Mini Cooper Convertible prepped for sale by Greg Gellas

Greg Gellas

I'm Greg :)
I was contacted by an old client to restore his mini-cooper, I had done a full detail on this car years ago, and now that he is ready to purchase a new car this one had to be prepped for sale.

There was tar all over the lower panels of the car. All of the exterior trim had faded to a grey.

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The wheels were stained with years of brake dust.

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A convertible top that was neglected, and needed a good cleaning.

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As you can see it had no protection, water just soaked in, no beading at all.

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After a complete wash, using a combination of Iron-X, P21TAW, Tarminator, Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Clear, and my NanoSkin Wash Mitt, I was able to get the exterior cleaned up. I pulled it in to inspect the interior.

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Using a combination of Nanoskin pet hair gun, various brushes, Meg's D101, and some Einszett 1Z Cockpit Premium I was able to bring it back to an acceptable condition.

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Seeing that there was caked on brake dust, I decided to steam the wheels. Although not perfect I made a huge improvement.

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All of the chrome on the car got polished using Optimum's Metal Polish.

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All of the trim got restored to a brilliant black using 22PLE Trim Restore.

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The top is clean and protected, using Cquartz fabric and leather coat. There was now way to fix the fold lines in the top.

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All of the paint was cleaned and coated with SONAX Nano Technology Paint Cleaner. Overall it was a huge improvement.

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As always thanks for looking. Greg Gellas
 
Great job on that Mini, the interior was compact but definitely looks like what it lacked in size it made up for in work that needed to be done.
 
The interior was nasty. Good job getting that looking great! Must have taken some time. The trim looks dramatically better. What did you do to the top? Anything to protect it?
 
I wonder if that was the first wash and interior clean up since the car was purchased? VERY nicely done, that should be an easy sale for the owner now because it didn't stand a chance before.
 
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