Megane Cabrio Back to Black

[Racer]

Hi

This is a special detail for me because, once i owned a similar car and spent many good moments driving it.

Let´s go for the facts , its a Renault Mégane Cabriolet 1.4 16V from 2000, all black, leather seats.
Swirls were allover the car, fenders and rear side was scratched , i find also many stains in the paint and some contamination.

The setup was :

- washed with sonax and clayed with #34
- wheels polished with 1z PP and sealed with PB Wheel Sealant.
- Menzerna PG x 5 ( hood and trunk, others areas 3 for 4 times ) yellow pad
- Menzerna IP x 1 green polishing pad
- Menzerna FF x 1 blue pad
- Grojet 2000 and topped with nattys x 2 ( 1 hour apart from each layer )
- Mothers plastic polish for the lights

Engine bay was degreased with 1z W99 , 1z Balsam for rubbers tubes and plastics.
- 1Z gummi for larger rubbers

Interior:

vacuum and all plastics with 1z Intensive plastic cleaner, and conditioned with 1z Tiefenfleger.
APC and 4 star leather conditioner on the leather, 2 coats,
its a car for riding in direct sunlight, the seats absorved it all.

The top

Washed with sonax, some hours later i used apc and finished with 1Z Cabrio protect.
The plastic window was polished with Mother plastic polished, great results.
All the rubber from the top and other rrubber sealers, took 1z gummifleger.


Before :

the wood in detail :wink:

the rear plastic window seems lost... :nono

The after :

After all it wasnt

I had 2 casualties , but after the 911 T and volvo 480 job they deserv to rip :hah

Hope ur liked.

Akele abraço

 

[jaybs02]

Another excelent job :bigups
How long did this one take
Excelent save on the plastic, and for the engine...first pic looks like someone threw a bucket of dirt in there. :eek

Your 2 casualties should be burried with honors, they served well
I have to ask, do you look for the worst cars in Portugal to detail or do they just find you :lol

"J"

 

[Racer]

Hi

I have to ask, do you look for the worst cars in Portugal to detail or do they just find you

i dont know, but i think i like challenges

This one took almost 18 hours, 2 saturdays.
Im planning to buy a makita 9227cb, with pc i take a lot of time removing the defects

Akele abraço

 

[mgm2003]

Very nice work. The car looks so MUCH better.

Power Gloss x 5 with a yellow pad -and you still had paint left?

Have you tried an orange pad? IMO, they work better.

You won't need that many passes if you move up to a rotary that's for sure.

 

[Racer]

Have you tried an orange pad? IMO, they work better.

I tried with the orange pad, but edge yellow pad worked much better and u dont imagine the type of swirls i was dealing with :wall

Power Gloss x 5 with a yellow pad -and you still had paint left?

the paint u remove with a pc its anal...

I need a rotary upgrade NOW!!

 

[Craigster]

Fantastic Job!!


I just had a similar wrestling match witht a black Mustang. I know what you went through....

 

[JaredPointer]

As always, very nice work. :bigups

 

[LikeaRock]

All I can say is WOW! Great work! :bigups

 

[GregCavi]

hell of a job! Looks Great!

Greg

 

[scrub]

Nice work again! Looks like another winner.

 

[Exquisite]

Fantastic tranformation! :rockin

 

[tyltan]

Did you try to fix the scratches? Is it possible to fix those scratches? My sister's car got the similar scratches and I told her that I can fix them for her. Does anyone know step by step to fix those scratches? Sorry I didn't mean to hijack your tread but I don't have the picture of my sister's car.

 

[Racer]

Did you try to fix the scratches? Is it possible to fix those scratches?

I polished the areas with the scratches, some were gone but the heavy ones ( reached the primary ) only repainting.
But are much better, not perfect...

I was thinking wetsanding those...but without rotary, its a PITA.

Akele abraço

 

[tyltan]

I was thinking about touchup paint then sand down the touch up paint. Hopefully, it will look ok. I will post pics after this weekend.

 

[Mikeyzr]

Nice. What a transformation! The vinyl top and engine took a 180 turnaround. I sure hope that customer was a happy one! I think once you get your rotary you'll wish you had it for this one!

Mike