The Green Goddess Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hi my names Rob, Im Jo's Brother and for a early B'day Present i detailed her car ready for E38.Because i had other commitments i couldnt take pictures of the results so ive 'borrowed' some from this forum, I hope this is ok?Anyhow the detail...As a early birthday present i arranged to detail my sisters 'Phantasia green' Lupo in preperation for Edition 38First i removed the faded flower stickers using a heat gun & Tardis for the residue then got the car back to myhouse and took some picsAs you can see the paint wasnt in the best state and very flat!So i set to it the next day...Sprayed the wheels/tyres & Arches with APC and scrubbed using various brushesWashed offThen foamed using a mixture of hyper wash & Citrus degreaserWhite wall tyres anyone??I then turned my attention to the engine bayUsing super degreaser & Apc to clean then dressed with Megs all season we got this resultDoorshuts then cleaned with APC and a swissvax brushCitrus degreaser sprayed on lower half of the carCar foamed with snow foam and CG's Maxi sudsRinsedWashed using 2BM, maxi suds & ShMittRinsed then clayed with fine polyclay and Last touchRinsed again then dryed with last touch and a waffle drying towelAll dryed off and ready to go in the garage for polishingI didnt have much time to take pics as i was doing 2hrs a nite after work But car was taped up and after starting with Menz Intensive and SFX1 and having no luck, moved to Menz power glosson a SFX1, Then refined with Menzs final finish PO85RD on a SFX2.Paint was then cleansed with Dodo lime prime on a SFX3 pad ready for waxingWaxed using 1 coat of Dodo 'Purple Haze' & 2 coats of 'Rainforest rub' Applied by hand and buffed with sonus towelswindows cleaned with AG fastglass and a microfibreAll plastics treated with Areospace 303 protectdoorshuts waxed with collonite 476Car hoovered out and seats/carpets/plastics cleaned with AS multifresh and brisk then dressed with poorboys naturallook dressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Goddess Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 The audi rims were in dire need of a clean - Using Wheel brightner and various brushesThen polished with AG SRPand 3 layers of Collonite 476 for protectionThe 'Borrowed' Pictures of the final resultsThanks for readingRob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyp Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Car looked very clean, bought out the colour loads having all that done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little rich Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 ah great work there, looked very clean at edition the work has made a huge difference to the colour,rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darth vader Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ah blast.Thought this was a leg shaving thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porschetrimr Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 ace job ,are you that mental bloke that detailed the brand new blue vxr that was allover the net?? i can see one in the driveway pic and it got me thinking?that was the maddest detailing thread ive ever seen,top job on the loop though,really need to get my arse in gear and do mine properlydan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) The one who used the Remington Fuzzaway and who's cat took the readings down ?Oh wait - I'm thinking of another thread. Edited October 13, 2008 by nfbr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Goddess Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 That isnt my brother, But he does take his detailing very seriously.The VXR is his girlfriends it has a carbon bonnet, BBS CH's and loads of other bits with about 310bhp.My brother has the white one-off 888 cdti Estate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyp Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 Where can you buy those brushes from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronipswich Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Great job do you know what size adaptors he is running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlieoliver94 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 lovee it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSloanes Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Very nice. Think the lower grill needs to go black but apart from that it's lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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