Speedshow 2009 Update F150 Lightning

Bright and early Saturday morning I joined the throng of exhibitors outside the showgrounds, the burble of conversations all along the lines of hopes and expectations for the weekend, weather predictions and the like.

Our work was going to be cut out for us this weekend with my Dream Pickup, a F150 Lightning on the stand for a bit of Final Touch Makeover Treatment and a really nice and tidy (but quite stonechipped) BMW M3 lined up for Sunday's treatment. We'd put a lot of effort into putting the stand together and while it wasn't the most bling looking display it was definitely going to be one with plenty of action taking place.

This F150 just so happened to have been kindly loaned to us for the weekend by an owner who uses it as a daily driver in the concrete and construction industry so it was well and truly ready for a Final Touch treatment. We were hoping for a before/after result that would really test us and I think we got it.

On Arrival-
Craig (the generous owner of the Lightning) had asked if he needed to clean it before dropping it off for the weekend, we'd said no...

We decided a 1/2 and 1/2 before and after of the front end was on the cards with a vehicle like this

Well and truly underway now.

Front end Before and 'almost' after, with a few remaining chips filled and ready to wipe. From Smokey black to Stunning Black in just a few hours.

Orbital Polishing with a special Microfibre polishing bonnet to remove the Meguiars wax and give a brilliant, swirl free shine. Tiho (pictured on the polisher) did a fantastic job of detailing the truck, including a waterless engine bay and interior detail

Grant hard at work fixing the stonechips etc... Grant also hard at work touching up Stonechips and scratches.

It looked positively stunning when it was completed, the guy from the stand reflected in the side panels was pretty impressed.

Another angle,

Outside in the sun, swirl free polish with Stonechips touched upI've got to admit I was a bit nervous about giving it back to Craig, because I wasn't too sure what he'd be expecting but He was stoked, even made the comment that 'it was so shiny that he wasn't sure that he wanted to drive it to work anymore' which was just what we were wanting to hear...

Definitely a project vehicle but we got a great result and a lot of positive feedback so we were stoked.

Thanks a lot Craig for the loan of such a great vehicle for the weekend, we hope your enjoying driving the Lightning even more now. Your truck has got me trying to figure out ways to import one for myself now.