2011 Mustang GT Vert Intensive Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating | Erie PA

Cody Brace • March 9, 2022

The Backstory

"I'm gonna get the vehicle repainted in the next year or two," said our client Dan. We took this as a challenge to be accepted! Because of our training and skill level we generally know roughly where we can get a vehicle's paint just by looking at it. And in the case of this particular vehicle it had looked as though someone was washing it with a broom prior to Dan buying it!


Although we knew perfection wasn't possible with this one we did know we could achieve results considerably more appealing than its current state and give Dan a few more years before needing to actually repaint the entire car which is a huge and expensive project for any vehicle. This is why we suggested our two stage correction process to get the most correction on the paint to remove deep scratches and finish out with a thorough polishing step for the most clarity and that deep wet shine Candy Apple Red should have.


Dan is a part of the Erie PA Mustang Club and this is one of his many Mustangs he owns. He is a true Mustang enthusiast to say the least! And furthermore is someone who really takes pride in his vehicles which we can appreciate very much here as car enthusiasts ourselves. This was one of the many things on his list come springtime which we were happy to lend a hand in. Follow along below to watch some of our process giving this Mustang some serious love from washing, paint correction, and finishing off with a 5 Year Ceramic Coating for that deep wet shine that you can almost dive right into.

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Correction step 1 and 2

First things first and that is a test spot on the vehicle paint to see what we can achieve on a particular vehicle...for this one we pulled out the big guns! That is a very aggressive and heavy cutting pad paired with an equally aggressive compound to really "mow" down the bulk of the heavy scratches and eliminate the micro scratches and hazing pictured top left. To then follow that up with a polishing step to refine the surface even more and eliminate any hazing left behind by the 1st compounding step. Which then we are left with a super refined and clear paint surface as shown in the picture in the top right.


Now that we have determined the exact methods of attack for this vehicle we then move on to replicating this on the entire vehicle to achieve maximum clarity and gloss before laying down our Ceramic Coating.

Time For Coating

Now that the paint is perfected to our customers desired level of correction we are ready to lock things in for the long term with our Ceramic Coating. And it just so happened Dan got lucky on this one. While he paid for an application of our 3 Year Coating we realized we had just run out and were waiting on another shipment...as we always say, under promise and over deliver! So what did we do? Of course went ahead and put our 5 Year Coating option on instead.


While we generally aren't big on promoting the products we use, because at the end of the day it's our skillset that matters and the products just help us get there, we wanted to mention a particular product that has really taken things to the next level for us and our clients. That is Dr.Beasley's line of NSP Primers which stands for Nano Surface Primer. These are polishes and compounds that, in a nutshell, help us get even better results on every single vehicle we touch while also increasing the strength of our coatings. These primers were used on this entire Mustang to achieve these end results.

The Reveal

After a thorough 2 days of working on this Mustang with nearly 16 hours total into it we were finished. It just so happened to be a Friday and we were admiring our work on this gorgeous ride when an unexpected visitor showed up. Can you guess who? It was Dan! Just in time.


After Dan walked in we nearly had to pick his jaw up off the floor because he was speechless admiring the end result on his car. He didn't even think a turnaround like this was possible without getting the entire car repainted. As we said in the beginning, challenge was accepted!


Once we completed a full walkaround and talked Dan through the whole process and end results he was ready to get his car back and go for a drive, especially with nice weather right around the corner. All in all we couldn't have been more happy with the end result and neither could Dan. Now he can drive his ride in style turning heads wherever he goes for the foreseeable future without need for any major paint or body work. This was our ultimate goal for this particular situation and really think we crushed it. When our customers are happy we are happy!


​Take a gander at some of the finished photos down below.

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