Hot Hatch Tuesday

Subject: Zach’s Ford Fiesta ST

Paint Correction and Ceramic Pro Silver package

Exterior:

  • Washed and Decon

  • Paint Correction

  • Clean windshield adhesive on surround

  • Exterior, Head and Tail lights, Black trims, Mirrors: 5-yr Coated

  • Tires dressed

  • Exhaust Tips cleaned

This little hot hatch is a bit of a hot little mess with all its paint issues

Hood before

A closer look and ready to attack the hard clear coat on this black shadow paint

50/50 ish

After stage 1 of 4 paint correction

Heavy compounding creates micromarring

After stage 2 of correction

Almost there, final polish needed

Jumping to the roof and a close look before

After a couple of correction stages

Full view

Fender before

After a couple of correction stages and you can see the micro marring to be still refined

Door before. Lots of noise taking away from the color

50/50 after 1st stage

50/50 after 2nd stage

Front and Rear Door comparison

After stage 2

Left Hip before

After stage 3

Front Bumper before

After stage 1

Pass Fender before

After stage 1

After stage 4

Headlight is a little foggy on the right side

After

After Ceramic Pro 9H and it still needs Ceramic Pro Top Coat to finish it off

9H and no Top Coat. Pretty good right.

After Ceramic Pro Top Coat

Final shots with the orange smoke sun