Detailer's Domain: Mini Cooper Nightmare turn Good

Mini Cooper - This Mini was a bit of a surprise. We figured it would be a 8 hour job. How bad could it possible be, its such a small car. The customer asked for paint correction services and the interior to be cleaned....he then added he would like the wheels pulled off/detailed and the wheel wells detailed as well. Okay when we got the car it was something else.......take a look what a disaster!

Products Used:
Exterior:
Einszett Blitz in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Adam's Gray Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancerfor clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compoune
Menzerna Super Intensive
Menzerna PO85RD
Menzerna Top Inspection
Einszett Glanz

Wheels/Wheel Wells/Tires/Engine
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit

Interior:
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital
Leather Master Protection Cream
Einszett Deep Cleaner
Einszett Gummi
Adam's Glass Cleaner

Dressing on Trim
Black Wow


Tools:
Infratech 5300
Fenix TK11
3M Sun Gun
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Before shots:

Wheels




That wasn't so bad........let's start with the interior detail.

Interior before shots: --- Dog hair???? no one said anything about dog hair...













So how in the world do we attack this interior. After careful thought, we decided to pull the rear bench out as well as the front seats.

Ugh the seats!


Time to pull them out


Hair was everywhere



The rear bench



So what do we have underneath the bench




Dirt, dirt, and more dirt...




Tommy on the vac



Driver's area



More vacuuming


Time to pull the front seats out (battery was disconnected)

Tommy pulling out the driver's side



Dan assisting Tommy on the seat removal


Under the driver's seat


More hair!



Cleaned up



Bench back in, Tommy finishing them up


Seat out, cleaned/conditioned/protected



Passenger seat being put back in



Final shots of the interior






Door jamb before



Door jamb after


Now to the exterior:

Starting with the engine start to finish:


Before shot of the engine







Dan on the P21S





Brushing/Agitating all the built up grease, grime, and dirt




Rinsing down the engine bay




Engine wipe down


Final shots of the engine:



Wash - Paint correction - Wheels - Wheel Wells

The presoak




Foaming and washing down the car





Washing down the car with an Uber Sponge


Wheels on the car getting P21S on tires and wheels, wheel wells pressure washed


Claying the car


PG with the Makita and the Uber Yellow


Checking the paint with a Fenix TK11



50/50 shot of the hood
Before shots of the hood






The roof was a mess we did as much as we could on it without wet sanding, scratches were pretty deep, take a look



Under the Sun Gun


After PG and SIP


After PO85RD


Polishing out the bumpers


We put the car on jacks to move on to the wheels and wheel wells



Wheels










Dan and I claying the wheels



Cleaning up the wheel wells




Dressed up in Adam's Undercarriage Spray




Finished wheel wells





Finishing touches
Black wow on the trim



After shots inside and out

















I hope you enjoyed this one. We look forward to your comments

 

great job phil ... it seems that the owner brushed their dog inside their car. That's a lot of freakin' work for such as small vehicle.

 

nice work. came out great.

what did you use to clean up all that dog hair?

 

no lsp?

 

1Z glanzwax was used for the LSP.

 

Before: Ahhh, my eyes. Was this MINI raised by wolves?

After: yay, great work.

Having owned a MINI from 2005 until last week, that interior looks like a nightmare. Even well cared for, mine was a nightmare with all the nooks and crannies in the little interior.

 

I walked into Phils shop and saw this bone stock Mini with the interior ripped apart and sitting on jacks with no wheels.... looked like a chop shop! Now I understand the need for dissection....

This is awesome work and attention to detail, hats off to you and Dan!

 

Nice work on getting it back clean, but wow :yikes: at that hair! It is almost like someone shaved a dog in there or something! Great work as always Phil and the gang.

 

thanks!

 

Great job guys. I did an Acura RL a week ago with the same optional Dog Hair interior. Cooper looks beautiful finished. Love the blue.

 

That interior made me gag and throw up inside my mouth, great turn around and fantastic job at getting the dog hair out.

Also love the shades on the guy working the wheel wells.

 

dan is wearing protective eye wear...

thanks guys glad you enjoyed it.

 

nice looking!

 

Looks legit Phil!

 

amazing work, Phil! That Mini came out beautiful! I see that 1Z Blitz foams up quite nicely in a foam cannon, I'll have to give it a try myself. Also that Uber boars hair wheel brush seems to be a nice tool to detail under the hood...

 

nice work guys!!!!! love that color

 

Awesome job you guys did.

It looks like the dog does some of the driving in that MINI Cooper !!!

Phil, what product(s) do you sell that clean up door jambs nicely?

 

WOW!! Great work. I hate that kind of dog hair...must be lab. It just pierces the fabric and stays. I hate to think of that dog getting to ride around in such an awesome detail

 

the brush is great pretty much everywhere.

the door jambs I used P21S Total Autowash and a mf towel.

 

Great job Phil!!!!