2007 Volkswagen GTI Correction

Completed recently, this car was done for Uber Porsche tech James @ Sharkwerks, new to him the car is a nice package with good power stock(Of course flashed by Alex for a "Little more') and a real sporty interior much like the R32.

Previous owner was not a "Car person" as it was in really bad shape which with this level of neglect due to plain " I don't care about my car" attitude, but the "Bones" of a good car were there.

As the vehicle came in......

New clay bar "Not so new anymore" tremendous amount of fallout & crust.




All the de-con steps completed(There were many...) finish finally stripped w/dawn /Mark V decon fallout remover/vinegar.




Initial 50/50's of the hood.







One of the biggest challenges of this job was the wafer thin clear, the readings tell the story.......




Deep marring on roof spoiler.




"B" pillars as bad as it can get.




Great correction was acheived.




Deep marring from a hedge or bush of some kind.







Low readings here as well.




After initial compounding....very carefully.




Marring on trim molding.




Corrected.




Lower rocker marred.




Clarity & gloss restored once again.

 

Front bumper was especially hammered.







Pitted bumper, but much more clarity now.




Drivers side "B" pillar before.




After.




Top of rear bumper looked "Just lovely", you have to hit the commercial car wash quite a few times to cause this kind of damage.




Much better, but the two long scratches were to deep for 100% correction out in the middle part of the bumper.




Deep marring on tailights.




Marring on "VW" trunk badge.




Much better now.




Severe hard water etch.




Making progress.




Before.




Same area with Mark V water spot remover applied(Multiple applications were needed).



After and before the glass was polished to a high clarity & gloss.




Right rear window was the most affected area.







After water spot removal & polishing.

 

LED pic of the passenger "B" pillar.




Interior was suprisingly clean, thus no before pics needed.




Badge denoting the rarity of the "Fahrenheit" package 870/1200 made.




"B" pillar and glass corrected nicely, was proud of this and wanted to get this right as Alex & James @ Sharkwerks have done alot for me and are the most honest "Tuning shop" shop I know of because integrity still matters......at least to me it does.

 

Real nice job.
It is amazing the level of detail that the real pros achieve.

Thats why I'll just stick to my day job and NEVER compare the half assed job I do to the prefection you guys achieve.

I really enjoyed that. I appreciate your talent - and patience.

Joe D.

 

bob, what did you use on the pillars and spoiler?

great work, love to see you take the same care and time as you do on the ultra exotics as you do on a DD car.

 

What a nice colour, lovely detail

 

Very nice Bob! Love the colour.

 

Great work as always. Do you prefer a DA for the window trims or a rotary? I haven't seen bad water spotting like that over here. That was pretty brutal.

 

how can a " non car person " had a special edition GTI?

 

Nice work Bob.

 

Well here comes the a NON-PC answer......... evidence that the car was previously owned by a college gal, with red fingernail polish traces and school parking ID in the glove box.

Here was the scenario............"Monied up parents" young gal in school who only put gas in the car and ran it through the car wash and there you go.

 

exactly..... "it was cute"
their is a 17 year old girl who lives down the street with a IS350, because she thought it was "cute"

 

The usual stuff Menz/megs, and I do all jobs the same way but the reason I do the exotics is those owners will pay the freight as not to many folks with a 5,000.00$ car will pay 2,000.00$ for a correction if needed...LOL.

 

makes sense. well I'm from La- moraga area and I know you have the clientele. here in Fresno where i'm at now, the cars are there, they just don't want to pay for it sadly. Its sad really, you see bentley's, R8s at the same car wash everyone else goes to for the 99.00 wash and wax.

 

Yes I know, had a guy contact me thru Todd Cooperider with a Black 458 and initially thought it was done deal but.......then he waffled @ the price(Lives in Madera Heights???) so I know what you are talking about..

 

oh yeah, its the "upper crust" of a small farm town LOL....... Their is a lot of money in Fresno, don't get me wrong. But the people are cheap, driving Lambos and exotics but pissing and moaning about the cost of tires etc.



My friends dad owns one of the only places in Fresno to get a clutch done on a Ferrarri, lots of pissing and moaning going on in that place about price.

 

great job Bob!

 

Next time use "Bingspeak" on them with "Do you want the car done right...or rightnow?".

 

lol... so true

 

Turned out great man