2004 Mini Cooper S

This vehicle belongs to the owner of the Porsche I detailed. Again he wanted top notch products to be used and I was more then happy to provide it for him.

2004 Mini Cooper S

Interior Process:

Vinyl and rubber:
I used Meguiars #40, but prior to it I gave the entire vehicle a nice wipe down with Meg’s APC mixed with water 10:1.

Carpet:
Meguiars APC used it on the carpet. I scrubbed with a brush then extracted it with my shop-vac.

Leather:
Wolfgang leather care cleaner and conditioner

Exterior Process

Engine bay:
Used P21S Total Auto Wash full strength and dressed with Stoners Trim Shine.

Wash:
I used Zymol Clear Auto Bathe with two bucket method and the white ShMITT.

Clay:
The vehicle was in rough shape, tar, sap and bunch of other stuff stuck on it so I used Red Clay Magic, the vehicle was in need of a clay.

Polish

Wet sand – 2000grit sand paper
Menzerna Power Gloss Compound – Metabo – Meguiars Cutting Wool pad – 1500rpm
Menzerna 106FF – Metabo – Menzerna Orange Pad – 1500rpm
Menzerna Final Polish II – Metabo – Lake Country White Pad – 1500rpm

Prepping for wax:

Zymol HD cleanse applied by hand and removed by hand


Wax:

1 – Coat of Zymol Concourse Wax applied by hand and removed by hand

Rims/wheel wells/Tires:

For the rims I used P21S gel formula agitated with my Swissol wheel brush. After rims where cleaned I finished them off first with Zymol HD cleanse and toped off with 1 – Coat of Zymol concourse Wax
For the wheel wells I used P21S Total Auto Wash full strength
Tires and wheel wells were finished off with Stoner Trim Shine

Exterior plastic peaces/trim:

I used Meguiar’s Trim Detailer

Glass:

Stoners with glass Cobra micro fiber then used Zymol HD cleanse and topped off with 1 – coat of Zymol Concourse Wax


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Inspection and what I was up against:















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As always feed back (good or bad) is alawys welcome.

 

wow there are a ton of pic. Someone got alitle trigger happy.
but the car looks awsome, it shows what concours can do on grey paint, top notch work, Well done

 

Lol...yea you know me Calgarydetail, I take lots and I mean lots of pictures hahaha I'm sure you've noticed hahaha.

I'm quite pleased with concours

 

Nice one Carlos! This was from AG too right? I really like how this car turned out

 

Yes, this one is the same one from AG. Glad you still like it

 

BTW I love how Minis look, I drove one when I worked at valet, just in a parking lot, but it was a lady's and it was the 6 speed manual S. It was a nice parking lot drive