2004 nogaro s4 detail 56k upgrade

[Grouse]

Before wash shots.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293855/original.jpg
Rear Driver quarter pannel
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293858.jpg
Driverside rear door
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293860.jpg
Driverside Front door
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293862.jpg
Driverside front quarter panel
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293864.jpg
Front end
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293867.jpg
Passenger front quarter panel
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293868.jpg
Passenger front door
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293869.jpg
Passenger rear door
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293870.jpg
passenger rear quarter panel
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293871.jpg
Rear bumper
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293872.jpg
Front end/hood swirling before claying
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293873.jpg
Driverside door swirling
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293874.jpg
Driverside rear door swirling
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293875.jpg
2nd shot of driverside rear door swirling. This swirling is pretty much how the whole car was.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293877.jpg
Driverside rear quarterpanel swirling
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293878.jpg
A few shots after the car has been clayed and taped.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293880.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293882.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293883.jpg
A few shots of the swirling after claying
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293885.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293887.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293888.jpg
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The next few shots are after Menzerna PG on a edge 2000 yellow cut pad. The hood, roof, and trunk lid recieved PG 2 times. The doors, quarter panels, and rear bumper area recieved PG 3-5 times to remove 70-75% of the swirling. This truely shows the limitations of the Porter cable. Just doing the PG step alone was 7-8 hours of compounding.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293896.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293898.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293901.jpg
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[Grouse]

http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293907.jpg
This next image shows the rear driverside quarter pannel after 4-5 cuts with PG. There is about a 70% reduction in swirling. The next step IP further reduced this.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293910.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293913.jpg
These Shots should be after Menzerna IP on a green edge 2000 pad. The hood, roof, trunk recieved one full pass with IP, while the quarters, doors and trunk/bumper areas recieved 1-2 passes.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293916.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293920.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293931.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293935.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293938.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293941.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293944.jpg
The following shots should be after Menzerna final polish 2 with a blue edge 2000 pad, and FMJ applied by hand.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293949.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293951.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293954.jpg
I tried to focus on the few remaining scratches. So the lights are a bit out of focus. You can only really see the scratches in the second photo.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293957.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293960.jpg
Back to infocus photography
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293961.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293962.jpg
The engine bay detail. PS the haze on the paint is the 2nd layer of menzerna fmj.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293963.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293964.jpg
This is why you should allways clean the trunk. Cleaned trunk on the left uncleaned on the right.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293965.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293966.jpg
This is after tires, trim and first wipe down. The car has at this point two coats of FMJ, and two coats of chemical guys 50/50 concours wax. My wife is cleaning the interior windows as i was filthy from sitting on the garage floor.
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293967.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293970.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293972.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293973.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293975.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293977.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293980.jpg
Here is a few shots of the interior detail. I simply was to pressed for time to take before shots. THe break down goes like this.
Vacuum x2 Including headliner.
Foam clean Headliner and Alclantara suede x2 (prochem fine fabric shampoo)
Soft clean the leather x2 (leather masters soft cleaner)
Condition the leather x2 (leather masters conditioner)
protect the leather x1 (leather masters protection cream)
Soft clean dash, trim, doors x1 (leather masters soft cleaner)
condition/protect dash, trim, doors, x1 (Poorboys natural look)
Prespot carpets (bio kleen bac out)
precondition carpets (prochem ultra pac)
Hot water extract carpets. (prochem dry slurry)
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293985.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/3lg/image/74293989.jpg

[Grouse]

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[smithm5]

ummmm wow.

wow.

want to come to portland and detail my car? after all teh rain of course :)

[Mattgfx]

wowowowowowowowowowow

that blue stands out so nicely when u wax it :)


SICK

[-t Redfield]

Looks great ... any outside pics of it finished?

I have been trying to fix my Brilliant Black paint but I didn't have the right cut polish with the right amount of cut pad. Probably only got 50% of the scratches/swirls out. So I just called it a day and put some P21S on it. I looks good but nowhere near as deep as yours. I will try again with Menzerna products in a month or so. Great job.

What speed did you have the PC on while using the PG?

[Grouse]

Spread on at spead 3 and worked in at speed speed 6 with about 7-10lbs of pressure where applicable.

[VroomVroom]

Absolutely outstanding work! Those halogens tell no tales, and that finish is simply stunning. Thanks for the great pictoral, and kudos on an amazing job.

[Grouse]

There are some remaining deep scratches. That will have to be addressed in the future.

As it was the PG steps took about 8 hours, then 2.5 hours for IP, and 1.5 hour for FPII. 20 min for hand sealant For a total of aroudn 11-12 hours when not counting lunch and dinner break.

I was compouning by 11 am and did not finish till just before midnight. The PC is just not up to the task of this kind of work. Yeah moderate jobs it does well, is realitively safe. Having to address hard audi clear like this with the PC is to say the least stressfull.

[Grouse]

The owner took some after shots today in the sun. With stock wheels.
http://home.comcast.net/~nathanoleson/s4_detail_02.JPG
With his new OZ rims
http://home.comcast.net/~nathanoleson/s4_detail_06.JPG

[Blue04]

damn that looks good.. i need to take the time to do this in the spring, i have the same exact car except mines a MT

[Grouse]

Talk to Phil.

[Nixon]

Damn that looks good!

[UltraS4John]

wow...mine needs to be detailed now.

[xplosiveg06]

beautiful s4

[Hassmeister]

What type of extractor is that?

[Grouse]

this is an older mytee hp100 grand prix. It has a 1200w intank heater and a 1200w inline heater..

[DoubleNutz]

wow...mine needs to be detailed now.

Setting up my Portland appointment right now![race]