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).

 

[RussZS]

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.

 

[Roy]

Nice to see a well looked after classic it looked new in the pics in the car park.Ace job Russ

 

[RalphyBMW]

Very nice! Love 3dr Cossie's!

 

[Foxspeed]

lovely :clap:

 

[slime]

...I would love to have that....quite a rare beast that. Quite a handfull too with no driver aids....light too...one of my uncles had one of these back in the mid-eighties. I remeber thinking that it felt very very quick as a 14 year old passenger........

 

[GrumpyTwig]

Beautiful !

 

[RalphyBMW]

According to my Dad (who had 2 x 2WD Sapphire and 1 x 4WD Sapphire) the 3dr's were particularly lethal in the wet. Would be a lovely thing to have in the dream garage.

Personally I would prefer a standard car, ideally an RS500, but unmolested examples of those are particularly rare and expensive.

 

[lukeeddy]

love the cossie and i think i can see my face in the gti :clap: its that shiney

 

[Giles]

good work.

best ford rs ever made!

 

[Tom]

Always wanted one of these growing up. Great work Russ!

 

[200cup andy]

love how to start with it looked just like any other 3dr cossie, after its show room fresh and probably added about a grand to the value of it

great work

 

[slime]

...slightly off post....but trying to get my hands on some Iron X but it seems to be out of stockeverywhere..anyone know where I can get this stuff?

 

[henderson]

elite car care maybe?