Very Dirty 06 Fusion

[green_fusion]

I just put on a coat of poorboys natty's 2 days ago and this is how dirty the car got in the 24 mile round trip to base. The roads here in England are horrible. I put on 2 applications of AIO and 3 layers of SG a few months ago in preparation for winter. The interior was looking pretty bad too, I get a lot of mud on my combat boots while at work so I needed to do some spot cleaning on the inside. Here are the before pics.

Dirty Floormats before cleaning.

 

[green_fusion]

Washed using 2 bucket method.
Meguiars GC Shampoo
Chenille mitt and pinnacle bug & tar sponge
Simple Green wheel cleaner on wheels
Meguiars Plastic Detailer on headlights and tail lamps
AIO on grill
Bissel little green machine on interior floormats
Wiped down interior surfaces with microfiber

For those of you who ever end up washing a fusion, the grill has an unlimited water supply, IT NEVER STOPS DRIPPING!
A little history on the car, it was custom ordered through military sales and devlivered to me here in England, I requested that it never get washed to avoid swirl marks and they honored that request. It was delivered to me swirl free and dirty. I immediately drove it home, washed it, clayed it, and applied its first application of the Klasse twins. Since then it has been washed by hand by me and only me and it still doesn't have a mark on it except for a few small rock chips.
Here are the afters.

 

[Reddwarf]

Good G-d man, that is one dirty car! Good thing you put the sealant and Natty's Blue on it. Hopefully it will clean up easily. I hope you have a Schmitt!

 

[green_fusion]

Interior Afters

 

[Reddwarf]

I must have been replying while you were posting the afters! What a great turn around! Looks great now!

What is that small red light in the back?

 

[Truls]

From extremly dirty to extremly clean, love to see when i put foam on the car and the dirt just slides off.

 

[justin_murphy]

Very nice detail brother! Love that interior work. Highly overlooked in my opinion.

I really like that new car. My wife is wanting one here in the US.

 

[supercharged]

That's was VERY DIRTY. But it's clean now. Sweet ride. I like these new Fords.

 

[Whitethunder46]

I've never seen a dirtier car.

 

[P1et]

From one extreme to another, very nice work! Where in the UK are stationed?

 

[green_fusion]

The little red light in the back is the rear fog light, it is required on cars in Europe, as you can see it is temporary so it can come off when I go back to the states. There are also little white parking lights in the grill and side flashers on the fenders, both temporary. As for where I am stationed, I'm at lakenheath, or in other words about an hour away from London.

 

[RTexasF]

Very nice work indeed. I'm sure a left hand drive car is rare there.

 

[MikeyC]

That car was definitely dirty! Now it looks factory fresh. Great work!

 

[supercharged]

Why don't you get all season floor mats, and you will never have to worry about cleaning those mats?
Especially when weather is like that.

 

[ltoman]

I just put on a coat of poorboys natty's 2 days ago and this is how dirty the car got in the 24 mile round trip to base. The roads here in England are horrible. I put on 2 applications of AIO and 3 layers of SG a few months ago in preparation for winter. The interior was looking pretty bad too, I get a lot of mud on my combat boots while at work so I needed to do some spot cleaning on the inside. Here are the before pics.

Dirty Floormats before cleaning.

How do you get something so dirty?? No offense, but that is dir-T!

 

[ltoman]

Interior Afters

Woah!! FANTASTIC job!! Looks like you swapped it for a new one!! Good job!!!:cheers:

 

[sparkie]

OMG, sweet turnaround!:awesome: Nice car too! Love the pics. Awesome work.

 

[green_fusion]

I am definately getting all weather floor mats in the near future but I'm waiting until I move back to the states in a few months since I can't get new mats mailed here very easily. As for left hand drive cars being rare over here.....They are rare but around U.S. bases there a lot of U.S. spec cars running around because the military ships one for free. Everytime I see a suburban or an F-350 4 door long bed dually I just laugh because there is nowhere to park something like that in England.

 

[sparkie]

I think the grill is awesome looking in them cars.

 

[ehuth1]

sweet turnaround !! It's like someone else said it's better than new now.