Earlier this spring, I went to visit Pirex and Scandicshine again. I left from home around 10.30 in the morning and arrived around 06.00 in the afternoon.. The mission was to detail my Volkswagen Passat and make it ready for the “showseason” here in Norway. When I arrived we washed the car using: CG Grime Reaper 1/3 Cg Citrus Wash & Gloss 2BM Foam Lance Wash mitt Pirex new Lavor hot water washer. CG Miracle Dryer After washing The next morning I helped him out with a Volvo S60 before I took of the wheels and placed the car on jack stands, and I also had bought a new aluminium jack and aluminium jack stands. At first I soaked the wheel well on the right side with CG Grime Reaper, Scholl Crack 9000, Tardis and rinsed with a hot water washer and I clayed it in the end.. Final result after CG Bare Bones, yellow foam applicator and mf to wipe away leftovers.. Since my wheels at first was of I decided to do a makeover on my calipers, so I used steel brushes on a powerdrill to remove rust and old paint, washed over with Motip Entfetter so the new black paint would stick to the caliper.. Before: After: And I also tryed out some Tardis on one of the rims: The asphalt and tar is escaping from the rim.. The rims will recive Scholl S17, Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro and Swissvax Autobahn. Day 2: Bjorke was standing outside Scandicshine’s facilities and waiting for us, after some testing of Pirex’s new hot water washer and the regular BS we started another day of detailing. I started on the right front wheel well who locked like this.. To loosen up dirt and grime I used CG Grime Reaper: After a shot of love with Tardis and powerwasher it looked like this: Then I continued on the calipers, the pictures aren’t in the exact correct line up.. After Motip Entfetter it looked like this: Same procedure on the other calipers.. Bjorke was the hero of the day as he did a killer jo bon my rims…: He used:: Tardis. Scholl S17 Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro Swissvax Cleaner Fluid CG Metal Polish Swissvax Autobahn Small Blue Scholl pad Small Black Scholl pad Flex L3403VRG Alot of MF After Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro: Applying Swissvax Autobahn: After applying Swissvax Autobahn:: Centercovers.. Before: After CG All Metal Polish: After Swissvax Autobahn: Final result: The Norwegian winter is pretty rough and all the salting of the roads had left marks on the chrome around the windows, CG All Metal Polish together with a MF removed it quikly: I also brought my ”summerfloormats” to clean them up with Pirex’s Foma Textile Cleaner. I used CG Green Clean, clean water in a spraybootle and a Vikan interiorbrush: Jeg har også tatt med meg sommermattene oppover for å rense disse. det var frem med Foma rensemaskinen, CG Green Clean og rent vann på en spruteflaske samt en Vikan interiørbørste. Dirt being sucked up:: There was some white saltresidue in the seam: Before: After: Before: After: Before: After And the ”shockabsorbers” for the the trunk got CG All Metal Polish. Left mirror after CG Metal Polish: Finally it was time for some paint.. I visited Pirex in November also and we took good care of the paint then, so the condition was still very good.. We only had to use Scholl S17 and blue Scholl pad on the roof, and the rest of the car got Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro and a black Scholl pad. After Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro: I also asked a guy I know if he could make a “spacer” for me so it’s easier to get around the rails on the roof.. This worked out excellent together with the small Scholl backingplate.. The areas between the sidewindows also got to taste Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro: 50/50’s: After this it was time for this days "Grand Finale": SWISSVAX DIVINE over the intire car :fun: And this time it was my very own Swissvax Divine :thumbs: Applying: We buffed of the wax and shut of the lights since it was close to midnight.. Day 3 was here and we were up at 07.00 in the morning.. We relaxed a bit at Pirex’s office before we started todays session..(By the way, pirex is very cranky in the morning) The first thing we did today was to go over the car with Swissvax Quick Finish and a MF towel.. After one layer of Swissvax Divine and wiping with Swissvax Quick Finish my car looked like this. After this I took another round of CG Bare Bones in the wheel wells just to finish that project. Ant then it was time for som interior detailing and first on my list was to treat the Alcantara on my seats with some goodies. So I started out with a small machine to get rid of all the small “leftovers”, and the machine doesn’t harm the seats. Alcantara before: The machine in action: This is what it removed from the seats:: Before I started out vacuuming with Pirex’s Foma machine with 3 engines, and it does incredibly work: Passengerside front: Before: After: Passengerside in the back: Before: After: I cleaned the carpets in the car with a Foma Textile Cleaner, CG Green Clean and a vikan interior brush.. Drivers side before: Scrubbing with a brush: Ecstracting the dirt: After: Drivers side in the back: Scrubbing: More ecstracting: Since i removed the ”leftovers” from my seats I could also clean them, and since I’ve had Swissvax Alcantara Cleaner standing on my shelf for a while I thought that this was a excellent time to try it out, I used it with a Swissvax Detail Brush and a MF to wipe dry.. And it looks like this: After: Driversside in the back: I let it dry for about 1 hour before i treated the Alcantara with Leather Master Nubuck Protector. The Alcantara feels like new: And since my ”summerfloormats” was dry I decided to treat them with CG Fabric Guard Protection: The headlights also got some attention with Mirka 2000 og Mirka 4000: Before and during the process: Compounding with Scholl S03+ and a small Scholl woolpad: After: My exhaustpipes also got a round with CG All Metal Polish and steel wool, but I had to use stronger stuff, so I used Swissvax Metal Polish: Before: After: After a new round of CG All Metal Polish, for some protection. And I finished of with Swissvax Autobahn: And since i was in a good mood I also did my licenseplates with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and Swissvax Autobahn: Swissvax Cleaner Fluid: Swissvax Autobahn applied: After: And then it was time to get the rims on to the vehicle And then i did a round with Swissvax Quick Finish and Swissvax Pneu Matte while the rims where in the air.. Inside the door jambs i put on some Swissvax Endurance: We where home around 10 in the night after a long day. NanoLotus professional is applied to all windows, dashbord and interior vinyl has been cleaned with CG Green Clean and protected with Scholl Purple 9000, exterior vinyl and plastic has gotten Swissvax Protecton Glossy, the windows has been cleaned inside with CG Streak Free Window Cleaner.. And another layer of Divine. And here are some random pictures.. Before the wheels came on: Then the last day was over, we used Swissvax Quick Finish to wipe away wax residue and after this we took some pictures.. EnjoY On my way home I stopped to say bye to Bjorke together with Pirex. Thanks Pirex and Bjorke.. Pictures of how the car looks now will come later today..
That spacer idea is friggin $$$! I definitely need to look into something like that. If you wrapped the metal spacer in some sort of foam that would be safe in case you bumped into something. Awesome work.
Looks great - incredible work. Quick question: If you take off the wheels to clean them, do you need to get them balanced again?
Mate, WOW! What a detail, absolutely love the stance of the Passat. HOOG wheels that is, any rubbing? STUNNING!
Great job on the dub, love the look of it and the wheels! Don't know if this one has it but did it have the felt like fender liners? If so did bare bones work well on the liner?
Stunning work on the car, love seing so many pics. Dude, did you clay your wheel wells? Seriously? I love that phenomenal work on wheels, but are they too big? YOur ride must be stiff, and you gotta be VERY CAREFUL when driving...
Great work and great writeup. Funny, I was wondering the same thing. "Surely not...did they really?" :worship2:
