Note to self: Get Black A4 next time!

[reggaemylitis]

Actually, I love my silver avant (I think it's the classic Audi color), but after busting my ass for 8 hours, it just doesn't have that WOW factor of a black Audi after a detail. Oh, and I need some coilovers and new wheels BAD!

Picked up car 4 months ago, and for being a used car, the paint is in remarkably good shape, typical 3 year old car scratches and rock chips aside. Hopefully I can do some touch up paint and scratch correction when I get more time.

But I FINALLY got to do a full detail with all of the product I got from Phill at DD, and after it sprinkled this afternoon, the Swissvax Saphir made a HUGE difference. Beading is awesome (didn't get pic unfortuntately). The best part was applying it. That stuff smells AMAZING!

Used:

Swissvax Car Bath
DD Clay Bar with Swissvax Detail Spray
PC with Menzerna PO 106
Swisswax Saphir
Swissvax Pneu
P21S Auto Wash
P21S Wheel Cleaner
Swissvax Crystal

Enjoy!

[Tiesto]

Yeah, it doesn't look that much different because silver barely shows dirt compared to black. I agree though, a black car is a pain in the ass to take care of but after a wash or at dusk/night it's so worth the effort.

[3.0 Rider]

looking pretty good for a silver.

[reggaemylitis]

Thanks man! And I definitely agree with you Tiesto, which is half the reason I don't mind the silver. It is low maintenance for sure.

But I just wanted to get that base protection detail done, so I'm happy. My paint laughs at rain now!

[Bmeister]

I like the silver, and bought a quartz gray B7 because even though black is nice after detailing (nothing looks better than black after detailing), the effect only last for a few minutes driving down the road. Even when my quartz is really dirty/dusty, it still looks damn good. My black cars and black motorcycles have taken their toll. Enjoy your gorgeous silver.

[Concours Finish]

Most of my friends have black cars: 335, A3, G35 and all of them said they are NOT going to get black for the next car.

I agree they have the best WOW factor, but they are the hardest to maintain and defects are easiest to see on black cars.

The only way I would get black is if it was a weekend driver and a really nice car.

[lookaught]

I have a black car that has acid rain damage and 88,000 miles. I busted my ass detailing it for over 10 hours this weekend and it still shows a lot of problems. I dont like black, silver is common but so much easier to deal with for a daily driver. I admit that I think I need a more aggressive machine/pad combo (Im using a cyclo that I dont really care for very much) but still, that color just shows every freaking tiny scratch and mark.

black ftl!

red is my favorite Audi color. I dont know that marketing name they apply to it these days, but laser red from the B5 years in particular is just awesome.

[einstrigger]

I agree about boring silver, but black is overrated. True it looks nice when clean and glossy, but that's only 5% of the time. The other 95% is spent trying to keep it looking good. I'm sticking with grays from here out, or even blue. Yeah, a sprint blue would be nice on my next car....