2015 Subaru STI - dealer installed imperfections get deleted

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A very good customer of ours picked up his new Subaru STI, at delivery he already noticed that it was in pretty bad shape, but he knew he was coming in for a new car prep and Opti Coat so all was well.  


That being said I'm still surprised at how dealers just don't understand how to deliver a car.  Why not train your crew to do it right?


Exterior


- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with Adam's Car Wash

- Decon with Auto Finesse Iron Out

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Compound - Adam's Paint Correcting Polish and Meguiar's M100

- Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

- Last step - Opticoat

- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned - polished - Opti Coat

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed


Products used:

Adam's Car Wash

Auto Finesse Iron Out

Stoner's Tarminator

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Sonax Multi Star

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Adam's Paint Correcting Polish

Meguiar's M100

Sonax Perfect Finish

Opti Coat

Optimum Bond Tire Gel

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner


Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber Quick Detail MF Towels

Uber All Purpose MF Towels

Rupes LHR75E

Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher

Flex XC3401VR

Uber Buffing Pads

Meg's MF Cutting Pad

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Uber Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Adam's Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster


Before

Prep - wheels, tires, wheel wells cleaned up - car washed, decon'd, and clayed.

Using the Uber Wool Wash Mitt for the tops and the Uber Yellow Wash Sponge for the bottom of the car.  We do this to prevent dirt getting into the mitts and potentially scratching the paint.

Paint correction

 

 

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Using the Flex XC3401 to get linear scratches off the wing and rear deck lid.

Using an Adam's Orange Pad and Adam's Paint Correcting Polish.

50/50 shots - left side before - right side after.

Surprising how dull the paint was on a brand new car.  

Customer requested to debadge, since the car was new it was quite easy to remove.  We used dental floss and remove the emblems.  We removed the leftover adhesive with Auto Finesse Obiltarate.  Ghosting was remove with the Rupes LHR12 and Sonax Perfect Finish.

Results after compound and polishing

After prepping the paint we applied Opti Coat Pro

After

Hope you enjoyed this one.


If you have any questions please post below or feel free to email me at phil@detailersdomain.com

 

[zmcgovern45]

Still not completely sure how I feel about the new '15 wrx's.... but I do know that I love that metal flake and you guys surely made it pop!  nice job!

 

[House of Wax]

Always amazes me the amount of correction needed on some new cars. Looks good