2017 Challenger Hellcat

[NastyGT500]

2017 Dodge Challenger Hellcat
Green Go, auto trans, 106 miles​

A client of mine just picked this green monster up! He wanted the paint corrected and ceramic coated. The vehicle was delivered to him from the dealer earlier this week. He dropped it off to me on Thursday…picked it up today!

At first glance: it’s a brand new car. It won’t need much. Well, it was covered in minor swirls and had some deeper defects as well. The trunk carpet had some staining on it from tire dressing-the dealer installed Nitto drag radial tires on the rear and the factory tires were placed in the trunk for shipping-the dressing they used stained the carpet.



The defects were difficult to capture on camera with this color.



Process: Waterless wash. Clay. Corrected. Ceramic coated. Wheels pulled, cleaned, clayed, coated. Calipers cleaned and coated. Tires cleaned and dressed. Wheel wells cleaned and coated. Interior lightly cleaned, vacuumed and the leather and trim was coated. Glass cleaned. Sun check, final wipe down, deliver to client!



Tools/machines/chemicals/etc:

Rupes Mark II 21

Rupes 3”

Rupes iBrid

Medium cut foam and Heavy cut MF pads were used.

Griots fast correcting cream. Griots finishing polish.

Griots medium clay mitt.

Adam’s shampoo.

Adam’s APC.

Kenotek vinyl/leather for tire dressing.

Eraser for wipe down.

Various MF towels.

Metro Master Blaster and Vacuum.

Wheel wells coated with Dlux.

Calipers coated with 22ple.

Wheels coated with 22ple.

Paint coated with 22ple.

Trim coated with 22ple.

Adam’s glass cleaner and dedicated MF towels.

Interior protected with Ultima Interior Guard Plus.

Carpets coated/treated with GYEON fabric.

Engine compartment cleaned with APC and treated with Blackfire AIO tire/trim.

Trunk carpet cleaned with Adam’s carpet cleaner.





I believe that is everything! This bad kitty/green monster looks like a shiny piece of green hard candy or an M&M!!!! The gloss was really amped up and the defects were chopped down as if I were George Washington and they were a cherry tree!!!!!



Thanks for looking!



Defects (they were very difficult to capture on camera with this color):

Good readings, IMO, for a new car:

 

[NastyGT500]

Engine/bay shots:

 

[NastyGT500]

Interior:

 

[NastyGT500]

Wheels/tires/calipers/wells:

 

[NastyGT500]

Final shots:


Gonna have to wait, photobucket sh!t the bed for some reason...waiting for it to respond:

Just found out they are trying some bullsh!t with charging for 3rd party sharing of pictures. WTF!

Looking for another image hosting site...

 

[Recon]

Nice. If the day came for me to get a Hellcat it'd be that color, but not an auto. Interesting set of wheels the owner put on there.

 

[M91196]

Awesome as always even without the finals.
Appreciate that you answer my pesky questions too.
With 100 miles it looks like you didn't need chemical decontamination (iron) ? Is that a decision made by looking at the car or its history?

How do decide if you choose clay vs synthetic mit.

Thanks again, your posts are some of the best on all the forums .

 

[NastyGT500]

Thanks all. Trying to get the final shots uploaded so I can share on here.

Recon: those are factory wheels!

M91196: Thanks! I do a test spot to determine if it needs chemical decon. That's how I do it. I will also visually look at it/feel it/see what's coming off on clay/mitt/etc.

Synthetic is so much faster/easier, I usually go that route.

Thanks for the comments, hope to have finals up soon!

 

[Recon]

Never seen a Hellcat with factory five spoke wheels before. Interesting.

 

[NastyGT500]

^^^Told me they were an option for 2017. That or the mesh style were available.

 

[NastyGT500]

Finished shots:


DSCN8835 by Scott Harle, on Flickr

DSCN8833 by Scott Harle, on Flickr

DSCN8809 by Scott Harle, on Flickr

DSCN8828 by Scott Harle, on Flickr

 

[NastyGT500]

That's it for now...gonna go jump off my roof...so used to sh!tty photobucket Flickr is giving me a headache...

Stand by for more final shots sometime! LOL

 

[Recon]

I think I'll take them over the Y spokes. In brass monkey, with saddle interior, plus a manual, and a blacked out hood. Yes please.

 

[tones_RS3]

What a gorgeous car! Love it.

 

[Pribilof]

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Always love checking out your work!

What shop light is that?

 

[Recon]

Had to go to the dealer today. Saw this in the show room. I like the Sublime better than Top Banana even though my Challenger is Top Banana.

 

[tones_RS3]

Had to go to the dealer today. Saw this in the show room. I like the Sublime better than Top Banana even though my Challenger is Top Banana.

Dodge calls this yellow color, Yellow Jacket.

 

[Recon]

I see. After looking at mine, Top Banana is a paler yellow.

 

[NastyGT500]

Pribilof: Scangrip Colormatch light and stand.

 

[paulyboy928]

Man, that green pops like crazy!