Another weekend means yet another detail. This time around we have one of Wolfsburg's newest hot hatches, the Scirocco 2.0 TSI. I've been wanting to lay my hands on one of these for some time now, and finally got my chance! A few befores prior to getting started... Filthy tailpipes Wheels were average Car was covered in accumulated road grime but nothing too serious First up the wheels and arches, this time around I gave the 3M Wheel & Tire Cleaner a go. Overall a very nice wheel cleaner with a refreshing citrus scent (beats the Sonax's pungent aroma). Ez-Detail brush for the barrels Detail brushes for the small, hard to reach areas Mothers Wheel brush for the faces Tires were scrubbed with a stiff bristle brush and 5:1 Carways APC. Arches followed with 5:1 APC and various brushes before being rinsed thoroughly. After the wheels the car was foamed with a mix of CWC and APC to remove as much crud as possible. Thereafter a typical 2 bucket wash followed before a final rinse in preparation for claying. Clay of choice was Clay Magic's medium grade clay. With the owner working in an industrial area and the car being quite new, I was fairly certain it would have a fair amount of surface contaminants. Typical result after claying a panel... With the car clayed and clean I rinsed it off a final time before drying it inside the garage. A quick inspection with the halogens and LED revealed the following... Mirrors Gloss black roof insert A-Pillars With taping and the inspection complete I got started on sorting out 2 prominent stone chips on the bonnet. The owner had touched them up but asked if I could flat them down and try to make them less visible. First up a PTG reading to see what we have to work with With 190 microns to spare I decided to go ahead and wet sand the area. A Mirka P2000 disc followed by a P4000 disc resulted in the following... Thickness down 9 microns to 182 After compounding I was left with this (still to be refined with SIP when polishing the rest of the car) Overall paint reduction was between 12 and 15um (191 down to 178 average) so I was happy with the results. With the touch up completed I set about finding a useable combo for the paintwork correction. This was a single stage correction so I wanted to maximise the correction while still leaving a crisp finish. In the end I settled on Menzerna SIP on a green 3M compounding pad with a few drops of 85RE for extra working time. Un-corrected area in direct sunlight Corrected area just beneath the above section Close up Overall I think around 90% correction was achieved. There were still some minor remnants of deeper swirls and RIDS but I was happy with the correction levels. A few before and afters Before and after under LED Mirror before Afters Gloss black roof panel before Afters Other side before and after Rear boot lid inserts in gloss plastic were corrected with Meguiars spot pads and SIP followed by 85RE. Fixed Rear bumper was lightly swirled Came up nicely after SIP Bootlid before and after A-Pillar before and afters Doors before and after Gloss black front grill needed some work...Before only. After shot in the finished pics With the correction work completed the car was pulled outside and washed down before being dried and returned to the garage for finishing off. LSP was Raceglaze 55', trim got Satin prot and tires got Extreme Black dressing. Tailpipes were cleaned and polished with Raceglaze Alutech metal polish (inside and out) while the inside got scrubbed with an abrasive pad followed by Alutech polish. The exhaust back box that was visible under the rear bumper also got scrubbed up and cleaned. Tailpieces And back box Wheels and tires Couple of reflection shots... A few detail shots And my favourite of the lot... As always thanks for looking :thumb:
I know! I love my GTI but I would probably sell it in a heartbeat for one of those. Fantastic work! :applause:
Looking awesome Carn. Took my car in for a service this morning and VW had *exactly* the same car (traded in) on the floor.
Great job! What did you use on the glossy black sections of the roof? I have some swirling on the glossy black portion of the roof on my 2007 audi a3.
Thanks gents :thumb: @ rohit29, they were polished with SIP on a Meg's spot cutting pad, followed by 85RE5 on the yellow polishing pad.
Very very nice Did a stunning job on this one.. Especially liked the work on the black roof panel. Those are often a bit tricky to get all clear and holo free again, but looked like you did a smashing job there Some of the after photos were also smashing. If you had gotten some more depth of field on the last one, it would have stood even more.. What lense do you use?
Thanks bud, much appreciated from a detailer of your caliber :thumb: I used my Canon SX10-IS for all the pics which is somewhat limited by it's lack of an interchangeable lens. I am wanting to upgrade to a DSLR where I can fool around with lenses, etc, but it'll have to wait for now :campfire:
