Very Dirty 06 Fusion

[green_fusion]

I just put on a coat of poorboys natty's 2 days before this wash and this is how dirty the car got in one 24 mile round trip to base. The roads here in England are horrible. I put on 2 applications of AIO and 3 layers of SG a few months ago in preparation for winter. The interior was looking pretty bad too, I get a lot of mud on my combat boots while at work so I needed to do some spot cleaning on the inside. Here are the before pics.





Dirty floormats before cleaning.

[green_fusion]

Washed using 2 bucket method.
Meguiars GC Shampoo
Chenille mitt and pinnacle bug & tar sponge
Simple Green wheel cleaner on wheels
Meguiars Plastic Detailer on headlights and tail lamps
AIO on grill
Bissel little green machine on interior floormats
Wiped down interior surfaces with microfiber

For those of you who ever end up washing a fusion, the grill has an unlimited water supply, IT NEVER STOPS DRIPPING!
A little history on the car, it was custom ordered through military sales and devlivered to me here in England, I requested that it never get washed to avoid swirl marks and they honored that request. It was delivered to me in April, swirl free and dirty. I immediately drove it home, washed it, clayed it, and applied its first application of the Klasse twins. Since then it has been washed by hand by me and only me and it still doesn't have a mark on it except for a few small rock chips. It also got clayed before I put the second application of Klasse twins on it right before winter.
Here are the afters.

[green_fusion]

Here are the interior afters.

[steelwind101]

Hi!!

Nice looking pics!! I was a confused when i first saw that as i know we dont and wont get the fusion in the UK. As we already get a Fusion and its a little jacked up Fiesta.

With all the dirt on the outside you will have to watch that colour interior!!

I have a question, of all the cars in the UK for which you can get almost everything how comes you choose to import a Fusion?? Esp. as its a left hooker??

Geoff

[Dave KG]

Very nice, mate - a big differene between the before and after shots, and the car loks great now... particularly like the interior shots showing a brilliant clean inside.

[green_fusion]

Why did I choose to import this car? Because I can! Actually it is because I'm American and I am stationed in the UK because I'm in the military. They ship one American spec car with us for free. We are also allowed to buy things duty free through military sales. So I chose to custom order this car in the color I wanted and had it delivered to me tax free, it is also getting shipped back to the states with me for free when I leave.

[Bbasso]

Big difference!
But it looks like you keep it in good shape.

[gmblack3a]

Very clean now inside and out.

I usually keep some hand size towels in the car folded at the base of the front mats. That way if its raining or my work boots are very dirty, I can quickly extend the towel over the mat.

[steelwind101]

Originally Posted by green_fusion

Why did I choose to import this car? Because I can! Actually it is because I'm American and I am stationed in the UK because I'm in the military. They ship one American spec car with us for free. We are also allowed to buy things duty free through military sales. So I chose to custom order this car in the color I wanted and had it delivered to me tax free, it is also getting shipped back to the states with me for free when I leave.

Explains everything!! I gathered you were from abroad but now i see the tax incentive and they ship it for free!!

Do you get tax free petrol too?!!?

[Scottwax]

Wow, you weren't kidding when you said it was dirty! Even with less than ideal lighting, in the after pics, the paint looks amazing!

[David703]

nice clean up. Looks new again. Great job!!

[Mark77]

I would suggest getting some all weather rubber mats, to use in the winter. Talking about mats, what´s the thing under the pedals in front of the drivers mat?