Details: Saab 9-3 Convert; Jaguar XK8; Jaguar XJ-8

**Whitethunder46** · 05-15-2007, 09:47 PM

Vehicle: Saab 9-3

Time: 6 hours

Payment:

Base: $150

Upgrade to Sealant: +$25

Total: $175

Exterior:

Wash with DG901 and Shmitt

Clayed w/ Pinnacle ultra poli clay and DP`s 4n1 clay lube mix

Glass cleaned w/ DP`s Krystal Vision

Front windshield receives Klasse AIO

Wheels cleaned with Megs wheel bright

Tires and fenderwells with Purple Power 1:1

Tires dressed w/ AA gel

Fenderwells shined with Stoner`s Aersol

Convert top protected w/ 303 (no deep cleaning, this thing looked and felt brand new)

Exterior trim shined w/ 303

bug/tar removed w/ Megs Body solvent and pinnacle Safe srub

Interior:

Everything deep cleaned w/ MF and APC+ 10:1

Fenderwells cleaned w/ APC+ 10:1 and protected with DG AW

Carpet spot cleaned with Folex and the rest APC+ 10:1

Leather conditioned w/ Megs leather cleaner/conditioner

Vinyl protected w/ Optimum Protectant plus. The dash received 303.

De-oderized w/ DG

Glass cleaned w/ DP`s Krystal Vision

Paint polishing:

Some areas yellow pad and XMT4

Some areas green and XMT3

Some areas orange and OP

Entire car CK`s VM and orange

LSP DG #105 (no bonding issues after CK`s VM, but I did notice a lot of dusting)

Pictures:

Before:

After:

Vehicle: Jaguar XK8

Time: 6 hours

Verdict: I`m buying a Metabo rotary now

Payment:

Base - $150

Upgrade to sealant - Additional +$25

Upgrade to Pinnacle leather conditioner - Additional +$10

Total: $185

Interior:

Carpet cleaned with APC+ 10:1 and spot stains w/ Folex

Vinyl cleaned with APC+ 10:1

Vinyl protected w/ Optimum Protectant Plus

Leather cleaned with WG`s Leather conditioner (good stuff)

Leather conditioned w/ Pinnacle

Glass cleaned w/ DP`s Krystal Vision glass cleaner

De-oderized w/ DG

Fenderwells APC+ 10:1

Exterior:

Washed w/ Megs NXT and Shmitt

Bug/Tar w/ tarminator and Megs Body Solvent along w/ Safe scrub

Glass w/ DP`s Krystal Vision

Wheels cleaned w/ DP`s gel wheel cleaner

Tires shined w/ Megs Silicone-Free dressing - these tires were very sensitive to browning. This dressing solved that problem though.

Clayed w/ DP`s 4n1 claying mixture and Pinnacle Ultra-fine clay

Paint Polishing:

Front windshield polished w/ Klasse AIO, Blue Edge pad speed 6

Paint spot polished w/ yellow pad XMT4 speed 6

Polished w/ orange wave pad and OP speed 6

LSP - DG #105 via white pad speed 3

Before:

After:

Vehicle: Jaguar XJ-8

Simple Wash N` Vac

Payment: $30 (I also did a full detail on the owner`s Jaguar XK8, posted above)

Process:

DG#901 and Shmitt. Dried w/ Guzzler and some squirts of water/vinegar 50/50. Also a touch of old version Pinnacle CM in some spots where streaks occured.

DP`s Krystal Vision glass cleaner

Wheels cleaned with Megs Wheel Brightner

Tires shined w/ AA Gel

Fenderwells shined with Stoner`s

Chrome shined with English Custom Metal hot chrome polish

Black trim w/ 303

Interior simply vacuumed and wiped down, fender wells cleaned with APC+ 10:1

Sorry, I forgot befores of the exterior. Just imagine a dirty vehicle, haha.

Before:

After:

**imported_GregCavi** · 05-15-2007, 09:59 PM

Great work! That paint looks phenomenal on the saab. Great flake pop!

Greg

**gmblack3** · 05-15-2007, 10:08 PM

All look good, but like Greg said the saab is really good!

**Scottwax** · 05-15-2007, 11:44 PM

Nice job on all, the silver Jag looks really wet in the afters.

**imported_DieselMDX** · 05-16-2007, 12:14 AM

What are your thoughts on DG I am thinking about picking some up soon

How do u like stoners for the wheel wells?

thanx

**Whitethunder46** · 05-16-2007, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by DieselMDX

What are your thoughts on DG I am thinking about picking some up soon

How do u like stoners for the wheel wells?

thanx

Stoners is fine, buy one get one free, works for me.

I LOVE DG. I think DG is one of the best hidden gems in all of detailing. They also have "reasonable" prices on their gallon sizes. I`m going to be picking up some oder eliminator and a few other products in the gallon size as soon as my trial sizes run out.

**klnyc** · 05-16-2007, 01:51 PM

Great work on all cars

I wish my back yard has 18 holes

**Madep** · 05-16-2007, 06:43 PM

They all look great, love how the wheels came out on the Saab.

What is that Mustang in the back ground, future detail ?

**Whitethunder46** · 05-16-2007, 07:32 PM

Originally Posted by Madep

They all look great, love how the wheels came out on the Saab.

What is that Mustang in the back ground, future detail ?

That is mine, up for sale.

It has VM topped w. DG AW x2 spread 24 hours apart. It was covered w/ pollen though.

**Jmiller07** · 05-16-2007, 09:00 PM

Thank you for the in depth detail. I like to see what other people are charging. The product run down was also great, got a few new products i`m looking to try out now. Looks great. Thanks again.

**Whitethunder46** · 05-16-2007, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by klnyc

Great work on all cars

I wish my back yard has 18 holes

On a well known private course in the area. They used to hold a LPGA event annually up until a couple years ago.

**imported_artikxscout** · 05-17-2007, 01:09 AM

yeah, thanks for posting the prices onto there too. It`s nice to know how much others are charging. Great details. Saab came out great; it seemed like the sun was dying down as you finished.