8 a.m. Sunday morning was my arrival time after a 28 mile drive to a new clients home, a local forum member set-up an appointment with me to properly prepare his new VW Golf R with less then 500 miles on the clock. As I am a Vw enthusiast I was more then excited to take on this challenge and put my skills to the test. Initially this was going to be just a new car prep with spot correcting(factory defects), but after seeing light rid's throughout the car and the clarity improve on a test spot, I decided to lightly polish/jewel the entire car resulting in a major improvement. Car mods- Apr Stage 1+ APR High Pressure Fuel Pump Forge Twintake BSH Catch Can Podi Blue Needle Boost Gauge-Vent Pod Products Used- Engine: Meg's APC Plus 4:1 AP MF's 303 Protectant Menzerna Powerlock Interior: Meg's APC Plus 10:1(Door Jambs) AP MF's 303 Protectant(Seals) Menzerna Powerlock Glass: Uber Hi-Tech Glass MF Towels Meg's Glass Cleaner 10:1 Adam's Glass Sealant Wheels: P21S Wheel Gel Meg's APC Plus 4:1 Adam's Super VRT Wolf's WR-1NT Rim Shield Exterior: Dawn ONR(Clay Lube) Meg's White Claybar DI Waffle weave MF Drying Towel Uber SuperPlush MF IPA 60/40 Distilled Water Meg's 205 303 Aerospace Protectant Optimum Metal Polish Protected with: Menzerna Powerlock Lusso Orro Equipment: Cleanforce 1800HD PW 2 5-Gallon Buckets 2 Detailed Image Grit Guards Uber Yellow Wash Sponge Swissvax Applicator pad Swissvax Wheel Brush Uber Boars Hair Wheel Brush Uber Wheel and Fender Brush Ez-Detail Brush DI Tire Brush Kwazar Spray Bottle's Craftsman Vacuum N Blow Flex 3401 DD Green/Black Pads Fenix TK35 Husky 500Watt Halogen Before Engine- After Engine- Finished Bay Wheels- PF PR DR DF Filth on Calipers Cleaned with P21S Wheel Gel(30min.) and Meg's APC 4:1(Tires) using various brushes, here's an example of the filth. Rotors were also touched without stripping the R logo as I heard it has happened...lol. Afters Nice Smooth Satin finish All wheels came out finished like this, faces, barrels, calipers, tires all properly cleaned and sealed. Some Exterior shots as the car stood. Pressure Washer helps alot! Before Dawn Two Bucket Wash with Uber Sponge and Grit Guards Suds After Rinse-Stripped prior protection Car is then pulled in to the garage for claying and polishing Some scuffs clayed Car was then re-rinsed to remove any clay lube(ONR) residue. Pulled back into the garage and air dried along with MF WW to spot dry in order to inspect any damage and workout my correction process. Small rids Corrected and brought out some clarity More Corrected and focused Some Clarity shots Rids Corrected Under LED(Fenix TK35) The R was then re-rinsed and dawned to remove any polishing oils. Pulled it back in and air-dried with the assistance of WW MF. The exhaust tips were are not missed out on After All Exterior Glass was sealed with Adam's Glass Sealant All the seals(Engine, Door Jambs, Hatch) were conditioned and protected with 303 50/50 Inner Door Jambs paint had some gunk Cleaned and Menz PL sealed Inner Tails Cleaned and 303 protected IPA wipedown followed by a coat of Powerlock using my 3401 with a black pad then thoroughly removed using Uber Superplush MF. Finally a coat of Lusso Orro was applied by hand using a Swissvax Applicator and allowed to cure 60 seconds per panel as the label states. The Results Thanks for taking the time to check out my work.
Great job - the MK6 has many nooks and crannies where dirt likes to accumulate. The Golf R is a damn sweet ride.
Nice work, love the golf R, came close to putting an order in for one actually awesome to see them around the states now!
Nice work! Sure didn't take the owner long to mod that thing! I test drove a 2dr a couple weeks ago. Unfortunately the wife absolutely hates the looks of it and the lease rates are out of this world. Guess it's WRX for me...
