This was a fun detail, a friend of ours picked up a 2003 Audi RS6 in an Ebony Black Pearl (originally owned a car we previously detailed: http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/show-shine/18781-2008-volk-gti-silver.htm ). It has lived most of its life in New England and its lovely winters! The car has almost 100k miles but was in surprisingly good shape body wise and mechanically according to the records kept for the car. But we did find a major fail from the previous owner during the wash and subsequent correction… Let’s just say they let salt sit and sit and sit on the car (pics later) Owner only had us do an exterior correction and he did the interior with a bit of help for a quick clean-up of an otherwise near perfect interior. After 24man hours the outcome is an 8.5/10, front clip, roof, and rear decklid need some help in the clear coat department after all the salt puck marks , these require sanding to be removed and time did not allot for the additional effort needed to correct. The 3m pieces could use replacement, besides those few items we and the owner were quiet pleased with the results, car looks soaking wet and really shows off the color shift the paint undergoes in the light. Lots of pics and I hope you enjoy!!! Teaser Materials: CG Citrus Wash and Gloss Westley’s Bleach White Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Adam’s APC Mother’s Clay Bar Kit ONR Clay Bar Dilution IPA wipe down Dilution Menzerna S34A Menzerna PO203 Menzerna 106FA Menzerna Powerlock Prima Banana Gloss Stoner’s Invisible Glass Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing Zaino Bros Leather Cleaner/Conditioner NXT2 Liquid Wax Prima Slick CG Xtreme Shine CG Bare Bones Uber 5.5” Orange Uber 5.5” Green Uber 5.5” Blue Uber 5.5” Black Uber 3” Yellow Uber 3” Orange Uber 3” Green Swissvax Wheel Brush Uber Boar’s head brush Uber Wheel Brush Swissvax interior brushes Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad Misc MF Towels Shop vac Q-tips 3M Painters Tape Process Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Citrus Wash w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, PO203 w/ Orange (2 passes), 106FA w/Green (1 pass), IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Prima Banana Gloss, Prima Slick touch up. Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, Leather Zaino Bros. Cleaner and Preserve using Red Applicator pads, Glass cleaned with Invisible Glass. Engine Compartment: Dressed with Xtreme Shine Head and Tail lights: S34A w/Yellow (2-3Passes), PO203 w/Orange (1 pass), 106FA w/Green (1 pass), Powerlock w/Black EXTERIOR BEFORE You don’t see this everyday, solar panel in the sunroof. It is used to help keep the car cool on hot days. You got to be kidding me!!!! No close afters but we did the best we could without removing the emblem but the heavy scratches are blended well… Holograms :\ Hrmmmm…. Road salt? Under the lights… Not good Looks like the clear coat has been pitted severly… Claybar’ing overall was pretty bad, car has likely never seen a clay bar until today… This is only part of a panel and most of the car was as bad or worse… Lil’ 50/50 from when we were working out the process for the car…Left corrected – Right uncorrected Heavy scratch in decklid. Not removed but hidden very well. Door getting ready for correction Looking good! Hood corrected waiting for LSP… Direct lighting shows the heavy pitting on the hood Indirect… Liquid Mirror Door Sills… Corrected… Fender corrected. Head and tails before… After… Misc in-process shots… Owner lending a hand LSP is on, nearing the home stretch! AFTER
What a rare bird, although I cannot believe somone would treat such a special car this way(See it all the time and never get used to this type of neglect), car looks nice now. The lab in the reflection is like" Forget the marring........feed me now!".
Thanks for the feedback guys! Owner was saying it was one of 860ish that came to the states in 2003, so rare it is! It was a great car to work on and I have a greater appreciation for the styling now. I absolutely loved how the fender flares blended into the body. LOL... He's 92lbs now and only 15mths old! Doc says he will be over 100 when he fills out... and he loves to eat! ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING!
