2008 Black Range Rover Sport

2008 Range Rover Sport w/ 30k miles.

A big thanks to Fminus on this one. Phil recommended this client to me.

Tires and wells cleaned with ARO 1:1 water.

Wheels where very stubborn on this one. Started with Valu-gard custom wheel cleaner and scrubbed with EZ detail, swissvax and Blonde Boar’s Hair brushes on the right front wheel. Cleaned everything except for the enbedded dust in the corners of the wheels. Reapplied the custom wheel cleaner and tried a small section of a bug sponge. Not much improvment.

I sprayed the left front wheel with some P21s wheel cleaning gel and let it dwell for 45 mins in the shade while I cleaned the rear wheels. They also had enbedded brake dust in the corners.

I then scrubbed the front left wheels with the same brushes/bug sponge as above. The enbedded dust still remained in the corners. I tried just a few other products on the enbedded brake dust: tarminator, M105 by hand, Auto Magic red clay, ect. Nothing would really budge the enbedded brake dust.

I got on the phone with my good friend Todd Helme as he knows a thing or two about a thing or two. He said he had a spare gallon of Megs Wheel Brightner laying around and he would send it out to me that day. I was going to have this Range for 4-5 days, so I could wait.

FF to a few days later and the MWB arrived. I applied it to the corners of a dry wheel as the instructions state. I again used the bug sponge and made good progress, but still did not get the wheels 100% clean.

Back to the wash.

Foamed with my lance using CGCWC 3oz and water in a 32 oz bottle.
Rinsed w/ PW.
ValuGard paint Neutralization System and used the lance for the final washing step.

Exterior trim was also cleaned with ARO 1:1 water and the Blonde Boar’s Hair brush.

Instead of claying I dry sanded all paint with Micromesh 4000 dry.

Wiped down paint with prep-solv followed by straight IPA.

I did the interior next:
Vac

Leather surfaces cleaned/condtiioned with Zaino Z9/10.

Hard surfaces cleaned with 1Z einszett Plastic Vinyl Deep Cleaner "Plastik-Reiniger." Cleaned up areas like the steering wheel with ease. The interior did not look that dirty on this vehicle, but I was suprised by the amount of dirt removed.

Hard surfaces protected with 1Z einszett Vinyl-Rubber Care & Protectant "Tiefenpfleger" Leaves maybe a hair more gloss then cockpit premium, but does have UV protection.

By far the 2 best interior products that I have ever used.

Wood trim got ZAIO.

Glass cleaned with IG.

Back to the paint:

KBM:
Surbuf 7" pad/OG M105/PC6
Had to wipeoff the M105 with IPA on this one.

Black LC pad/M205/PC4.5
Wipes off very easy as usual.

Headlight plastic lenses where sanded down with Micromesh 6000 dry.
Polished with:
M105 orange pad PC6
M205 black pad PC4.5

Tail light lenses:
M105 orange pad PC6
M205 black pad PC4.5

Straight IPA wipedown on all painted surfaces and 2 panels (hood and rt. rear fender) had 5 straight IPA wipedowns to ensure no filling was taking place.

Foamed with Zaino Z7 3oz and rest of 32oz bottle filled with water.
Washed with 2BM and sheepskin mitt.
Blew off water with compressed air.
Dried remaining water with quality WW drying towel.
ZAIO via PC to side glass and black trim.

Z6 wipedown
2x of ZFX'd Z5pro applied to paint and side glass.
Z8 to paint and side glass.

Front and rear glass was cleaned with straight IPA x2
Applied Aquapel to front and rear glass.

Exterior gray trim and windshield cowl got 1Z einszett Vinyl-Rubber Care & Protectant "Tiefenpfleger"

Tires got Z-16 x2
Wheels got ZAIO

 

Very nice work, that's how black is supposed to look! How long did this one take you?

 

Looks unbelievable! I noticed you used the Micromesh instead of claying. I don't have any experience with the Micromesh - what is it and how does it work?

 

Great work! :thumb: That's a nice 50/50 shot.

 

Great work here, the Rover looks incredible. Every RR i see has nasty brake dust buildup on the front 2 wheels...im guessing they are similar to BMWs in their dusting habits. Nevertheless, that looks awesome

 

Great job Bryan.

 

OG M105 as in, "Original Gangsta?" :lol:

I was recently introduced to the 1Z Plastik-Reiniger by DJ_JonnyV. Fantastic stuff. Looks like you've sold me on the 1Z Tiefenpfleger!

I know you couldn't get the wheels the way you wanted, but they still look great, as does the rest of the car!

 

Came out beautiful!!!

 

That RR was definitely beat up Bryan but you made an awesome recovery! Have you completely converted to the KBM?

 

Looks great...Thats blacker than black...NICE...:thumb:

 

Stellar work, but you already knew that.

All these KBM M105 posts of yours with nasty black cars have me itching to try it out. I've got a few (more like 5) full details lined up for the next week, I'm hoping the KBM can save me some time!

 

Thanks P1et! I had approx 25 hours into this one.

Thanks 911! You can find more info on the micromesh here.

Thanks doc!

Thanks J Bell! This was the first time I had an issue getting all the brake dust off of a wheel. But yes very BMW like in the amount of dust they put out. I wonder how long its been since these wheels where cleaned properly.

Thanks Rocket!

Thanks MadOzodi! Yes these 1Z interior products rock!

Thanks Supercharged!

Thanks Denzil! The KBM expecially with the surbuf pads is working very well for me.

Thanks Buddy!

Thanks bigpoppa! Like anything different it takes some time to adjust to, but I like it.

 

great job!

 

wow........ nice one!