My 100k DD wrx

[AshyLarry]

Did a little detail over the weekend. My car has been polished and waxed 1-2x a year since I`ve owned it, but I drive the hell out of it, and it sees 60 highway miles a day. About to hit 100K so I figured its about time to do a little more than a 2 step detail. I apologize my pics are crap, I was dying it was so hot out that I didn`t take very many, and didn`t look them over until the car was done. Saturday required 4 t-shirt changes!



Materials for those interested:

Poorboys Car Wash

Simple Green

Sonax Wheel Cleaner

Menzerna PO83

Menzerna PO203S

Menzerna PO85RD

Menzerna PO115C

Adam`s APC

Adam`s Detail Spray

Adam`s Clay Bar

303 Protectant

P21S Carnauba Wax

5.5" Uber Pads

6.5" CCS Pads

PC 7424



Before Shots, don`t really show how crappy it looked. Car is covered in swirl marks, dried water spots, tons of tiny chips etc.... No bead or sheeting at all. Car hasn`t been done since last September....lazy I know.....

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Hit wheels with Sonax. Stuff works great, but pricey.

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Dried off read for business.

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Some of the tools.

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During Clay bar(I think). Ended up claying the entire car because it was so bad, and honestly, I should have used a medium grade clay, but this was all I had.

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After Super Intensive Polish and Yellow pad. I should have worked the polish in more, this was my first time using the stuff though, and I had crappy lighting. Couldn`t pull outside for inspection since it was downpour outside to boot. Oh well.

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Custom Ducati towel holder...

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After PO203S and PO85RD I think, I forget when I took this. I alternated between an Uber pad and a CCS to see if there was any difference.

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Sealant applied, I only let it cure for 45 minutes but I think next time I`ll let it go longer. I let it sit 12 hours before applying wax over it.

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Wax, didn`t fully finish wiping it off before I took this pic.

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Outside, wiped down with detail spray. Etc....

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Wash off last night.

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Came out ok, I`d say its about 80% of where it will be when I redo it before winter. I learned a lot this time through. Overall though for 100k miles, 80 of which are Rochester, I`m pretty happy. Headlights were also done with the same process and came out awesome, they were super cloudy and beat beforehand. Almost new now.



I`d love any feedback from experienced people, I`m looking to begin doing this as a part time weekend gig so any advice is appreciated. I did the interior and engine as well just didn`t take pictures. I`ll be doing a couple motorcycles in the next week so I throw up some pics then.

[someidiot]

Really looks fantastic for its age. You gave it a lot of life there

[ADetailedFinish]

Great job. Subaru`s have a really soft paint. If I were you I`d invest in more pads, mainly orange, white, black, and if you do some harder clear coat cars use PFW (purple foamed wool). Also try and get a couple 4" pads for those small area`s. Good job though. Work on getting that PC to the level where you can step up to a rotary..

[ThrillHo]

Lovin` the custom Duc Monster towel holder :drool:

[imp_Rob.]

Awesome work indeed! :p