Detailer's Domain: 2013 Audi S4 - New Car Prep and Clear Film Installation

Subject: 2013 Audi S4
Requirements: New Car Prep with Partial Clear Film including: Full Hood, Full Fender, Full Bumper, Headlights, Mirrors, Door Cups, Gas Cap

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Menzerna SF4000 with Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Aquartz Reload
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Aquartz Iron Cut
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna SF4000
Aquartz Reload
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Car wash prepped - wash, autoscrub, wheels etc (sorry no pics)

Clear Film Installation
Dan debadging so we can get the full fender without cutting around the badges - customer will install Supercharge Badges




All off now next up 3m adhesive remover and polish


Hood on





Fender






Rear bumper strip installed



Bumper





Gas Cap


Finishing it up.




Afters
Some new interior shots


For 2013 Audi reduced some of the center console buttons


New Flat bottom steering wheel


New for 2013 Aluminum Trim on various buttons and switches




New nose for 2013




New rear end for 2013

 

nice work Phil and team

how come the last shot the 2013 is blocking your S4? should be a comparison shot of the vehicles...hehe

getting a new model Phil? i could tell by the many pics you took that you seem to like the new add-ons for the 2013. the flat bottom steering wheel is nice.

 

the 13 has many new updates but I like my 10...

here are some comparison shots

 

Beautiful Audi's Phil, nice work!

 

Great work Phil! It is killing me waiting on my 2013, they are saying I'm not going to get it until around November or December now.

 

sorry to hear about that many of my customers are getting their extremely quick.

my buddy can still order for Aug allocation. I can give you my Audi sales person's number if you like. He can get you one for Aug.

 

That bad thing is that I have my Q5 that I'm trading in and this dealer is giving me the best price by far from the other dealers. They told me 4-6 months, but it could come in sooner. I'm hoping sooner! Thanks for the offer Phil.

 

2013 is not really my thing....too "squished" looking on the nose just like the new 3....2010 FTW!

 

and it looks like they swapped wheels off a honda accord and put em on that 2013....yuck

 

That's what I thought about the front end when I first seen it. Now I really like it, plus there are quite a few upgrades on the 13, the new steering wheel is probably my favorite. Really excited about Audi connect as well.

 

Great work as usual. But the Euro compliant pedestrian safety just killed the looks of the front end.

For those that are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about read here:

http://www.edmunds.com/car-safety/protecting-pedestrians-through-vehicle-design.html