WaxWerks & OTDetail Tagteam: 2001 Audi B5 S4 Avant Cactus Green Detail

[Afroman]

Here is a 250+ picture write up on a B5 S4 Waxwerks (me) and Franki over at OverTime Detail collaborated on. Customer wanted a pinstripe removal as well as a 80% correction on exterior and interior vacuum + wipe down. Franki made a sick video with his new crane and slider, check us out and PM me for any more information! Onto the write-up :)

B5 S4 Avant - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_p23-zJkA)

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and iron x
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine sprayed down and treated with in and out spray
- De-Bugged with 1Z Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 2 step - m105 -> menz sip -> opti poli-seal
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> 1Z Glanz Wax

Interior:
- Vacuum
- Trims treated with Prima Nero, Adams in and out and 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Interior glass cleaned with clarity

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- 1Z Bug and Tar Remover

Engine:
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- 1z Cockpit Premium
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Griots Orbital
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green orange and blue 4/5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz SIP
- Opti Poli-seal
- 1z Glanz Wax

Now for the pictures :)

Before
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Wash
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[Afroman]

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Just to see what we were dealing with after decon
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Optimum Metal polish on the rails
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done for that day
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attempt at pinstripe removal with 3m pinstripe remover, did not work at all
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[Afroman]

So, we proceded to clay and wetsand the pinstripe off
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reflection shot
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left side corrected right side uncorrected
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[Afroman]

Polishing step
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before
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after
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post polish wash and ipa spraydown
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Post polish and wash pictures, no lsp applied
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[Afroman]

Interior clean up
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applying lsp
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this is my "shop" lol
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putting the trunk carpet cover back in
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engine clean up
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1z glanz applied
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Customer pick up and final pics
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Another happy customer :)
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Thanks for looking! :)

[OTDetailer]

in case you guys missed the link :)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR_p23-zJkA

Enjoy!

[VroomVroom]

Great work, and one heck of a write-up. What an awesome color, and I bet the metallic just POPS in the sunlight. Thanks for sharing...

[OTDetailer]

thanks Jerry! could you post some pics of your Avant?... its looks very wet!

[VroomVroom]

Nah....I wouldn't ruin this thread with a shot of my rig. [:D] I bought in December, and I still have some work ahead of me...PDR in a few spots, and resolving a debadging tragedy on the hatch. (I negotiated these into the purchase price, but just haven't got around to dealing with them.) It definitely needs a full detail, and when the weather improves I'll enjoy the process. For now I've just washed, clayed, and layered a couple of coats of sealant for some protection.

FWIW, I will toss out a nod for Poorboy's Wheel Sealant. I bought my wheels earlier this year and applied two coats prior to mounting them. This product works better than anything else I've tried at keeping wheel cleanup easy...brake dust and grime comes off with minimal work.

Anyway...kudos again on a great detail and a really fine job of documenting the effort!

[Hyphy]

Looks good Gram!

[Afroman]

Thanks again guys!