Right so this is a long overdue post, but after returning from honeymoon about 3 weeks ago, the polo was absolutely filthy and so I gave her some detailing love.

I unfortunately never had a lot of time to take pics but here is a breakdown nonetheless....

First up was the wheels, wheel arches and brakes
Wheels (still my track rims) were removed, washed with APC and agitated with various brushes, rinsed and dried
Then they were waxed with Collonite #845
Wheel arches were sprayed with APC and agitated with various brushes, rinsed, repeated.
Brake calipers were sprayed with APC and agitated with various brushes, rinsed, repeated. They were then treated with Collonite #845

The tools


Wheels before


Wheel during

Wheel after



Brake Calipers Before

Brake Calipers After (Yes, these desperately need a re-paint!!!)


Wheel arch Before

Wheel arch After


Next up was washing and drying the car
APC was sprayed in door jambs and around emblems and left to dwell before being agitated with various brushes
Rinsed with low pressure water to soften loose dirt
Rinsed with HP washer to remove any additional loose dirt
Sprayed with foam cannon using a mix of APC and Chemical guys maxi suds and left to dwell
Washed using a chenille wash mitt and Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo using the 2 bucket method
Rinsed
Dried using a Crazy Detailer Supreme Drying Towel

Door Jamb before



Door Jamb after




Badges Before

Badges after


Foam cannon loving



Randoms (before)






Next up was claying, polishing, glazing and waxing the car
Clayed using combination of Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and Meguiars clay
Car was then taped off using 3M painters tape
Polished using Menzerna PF2500 on a Lake Country Orange CCS pad
Polished using Menzerna FF4000 on a Lake country Green flat polishing fisnishing foam pad
Re-washed using foam cannon with Chemical guys maxi suds to remove polishing residue
Glazed using Chemical guys Wet mirror finish glaze applied with a foam applicator pad
Waxed using Collonite #845 applied with a foam applicator pad, allowed to dry to a haze and then buffed using a MF cloth

Unfortunately I was pressed for time and couldn't snap any pics, but did get these reflection shots once done



Lastly was the interior
From the dirt road travelling we did on honeymoon, fine red dust was everywhere






Seats were removed
Car vacuumed
All interior plastics cleaned with APC
All interior plastics treated with SmartDressing

Again, no pics taken of completed interior as I was pressed for time

Thanks for looking

Nice Work!! need to get myself some of that APC goodness

Thanks bud

Awesome detyailing Lawrence

awsome outcome

pity you in durbs, my car needs some loving

JayJ wrote:Awesome detyailing Lawrence

thanks bud - so when are you bringing yours in?

crawler wrote:awsome outcome

pity you in durbs, my car needs some loving

thanks crawler - maybe next time you are down?

mines next

Tidy wrote:mines next

Actually bud Quinsie8v is getting his done this Friday/Sat and then yours is next weekend

nicely done!!!

going all out, even as far as the seats lol

yakuza racer wrote:nicely done!!!

going all out, even as far as the seats lol

Thanks bro - yeah the seats are pretty quick to get out, and with the amount of dust and shite in the car it just made sense to take them out.

Noob question - What is APC?

All Purpose Cleaner

lawrence wrote:All Purpose Cleaner

lol ok,

tx.

now.....to go and get me some APC!!!

lawrence wrote:

JayJ wrote:Awesome detyailing Lawrence

thanks bud - so when are you bringing yours in?

crawler wrote:awsome outcome

pity you in durbs, my car needs some loving

thanks crawler - maybe next time you are down?

Might just take you up on the offer

Nicely done

I detailed my wheels the w/e took me 4 hours.
U can even clay them if u want it to get that old shine back Lawrence

RoCkFoRdGuN wrote:Nicely done

I detailed my wheels the w/e took me 4 hours.
U can even clay them if u want it to get that old shine back Lawrence

Thanks bud

Yip I have clayed my normal rims before, and will do so on a customers car if needed, but I wasn't prepared to clay my track day rims

and yeah, taking wheels off and doing them properly can easily munch 4 hours of your weekend.... detailing sure is not a quick and easy thing to do properly!