After keeping you all hanging for a few days I have finally gotten around to sifting through all the pics and adding the borders, uploading, etc... Around mid week last week I got a call from one of my regular clients at the Michelangelo Towers asking if I could schedule a detail on his new toy. Luckily he had asked me on a prior visit to keep a weekend in March free for him, and it just so happened that it was this very same weekend. Because the vehicle was only being collected on Saturday morning, it meant I could sleep in for a change and enjoy crawling out of bed prior to sunrise! Around lunch time I made my way over to the towers and this is what I was greeted with upon arrival... Audi R8 V8 4.2 FSI! Not sure on the year model but is had covered just under 9k km and appeared to have been looked after really well. Wheels were lightly soiled, nothing major Bodywork was relatively clean aside from being dirty with some gummy patches, etc Rear spoiler was raised to allow for cleaning With the car pulled into the wash bay I set about cleaning the wheels and arches. Sonax Extreme and 5:1 APC was the order of the day Ez-Detail brush amongst others was used to clean up the wheels and arches (no afters till later...sorry) With the wheels and arches cleaned up it was time for some foam filled action. CG's CWC was the product of choice through the foam lance... Having left the foam to dwell I set about preparing the wash buckets, etc. After rinsing I gave the car another quick layer of foam prior to cleaning all the nooks and crannies... Emblems Panel gaps Trim Hidden bits With the intricate bits taken care of the car was washed using the 2BM, CWC and Raceglaze lambswool wash mitt. After rinsing the paintwork I gave the engine bay a quick once over with a spray bottle and some 10:1 APC before rinsing on a very fine spray. I left the engine running while claying the paintwork to assist in drying out the engine bay. Clay of choice today was the Smartwax fine clay. Overall the paint was relatively clean except for the lower sills and bumpers which had some tar spots and contamination. With the car re-rinsed and dried it was time to inspect the paintwork under the lights. Unfortunately being silver and working in the gloomy wash bay I struggled to get decent pics using the LED torch. All in all the paintwork was relatively free from RIDS but had some minor swirling all over. Carbon blades where pretty much the same... Starting out with some 106FA on the yellow 3M polishing pad yielded some promising results. After switching to SIP I decided to go with this as it was cleaning up the lighter stuff alot better whilst knocking back the few slightly deeper defects at the same time. A few quick afters from the correction phase The carbon side blades required a 3 step process with FCP on green, followed by SIP and then 106FA on the yellow pads. After FCP And finished off The taillights were in dire need of some work... Drivers side corrected Passenger side was no better And again after Finally some random ones after finishing the correction stage at around 1am on Saturday morning! With the paint correction completed I gave the car a final wash before drying it down and applying a coat of Werkstat's Prime Acrylic. I followed the Prime with a layer of Acrylic Jett and decided to call it a night at about 2am! One of the main reasons for me wanting to finish the correction stage on Saturday night, was to be able to take the car outside for some exterior shots before the sun got to high and bright. Having discussed this with the owner and being given the green light to "Take her wherever you need to and get some good shots" I opted to work a bit later to have the exterior ready for some early morning photo's. Sunday started early with myself and the SO heading on over to the towers just after 7am. Upon arrival I dressed the tires and trim before cleaning the exterior glass and applying another coat of Werkstat's Acrylic Jett to the paintwork. Not knowing the surrounding areas all that well we headed on out to find a suitable spot for some photo's. Just down the road I found a quite cul de sac where we parked the car and snapped a few (too many) photo's! Some detail shots Wheels and tires were looking good. Tires were dressed with Werkstat's Satin Prot trim dressing. I love the look it gives and it's such a pleasure to use! Tailpipes came up nicely Back at the towers myself and the SO got stuck in sorting out all the final details. While I tackled the engine bay the missus got started on the interior. R8 ready for the final stretch Engine bay was dressed with Satin Prot and turned out good as new Front 'boot' area was cleaned and dressed with Prot as well Interior got Prot as well (excuse the sucky pics, the lighting inside is terrible) Whilst finishing off I played around and got these 3 pics which I liked... And finally the parting shot! As always thanks for looking :thumb:
Puuurty Carn Good work. I love the last three pics. Does the wash bay say Michaelangelo wash bay? that's awesome ! LOL
looking good! using satin prot on the tires eh? im definitely going to try that out soon. thanks for the idea, i hope you dont mind me using it!
man those R8's are beauties! Amazing work! Must be nice to live in or near a big city area like that with access to all those cars and nice work bays and stuff like that. Makes for easier work and a lot cleaner if you know what i mean! Excellent though man . . . . .
Thanks guys, I appreciate all the comments :thumb: It has a plaque on the wall stating that it is the wash bay yes Don't mind at all dude, thats why we all put these threads on line so we can learn from one another. I'm just glad to be able to give something back :thumb: Thanks dood! For the record there is the Michelangelo Hotel and Michelangelo Towers. The hotel is, well, the hotel and the towers are a residential complex with apartments and penthouses. 2 different places but within a block of each other :thumb: Much appreciated coming from you Dave :headbang:
