Black Audi A4 B8

[xjay1337]

Thought I would share a quick detail I spent a very loooooooong time doing.
It's my partners car, 2010 Audi A4 B8 with some smart modifications.

I remember one of the first times I met her she asked for my help washing her car and I witnessed her pull out a tiny little bucket and a gritty sponge.  
Soon after much moaning from me she's got it down pat now but unfortunately a lot of damage had been inflicted by someone else who had seemingly gotten very buzz happy with a machine polisher!!!

So I booked a day off work and spent what turned out to be 16 hours on the exterior in one sitting... even after the weekend break I'm still buggered.
As was up against the time didn't really spend a lot of time taking pictures but I got a few.

The car was washed in the usual method of course and wheels were cleaned.
Car wasn't particularly in need of claying and had no tar so straight inside to be dried and taped up.

Typical marks over the whole car:



And after a 2 stage machine polish using Scholl S3 XXL followed by S40 on a variety of pads from the likes of Scholl , Lake County and Chemical Guys:




Bonnet done:



50/50 on the drivers door:



Someone scratched her rear quarter panel (suspect at a meet unfortunately).

No bother...
Before:
20140912_132455 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr


After:

20140912_133331 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

Another random picture

20140912_140850 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

And finally some finished pictures!
What do you think of the newly installed LED light wall?

20140912_221330 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr


The car was wiped down with IPA / Eraser where necessary.
The bonnet and boot were given 2 coats of Cquartz UK.. unfortunately where she parks her car birds tend to take a liking to the paint. the bonnet was resprayed previously and not the best job and etches very easily so anything that we can do to protect it...

Rest of the car was coated with FinishKare (FK) 1000p which is a good go-to wax, and gives 6 months or so of protection.

Some finished pics.



20140913_125347 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

20140912_221330 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

20140913_125453 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

20140913_125501 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

hdr_00023_0 by Fat Bear Photography, on Flickr

[GS WAX]

Nice work,

How do you find S3xxl ?, I got a sample a few weeks ago,impressive product,not as humidity sensitive as S3, finishes down so sharp too,cant make my mind up between that and megs 101 for vag paint.

Quick tip.. get an old or a new beach/drying towel,open bonnet and place across scuttle and up the windscreen,saves a lot of clean up time after 

[Sjw_Vw]

Nice

[GrayMK5GTI]

Great work 

Also, in the reflections you are female, and skinnier? 

[xjay1337]

Nice work,

How do you find S3xxl ?, I got a sample a few weeks ago,impressive product,not as humidity sensitive as S3, finishes down so sharp too,cant make my mind up between that and megs 101 for vag paint.

Quick tip.. get an old or a new beach/drying towel,open bonnet and place across scuttle and up the windscreen,saves a lot of clean up time after 

I do prefer it to the standard S3, we use Scholl polishes mainly but of course have loads of different ones. It finishes just as nicely as S3 which on most German paint means you only need to do minimal refining, but does have that little extra cut which does help meaning you don't need to do a second pass where as with standard S3 you would perhaps need to.

Normally the go to is an orange hexlogic (or similar from another brand) and s3 xxl and then s40 and a green hexlogic (or similar from another brand) on vag paint and that works well...sometimes bump to a yellow hex!

And cheers for the tip,  will try the towel 

Nice

Cheers bud :)

Great work 

Also, in the reflections you are female, and skinnier? 

I could be female if you wanted, skinnier, probably not.. 

[rdfcpete]

Can't categorically tell without seeing the interior, but Black Edition isn't it Jay? 

Those wheels are really marmite for me but I think they look puuure sound, especially on Phantom Black. Your Mrs has done some good work there.

Is the A4 a member of the CR170 tdi club too?
An A4 B8 CR 170 (mapped) is possibly the best family daily option around IMHO 

[xjay1337]

Can't categorically tell without seeing the interior, but Black Edition isn't it Jay? 

Those wheels are really marmite for me but I think they look puuure sound, especially on Phantom Black. Your Mrs has done some good work there.

Is the A4 a member of the CR170 tdi club too?
An A4 B8 CR 170 (mapped) is possibly the best family daily option around IMHO 

Haha, no it's an S-Line. she's had the chrome trim surrounds done in black vinyl wrap :)

Don't think she is.. mapped is fine but the money is quite a lot.

[th3_f15t]

Yeah, I'm defo going to let you loose on my car in the new year.

[allyp]

Wow that looks great 

[TForrest94]

Stunning results jay, same polish pad choice i own great to see i made the right choice