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This was my customers daily driver that's in great mechanical shape however the paint was another story. At pickup the car looked cleaned but after further inspection at the shop I noticed a ton of sap on the car as its parked outside under a tree. Sap was on the paint as well as all over the windows. Let's say we threw out a the clay bar after this one. The car has never been properly polished in its 11 years on the road. So I went at this one with Power Gloss, PO203, and finished with PO85RD, since I haven't been giving Lusso any love lately I decided to finish off with it on this detail and I was very very happy with the results.

As for the interior it was in great shape, a vac, and interior wipe down with the usually got it looking clean again.

As for the engine that was another story, P21S Total Autowash was used to clean it up and Black Wow and Einszett Vinyl Rubber Care was used to treat the rubber.

Products Used:
Exterior:
Lusso Auto Bath in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Einszett Spray Wax
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The Uber Menzerna PO203S/PO85RD Kit
Menzerna Top Inspection
Lusso Oro

Wheels and Tires
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit
Replaced Swissvax Pneu on this one for Einszett Vinyl Rubber Care

Interior and Glass (sorry no pics)
Lusso Glass Polish
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital
Einszett Cockpit
Einszett Plastic/Vinyl Cleaner
Swissvax Pneu Brush
Swissvax Detail Brush

Engine: (sorry no pics)
P21S Total Autowash
Black Wow
Einszett Vinyl/Rubber Care

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Before Shots you can clearly see the scratches/swirls/defects





Before engine shots:

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Prep/Wash/Engine Cleaning
We worked on the engine first, (the engine was warm to the touch)
Using P21S and the Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush and Swissvax Wheel Brush we went to town on the engine






On to the car wash, using the Cam Spray Foam Canon and Cam Spray Pressure washer with Lusso Auto Bathe

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Black wow applied to plastic engine pieces


Before shot of engine:


Final shot of engine: (pic taken before the car was rinsed down and finished)


Interior clean up: (sorry no pictures of the before and after)



Polishing pictures (before/ 50/50/ afters)
Rear quarter before


50/50 of rear quarter after PG, 203, 85RD


Tape removed

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Hood 50/50 shot


Dust after all that polishing:



Couple after polish shots:




Tape:


After the car was rinsed off we cleaned up the jambs with Einszett Spray Wax

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Progress of the shop



After shots (the car was finished at 11:30 pm and delivered to the customer sorry no shots outside) Lusso Oro looks amazing!

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Enjoy and thanks to Joe and Alvin for the help....

24 man hours went into this one.

LiCelsior

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nice job Phil, looks alot better than before.....A LOT.

A1Lexis

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Great job Phil. It always amazes me that there are people out there who do not take care of their expensive cars...but 11 years?? WOW! You had your work cut out for you on this one. The engine looks fantastic!!

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hey it happens. people just don't have time, my 08 STI hasn't been washed yet in 3200 miles its looks horrible! but I get paid to do peoples cars so I guess mine have to suffer.

One HoT

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Awesome job. How long did the whole thing take you?

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24 hours as stated on the post

varcity64

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Phil, if i said you did an amazing job, it would be an understatement! The after pics are simply stunning. I have a couple questions for you if you dont mind me asking. What do you do with all that dust from the menzerna products? And why do you use the tape? What purpose does it serve? Thanks in advance

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the tape is so I don't burn the trim on the bmw, the bmw's I have worked with always had thin coats of paint on the bumper. as well the plastic trim doesn't hold up well to 1500 rpm when touched (ask me how I know I rubbed up against my e36 m3)

as far as the dust I rinsed it all off with water.

too bad I don't have a steady hand I believe the pictures don't really tell the whole story.

vwynn

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im still wondering how do you clean the engine =/ i dont wanna risk destroying the electical stuff..

Whats your step? did you mask anything before spraying the p21?

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engines from the mid 90's up are pretty water tight.

i don't do much I spray p21s on it , brush, rinse let it dry, if you don't have the stomach for it, then give it to a pro...

I know many of my customers won't do it themselves.