2011 Mini Cooper S - full paint correction and Opti-Guard and CQuartz coating

[GoFast908Z]

Did this car a little while ago and just now getting some time to post it up. Owner brought this in as a basically brand new car with hardly any miles on it. After having key parts wrapped in satin vinyl and getting clear bra installed on the front end, the task was to fully correct the paint and permanently protect it with Optimum Opti-Guard. The paint, plastics, wheels, and lights would all be coated with Opti-Guard and the glass would be coated with CQuartz.

About 20 hours altogether.

Upon arrival






Swirls on the A-pillar















Swirls and RIDS (Random Isolated Deep Scratches) seen on the hood









Some swirls in the clear film that would require some correction









Spraying the wheels down with Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner, a pH balanced cleaner safe for all wheel types.









The Mini Daytona Speedmaster Wheel Brush getting the wheel barrels nice and clean.









Inner barrels looking great








Foaming the car with a mix of Dawn and APC







Using the Swissvax detail brush to clean up the hard to reach areas






Washed, clayed, and ready for taping








Some cars need just a little taping and some need a lot.....this was the latter.

[GoFast908Z]

Sorting out the A-Piller














The C-Pillars required extensive correction















....other side















One more to go

















Correction completed on the roof









Lots more taping for correcting the rest of the paint.






Door edges and around the handles had clear film as well and was protected via 3M Fine Line 1/4" tape.

[GoFast908Z]

Hood fully corrected



















Onto the wheels which needed some decent correction as well...








After compounding











Wheel looking much better






Pain fully corrected



















50/50 of Opti-Guard on the trim

[GoFast908Z]

Engine tidied up as well








Finished pics after finishing the coating












Interior needed little work, but was cleaned up as well

























Opti-Guard gave a great look to the vinyl wrap covering the factory chrome trim.

[GoFast908Z]

Thanks for checking it out!

[Todd@RUPES]

Stellar job Jeff! As expected!

[triplejumper18]

Very nice job! What products did you use for correction?

[AndrewBigA]

WOW! nice work jeff! love the prep work, the wheel correction. lovin all this good stuff!

[dc52nv]

Amazing job. Looks 100x better.

[tropicsteve]

looks like all that prep work really paid off. very nice.

[Jeff U]

How do you go from this …



to this …



and keep the tape perfect ?

[GoFast908Z]

Thanks everyone!!

[GoFast908Z]

Not sure I understand.... I just made sure the tape is laid down well. The edges didn`t lift so the tape is just fine.

How do you go from this …



to this …



and keep the tape perfect ?

[Old Pirate]

Always awesome workmanship coming from you Jeff! Bravo!

[Jeff U]

Not sure I understand.... I just made sure the tape is laid down well. The edges didn`t lift so the tape is just fine.

When I have taped the polisher pads always seems to tear up the tape. Have to work on my taping skills.

Great job on the Mini !!!

Looks fabulous