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A very good customer brought us his brand new VW Jetta GLI for new car prep and Opti Coat.  We also installed Xpel Ultimate on the headlights and fog lights.


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 steamed

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with Sonax High Gloss Shampoo

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

- Last step - Opti Coat

- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and protected

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

- Headlight and Fogs were cleaned up and protected clear film - Xpel Ultimate


 

Products used:

Optimum No Rinse

Sonax High Gloss Shampoo

Stoner's Tarminator

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Sonax Multi Star

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Uber Yellow Poly Clay Bar

Sonax Perfect Finish

Opti Coat

Adam's Super VRT

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Sonax Plastic Trim Restorer


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 Orange Foam Pad

Uber Green Foam 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 - included cleaning wheels and tires, decon with AF Iron Out, Nanoskin autoscrub/clayed.

Cleaning up the paint with the Rupes Tools and Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6 prior to IPA and Opti Coat.

Finishing Touches - adhesive removed on wheels, trim dressed up with Sonax Plastic Restorer Gel, steam used to clean out dust/adhesive residue.  The trim cleaned up and dressed in Adam's In and Out.  Tires were cleaned and dressed with Adam's Super VRT.

Afters

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[AquaHawk]

Looks great! Really has a beautiful shine to it!

 

[David Fermani]

Looking baller Phil! 

 

[Msuperbauer]

Looks awesome! That crooked front license plate would make me crazy though, lol

 

[Concourswanna b]

As a 2012 Golf and Jetta owner, that's a fantastic job on a sweet car.


 


 

Looks awesome! That crooked front license plate would make me crazy though, lol

Yeah, but at least it's one of the "offset" plate fixtures that bolts on without drilling right into the bumper.


 

 

[Junebug]

Beautiful car, hope he brought a car carrier to take it home and store it till this crappy weather improves!