Enhancement Detail - RenaultSport Megane R26.R in Glacier White

[RussZS]

Today saw me travel to a sunny but chilly Shrewsbury to Lee@BespokeCarCare's unit, to meet my mate Dale and spend some time giving his recently acquired R26.R some love ahead of it being put to bed for Winter.

The aim of the day was to restore a bit of life into the paint and lay down some solid protection for it.  Dale was also planning to make some small additions cosmetically.

The car itself is a firm personal favourite of mine and a great car to detail, as you have plastic windows, plastic wings, titanium exhaust, carbon fibre bonnet and red wheels - certainly very different to most cars.

We got cracking about 8:30 - some befores:


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Wheels first:


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Smart Wheels and EZ Brush on rear of wheels:


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Swissvax Brush of face and calipers:


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G101 on tyres:


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and rinsed!


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Foamed next with Megs Hyper Wash:


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Shuts and sills worked with G101, washed with Auto Finesse Lather and rinsed:


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Next I tackled the bonded contamination, of which there seemed to be very little.  Dale has clayed the car very thoroughly recently, so IronX did very little, aside from the boot:


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and the bottom of the petrol cap...


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Tardis and claying was not needed at all...

Next, the .R was moved inside, ready to be assessed for paint thickness and defects:


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Healthy, average readings of about 172 on most panels:


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General idea of the swirling - it's so bad, that it appears to be a single line in the pic, but the swirling was very heavy:


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After playing with various combinations on Rotary, I settled for the Megs MF system via DA, which was giving me 90% correction or so from a single set:


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The correction shots are a little disappointing, but the difference is hopefully clear:


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Quite severe defect on the bonnet...


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A couple of hits of Megs 205 via Rotary and 3M Yellow Pad:


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Some random carbon fibre pics :D


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Boot after:


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Before the ZAIO cleanse to prepare the paint for Z2, Dale added the missing vinyl graphics to his car:


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After:


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Rear bumper before:


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During:


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After:


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We also added the updated RenaultSport logo:


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We finished up with Mint Rims on the wheels:


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ZAIO base and Z2 on the paint:


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AF Crystal was used on the glass and a final wipedown of Z8 on the paint:


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I also had some spare time to do something with the rear lights, so before:


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After (out of focus slightly)


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and finally, some finished pics:


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and a few interior shots, which may interest some people:


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Thanks once again to Lee, you're a legend Sir!  Also thanks to Dale for allowing me to work on this superb machine and for his help and company!

Thanks for reading


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Russ@MidlandsCarCare

[winrya]

Nice work. 

Now if you could swap all the red bits for dark grey bits I'd like it much more

[liver]

these are also personal favorites of mine

great work as always, your work is really coming along

the end results are really good

[markymark]

That looks awesome, fantastic results and I must admit that has changed my opinion on the R26R 

[DonalM]

Nice work. 

Like these. Graphics really suit the car too.