This was a huge undertaking. For 1 the car came to us with amazing gloss and depth, however when we went in to examine the car we found tons of imperfections on this 8 year old S8. The customer wanted this car to come out perfect, the total time to get this car right was 24 man hours. The exterior was washed, clayed, compound, polished, and finally Swissvax Divine was used to bring it out. Take a look and enjoy. Products Used: Exterior: Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube Menzerna Power Gloss Compound Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad Menzerna Top Inspection Swissvax Divine Einszett Spray Wax Wheels/Tires/Etc Adam's All Purpose Einszett Wheel Cleaner Adam's VRT Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush Swissvax Wheel Brush Swissvax Autobahn Adam's Undercarriage Spray Adam's Glass Cleaner Interior: Uber Interior Kit Leather Master Foam Cleaner for Suede/Alcantara Leather Master Nubuck Protector Tools: Fenix TK11 Brinkmann MaxFire Metabo PE12-175 Flex 3403 The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch) Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels Uber Drying Towels Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun Let's get the interior shots in first: Cleaning up the alcantara and protecting it Final shots Wash and Prep: Wax build up Etching in the paint more wax/old polish build up Pre soak and cleaning up trim Cleaning up the wheels (not much needed) Engine Before Cleaning the engine bay All Purpose wash Claying Masking Testing the area for paint thickness and plan of attack Polishing Before shots of passenger door Different angles Halogen after PG/SIP/PO85RD Fenix light on panel after PO85RD After all that polishing..... DUST! After polishing before the rinse down (no wax) Rinse down: Engine Before /After Swissvax Divine Applying Divine Removing Wax Final touches Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels Black Wow on the trim Gummi on all the seals After Gummi After shots Outside Final shot Thanks for the assistance on this one again Dan!!!! :thumb:
Another amazing job by the DD crew! I have a uncle who has that car but in white and that engine is pretty amazing for a 8 year old car! Nice job bringing it back, looks like the interrior is in great condition as well. I have seen you use Autobahn on pretty much every writeup, you find that it helps clean the wheels later down the road or give decent protection?
on this one the customer wanted it, he uses it on the wheels on his other cars. I use it on my cars and its much easier to clean up if you can stay on top of the washes.
Great work! Its nice to still see Phil's Micahel Jackson (nitrile purple) glove being worn even throughout injury, dedication at its finest!
Well done Phil and team, vehicle looks great. By the way I saw one of these S8 in person and they are huge, lots of surface to polish :thumb: Good to see your still detailing Phil eace:
still detailing for sure need to pay the bills despite the injury. more to come I'm so behind in posts, I still have the one your waiting for....jeez that's from last year.
awesome work, Phil! By the way, this car has some of the best tires out there - Michelin Pilot Sport A/S.
Bills come first I hear you, it's hard being responsible but we all have to pay our dues. No rush on the post, glad you still remember I thought you had forgotten . No worries post it when you get a chance, no rush, I'm not going any where and I know your not going anywhere
Nice save Phil/Dan :applause: Sheeew, that thing was a wreck, who was the last detailer...Stevie Wonder :giggle:
going on 5 weeks I injured my wrist, carpal, and tendenitous (spelling error there) I had shots/reflexology/and now looking into acupuncture.... its better but I'm a long way from it feeling better.
