1972 Porsche 911, stretched Escalade, Audi S5

Scottwax · 10-21-09, 09:36

1972 Porsche 911, same owner as the Skyline I detailed last week. This car has been repainted, overall a pretty good job except for the buffing.

Before:

Meguiars #105 and a Meguiars yellow polishing pad at 1000-1400 rpms-1 polishing pass:

2 more #105/yellow, #205 and a Meguiars yellow polishing pad at 1000-1500 rpm.

Before:

#105/yellow @ 1000-1200 rpms, 3 total passes

Before:

#105/yellow, 3 passes

A few after #105/yellow, #205/yellow and 3M Ultrafina with a blue UF pad at 1000-1800-1000 rpms

Waxed with Wolfgang Fuzion:

Trim was polished with Optimum Metal Polish:

Scottwax · 10-21-09, 09:45

2005 Cadillac Escalade ESV stretch. About 2 feet added between the front and rear doors and the back half of the roof was raised by about 2" with a new fiberglass section. Privately owned so the interior was in pretty good shape. Exterior needed more than the owner was willing to pay for (the driver apparently doesn't do the best job washing it), but he wanted to see some improvement. I polished it with my G110 using Meguiars D151 and a Meguiars yellow polishing pad, and sealed the paint with Optimum Opti-Seal. The carpets were cleaned with BioKleen's Traffic Lane Cleaner, leather and vinyl with Woolite/water (20:1 dilution), leather dressed with Leather Masters Leather Vital and vinyl with Optimum Protecant Plus. The tires on it were really dry, even after applying Armor All 4 times I couldn't get any real gloss to them.

tdekany · 10-21-09, 09:52

Scott, the 911's gloss is off the charts man!!!! Unbelievable work!!!

Scottwax · 10-21-09, 09:52

2009 Audi S5. I know the owner from my early internet days when I was mostly on superhonda.com and hondasociety.com. When he first got the car, he e-mailed me for a detailer in his area (San Antonio) so I referred him to Anthony Orosco who did the initial polishing and applied the clear bra. The owner was up in the Dallas area and wanted me to come by and freshen up the car. It was really nice to work on an Audi that wasn't covered in swirls, Anthony obviously did a really good job, plus he and another detailer in Houston take care of the washes for the owner.

I polished it with my G110 using Meguiars #205 and a yellow Meguiars polishing pad and sealed the paint with Opti-Seal. After vacuuming the interior and dressing the leather with Leather Vital, I went over the exterior with Optimum Car Wax.

MuttGrunt · 10-21-09, 09:57

Great work Scott, and Sorry about the short notice / things not working out for the Ford GT Rally down in Austin, but I appreciate the referral you made once again.

Keep up the great work!
-Marc

Scottwax · 10-21-09, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by MuttGrunt

Great work Scott, and Sorry about the short notice / things not working out for the Ford GT Rally down in Austin, but I appreciate the referral you made once again.

Keep up the great work!
-Marc

I would have loved to participate but a couple days notice after all the rain we had just wasn't enough. Did you ever find anyone to help them out?

MuttGrunt · 10-21-09, 10:04

^ for sure, as would I!! Couldn't get ahold of anyone with that short of a notice - which of course I can't blame people for.
It's too bad as it becomes the GT owners loss more than quality detailers. Hopefully for the next event they can take these things into account sooner so that there will be a quality detailer that can provide services to their community members

tdekany · 10-21-09, 10:11

vtec92civic · 10-21-09, 10:11

scott. Simply amazing. The porsche looks crazy! It's dripping . . . . . that Escalade was pretty interesting to say the least and lastly . . . .

I had no idea Audi even made a S5. That thing is so sick looking. It really resembles the BMW 335i coupes. It has pretty much the same lines but that color is by far off the charts!

Nice jobs!

Nikku · 10-22-09, 05:37

Scott ! I love the work on the porsche. The red on the porsche is just popping out at me. LOVE IT ! Great work.

- Nick

dickwitham · 10-22-09, 05:52

I had to do a double take when looking @ the photo of the rear, driver side quarter panel on the S5...the reflection of the Honda Accord's tail light looked like a dent! haha!

Well done in every aspect of every car! Just awesome...

JoshVette · 10-22-09, 07:03

Nice work as always Scott, they all look great, I haven't seen an S5 in that color yet, looks good, all my clients have black cars so anything other then black is a treat for me. ha