03 Passat Wagon belongs to a good friend of mine. There's tons of heavy swirls and scratches but it's still a good looking car. Previous owners also used the wheels as curb testers. Goal: Decon/Wax/Interior sonax FE working on the only good wheel on the car...other 3 are curbed to hell so I took a picture of this one. Good shade over here Paint was very rough before I washed it, I knew there would be a fair bit of contamination. After Iron-x I tried out my nanoskin fine grade mitt...I love it. worked great. Lights: Driver side headlight was perfectly clear, the passenger side my friend said he has polished several times only to have the haze return, I explained that I would fix it and apply a proper sealant so it will last. The headlight looked worse before the wash, scrubbing with the nanoskin mitt cleared it up a fair bit, so I didn't sand. Compound/polish. Taillights were heavily swirled...after a few passes with compound and polished they cleared up a lil bit. All lights prepped and sealed with Body Wrap. Took quite awhile to get this road paint off: --- Main reason for the detail was to try and fix the back seats...I tried leatherique but was unsuccessful. Looks like a cheap dye job, upon closer inspection I could see overspray on the bottom of the seat cushion. So I just tried to clean everything else the best I could. I really struggled with stains/scuffs on door panel plastics and headliners for some reason, But we'll focus on what I could do: vx5000 vs. dirt and grime on the cargo shade. Moving down: Moving down again: Rear seat fold-down release handles cleaned up Most of the leather didn't require heavy scrubbing but some parts did Front seats go completely horizontal, I liked that. --- Used C845 on this one too, and dressed trim. The rocker panel trim did not want to dress up nice, but it turned out decent: Now the headlights match Thanks for viewing
If your friend is ever looking for parts, a lot of those Pull-A-Part junkyards seem to have lots of Passats. I've had great luck finding parts for my BF's Passat there. Also, if they aren't already a member, VW Passat Forums : Volkswagen Passat Forum is a great resource for the Passat owner
