Ford Capri 280 Brooklands enhancement detail

[butler2.8i]

I Know its not a Audi but there maybe some old skool ford lovers on here

Ford Capri 280 Brooklands enhancement detail

I did an enhancement detail on a friend’s Ford Capri 280 Brooklands, this is really well looked after by the owner and is only used as a summer fun car but gets well used in the summer going to shows and car meets.
Andy had already removed the front/rear bumpers, end caps, front grill and headlamp surrounds


Products and equipment used

Dodo Lime prime
Dodo supernatural hybrid
General microfibres
Poorboys deluxe mega towel
Uber microfiber towels
Uber drying towel
3m yellow pads 150mm 75 mm
Valet pro bilberry wheel cleaner
Valet pro tyre gel
Valet pro citrus bling
Valet pro PH neutral snowfoam
Meg’s hyper wash
Autosmart Tardis
German applicator
Autosol metal polish
00 grade wire wool
Bilt Hamber auto clay bar (soft)
Race Glaze Colour enhance
Various wheel brushes
Makita rotary polisher
Karcher pressure washer
Noodle wash mitt
Uber Microfiber drying towel
Poorboys microfibre clothes
Snow foam gun
3m masking tape
Finish kare 425
Jetseal 109


The car before I start

I started by giving the car blast off with the pressure washer as it only really had light covering of dust on it, the car was then snowfoamed using a mix of megs hyper wash and snowfoam .Whilst this did its stuff the inside of the petrol flap and trims were cleaned using a soft brush and I cleaned the wheels using the bilberry wheel cleaner and various wheel brushes, these alloys are in very good condition with only a slight mark on the rim of 1 wheel.

This was then blasted off with the pressure washer, and then the car was given another coat of the same mix snowfoam and washed using Meg’s hyper wash and the 2 bucket method and a wash mitt before being power rinsed off and dried. The lower parts of the car and inner arch lips where sprayed with Tardis which was left to do its stuff before being wiped down with a microfibre cloth

The car was then rinsed off using a open ended hose and left wet before claying using citrus bling and water mix( 4 to 1) clay bar which didn’t really pull much from the paint work except some slight tree sap from the roof it was then rewashed using the same method and dried using a Uber microfiber drying towel.

Car was then taped up using 3m masking tape, a couple of quick 50/50 using the lime prime and 3m yellow polishing pads before getting on with the rest car.

 

[butler2.8i]

Then started to work my way round the rest of the car, passenger side

50/50 0n the number plate recess

Then started to work my way round the drivers side

50/50 on the roof

Attempted 50/50 on the bonnet but decided to rain instead

 

[butler2.8i]

So got some beading shots

Full bonnet

After polishing my way round the car with the rotary, I applied the Dodo supernatural hydrid wax/sealant using a german applicator pad and left to cure before buffing using poorboys microfibre clothes.

Exhaust was polished up using Autosol and 00 grade wire wool and general microfibers.

Before

After

During the showers i dressed all the rubber trim with the race glaze Colour enhance

And hand polished the light surrounds using limeprime and a german applicator pad

 

[butler2.8i]

The car was then given a final wipe down using Finishkare 425, and the glass was cleaned using neat citrus bling and the wheels were given 2 coats of Jetseal 109 and the tyres giving a coat of Valet pro tyre dressing.The car was then tucked back up into the garage whilst Andy repainted the bumpers

Due to the weather it was nearly 2 weeks before I could get some finished shots.

A couple of interior shots.

 

[FranA3]

yep ford lover here before my audi all ive really had was fords mainly rs models , good work mate i do love the 280 one very special car that is and getting rarer by the day its hard to find a real minter nowadays because of the ford killer rot

 

[gary3306]

Fantastic job mate. Absolutely stunning.

 

[S3 Rav]

How cool is that!

 

[Sock]

Very nice, I always wanted a Capri

 

[Oranoco]

Very nice example of a pretty rare motor :icon_thumright:

 

[butler2.8i]

Cheers guys, wasn`t sure how it would go down with it being a Ford

 

[FranA3]

there is always love for a classic ford mate i always look when i see one , there is a mint 2.8 around the corner from me the guy has got a ford racing puma too

 

[drmole]

yep ford lover here before my audi all ive really had was fords mainly rs models , good work mate i do love the 280 one very special car that is and getting rarer by the day its hard to find a real minter nowadays because of the ford killer rot

fords rot?? surely not lol

awesome job tho mate nice to the classics getting some modern treatment

 

[badger1340]

Old School Quality

 

[Rich-xstS3]

I think most car lovers appreciate the older fords. I do anway. Escorts MK1 and 2, Capris and even the mk1 Fiesta's always get the thumbs up from me.

 

[Sock]

Always a fan of Fords, it's the customer service they need to work on!

 

[damo.h]

Love that, takes me back to my childhood. My old man was a ford nut he had a laser then a Brooklands then went xr3 cloverleaf which my bro got. He's had more sieras than I can remember oh and a burgandy Granada. My bro had the xr3 of my old man then an old Mexico,
rs2000 then I had a White xr3i and a red rs turbo. Total ford family lol
Rot like a **** in Amsterdam like haha, good work there dude looks amazing.

 

[Audi-Rog]

B.. E.. A.. U tiful Butler , a great car in the 80's, even better car now! As said, not many of these about now.

Great machine work too, you'll win every concourse event with that awesome example mate!


Rog :icon_thumright:

 

[butler2.8i]

Cheers for the feedback guys

 

[beanoir]

Great car, my mate had a 280 "Brooklands" about 5 years ago.

I'll hopefully one day get to be detailing my XR2 once it's finally back from the bodyshop!

 

[butler2.8i]

Cheers matey

 

[macpdm]

Absolutely love that still want one now and will always remember doing mach 3 down a particular dual carriageway with a mate having just bought his 3.0 but sadly he literally wrapped it around a lampost in the wet not long after.I can also see that like me you have the cleaning OCD.I desperately want a machine polisher though.

 

[butler2.8i]

Cheer`s guys

 

[sean s-line]

top job fella! loving the old skool fords

 

[Alan H]

Love it on DW, love it on here too....

 

[jay z B]

love the ford mate ............... sweet old school