Dealership attacks brand new Audi S4

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Dealership attacks a brand new 2014 Audi S4!


Got your attention ; ).  Here we have a brand new 2014 Audi S4 that came to us for new car prep which turned into a full paint correction, Opti Coat, and Xpel Ultimate Installation.


What we thought would be an easy routine job turned into much more.  The dealer induced a lot of linear scratches from doing the customer a favor and removing snow off the car at deliver, unfortunately (I see this a lot) the dealer delivered the car at night.......  Please join us for another dealer fix write up.


I'll let the photos do the talking now.


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 - Menzerna FG400

- 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

Menzerna FG400

Sonax Perfect Finish

Opti Coat

Adam's Super VRT

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

Adam's Metal Polish 1

Adam's Metal Polish 2


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

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


Dealer installed - due to snow removal

A closer look - these marks were on the roof, hood, trunk

Before

Various scratches/imperfections

Wheels

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and various brushes used to clean up the OEM Peelers

Full prep photos missing due to the cold weather sorry guys


Light scratches around the door handles

After

B pillars a common issue with BMW, Audi, VW

After much better after we hit it with Menzerna FG400 and finished it out with Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

Before shot on the roof

After

Before shot on the roof

After

Imperfections on the rear trunk

After

Xpel Ultimate Pre Cut Kit installation

Exhaust tips before

After some Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Afters shots

The old and new

A drastic improvement over the what the dealer delivered.

Hope you enjoyed this one.

 

[RaskyR1]

Holly Crap! Did they use a shovel to remove the snow?!?


 


Nice save Phil!!!

 

[Scottwax]

Sadly, nothing surprises me when it comes to dealerships general incompetence when it comes to cosmetic prep. Damn fine save on this one! 

 

[speedfreak81]

Looks great Phil, and awesome color. I really like these new S4s.

 

[kaval]

My sentiments exactly!

 

[fdresq4]

Great save Phil!

 

[Accumulator]

Yes indeed, nice save!


 


If dealerships had a few delivery refusals over stuff like that maybe they'd take it more seriously.  If I somehow had to take delivery at night...outside (and how/why would that happen?!?) I'd at least hit it with a flashlight and I'd have walked away from that mess.

 

[DaGonz]

There is a used car dealership down the street from my firehouse that uses a push broom to remove snow from the vehicles in the parking lot! :blink:  

 

[Accumulator]

DaGonz- Yeah, I've seen *new* car dealerships doing that too.

 

[Guru17]

Nice rescue there. Love the title - I could almost visualize dealership guys attacking the car from all sides with a broom in their hands. :lol: :blink: