2008 Audi Restorative Correction

autoconcierge

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New client sought me out as he picked up a pre-owned RS4, upon inspection I knew the vehicle was going to need quite a bit to bring it back but the process was slowed due to a injury(Tweaked shoulder doing the Range Rover before it) so I brought in Jeff @ Imacculate Reflections to help me out to finish the task.



Pics as the car was brought in.



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Upon inspection(After cleaning one wheel) the wheels had been "Repaired" with the hackness.................brake dust sprayed over with clear trapping the dirt and brake dust so the wheels were sent out for re-spray.



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During the paint correction step, readings like this gave me pause.................proceed with caution.



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Water spot etch along with deep RIDS and marring.



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Pic tells the story.



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Marring on lower rocker area.



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Looking good.



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Deep scratch on the rear bumper.



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Readings taken to see how much was there to work with................not much.



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Repaired bumper after.



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Rear right quarter with a cluster of deep marring, area had enough clear for sanding step.



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Area "As new" again.





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More defects.



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After.



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Deep marring.



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A few RIDS had to stay as the readings were 90 microns or less.



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Hub mounting surface had built up rust so I borrowed a dremel from Alek @ Alekshop and repaired this area for a better seat of the wheel upon remounting the wheels.



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The "Carpets" in the wheel well were hammered with built up dried crust and on one shroud road paint.



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After.



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Caliper polished and sealed.



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Wheels back from painting.



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Remounted and now "Certified tightness".



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Jeff polishing rear quarter.



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Upgraded valve caps for the wheels.



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My favorite..........water spot etch in the jambs.



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After much effort.............................removed(lol).



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A few interior pics.



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Jeff and I were working fast to meet the delivery(Finally...) deadline and almost did not get sun pics.



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Great work Bob/Jeff.... 1000x better!



Dry sanding via DA, there's one technique I haven't ventured into yet, I still prefer working damp.
 
i take it , i like audis :))

nice job on rids.

is the blue meter f and n ferrous, and what batt has , can you measure on fiber too? thank you
 
CosminTX said:
i take it , i like audis :))

nice job on rids.

is the blue meter f and n ferrous, and what batt has , can you measure on fiber too? thank you





Cosmin I have both a DFT for metal, and Posi 200 for carbon/fiberglass/FRP etc.......the blue one is a DFT.
 
Shiny Lil Detlr said:
Great work Bob/Jeff.... 1000x better!



Dry sanding via DA, there's one technique I haven't ventured into yet, I still prefer working damp.



Trizact with water Charlie, no dryness...........lol.
 
Bob, geez. You do some great work on unique cars. Love the write ups too!



Love how the wheels always come off and get as much attention as the paint.
 
Auto Concierge- Hey, I really enjoyed this one, nice work! Especially impressive given the areas of thin clear.



Good call on sending the wheels out :xyxthumbs



Also good to see you dealing with the rust on the hub mounting surface and the retaining cap. One thing you might consider- after you clean it up as you did, treat those surfaces with Wurth Rost-Off. I've had surprisingly impressive results with that particular product on that particular application (where the bare metal is simply gonna corrode sooner or later no matter what).
 
Nice work guys, that Audi cleaned up incredibly well. Bob, are you sick of water-spotted cars yet?:chuckle:
 
Bob, you weren't kidding when you told me about those before pics. Even after seeing it with my own eyes its hard to believe its the same car! Bob and I fought hard to get this car in the sun for the pics: Accomplished with minutes to spare :) I took some pics as well, so here they are.





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The interior got the five star treatment as well. After much work, the dry Napa leather was restored to a beautiful matte/satin finish. Rear seats look on the shiny side, but thats just the exposure on the camera. All seats looked matte/satin and felt quite nice.







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*Certified*
 
Looks great!



What did you use on the wheel well carpets for cleaning, and what do you suggest for maintaining? I am new to these cars, and already see this as a trouble spot.



Adam
 
A.Bursell said:
Looks great!



What did you use on the wheel well carpets for cleaning, and what do you suggest for maintaining? I am new to these cars, and already see this as a trouble spot.



Adam





Depending on the "Crust in the wheel wells" a strong or medium strength APC and a pressure washer will do the trick, in this case I cleaned the "Carpets" with the wheels off and used a stiff brush/APC and my steamer.
 
Looks awesome! Love the attention to detail (of course that is expected with your always fantastic work)!



The "impressions" on the rear seats, I am assuming that the previous owner had car seats back there. You ever find a good ay to deal with that? I have "helped" some via repeated cycles with a heat gun, but never removed *deep* ones with this method. Any thoughts?
 
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