2011 VW GTI...Been a long time...

[BPebzly]

Hello everyone! It`s been a long time since I`ve been around, not since the DC days. As I`m sure many of you know sometimes, life gets in the way of hobby. That said, now that I`ve got a garage back, I`ve recently got the bug again, and hope to be a more regular fixture around here...still have a lot to learn. That said, I knew I couldn`t return after such a long hiatus without bearing gifts. I`ve since parted ways with the Z, and after a few car changes (Frontier, G37, altima), I`ve now landed on the GTI you see before you.

I bought this car in Oct. with 12K miles on it, and have been waiting for the weather to break to bring it up to par. Previous owner wasn`t neglectful, but wasn`t meticulous either. Paint was heavily contaminated with tar and rail dust...claying took probably 3 hours alone. Could NOT get this to show up in the pics, unfortunately. Other than that it wasn`t too bad, few scratches here and there, as you`d expect with a used car. Interior was clean to begin with, so before and afters are kind of moot, but I threw them in anyways. All in, it was about 9 hours start to finish. Enjoy!

Process:
Wash with megs gold class, clayed with megs yellow clay bar
Poorboys SSR2.5 on problem areas
Poorboys SSR1 (pink) whole car
Poorboys White Diamond Glaze
Poorboys EXP (2 coats)
Poorboys Nattys Red (2 coats)
Sonus metal polish with 0000 steel wool on exhaust tips
Poorboys natural look on interior
Poorboys leather stuff on steering wheel and shift boot


Rear quarter view before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7895/outsidebefore.jpg

Rear quarter view after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img845/7158/outsideafter.jpg

Exhaust before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img197/7887/exhaustbefore.JPG

Exhaust after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img42/364/exhaustafter.jpg

Engine before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img69/1688/engine1before.jpg

Engine after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img826/6181/engine1after.jpg

Engine close-up before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img832/5300/engine2before.jpg

Engine close-up after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img10/5975/engine2after.jpg

Rear before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img856/4272/rearbefore.jpg

Rear after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img189/1197/rearafter.jpg

Scratch on gas door before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img707/4317/gasdoorbefore.jpg

Scratch on gas door after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/8679/gasdoorafter.jpg

Scratch on fender before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img801/7851/fenderbefore.jpg

Scratch on fender after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/5378/fenderafter.jpg

Scratch on bumper before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img854/5633/bumperbefore.jpg

Scratch on bumper after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img819/6859/bumperafter.jpg

Hatch before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img835/7051/hatchbefore.jpg

Hatch after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img694/5896/hatchafter.jpg

Interior before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img545/5971/interiorbefore.jpg

Interior after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1741/interiorafter.jpg

Front before:
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/2149/frontbefore.jpg

Front after:
http://imageshack.us/a/img153/2305/frontafter.jpg

And just some glamour/reflection shots:
http://imageshack.us/a/img441/7364/img0189pa.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img195/5127/img0190uf.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/3203/img0194ln.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img163/9321/img0188kw.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/9444/img0183fd.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/5535/img0184nvy.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img28/4255/img0185sb.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img600/3034/img0187dr.jpg

Thanks for looking! Great to be back!

[Ronkh]

lookin great. nice shine/clear reflections

welcome back !

[BPebzly]

Thanks Ron! Good to be back...felt like the quickest 9 hours I`ve spent in a while. Good to see most of the locals are still around.

[Ronkh]

feels good don`t it?

glad to see a fellow wax waster back here

[tropicsteve]

looks like you`ve still got it. nice finish.

[BPebzly]

Yeah, total moment of Zen. Next go round I`m gonna start experimenting with red over blue and vice versa.

[Nizmo]

Always love to see a fellow clean VDub.:rockon

[wendell jarvis]

Nice

[Wors]

Very nice job. The engine & car cleaned up great.

[mjlinane]

Great job!

[BPebzly]

Thanks everyone!


Always love to see a fellow clean VDub.:rockon

VW support has been amazing...this is my first attempt at German car ownership, so I was definitely reluctant, but the forums and everything have been great. A really great community.

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Nice work!!