2day's Details - v. 76 inches of filth and an S4

S

stilez

New member
First up, the filth...





Bimmer is in nice shape but the rims are another story. They were purchased used and weren't kept up too much. They had very bad etching, staining, dulling, baked on brake dust, and some isolated clearcoat failure. All in all, they don't look terribly bad but they were definatley the hardest rims I've ever cleaned. I ended up spending a solid 90 mins on all 4 including the tires and wells. Final processes:



-QEW presoak

-APC presoak (full strength)

-TOL's Wheel Wash (found out the hard way that the lip was uncoated :()

-Polished by hand with Menzerna IP

-Polished by hand with Flitz (MVP of the day!)

-BnB on tires/wells



I used an assortment of brushes, wash mitts, #0000 Steel Wool, and applicators. I did my best on these things and unfortunately they did not come out 100%, but they were much better. To comment on Flitz, it's an all purpose chemical polish that polishes/cleans/protects all in 1 step with no abrasives. VERY similar to Klasse AIO for all of these attributes but MUCH stronger in cleaning ability. I was impressed.





Before

DSC04874.jpg




After

DSC04877.jpg




Whole Car (QEW)

DSC04881.jpg
 
Next up - 2004 Audi S4



I wash this one weekly and in the past the paint was in pretty good condition. Unfortunately I think the owner dragged the car cover around pretty bad last time it was put on. There was a lot of added marring/swirling. Overall though, the vehicle was in nice shape. Final processes:



-QEW

-Spot Clay

-Meguiar's #80 via rotary and polishing pad @ 1200 rpm

-Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax via rotary and polishing pad @ 900 rpm (single pass, almost no pressure)



-Meguiar's APC (6:1) to clean wheels/tires/wells

-BnB to dress





Before

DSC04884.jpg






After

DSC04889.jpg




DSC04891.jpg




DSC04893.jpg




DSC04897.jpg








Enjoy!
 
Great job as usual, Sean. The wheels are something to be proud of ;)



GSRstilez said:
-TOL's Wheel Wash (found out the hard way that the lip was uncoated :()
Click to expand...



Can you elaborate further on this?
 
Wow...nice work as usual! :up



Where did you purchase Flitz from?



The NXT darkened the Audi paint in the after pic...is it a metallic charcoal grey colour?
 
They look good Sean! What happened to the uncoated lip?



I too have always had pretty good luck with Flitz. It was one of those things I picked up at a car show and always fall back on now when I need to polish metal. I recently picked up one of the new Mothers PowerBall's on sale for about $22 at O'Reilly Auto Parts, looks like it will be a big time saver on polishing wheels.
 
:xyxthumbs Top notch Sean!



It's wheels like those that I want to try a diluted acid wheel cleaner. I've been down the #0000 steel wool - APC soak - road all too often :(



Nice job :)
 
DSC04876.jpg






That's after I used TOL's Wheel Wash. I use a Home Depot Spray bottle and haven't looked at my gallon in a while. After it stained the crap out of the lip, I ran in and looked to see "DO NOT USED ON UNCOATED ALUMINUM". On the left, you see the bad staining. I used Flitz with #0000 steel wool first, then with a foam pad on the right to clean the lip up. The lip came out GREAT when done.



DSC04879.jpg




I got Flitz from Ace Hardware (best deal around). I definatley need one of those polishing balls :D.



The color of the Audi is Anthracite I believe.
 
Great work sean I wish i could have been down there to give you a hand, At least it didn't start smoking like the running boards i did on the ambulance ..
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top