Car was in fairly decent shape. Other than needed a wash there were a few very light surface marks and a few swirls. I got roughly 95 precent of them out.
Process
"A4 and "1.8t" emblems removed
Wash wheels/tires using Eagle One Wheel cleaner, wheel mitt, and tire brush
Wash wheel liners using Carrand Brush and
Meg's APC cut 4:1
Wash car using
Meguiar's Gold Class, Carrand MF Wash Mit and "finger foams"
Dry using pressurized air and The Absorber
Clay car using
Meguiars Mirror Glaze Mild
Wheels clayed
Lips polished with Mothers
Wheels waxed with DP Max Wax
Mezerna Intensive Polished at 1500-2000 RPM,
Lake Country White
CCS Pad
3m Ultrafina on a blue Ultrafina pad at 1200-1500 rpm
Car wiped down with P21s
paintwork cleansing lotion
Waxed with
Pinnacle Souveran Paste
Mufflers and tips polished with Mothers
Windows cleaned with Stoner Invisible Glass
Liners and rubbers dressed with
Meguiars Trim Detailer
Tires dressed with
Meguiars Endurance Tire Shine
All MF's used were of the Cobra variety
The front buffer was not buffed because it is getting repainted
Before... slight surface swirls and a little bit of hazing in a few places
Wheels were dirty
A few of the products used
This is after the tips and cans were polished
In-process.
Putting the lights on the trunk.... didn't like what I saw
With the lights on the hood it didn't look much better
Trims and
headlights/taillights were taped off
Hood looks good now
Hand-laid
Souveran
Afters (56k, go walk a few miles)
No more emblems
Very hard to see any remaining swirls (i tried to find them and I have a pretty trained eye)
I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Any comments are welcome
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