Audi A4 Summer Prep

**imported_Jonnyboy** · 02-23-2010, 10:53 AM

This lady is super nice. She actually washes her car by hand. But unfortunately doesn`t do anything to the interior. She also has a 1 year old baby girl who likes to throw debris in the back seat.

The car is less than a year old, so the paint was in pretty good shape. The only issue was the passenger side is always parked in direct aim of her sprinklers. So it had water spots down the entire passenger side.

It took about 10 hours. Not too bad. I am getting faster. The wheel wells in the back did not come as clean as I would have liked. They have a weird material covering them. Not "easy to clean" plastic covers like the front. The wheels also had plastic covers that had been damaged by a tire shop, I could not fix them.

I would have liked to get the wheels wells cleaner, and the inside, very back of the rims. I know some people remove the wheels. I don`t have the equipment to do that. I am going to have to look around for a better brush of some kind.....

Here is a breakdown of what I used:

Wheels & Wheel Wells

Amazing Roll Off -- tires and wheel wells

Meguiar`s Wheel Brightener -- wheels

Meguiar`s Hyper Dressing -- tires (applied and left on for shine)

Griot`s Undercarriage Spray -- wheel wells

Wash

Dawn Dishwashing Soap

Engine

Amazing Roll Off

Dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant

Carpets & Upholstery

Folex -- spot treatment

Sams Club Carpet Cleaner --Carpets

Woolite 10:1 -- Cleaning

Bissell

Leather

Clean -- Woolite 10:1

Condition -- Leather CPR

Interior and Door Jams

Meguiars APC+ 4:1

Alcohol & Water 50/50 for windows

Also treated all of the rubber seals with 303 Protectant

Paint

Meguiars 205 w/Orange CCS pad -- 2 coats

Klasse AIO w/White CCS pad -- 2 coats

Collinite 845 w/Grey CCS pad -- 2 coats

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Let me know what you guys think. Any help would be awesome! Thanks!!

**BuffMe** · 02-23-2010, 03:16 PM

Personally, MWB would not be my starter or go-to for just mildly dirty wheels like those - that`s complete overkill. I wouldn`t even use Eagle One Wheel Cleaner as a first step on those - simply soap and water. Many use P21S, but I like to start light and work my way to the least necessary level of harshness.

**imported_Jonnyboy** · 02-24-2010, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by BuffMe

Personally, MWB would not be my starter or go-to for just mildly dirty wheels like those - that`s complete overkill. I wouldn`t even use Eagle One Wheel Cleaner as a first step on those - simply soap and water. Many use P21S, but I like to start light and work my way to the least necessary level of harshness.

Your right. I need to get a less aggressive wheel cleaner. Some say Griots, P21 or S100..... I want to buy something in bulk and get a better deal. Any ideas? By the gallon concentrated or even 5 gallon ready to use? What is the best deal out there? Anyone know?