2002 A4 Spring Detail 56k walk away

[imported_Grouse]

I detailed this car last July. The car was then washed by me in november. This is how i got it today. To be fair the owner just opened a resteraunt and works 16-18 hours aday. So, Washing the car is not high on his need to do list. the 2nd set of pics will follow shortly.





Wheels before

Wheels after wash

The rest of the car before wash.

The car after only a wash.

How did i spend the rest of my time.

Claying 3 hours. Much of the dirt had bonded to the paint. Claying it off was not really hard just time consuming. I then spent the better part of an hour claying the rims lips. Once that was done i did adams metal polish 1 and 2 on the rim lips. What you don't see in the photos of the rims is alot of pitting from brake dust, that dust then bonded to the rim in little black clumps.

 

[imported_Grouse]

2nd half of the pics coming

Before carpet cleaning of infamous bubble tea disaster of 2006

After shot of carpet. Sadly it does not capture the sticky goo that was removed. This is before i cleaned the rest of the interior.

This is after final wipe down ect.

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

wow nice turn around, that car is dumped does she have coilovers?

 

[imported_Grouse]

Process.



Pre treat wheel wells with p21s auto wash,

pre treat wheels with p21s gell

clean wheels and wells.



Pre-soak car with ONR.

Hose off car.

wash car with foam gun and cg super suds II

sheet rinse car

Dry car. (the end of first set of pics)

Clay wheels,

polish wheel lips with adams #1

polish lip with adam#2

polish exhaust with 1 and 2



there were only a few swirls on the paint. amazingly.

Light spot compound.

FPII whole car

FMJ whole car



let cure 12 hours

fmj whole car

Vacuum whole car x2

pre spot bubble tea spills with bac-out let stand 30

pre condition carpet with bi-o-kleen traffic lane cleaner let stand 20

extract with slurry.

Clean and dress trunk and engine bay

Clean seats, dash, doors.

Clean door jambs

condition leather seats

condition doors

pull tape

condition exterior trim

condition leather

buff off fmj

apply 50/50 concours

condition dash

buff off 5050

clean windows

dress tires

roll car

dress tires.

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

Process.



Pre treat wheel wells with p21s auto wash,

pre treat wheels with p21s gell

clean wheels and wells.



Pre-soak car with ONR.

Hose off car.

wash car with foam gun and cg super suds II

sheet rinse car

Dry car. (the end of first set of pics)

Clay wheels,

polish wheel lips with adams #1

polish lip with adam#2

polish exhaust with 1 and 2



there were only a few swirls on the paint. amazingly.

Light spot compound.

FPII whole car

FMJ whole car



let cure 12 hours

fmj whole car

Vacuum whole car x2

pre spot bubble tea spills with bac-out let stand 30

pre condition carpet with bi-o-kleen traffic lane cleaner let stand 20

extract with slurry.

Clean and dress trunk and engine bay

Clean seats, dash, doors.

Clean door jambs

condition leather seats

condition doors

pull tape

condition exterior trim

condition leather

buff off fmj

apply 50/50 concours

condition dash

buff off 5050

clean windows

dress tires

roll car

dress tires.

WOW now that is a detail!

 

[imported_Grouse]

Yeah if i remember he is rolling on either Koni v3 or stasis street sports. all the way down.



this car is so low my toe does not fit under certain parts of the front bumper.

 

[Way2SSlow]

Sweet ride. Pics like that have made my decision for me....if I ever get an Audi, it will be silver. Too bad about the pitting on the ADRs. Oh well, if you're going to drive it, you're going to put some wear on it. Hope the owners restaurant takes off.

 

[imported_topnotch]

Sweet work and thats a sexy Audi. I remember my Thermal exhaust

 

[imported_DieselMDX]

Sweet work and thats a sexy Audi. I remember my Thermal exhaust

Had a thermal on my eclipse then went to a RSR then finally a Apexi N1, thermal had a great sound

 

[imported_Grouse]

Thanks guys the owner loves it.

 

[DetailsByDennis]

Great transformation, those rear wheels looked terrible!

 

[sixty7mustang22]

Poor Audi. I hope he tries to keep better care of it now that you have brought it back to perfection.:goodjob

 

[Scottwax]

In and out, it looks spectacular! :bow

 

[Woob]

Awesome work Grouse! Go to Interior Fanatic! Just remember to post the chemical/process in the beginning.:grinno:

 

[imported_Grouse]

LOL yeah he beat me to the reply before i got it posted.

 

[justin30513]

Man that thing was rank! LOL!





You cleaned her up good. My truck is about the same way. I've gotta get it cleaned up before Detail Fest in FL this weekend.

 

[Hondaph00l]

Wow, can you say slammed? Looks great!

 

[azenthusiast]

Very nice. I thought those rims were a different color at first? Oh, and another thing, aren't those low number plates reserved?

 

[Accumulator]

Grouse- Nice job :xyxthumbs



That boo-boo on the hood would be expensive to fix properly...

 

[itb76]

there were only a few swirls on the paint. amazingly.

Well if he never had time to wash the car, he wasn't putting swirls into it by washing it wrong!



Amazing transformation :wow:. The wheels looked like gray painted in the "before" shots.



You find much benefit to letting FMJ sit on the car before buffing?