MK5 Golf GTI

Awesome work Jay

Blimey... that was in a shocking condition.... 

Polishing a turd springs to mind. Jay - orsums. 

Quote from: Hedge on March 15, 2012, 11:58:51 PM
Polishing a turd springs to mind. Jay - orsums. 

Or... glitter rolling?

How do you actually manage to do that kind of damage to a car!?!?!? Nice car too!

"Bosnian Car Wash Special" me thinks 

was that the one that was in while i was there Jay?

possibly mate, its all a blur! 

wow awesome work Jay u are defo the master 

Absolutely fantastic result Jay
Well done bud
nige

Thats got to be the worst condition paint I have seen , shocking.   

Straight back into it....

Moving onto the rear bumper again..

Before



After



The rear lights were also taken care of too





After many years of poor washing and car care, it left a very nasty layer of dirt surrounding the badges. With this in mind and the amount of swirling, I decided the best thing was to remove the badges, polished all the areas necessary properly and replace the badges. We replaced them with brand new genuine parts.



Looking pretty nasty!

New badges arrived...



Before









After




Audi Rings Before









After! Much much better!!



Whilst I was working around the back with the car on the ramp I decided to do the exhausts.





The finish had diminished slightly over the years but still very presentable. This exhaust is certainly a much better standard to the Audis of late. The Audi TT-RS exhaust trims are shocking for corrosion!



The wheel nuts were looking a bit worse for wear, so they were cleaned up

The wheel nut caps were not looking too clever either!!



So new ones were ordered and fitted!



Moving back to the correction work...

Small details being covered and corrected!



Moving on to the sides









Looking infinitely better!



Before



After



The wheels were now back, so we polished and protected them with Swissvax Autobahn.











Side sills being polished. These have had some stick in there time and probably want repainting but I still gave them some serious attention. Some clueless person has had an accident with the trolley jack at some point and scuffed the skirt, which was touched in with genuine Audi paint.











On to the other side







Once all the correction work done, the car was covered in dust. You could have a perfectly clean roof and polish just one door and have a mess laid on the roof! It's just what happens when you're trying to fully turn around 5 year old rock hard Audi paint!



So outside for a snow foam rinse and also a full wash.

Looks awesome Jay. 

Dodo's finest wash mitt, which I absolutely love!



When the car was washed, we brought it into the unit and started finishing the car off. This comprised of a full CarPro Eraser wipe down again, so be sure of every panel being hologram free. Like every job I wanted the paint clarity to be spot on.



I also touched up some other areas, which required paint. Here's the edge of the drivers door being sorted

Before



After



Once the paint had dried, I polished the car again with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro and started applying a favourite Wax of mine, Swissvax Crystal Rock. The first of two coats!



Moving onto the interior detail.



The leather needs looking at as it looks a bit worse for wear.





50/50 on the leather. The RS4 has a slight sparkle in the protective lacquer coating. It does appear quite shiny due to this flake in the leather, but it looks a whole lot better after a thorough clean.









Once the interior was taken care of, I finished off the little details like sealing door shuts, cleaning, polishing and sealing glass and seal etc.

The engine bay also got finished off and dressed.



The carbon fibre parts were removed, hand polished and sealed.





Now, the car is done!! Let check the finish under the sun gun!

Finishing off with a Swissvax fluffy towel before the customer arrived.



Final shots!







































Reverse Logo shot! ;)



Some Swissvax Crystal Rock beading.



I rolled the RS4 out with some other cars I had in the unit at the time.



Also a 12 plate BMW M5 with less than 20 miles on that was delivered to me from the dealers which needs a full correction detail!! This was brought to me on the 1st March too.



More on this M5 soon ;)



Well guys, its been a very long one... 201 photos! Hopefully you're still awake at the back, thanks for checking in with me for this one. It needed quite a big write up due to the amount of work that went into it! Please leave a comment or question!

Kind Regards

Jay