Anbuzero Detailed: 2001 Audi A4

[anbuzero]

Excuse the lack of pictures on this writeup, had some memory card trouble and could only recover some of the pictures. Customer was looking to spruce up his 2001 A4 in order to sell it. This car had seen improper washing its whole life so it had some very deep imperfections that would have needed wet sanding, which in the case was not an option due to budget.



So to sum it up the following was done:

-Wash

-Clay

-2 Step Polish Combo (Menz SIP via orange and yellow pads, followed by 85rd on green)

-Paint was waxed with Lusso Oro

-Windows were sealed

-Cowl/Plastics and Tires were dressed





Wheels

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0342.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0343.jpg

Sonax Applied

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0347.jpg

Sonax Rinsed Off

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0354.jpg

Paint wasn`t too visibly dirty

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0345.jpg

Presoak with Citrus Shampoo

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0349.jpg

After vehicle was washed, it was rinsed before being taken in to be dried and clayed

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0359.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0122.jpg

Claying paintwork and exterior glass

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0136.jpg

Medium Clay bar picked up a good amount of contamination off the paint

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0141.jpg

Under Halogens and LED lights, swirl marks were very visable

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0179.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0180.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0184.jpg

First step of polishing was SIP with an Orange pad

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0199.jpg

50/50 shots of polished area

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0211.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0212.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0218.jpg

Had to switch to yellow pad to get some of the deeper defects out

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0228.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0230.jpg

Another 50/50 of the hood

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0243.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0272.jpg

50/50 of mirror

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0287.jpg

B pillars were polished in hopes of bringing some gloss back to them as well as getting some of the many scratches out

Before:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0293.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0294.jpg

After:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0297.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0299.jpg

Tailights were polished with PCXP, White Pad and Menz 106

Before:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0308.jpg

After:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0312.jpg

Cowl dressed 50/50 shot

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0313.jpg

[anbuzero]

After Shots:

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0303.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0378.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0328.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0335.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0403.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0439.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0402.jpg

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu256/ezdetail00/2001%20Audi%20A4/IMG_0427.jpg

[2005GTPinMD]

Wow great turn around. That car looks awesome and the wheels turned out really well.

[someidiot]

Very nice. What did you use on the cowl?

[JohnKleven]

That red looks amazing.

[anbuzero]

Wow great turn around. That car looks awesome and the wheels turned out really well.




Very nice. What did you use on the cowl?




That red looks amazing.



Thanks guys, 303 aerospace protectant was used on the cowl

[imported_artikxscout]

car looks amazing! great job on the turn around. What size pads and BP is that?

[anbuzero]

car looks amazing! great job on the turn around. What size pads and BP is that?



thanks! the larger BP is the 3m backing plate and it fits 5" pads and up, the ones used here were 5". the smaller BP is a 3" inch bp and the pads are 4"

[Scottwax]

Big improvement!



I see you went with a rotary. Audis are the one car I don`t even bother trying to use a PC on, even using the KBM it takes way too long. Rotary is the only way to go on them, isn`t it? ;)

[anbuzero]

Big improvement!



I see you went with a rotary. Audis are the one car I don`t even bother trying to use a PC on, even using the KBM it takes way too long. Rotary is the only way to go on them, isn`t it? ;)



Thanks Scott! yeh rotary is pretty much the only way to get some decent correction on these cars lol