Well, last Saturday morning, I was planning to detail my cousin's car. At the first look, the car looked just like any dirty car I had seen before! No biggie, my E90 and tC were both just as dirty! Why don't we do a comparison?
Here's the tC
And the E90
Now let's have a look at that STi. Don't be fooled by its silver. This thing is filthy!
That's not even the bad part... Check out these wheels...
They were all pretty grimed up like this one. I think that one is soaking. It's possible that it wasn't though. I soaked em all in Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss for about 5-7 minutes each. None of that seemed to do any good!
Here's some of the after washing pictures
Both these rear wheels look fine with some clay bar, but check out the front wheel after washing.
This is what the other front wheel looks like too.
Now check out this JDM exhaust!
After Wash
After some metal polish
The owner said he liked the dirty look cause less cops paid attention to him, but I'm going to secretly finish this up when he's not looking kekekeke.
Now, my problem was, I had enough clay bar for a small car, and I had not expected a three year old car to build up this much grime! In my past three details, I've used up only 3/4 of a 4 oz bar of clay, even dropping a few pieces. I would have probably clayed the wheels too, but I decided to save myself from being insanely disappointed, and fight this battle another day when I get more clay bars.
I am also certain that the grime on these wheels will require quite a bit of clay, and it won't even be enough. With my current lineup of products, I don't think I'm up to the job. For cleaning, I've got some CG CWG, CG Grime Reaper, Klasse AIO, and that's about it.
I informed the owner that I couldn't continue without a full or even extra clay bar. So, I definitely will be seeing this car again.
This Scooby's paint is in pretty good condition, and I'd hate to see such nice wheels get so nasty! I've been looking to get some P21S TAW or Wheel Gel (because I asked AoshichanX and he suggested that, btw thanks man
) and just soak it in either of those. I am sure that that baked in dirt will come off because the owner has said that a bit can be scratched off with some finger nail. I'm a bit hesitant to use CG Grime Reaper because it is so strong. Do you guys have any suggestions on what I could use on the wheels? I think I can take care of the paint no problem.
A thread with pictures is always better than one without, so the pictures are for all you viewers! Thanks in advance, guys! :heelclick
Here's the tC
And the E90
Now let's have a look at that STi. Don't be fooled by its silver. This thing is filthy!
That's not even the bad part... Check out these wheels...
They were all pretty grimed up like this one. I think that one is soaking. It's possible that it wasn't though. I soaked em all in Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss for about 5-7 minutes each. None of that seemed to do any good!
Here's some of the after washing pictures
Both these rear wheels look fine with some clay bar, but check out the front wheel after washing.
This is what the other front wheel looks like too.
Now check out this JDM exhaust!
After Wash
After some metal polish
The owner said he liked the dirty look cause less cops paid attention to him, but I'm going to secretly finish this up when he's not looking kekekeke.
Now, my problem was, I had enough clay bar for a small car, and I had not expected a three year old car to build up this much grime! In my past three details, I've used up only 3/4 of a 4 oz bar of clay, even dropping a few pieces. I would have probably clayed the wheels too, but I decided to save myself from being insanely disappointed, and fight this battle another day when I get more clay bars.
I am also certain that the grime on these wheels will require quite a bit of clay, and it won't even be enough. With my current lineup of products, I don't think I'm up to the job. For cleaning, I've got some CG CWG, CG Grime Reaper, Klasse AIO, and that's about it.
I informed the owner that I couldn't continue without a full or even extra clay bar. So, I definitely will be seeing this car again.
This Scooby's paint is in pretty good condition, and I'd hate to see such nice wheels get so nasty! I've been looking to get some P21S TAW or Wheel Gel (because I asked AoshichanX and he suggested that, btw thanks man
) and just soak it in either of those. I am sure that that baked in dirt will come off because the owner has said that a bit can be scratched off with some finger nail. I'm a bit hesitant to use CG Grime Reaper because it is so strong. Do you guys have any suggestions on what I could use on the wheels? I think I can take care of the paint no problem.A thread with pictures is always better than one without, so the pictures are for all you viewers! Thanks in advance, guys! :heelclick