[Baldy]

This is my recent purchase was taken to a friend to try and turn around the previous damage to the paint which was most likely from poor wash technique and auto car washes.

(It's his words not mine)

Here she is, a standard dirty car:










The car was snow foam pre washed with this:







Nice thick shaving foam style:



Left to dwell on the car to soften the road grime:



Power wash rinsed:



Get in about the arches to remove the debris left behind by the winter:





The debris that has been removed from the car is caught by the foam and is easily seen here:



A safe two bucket wash with Megs Shampoo Plus:



wheels would be cleaned with Megs Wheel Brightener and Iron X:



Iron X applied with clearly visible results:









Rinsed to ensure all cleaning products are flushed away.





The car was sprayed with a degreaser and Tar remover, rinsed and washed before claying.







This car has significant paint protection film applied and it obvious where in this shot. I am not a fan of this and will restrict the work we can do to these areas safely:




the car was now clean and was dried with a few MF towels and brought into the garage for inspection and polishing:





Paint thickness measured all round to check for any resprayed or thin paint panels:



(split this post into wash & polish, next post coming right up)

[Baldy]

part deux:

Paint reading showed no real issues so on with the polishing stage. The polishes used were from 3M & Menzerna and to be applied by rotary:



new sonus pads:



Pad loaded with polish, only a few pea size spots at this point:



Rear off side 1/4 :









Passenger door with some pretty bad scuffs:





No match for the 3M:





Nice little tool for those hard to reach areas:



Bonnet:






The makita makes its mark:







Boot lid:





Offside door:





After refining the finish, a wipe down to remove polishing residue:



Black Hole glaze now applied with DA machine for added gloss/bling and to mask any remaining random scratches that could not be fully corrected as part of this job:





Even though the wheels are in total need of a refurb, tha faces were protected with Chemicals Guys in the meantime:



The last product applied was a premium wax from Zymol - Carbon:



A selection of finished photographs to end:

















The stone chip film really restricted the correction that can be done around these areas and were only whizzed over at a slower speed with a final finnish polish. Most other areas were treated to something like 90-95% correction with a great improvement in gloss. A very decent turn around within the parameters of the timescale etc and now the car looks as it should.
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[Whack01]

Nice job, a lot of work with fantastic results. Few colours shine up as nice as black , it's just a pity it gets dirty twice as quick as others.

[Kerr]

Ah, this is the bargain 335d.

I remember the post about buying it.

Look great, although I'm biased as mine looks the same as yours.

Good job by the mate.

[The_Bear_Yid]

Nice mate looks good. I'm sure it looks better in the flesh.

[DMH-01]

Looks good mate.

[jrah]

Looks fantastic and has such a deep shine! Shame black is so difficult to keep that way

[makkan00]

Great job and excellent post. I hope many will find it very useful.

[Reggie-g75]

Really nice job there!

[Baby Dave]

Very nice

[Vtec Abuser]

Pretty mint job there and well worth the money.. Is that your nice RS that I can see too?

[G82Dude]

Nice job. Just need some new centre caps for ya wheels!

[Triggster]

Lovely machine, and the 335d aint bad either!


Nice RS.

[SubtleAggressiv]

Now thats how you detail a car. Does he do this for a living?

[Baldy]

Originally Posted by SubtleAggressiv

Now thats how you detail a car. Does he do this for a living?

he just does it in his spare time, and the RS belongs to him.

was an outstanding job, I am very happy with it

[YvesD]

Excellent detailing, lovely.

Interesting tyre valves on both front tyres there......non standard?

Yves

[BIFCAIDS]

After cleaning mine today I realised just how bad the garage who i bought it from "detailed" it as its covered in swirls and in my eyes badly marred. So it looks like im gonna have to spend one weekend correcting it.

[Kerr]

Why do some people have a fascination with the Focus RS?

I'd take a 335 ahead of one without having to think.

[davyk31]

Great shine, how long did it take him?

[dan_s2k]

Looks like great results, hoping to get mine machine polished soon as also have some light scratches.

[NickP]

That looks great
My friends almost identical 335d was in a similar condition until I sorted it for him -
http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...ghlight=swirly

[Mukaram]

Fantastic results!!!