Disaster Body Shop Find

What's going on guys and welcome back to the channel. Today's video is on this absolute unicorn of a Miata. It is a 2001 Mazda Miata in British Racing Green. This vehicle only has 60,000 miles and it's been sitting at this body shop for about two and a half years now and I've been trying to buy this car every single week since. They have yet to sell to me but today we finally agreed on a price so without further ado here's my 2001 Mazda Miata. Taking a look around this Miata and as you guys can see it's absolutely covered in a thick layer of dust and that's because it sat at a body shop for the last two and a half years. It sat at the very back and no one has touched it so yeah it has accumulated a ton of dirt and dust but in today's video we're going to transform this beautiful Mazda Miata back to its factory condition so make sure you guys are subscribed to the channel with your notification turned on. I post brand new videos every Thursday at 12 p.m eastern standard time. With that being said we're going to go ahead and get this Miata back to the shop and start on this detail. It's been two years in the making. Always get this dusty girl on back to the shop. I can't see! And as you guys seen just by driving the Miata took care of a lot of the dust but we're going to go ahead and get this entire vehicle sprayed down with a pressure washer get all the loose dirt and dust removed and then I can move on to cleaning the engine bay. So starting up this engine bay I'm covering up the air filter with a plastic bag. Honestly I wish the factory air box was on here but there's nothing I can do about that. Then I'm simply spraying off all the loose dirt and grime with our pressure washer then I'll use our extreme APC and a variety of brushes to make sure I get in all the tight cracks and crevices and then I'll simply spray it off with the pressure washer. And if you guys are wondering yes it's safe to clean your engine bay this way. I've done thousands of vehicles and it's honestly the only way to actually deep clean an engine bay 100 percent. So if you are scared to do it then honestly you don't have to but like I said I've done thousands of cars this way and I've never had an issue. And moving on to cleaning the wheels I'm using our extreme APC on the tires and fender wheels and for the wheels I'm using my mad detailing iron eraser along with multiple different brushes so I can make sure I get every inch of this wheel and tire 100 percent clean. I know you guys are probably wondering how does this car still run after two and a half years and honestly the owners of the body shop still took care of the car they still started up and would drive it from time to time but other than that it just sat at the back of the body shop. So no I didn't just buy a car that should have been sitting because nine times out of ten for sitting for that long it would just have bad gas it would need a battery it probably wouldn't start. So yeah luckily they did take care of the car other than you know washing it but yeah luckily they did because if not I would have a lot more work on my hands than just detailing it. So moving on to cleaning the convertible top I'm using our extreme APC but it's extremely diluted I'm honestly I think it's less than 10 to 1 then I'm using a stiff brush and I'm barely lightly going over it I'm not using any pressure at all and then I'm simply spraying it off with a pressure washer. Now moving on to cleaning the paint I'm using our mad detailing super blue soap and a foam cannon I'm going to foam the entire vehicle down then I'm going to take a soft detail brush and get into all the tight cracks and crevices I will get the vehicle sprayed off and then I'll foam it down once again and then I'll give it a nice hand wash with a soft microfiber wash mitt and honestly it's super funny because I was over here being super careful you know doing a two bucket method and wait till you guys see how bad this paint is like the amount of swirls and scratches that's on this car it's honestly pretty mind-blowing but don't worry we get those removed later on in the video. So what I'm using now is our mad detailing iron eraser and that's going to loosen and remove all the deeply embedded contaminants such as rail dust and brake dust out of the clear coat. So thankfully when this car was parked it didn't have the top down or the windows down because I've done a Miata from them in the past and they left the top down and the inside was absolutely covered in that thick dust so thankfully this was not so the interior was not bad at all so first I started with removing all the loose trash and debris then I'm simply giving the carpet a nice pre-vacuum before moving on to cleaning the seats. So moving on to cleaning the leather seats I'm using our mad detailing leather cleaner and a leather cleaning brush and if you guys are wondering why I'm not using steam these seats really didn't need it and steam can actually damage old seats so honestly when you're working on old leather it's better to be safe than sorry and honestly they didn't need it at all so using steam would have just been pointless. So after getting the seats thoroughly cleaned I'm now using our mad detailing leather conditioner and that's going to restore these seats back to their factory finish and not leave behind a greasy film. If you guys would like to try this product or any of our products you guys can head over to www.maddetailingusa.com you also can shop down below with Shopify directly on YouTube and you don't have to leave the platform. And moving on to cleaning the interior panels I'm using our mad detailing mad clean all-purpose cleaner and a soft detail brush I'm also gonna be using