Detail My Ride - Ft SaintSteve's Tornado ED30 (Phylis)

[Greeners]

Apologies for the delay in getting this write up done (Steve), been manic here at DMR towers!

I'm sure there is no need for an introduction of this car as we are all familiar with the love story that is Steve and his Tornado Red Edition 30 which he calls Phylis! 

Steve wanted us to enhance the paintwork which although was one of the reddest of the Tornado's on here, the paintwork was lacking in definition and clarity due to some swirling and light scratches. There were also a few area's that had needed smart repairs so we did what we could to improve the look of those.

We were also asked to send the custom painted Huffs away for a refurbishment as they had lost a bit of the original shine, and a few chunks of metal here and there! 

So here is Phylis on her arrival at DMR:






As you can see here, she's nice and red but not catching light and reflections as well as she could,





So onto the wash stage with the usual 2BM and decontamination of the paintwork. And yes it was raining and have others have guessed from our Facebook page, that is Gaz getting wet! 





Now a few pics of the paintwork just to demonstrate what we had to deal with........












I think you all get the idea now! 

So while the wheels were on holiday I thought I'd give the calipers a good clean up and polish/seal as they were looking very Tornado Pink! 

Rears Before:


After:


Fronts before:


After:


Scrub a dub dub!


Now onto the the polishing stage. Now I'm not kidding when I say we probably used every pad/machine/polish/system combination we have in the cupboards as the paint thickness and paint condition varied from panel to panel!! 

Some 50/50's (just for you Steve!  )




Bonnet during polish stage:

Rear lights before:


And after: (pre refinement)






Door before:


After: (pre refinement)


Wheels back:   


And now for some finished shots.......... 























Can't say I was overly impressed with the way the finished pics came out, so decided to upload a couple I took with my iPhone as they seemed to represent the true colour much better!





Want to give a huge thanks to Steve (and Mrs Steve) for taking the time and effort to bring the car to us all the way from the South Coast! 

Thanks for taking the time to read another one of our write ups.

Comments and questions welcome!

Nathan & Gaz

[maxload]

Having seen Steves car many times  pre DMR I thought it always looked mint as he does take good care of it. Looking at the 50/50 pics I cant believe how bad it was.
Looking at it in the flesh now the paintwork is just awesome a proper head turner.
Great work guys 

[Deako]

Good work guys.   Its safe to say my cars wont go anywhere else now, and not just because you are only a stones throw (down the road) from us.

[Hedge]

Very nice guys. Did you wash the brakes too hot as they seem to have shrunk? 

[rich83]

Very nice guys. Did you wash the brakes too hot as they seem to have shrunk? 

 

[tony_danza]

Do you know what I like about these DMR write ups? They seem to be focused on what the customer wants. Rather than the going all out covering the car in Unicorn tears and polishing it with virgin's pubes malarkey.

I've been put off going to a detailer in the past, because they always ram a load of stuff down my throat and insist they need to do 4 days of frankly flabergasting processes. I don't doubt DMR would do this too if asked, but unlike all the others, they seem to listen when the layperson such as me just wants their car to look nice.

Well done.

[Saintsteve]

As much as I can put DMR's way in terms of praise, and workmanship , absolutely 1st class. Those pics don't tell the full story and only people that have seen it now in the flesh can confirm, She's looking the best since I've owned it.

Picture 9 shows part of the wet sanding damage to the lacquer that didnt come out the 1st attempt, purely because the of VW's lacquer being too hard unless your using the correct equipment .

Thankyou again Guys, and I hope it convinces more people to come to you regardless of a few hours travel.

By far the best money I've spent on the car to date.

 

[MC71]

  

Bloody hell, that's impressive. Can't believe the difference in 50/50 shots.

[Wild Bean]

Very nice guys. Did you wash the brakes too hot as they seem to have shrunk? 

Apparently. Size isn't everything

[MC71]

^^^ only said by peeps with small ones 

[RedRobin]

Can't say I was overly impressed with the way the finished pics came out, so decided to upload a couple I took with my iPhone as they seemed to represent the true colour much better!

Comments and questions welcome!

Nathan & Gaz

....I was about to post exactly the same and was trying to work out how to word it without appearing to be having a pop at ya!

Your later iPhone pics are unexpectedly (for an iPhone) hugely better. The red has a depth which I'm sure more accurately represents the true colour. Photographing any red is never easy.

[Hedge]

Red is easy to photograph it's black and white that are the pain in the @rse. 

[Saintsteve]

this pic is a raw images  took with my Nikon, which shows the results abit better..


DMR detail 002 by Saint steve, on Flickr


DMR detail 005 by Saint steve, on Flickr

[john_o]

 

[Greeners]

Thanks one and all for such positive comments! It really does make all the hard work worthwhile!