450HP VW R32 part II

[audicoupej]

I finally had a chance to polish out the rest of my car from body work I had back in September. Original thread here: http://www.autopia.org/forum/pro-details-before-after/125186-450hp-2004-vw-r32.html which lists the mods as well.



Since I took the car out of the garage for the warm weather my rear bumper has been getting strange spots. Here is the thread and a picture of the spots that I think a few autopians have put me on the right track to eliminating them. Thread: http://www.autopia.org/forum/car-detailing/130899-what-my-paint.html



Example of the spots:

Anyways, last year I polished the car out except for the freshly painted parts which included the front bumper, passenger side mirror, door, fender and sideskirt. I had to take the car back to the body shop once because they never wetsanded the paint and the orange peel was horrible (it still isn't great), they never painted my mirror (but they charged me for it) and they had color overspray on the rubber window channel. They fixed these and left me with paint that looked like this:

Lovely! Sanding tracers, pig tails, buffer trails, clear coat defects, you name it! This was from a body shop that I was recommended to by many people. They are supposed to be one of the best in this area. Either I got screwed or the other body shops are really bad in this area because I was not very happy and I even spoke with the shop owner while getting an estimate about my concerns so he knew I was not the average customer before he gave me a quote.



I've been suffering but haven't had a chance to polish it out for a few months. I have been driving the car and enjoying it though!



Process:



ONR wash the panels to be polished

Clay magic blue for heavy overspray on the door jamb

Mothers Gold clay on the repainted panels and rear bumper

FK425 for clay lube and to clean up clay residue

Megs 105/PFW via rotary @ 1400-1900rpms

Menzerna 85RD/White LC CCS via rotary @1100-1400rpms

ONR wash entire car to remove dust/oils

FK Pink Wax

Tires have a very light coat of Ardex New Concept



I still want to wetsand the panels to get them better but for now the car looks much better.



Before:

After 105:

50/50 after 105:

Afters after being driven about 10 miles:

Thanks for looking. I'm still learning with my camera so I apologize for the less than stellar photos.



Here are some short video clips nothing special but they have decent sound.



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[2005GTPinMD]

Great turn-around. Your car looks stunning and it must be FAST. How heavy is the car? 3,500 lbs? With that much HP you must be close to the 5 second mark for 0-60.

 

[d.manning]

I keep hearing it but by the time I look out the window there's no trace.........



Great work!

 

[The Wraith]

Incredible ride, man. Love those MkV R's especially in blue!

 

[audicoupej]

Great turn-around. Your car looks stunning and it must be FAST. How heavy is the car? 3,500 lbs? With that much HP you must be close to the 5 second mark for 0-60.

Thanks. The car is fairly heavy. I think it's around 3300 but with a full tank, me and everything else in it it probably sits around 3600+. It's quick, not fast. My bike is faster. I have no clue what the 0-60 is on it.

I keep hearing it but by the time I look out the window there's no trace.........



Great work!

Thanks Mike. I drove by the other day hoping you were around but didn't see the car in the driveway. One of these days we will catch each other.

Incredible ride, man. Love those MkV R's especially in blue!

Thanks. I love the deep blue pearl too! Nice candy white MKV in your avatar pic. The votex kit looks good on them.

 

[The Wraith]

^^^ Thanks, buddy. I love that VW saves their best color, deep blue pearl, for their biggest head turner, the R32. I hope and pray the Golf R makes it stateside. My go to guy at the VW dealership tells me it's on the way, but you never know. Post moar pics, man!!!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Excellent work John - good to see you posting. The car looks very good.

 

[audicoupej]

^^^ Thanks, buddy. I love that VW saves their best color, deep blue pearl, for their biggest head turner, the R32. I hope and pray the Golf R makes it stateside. My go to guy at the VW dealership tells me it's on the way, but you never know. Post moar pics, man!!!

The Golf R story reminds me of the R32 story. We weren't sure if it was actually coming over or not.

Excellent work John - good to see you posting. The car looks very good.

Thanks Thomas! I see the dealership has been keeping you very busy!