MarcHarris
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This awesome B7 RS4 came to us in hopes of us being able to not only prep her for the Winter, but to give her back a little youth in the process. With nearly 40k miles, she was in good shape for her age, but could certainly use a little autoLavish love. After a thorough walk-through with the owner, the goal was to thoroughly clean and clay the exterior, bring back the exhaust tips to their original beauty, de-grease the door jams, clean the stock 19 inch rims which were currently removed, and leave the car ready for the Winter... all within a strict time limit as he had obligations for the evening. :WHEW: no problem...
Upon first inspection, the car wasn't too beat, but did have a lot of swirling and light marring that took away from the clarity and gloss of the finish, not to mention she was in need of a wash.
Jacob began by working on the already removed stock wheels. It's a lot easier and quicker to give a thorough cleaning to a wheel that's removed.
Done!
While the rims got cleaned, I started with the pre-soak
After a rinse, then a re-foam and wash, it was time to clay. Most of the car wasn't too bad, but certain areas were overly contaminated such as the usual aft of the wheels, the rear deck lid, the door sills, etc. A quick rewash after insured the paint was correctly prepped for machine correction.
Prior to taping the vehicle off, the sun decided to hide for the rest of the day making our job that much harder with the pearl paint. After trying several combinations to maximize results in the time we had left, we ended up going with M105 on the Flex with a Meguiar's W66 backing plate and an orange LC pad on the trunk lid, hood, and roof, then everything else was hit with Meguiar's M205 on the PC with an orange LC pad.
left side corrected, right side still with spider swirls
No sun looks like this:
Halogens show the real difference in the lower rocker panel area
Inside the door handles was hard to capture, but you'll get the idea
before:
after:
Upon first inspection, the car wasn't too beat, but did have a lot of swirling and light marring that took away from the clarity and gloss of the finish, not to mention she was in need of a wash.
Jacob began by working on the already removed stock wheels. It's a lot easier and quicker to give a thorough cleaning to a wheel that's removed.
Done!
While the rims got cleaned, I started with the pre-soak
After a rinse, then a re-foam and wash, it was time to clay. Most of the car wasn't too bad, but certain areas were overly contaminated such as the usual aft of the wheels, the rear deck lid, the door sills, etc. A quick rewash after insured the paint was correctly prepped for machine correction.
Prior to taping the vehicle off, the sun decided to hide for the rest of the day making our job that much harder with the pearl paint. After trying several combinations to maximize results in the time we had left, we ended up going with M105 on the Flex with a Meguiar's W66 backing plate and an orange LC pad on the trunk lid, hood, and roof, then everything else was hit with Meguiar's M205 on the PC with an orange LC pad.
left side corrected, right side still with spider swirls
No sun looks like this:
Halogens show the real difference in the lower rocker panel area
Inside the door handles was hard to capture, but you'll get the idea
before:
after:
