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DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« on: March 22, 2012, 09:46:42 pm »
Hello Again Chaps,

Well I'm sure you are all familiar with this particular MK5!  :wink: As Steve was off to the Nurburgring for a thorough test of the new hardware and software on his car, he asked his most favourite detailer to give his car a spruce up ready for the trip!!  :jumpmove:

Due to time restrictions (yes Steve was late!  :laugh: ) there are no before pics I'm afraid, but I'm sure you can all have a wild guess at how she looked!!  :wink:

It was agreed that a light enhancement would be carried out, including a light interior detail.

- Wheels cleaned using AS Smart Wheels, vikan/lambswool brushes, decontaminated with Tardis/Iron X
- 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 remove using Iron X
- Paintwork Cleansed with Lime Prime via DA, removing light swirl marks/haze, preparing paint ready for wax. Several areas had bad hazing, these areas were given a few passes with a microfibre pad to give a little more bite.
- Dodo Juice Purple Haze applied to paintwork
- Wheels lightly polished by hand, sealed using Mint Rims
- Tyres, plastics and rubbers dressed with Car Pro Perl, glass cleaned, exhaust/chrome polished
- Light interior detail, include mats/carpets clean, fabrics, plastics etc, glass cleaned

About 8 hours worth of work ended up with this:  :evilgrin:











































I think we all agreed she had never looked so fresh, but we also agreed there was more room for improvement at a later date!

Thanks for reading!  :happy2:

Nathan & Gaz

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2012, 09:54:34 pm »
Hmm, nah, don't like that at all.



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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2012, 10:20:09 pm »
Looks real good. Tornado Red done proper is very good.  :notworthy:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2012, 10:31:14 pm »
The skylights really help bring out the shine in the paintwork, so I'm puzzled as to why the Boss looks so glum in the pics!

Sorry Steve, I know you love the green and purple rims but the car looks awesome with black rims.

The GTI isn't just a machine. It's very much a living, breathing thing.

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2012, 10:35:16 pm »
looks perfect with the black rims

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2012, 10:41:05 pm »
what bumper is that? looks  :evilgrin:
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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2012, 11:23:17 pm »
Bloody detailing.  :fighting:  every time i tried to put the coffee cups on the roof the would just slide off.  Have you been using Teflon polish.  :rolleye:

The car looked superb first thing loading it onto the trailer.  :congrats:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2012, 08:14:50 pm »
Cheers DMR, as TC said the car looked great but can hold a cup for toffee now  :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2012, 07:39:26 pm »
BEAST!! great work guys! ;

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2012, 08:03:13 pm »
very tidy :-) but whats with the pink lighting in the reflections Nath?  
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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2012, 09:58:49 pm »
thats just what tends to happen on a red car when light late afternoon/evening light comes thru a roof light an reflects off it??

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2012, 10:06:49 pm »
very tidy :-) but whats with the pink lighting in the reflections Nath?  


It is 'Tornado Pink' Steve what do you expect!  :pomppomp:


As Jay said, it looks as though it's the lighting from the skylights in the Roof!  :happy2:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2012, 10:09:00 pm »
Remember my car has been painted 7 different shades of Red during it's time at VWR by there prefer master painters, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles  :laugh: :laugh:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2012, 10:10:57 pm »
Remember my car has been painted 7 different shades of Red during it's time at VWR by there prefer master painters, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles  :laugh: :laugh:

I thought the transfered MR Charles onto TFSI engine transplants.  :innocent:

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Re: DMR Ring Prep - Boss Man's Red Missile!!
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2012, 10:14:31 pm »
^^^ Nope that's David Blunkett on the engines now, they have Mr Charles on the 6 pot brake production line now  :laugh: :laugh: