tom p.
Active member
I got my new car this past week. It took just four weeks and 6 days to arrive in the USA from the time we ordered - - basically 4 weeks early! The car is a 2011 Audi A4 quattro (8spd, Premium Plus, Sport Pkg, Micrometal, Exhaust Tips) in Quartz grey metallic with grey interior.
The car was really in excellent shape, as I would expect. Audi ships their cars with some sort of cloth cover (see foto below) and it seems to do a good job of keeping the car clean. I went back to inspect the car and saw their "detailers" wiping some sort of stuff on the painted surfaces...probably one of those silicone-laden "showroom shine" sprays. The car appears to be free of defects so there really wasn't much to do. I elected to keep it simple so I could spend some time driving the car this weekend instead of working in the garage for hours. I ended up doing a quick coat of Autoglym's SRP which did add a bit of gloss to the surface and certainly made the metallic flake a bit more noticeable.
In the next few months I'll figure out a more permanent game plan, I just didn't have any interest spending the entire day on the car. I'll probably fly with the FK 215/1000p combo or possibly try the new Opti-Coat product.
I applied Aquapel to front and rear glass. RAINX on mirrors, side glass and moon roof. I'm going to apply Leather Masters Protection Creme to the seats when I have a few mins to see how that does on a fresh surface.
Before:
Jet contrail visible in hood reflection:
During:
I used Optimum's Power Clean to try to strip off whatever the dealer applied. I don't think I had the solution strong enough cuz I still had a lot of beading after my final rinse.
The next day I applied Collinite's #885 to door jambs, under-hood and trunk areas while the car is still fresh.
After:
Micrometal inlays, interior:
A few bonus shots from the dealer:
The new A7 just arrived:
We were told this is a very rare car, 500 built:
The car was really in excellent shape, as I would expect. Audi ships their cars with some sort of cloth cover (see foto below) and it seems to do a good job of keeping the car clean. I went back to inspect the car and saw their "detailers" wiping some sort of stuff on the painted surfaces...probably one of those silicone-laden "showroom shine" sprays. The car appears to be free of defects so there really wasn't much to do. I elected to keep it simple so I could spend some time driving the car this weekend instead of working in the garage for hours. I ended up doing a quick coat of Autoglym's SRP which did add a bit of gloss to the surface and certainly made the metallic flake a bit more noticeable.
In the next few months I'll figure out a more permanent game plan, I just didn't have any interest spending the entire day on the car. I'll probably fly with the FK 215/1000p combo or possibly try the new Opti-Coat product.
I applied Aquapel to front and rear glass. RAINX on mirrors, side glass and moon roof. I'm going to apply Leather Masters Protection Creme to the seats when I have a few mins to see how that does on a fresh surface.
Before:
Jet contrail visible in hood reflection:
During:
I used Optimum's Power Clean to try to strip off whatever the dealer applied. I don't think I had the solution strong enough cuz I still had a lot of beading after my final rinse.
The next day I applied Collinite's #885 to door jambs, under-hood and trunk areas while the car is still fresh.
After:
Micrometal inlays, interior:
A few bonus shots from the dealer:
The new A7 just arrived:
We were told this is a very rare car, 500 built: