Todays detail was an absolute beauty! Packed under the Black Sapphire Metallic paint is 300 Ponies, 300 torque ft/lbs twin turbo’d! The interior red leather in contrast with the black is absolutely stunning. The roof collapses down and tucks away into the trunk with a click of a button...
Todays detail...
Jet Black 325ci totally neglected for the past 5 years of ownership. Never detailed
Surf City Wash Concentrate with Euro-W Bucket + Grit guard
Swissvax Ultrafine Clay w/ ONR lube
Meguiars 105 w/ Orange pad on a Flex on Hood/Roof/Trunk
Menzerna P085RD on whole car w/ white...
*I'll upload more pix as he sends them to me
The car was COVERED in swirls, there wasn't much of a shine to it even after a wash. There was clearly no protection on the paint since the water just sat on the paint when I was hosing it down (Mine likes to slide right off :D).
Anyways, heres a...
I didn't get too many pictures of the before, and the few I did was after the claying process - you can still see the lubrication in the pictures -- but you can also get an idea of the paint condition before. It was :ugh::ugh: . I didn't know what I was up against until after the wash! Anyways...
Time: 7 hours
Two Bucket wash method w/ grit guard, Permaplate Wash Concentrate
Swissvax fine grade clay & ONR for lube
PC UDM
50/50 Optimum Compound & Polish on a white pad on speed 6
Optimum Polish on white pad on speed 6
FS UPP on red pad speed 2
Duragloss spray wax (DG951?)
ONR...
Its mid January, and the rain has finally hit California. (Yeah, I know, damn Californians! haha). During the rainless season, I like to do the traditional wash -- I only get to wash it maybe once a month due to time constraints -- since it seemed more appropriate given the time between my...
So the guy was limited on time & money, so I did what I can givin the amount of time I had with the car, to make it as presentable as I could. It pulled up to my driveway looking pretty heavily neglected. The dirt and grime on the paint made it appear as though there were no swirls at all... or...