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I worked on this car a few months ago. It's pulling about 500 HP on pump gas, more on race gas. Fun car and very fast.
The car has very low mileage (<40k) but it for sure didn't look like it. The car sat at the shop a few times for extended period so the interior is dirty with leaves, tree branches, etc. Even the driver's seat smelled like used engine oil.
The owner also owned two dogs, so I got dog hair everywhere. The car is not garaged either and rarely washed, so the paint has crazy amount of contaminants and defects. The usual, bird droppings and tree saps are everywhere and allowed to damage the clear coat.
The engine bay was surprisingly clean but everything else was just bad.
The wing was not on the car because it was being repainted because of clear coat failure.
The owner doesn't plan to garage the car after the detail and he's planning to keep the car for another few years, so I didn't go crazy polishing it. I was aiming at 80% correction.
The owner's primary concern is the interior and he wants me to focus in it and I did. I basically shampooed the seats and all carpeting. All the hard surfaces were cleaned with APC+. Interior was not dressed at all.
Unfortunately it was mainly cloudy on the delivery day, so it's difficult to get good pics with reflection from the sun.
Tools and products used:
Makita rotary and PC
Assortment of orange, white, and black large and small Lake Country pads.
Prima Swirl, Amigo, Epic, and Banana Gloss for added kick.
Meguiar's APC+, HD, Last Touch, blue clay.
Leatherique Prestine Clean for the leather parts
Multiple brushes, towels, lights.
Bissel LGM
ShopVac
Radio!
On to the pics............
Before
50:50
Left side had one pass with white pad and rotary
Top is untouched, bottom had one pass with white pad and rotary
Dirty water JUST from the driver's seat. I shampooed the seat three times. Although it looks better, it's still not like new but the owner was thrilled to see the results.
Afters:
Just before delivering the car to the owner:
The car has very low mileage (<40k) but it for sure didn't look like it. The car sat at the shop a few times for extended period so the interior is dirty with leaves, tree branches, etc. Even the driver's seat smelled like used engine oil.
The owner also owned two dogs, so I got dog hair everywhere. The car is not garaged either and rarely washed, so the paint has crazy amount of contaminants and defects. The usual, bird droppings and tree saps are everywhere and allowed to damage the clear coat.
The engine bay was surprisingly clean but everything else was just bad.
The wing was not on the car because it was being repainted because of clear coat failure.
The owner doesn't plan to garage the car after the detail and he's planning to keep the car for another few years, so I didn't go crazy polishing it. I was aiming at 80% correction.
The owner's primary concern is the interior and he wants me to focus in it and I did. I basically shampooed the seats and all carpeting. All the hard surfaces were cleaned with APC+. Interior was not dressed at all.
Unfortunately it was mainly cloudy on the delivery day, so it's difficult to get good pics with reflection from the sun.
Tools and products used:
Makita rotary and PC
Assortment of orange, white, and black large and small Lake Country pads.
Prima Swirl, Amigo, Epic, and Banana Gloss for added kick.
Meguiar's APC+, HD, Last Touch, blue clay.
Leatherique Prestine Clean for the leather parts
Multiple brushes, towels, lights.
Bissel LGM
ShopVac
Radio!
On to the pics............
Before
50:50
Left side had one pass with white pad and rotary
Top is untouched, bottom had one pass with white pad and rotary
Dirty water JUST from the driver's seat. I shampooed the seat three times. Although it looks better, it's still not like new but the owner was thrilled to see the results.
Afters:
Just before delivering the car to the owner:
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