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Old 08-15-09, 09:13 PM
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Default Detailer's Domain: Extensive Detail on an 01 S8

This was a huge undertaking. For 1 the car came to us with amazing gloss and depth, however when we went in to examine the car we found tons of imperfections on this 8 year old S8. The customer wanted this car to come out perfect, the total time to get this car right was 24 man hours. The exterior was washed, clayed, compound, polished, and finally Swissvax Divine was used to bring it out. Take a look and enjoy.

Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compound
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels/Tires/Etc
Adam's All Purpose
Einszett Wheel Cleaner
Adam's VRT
Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Swissvax Autobahn
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Adam's Glass Cleaner


Interior:
Uber Interior Kit
Leather Master Foam Cleaner for Suede/Alcantara
Leather Master Nubuck Protector

Tools:
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels

Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Let's get the interior shots in first:


Cleaning up the alcantara and protecting it





Final shots





Wash and Prep:
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Wax build up



Etching in the paint more wax/old polish build up



Pre soak and cleaning up trim





Cleaning up the wheels (not much needed)


Engine Before




Cleaning the engine bay



All Purpose wash


Claying


Masking


Testing the area for paint thickness and plan of attack
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Polishing
Before shots of passenger door
Different angles





Halogen after PG/SIP/PO85RD



Fenix light on panel after PO85RD


After all that polishing.....
DUST!




After polishing before the rinse down (no wax)




Rinse down:


Engine Before /After



Swissvax Divine


Applying Divine


Removing Wax


Final touches
Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels


Black Wow on the trim



Gummi on all the seals
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After Gummi





After shots













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Outside










Final shot


Thanks for the assistance on this one again Dan!!!! :thumb:
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Great job!! The paint looks perfect!!
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that car certainly came out perfect. amazing work yet again. i am beyond amazed at the work you do. very very very nice job
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I would say it was about 90% corrected and for a daily driver that sits outside I believe that's as good as its going to get. thanks guys!
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damn I need some guidance to get my details done like that. Amazing job
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time is a key factor and patience

the rest is some know how and instructions.

lmk what you need.
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phil, i have a couple questions for you... first, i notice in one of your first pics of cleaning the interior, you have tape around the base of you swissvax brush. is it to prevent the plastic from craking? the one i purchased from you is cracking and i want to try and prevent it from cracking all the way, but i dont think it will be possible i use it clean my rims and love the brush, but i dont think it will last tooo much longer secondly, regarding the 1Z Einszett Gummi Pflege Stift Rubber Care Stick , why is this product not shipped to NJ ?
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most guys that have a cracked base just put electrical tape around it.

voc rules prevent us from selling it to nj and the states listed.

you can email me if you would like.
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awesome work! i am amazed on the work you put into it
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fantastic job. i need to drive up to you for a detail.
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