speedfreak81
New member
Had the pleasure of meeting up with a member of bimmerforums this past Sunday in Annapolis, to do some work on his A4 S-line. During the course of our PMs, he had expressed that the car had some rather deep scratching that he wanted addressed. Specifically, on the rear bumper area and around the wheel wells. Also, the car had sat on the dealer lot for quite a while and had somehow gotten tar spattered all over the body.
Our plan was to address the tar issue, and hopefully remove it with a clay bar, remove the scratching, and give the entire car a good one step correction via the FLEX to remove swirling and any other defects that remained. Unfortunately the claying process took close to three hours and I was running out of daylight, so I only managed a quick one or two after shots.
Also the engine was degreased, with special attention being paid to the sticky grease build up on the frame rails. This stuff was STUBBORN and required a good bit of elbow grease.
Products Used:
The car as it sat when I arrived.
The Sonax wheel cleaner doing it's job, APC used on the wheel wells
After the initial wash was complete
Tar spatter on driver's side mirror
passenger side mirror
Passenger side A-pillar
Sun shots showing swirling
Getting taped up and ready for polish
Scratching on the rear bumper. This area had penetrated the clear coat completely so I corrected it as best I could without risk of sacrificing the surrounding clear
More scratching on bumper
Engine befores
Engine After
As I said earlier, I ran out of daylight so my apologies about the lack of after shots. Just snapped a quick few that I figured were better than nothing.
Thanks for looking!
Our plan was to address the tar issue, and hopefully remove it with a clay bar, remove the scratching, and give the entire car a good one step correction via the FLEX to remove swirling and any other defects that remained. Unfortunately the claying process took close to three hours and I was running out of daylight, so I only managed a quick one or two after shots.
Also the engine was degreased, with special attention being paid to the sticky grease build up on the frame rails. This stuff was STUBBORN and required a good bit of elbow grease.
Products Used:
- Dawn super concentrated dish soap w/2 bucket method/grit guards
- Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
- Pinnacle XMT Speed Clay
- Poorboy's World QD as clay lubricant
- Meguiar's 105 on PFW
- HD Uno on LC CCS Orange pad
- HD Uno on LC CCS White pad
- HD Poxy
- Stoner's Invisible Glass
- Armor All tire gel
- Meguiar's Professional APC diluted @ a 4:1 ratio
- Aerospace 303 protectant
The car as it sat when I arrived.
The Sonax wheel cleaner doing it's job, APC used on the wheel wells
After the initial wash was complete
Tar spatter on driver's side mirror
passenger side mirror
Passenger side A-pillar
Sun shots showing swirling
Getting taped up and ready for polish
Scratching on the rear bumper. This area had penetrated the clear coat completely so I corrected it as best I could without risk of sacrificing the surrounding clear
More scratching on bumper
Engine befores
Engine After
As I said earlier, I ran out of daylight so my apologies about the lack of after shots. Just snapped a quick few that I figured were better than nothing.
Thanks for looking!