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Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R *Update 08/05/12*
« on: April 12, 2012, 11:52:25 pm »
Hi Chaps,

After admiring this particular car on last years Ring trip I finally got my hands on her to give her some much needed TLC! We carried out a light enhancement detail, as well as refinishing two sets of alloys. A set of 19" Talladega alloys in High Gloss Black, and a second set of 18" Team Dynamics Pro Race also in High Gloss black which are used mainly as track wheels. We also re-painted some very sorry looking brakes, having only covered a few hundred miles they had already rusted over (no surprise there then!).


Process:

- Wheels were only lightly rinsed off due to being removed for refinish
- Tyres/arches cleaned using AS G101, vikan brushes
- Citrus pre-wash via foam lance, to remove loose debris/dirt, high pressure rinse
- Bodywork, door shuts etc washed using Auto Finesse Lather, 2BM and lambswool mitts
- Paintwork decontaminated with AS Tardis, contamination removed using Iron X
- Paintwork  cleansed using Dodo Juice Lime Prime prior to waxing.
- Paintwork was using Dodo Juice Supernatural
- Freshly refinished wheels lightly polished by hand, sealed using Mint Rims
- Tyres, plastics and rubbers dressed with Car Pro Perl, glass cleaned, corroded exhaust tips cleaned
- Light interior detail, include mats/carpets clean, fabrics, plastics etc, glass cleaned

Before:

















During:







Some serious contamination!







Brakes in a poor state:





Afters:









































Unfortunatly we didn't manage to get any pics with the bolt covers on as they came with the customer when he collected.

Thanks for looking, comments and questions welcome!

Nathan & Gaz
« Last Edit: May 08, 2012, 09:42:06 pm by Greeners »

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 12:16:57 am »
Love the turnaround. Such an awesome looking car.

How do you find the autofinesse shampoo?

Surprised you went for SN. Was it the hybrid or V2?

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 07:38:34 am »
Do you always favour a citrus pre-wash over a snow foam?

Looks great, must have been very satisfying, particularly considering the levels of contamination.

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 07:53:07 am »
BBBBBooooooooooooo!

Looks lovely, bet Brian is happy?

Those exhausts need sorting still, they stick out far too much!

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 08:08:19 am »
BBBBBooooooooooooo!

Looks lovely, bet Brian is happy?

Those exhausts need sorting still, they stick out far too much!
Don't mention that bloody exhaust Dave! He's still banging on about it to anyone who will listen! :indifferent:


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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 08:13:08 am »
What make is it Mark?

I would have had it back to get sorted.

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 09:01:38 am »
Yeah, I was going to say that exhaust looks ridiculous!

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 09:10:57 am »
What make is it Mark?

I would have had it back to get sorted.
Its a VWR Milltek but nobody at either VWR or Milltek seemed interested in sorting the problem for him so I contacted Nige at BCS and he is hopefully sorting him out a new system. Obviously I have only heard Mark's side of the story but its been going on far to long now.
« Last Edit: April 13, 2012, 09:33:16 am by markymark »

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 09:51:15 am »
Lovely car :) wish I had enough money for one :)

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 06:18:45 pm »
Ha I've just looked at this thread and lovely car and as I read down the pages that was going to be my first criticism the exhaust! The only other thing is the gap between arches and wheels still Looks rather large.  :happy2:

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 08:05:22 pm »
Love the turnaround. Such an awesome looking car.

How do you find the autofinesse shampoo?

Surprised you went for SN. Was it the hybrid or V2?

Why surprised Jaz?  :confused:

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2012, 08:07:07 pm »
Do you always favour a citrus pre-wash over a snow foam?

Looks great, must have been very satisfying, particularly considering the levels of contamination.

Just depends on the car and how bad/contaminated the car is. We actually snow foamed this twice too as we had to use so much Tardis and IronX.  :happy2:

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 09:15:06 pm »
Figured you would have put a sealant instead of a wax Not surprised at the choice of SN though!  :grin:
« Last Edit: April 14, 2012, 10:38:20 am by stealthwolf »

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2012, 12:17:42 am »
Lovely car, super work Nath.

White cars still float my boat especially when detailed.

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Re: Detail My Ride - Candy White Scirocco R
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2012, 10:24:13 am »
Figured you would have put a wax instead of a sealant. Not surprised at the choice of SN though!  :grin:

I only use sealants on my car Jaz. I still hate hybrid though.  :grin:

Power lock looks amazing on candy white and pearl black.

Great work guys. The R looks amazing. Gem wants a Rocco R next. But I want a Golf R or even the Golf RS. Might have to have one of both.  :wink:
« Last Edit: April 14, 2012, 10:25:45 am by Deako »
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