our compressed air to make sure I blow out all the tight cracks and crevices that the product might be hiding in. So if any of you know exactly what this car is you would know exactly what it's missing in this frame and it's very expensive it's the wood grain OEM shift knob it's a six speed shift knob and it's I guess someone stole it but honestly I'm kind of butthurt because it's super hard to find I've been trying to find one I found a couple on ebay but they're like four or five hundred bucks and they're in really bad condition so if any of you guys know where I can find one please shoot me a message on instagram at maddetailingusa it'd be greatly appreciated and it would help me out a lot because I can't find this shift knob anywhere. So moving on to the carpet extraction I'm using our mad clean as a cleaner followed by a Milwaukee drill with a drill brush attachment and for the extractor I'm using my mighty HP 60 hot water extractor and honestly please don't use mad clean as a carpet extraction it is a super foamy formula but I used a tiny amount so if you're going to use it use a tiny amount but I would recommend using our mad detailing extreme APC because if you use too much of the mad clean you'll be sitting there trying to extract foam for days and to protect these panels we're now using our mad detailing ceramic interior detailer and as you guys will see it will self level itself back to like a brand new look it's not going to be greasy but it's not going to be too matte it's almost just like a brand new look and feel. Before I can do any type of paint correction I need to clay bar the entire car and for this I'm using our mad detailing clay lube and a synthetic clay bar. So this right here ladies and gentlemen is years and years of improper washing and drying whether that was through a automatic car wash or just washing it at home with a rake and drying it with a sock I don't know but as you guys know here at mad detailing there's no way we're gonna leave the paint like this like it is in rough shape and honestly this is my car so I wouldn't drive this but personally even if this was a customer's car and they weren't paying me I just I couldn't let a car leave my shop like this. So the first part of this correction I'm using a rupes 21 polisher I'm using a microfiber cutting pad and I'm using car pro clear cut compound and that's because I need the toughest compound I have and right now I'm using a blue polishing pad made by geon and I'm using sonax perfect finish and I'm just doing a test pod to see what kind of results we can get because this paint is it's pretty bad and as you guys see right here well hold on let me wipe it off one all right so as you guys see right here this is the super swirled side and this is after that there's still a few um scratches that I'm gonna go back through later on in the video and touch up but other than that I'm pretty happy with that so I'm gonna continue with that same method throughout the entire vehicle and one thing that I don't show is I'm blowing out my pad after every single pass and honestly I have to do quite a few on this entire car and I think I went through about six or seven pads you don't have to buy brand new pads you don't have to like throw them out if you swap out your pads often they will last a lot longer because over time if you're just using the same pad you know and not blowing it out not only are you just you know smearing around compound and your patch just dunked up and not cutting anymore but it gets so hot that'll actually delaminate so if you're cleaning out your pad frequently and changing it out with a fresh clean pad you will save money in the so whenever you're doing your cutting stage don't worry about the micro marring that you're leaving behind only look for the deep scratches that you need to get out because that's when the polishing is going to come into play so anytime you're doing a paint correction and you're like looking at it after you you know buff the entire car with inspection light you're like oh there's hazing there's going to be hazing every single time that's because you're using a very aggressive method don't worry just worry about getting the deep swirls and scratches and worry about getting out the micro marring and the slight hazing later on when you're doing the polishing so i know i'll probably get some comments people asking if i'm going to sell this car honestly i haven't really decided yet if anybody is interested in purchasing this miata go ahead and shoot me a message on instagram at maddetailingusa.com i'm not against selling it i'm just not exactly sure but for the right price i would definitely let it go so if you guys are interested go ahead and shoot me a message on instagram and so if you guys are wondering why there's like these black lines that are you know going throughout the screen right now and it's been happening the whole entire video and that's because i forgot to change the shutter speed on my camera i am by no means a professional you know photographer or videographer whatever you want to call it i'm a professional detailer so yeah i'm not perfect but once again i just want to apologize for that because i'm watching it now and it's bothering me so i know it's probably bothering you guys and i'm sorry and it won't happen again so normally after an extensive paint correction like this i would do a full ceramic coating but this car does have a bunch of little dents on it so i am going to have that taken care of with a pdr guide and there are some rock chips that i want to touch up so for now i'm just using our mad detailing ceramic spray sealant this spray sealant does have a 30 sio2 and if installed properly it will last up to 12 months