORUN said:
Mike, count me in if you will.Louie is leaving that morning so he wont attend.Hopefully you guys can hook up together at SEMA.I met Ken at a car show today with his Power Wagon.TIM.:dblthumb2:
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I'll add your name to the list. And "yes" the Power Wagon is cool as is Ken...


TROLL said:
I'd like to attend this one as well... please sign me up!
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I was wondering whatever happened to you... cool, it will be good to see you again.



You're all on the list...


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Well if it's anything like the black paint on my 2011 Challenger then it would be a good candidate for a wet sanding class. So much orange peel that some groves down there in Florida would be jealous!!!! I removed every mark from mine and it still looks terrible. I know that it's not encouraged to wet sand factory paint, but I'm seriously considering it anyway....YUK!!! Hope his is better.....
 
Lots of interest in the new Menzerna Color Lock Carnauba Wax so we're going to use it on Ken's Challenger...

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Ken is going to wash his Challenger before driving it here so when it arrives we'll first wipe it down with Menzerna PR, then inspect for above surface bonded contaminants.

I have not seen the paint yet but I've been told that even though it's a brand new car it came with swirls and scratches, so we're going to try to use the Menzerna PF 2500 to remove any below surface defects and perfect the paint and then seal the paint with Menzerna Power Lock and follow this by topping with Menzerna Color Lock.


At least that's the plan, we'll modify our process after doing a Test Spot.


If the sun is out I'll take some high resolution pictures and some iPhone video to document the true condition.


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