Another dealership horror story, featuring a Scion FR-S RS 1.0 #893

Hey guys, been a while since my last write up. Finally got a car whose story I felt needed to be shared lol
Its a 2015 Scion FR-S RS 1.0 #893 of 1500.

I'm sure we are all not strangers to dealership preps/detailing gone bad, here is another. Probably the worst I have seen up to date!

Had a client email me interested in OCP & paint correction, mentioned it had been washed & swirled up by the dealership. But i was not expecting this!
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But lets rewind before we get to the good stuff. Car was dropped off the night before & to make some time, I took it to the car wash(;

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Wheels got cleaned via IronX, wheel woolies, & a few brushes. Tires got 3 rounds of LA's Totally Awesome to remove dealership applied tire shine.
Here you can see me waiting for IronX to do some work on the paint.

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There wasn't a whole lot of "bleeding" going on but it was enough to remove whatever protection was there. After washing the car, turns out all the defects were from claying. Car was perfectly smooth. At least the dealership helped me out with that lol.

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Car was then dried & taken back to my apartment complex parking lot. Swirls/marring was so bad you could easily see it!

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Before starting on the paint, I needed to remove the clear bra. Which was just as screwed up as the rest of the paint )=

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As you can see, the paint was bad allllll over. No area was spared of defects! It was worse in person, camera skills aren't good enough (yet) to capture everything on this color.

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Oh the horror!

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Hurray!

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Here it is all taped up prior to polishing.

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Fast forward a few days later to the finished product! Coated with OCP & optiseal on top.

Under the same LEDs, can you say "yeahhh baby!!". Excuse the different shade of yellos, my awesome camera skills are still in training lol

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Now outside in the sun!

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Thanks for looking!
 
What!!!!!!!!!! You should have the owner take those pictures to the dealer and get them they should stop "detailing" cars. I can't believe how bad that was. So was it just a one step to get rid of those holograms and swirls?
 
What!!!!!!!!!! You should have the owner take those pictures to the dealer and get them they should stop "detailing" cars. I can't believe how bad that was. So was it just a one step to get rid of those holograms and swirls?

He should also demand that the dealership reimburse the cost of the detail. They sold him a damaged product under false pretenses.
 
Nice turn around

Thanks!

Looks great. I'm sure the owner was ecstatic.

Thanks! Yup, certainly had expectations of it coming out as it did lol

Excellent job !!!

Thanks!

nice work on a car that should not have needed it. what a great looking car.

Thanks! Yup, but more work for me!;)

WOW.. that car was HAMMERED. Nice job!

sure was! Came out great though, thanks!

What!!!!!!!!!! You should have the owner take those pictures to the dealer and get them they should stop "detailing" cars. I can't believe how bad that was. So was it just a one step to get rid of those holograms and swirls?

He is. He will be using this write up as proof. I have a couple hundred pics in case this is not enough lol
More of a 3 step.

MFCP/HD Cut
MFFP/205
B&S Green Pad/OCP primer polish

He should also demand that the dealership reimburse the cost of the detail. They sold him a damaged product under false pretenses.

I recommended he do so, hell be using this write up as proof!
 
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