Detailer's Domain: 2010 Audi S4 Daily Driver - Updates and Mods

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Phantom Black/Black with Silver inserts

This was a new car prep that required clay and PO85RD, we finished with Collinite and Swissvax Divine. (unfortunately the car will be sitting outside for most of its life)

We also wrapped the front clip with 3m PPF.

Products used:
Exterior:
Lusso AutoBathe
Uber Boar's Hair Wash Brush 7 inch
Swissvax Yellow Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer
Einszett Spray Wax
P21S Finish Restorer Metal Polish (on the tips)
Menzerna PO85RD
Collinite Insulator Wax
Swissvax Divine

Wheels and tires:
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Uber Spoke Brush
Swissvax Pneu
Swissvax Autobahn

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Flex 3403
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Gilmour Foam Gun

To the pics:

Before:


Dirty Wheels



Wash
Tom on the foam gun




Wheels being worked on



Debadged:





Tagged:


Engine shot:


interior shots:







Rear bumper film install (just partially installed to protect the top)



Polished


Front end install:

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Final shots:

[02A4TURBO]

Looks verrrry familiar?

Enjoy... looks gorgeous.

[A4Ber]

Looks verrrry familiar?

Enjoy... looks gorgeous.

lol Same here~

[DetailersDomain]

yup very familiar.

[ddun]

i need to do that rear bumper film on the top too, i have that exact scuff!

[Blarg]

Great work!!

[Arclight]

That's a really nice car. It's takes a courageous person to take an exacto blade to a brand new S-4 - bravo!

[Tomcat84]

From your list of features I'm puzzled by a bit:


Heated washer

Headlight cleaners


I thought the 2010 Audis had no headlamp washers. Am I missing something? What are these two referring to?

thanks!


Other than that, nice :D

[ChrisC]

From your list of features I'm puzzled by a bit:


Heated washer

Headlight cleaners


I thought the 2010 Audis had no headlamp washers. Am I missing something? What are these two referring to?

thanks!


Other than that, nice :D

CDN cars have headlamp washers.

[stewie]

What's a fair price for 3M Clear Bra install for the bumper, 1/3 of the hood, the wing mirrors and top of the rear bumper below the trunk lip? I'm in the South Jersey/Philly Area and I am going to get a quote on Saturday. Just want to get an idea of a fair price. Cheers.

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there are so many variables not everyone will quote the same thing.

are you looking at pre cut or custom?

On this S4 we would quote it out at $1300 with 3m PPF.

With other films it would probably be a bit less.

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sorry it was a cut and paste from motor trend.

[toothysaw2]

phil, car looks great!

what did you use on the interior to protect the silver inserts? i want to get something on mine before blue jean weather shows back up...

[Sharkfin]

bumping this to the top, looks awesome

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hey thanks!

[A4Ber]

hey thanks!

I sent you a pm, please check.

[S4mat]

Looks awesome. Which tools/products did you use for the debadging?

[L0U]

It looks like the polish actually reduced the peel by about 50%. Was the polish for paint flatening, or just a light polish for shine?

[Kendall]

I think you forgot to use the wax polish. Wax surely brings out the shine. It will change the entire look of the body.

[DetailersDomain]

A few good products you can use for maintain the leather.

einszett Leathercare is an all in one product super easy to use.

if you need something stronger you can use

Leather Master Strong Cleaner followed by Leather Master Vital Conditioner.

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A few good products you can use for maintain the leather.

einszett Leathercare is an all in one product super easy to use.

if you need something stronger you can use

Leather Master Strong Cleaner followed by Leather Master Vital Conditioner.

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for debadging we use:

dental floss
3m adhesive remover
polish
wax

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RS6 Pedals from Alex at EuroPrice



Before and After

[wncommercial]

The RS6 pedals look great! They fit no problems in the S4?

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Well I'm starting to personalize the Audi a bit.

First up on the mods Bilstein PSS10's

I was pretty skeptical at first as I had PSS9's on my 03 Audi RS6 I would have probably preferred KW's on that one, took the leap on the PSS10's and have to say I'm extremely happy with the decision to go with the PSS10's on the B8 S4.

Take a look.

The PSS10's:





Fronts out




The dial is a huge improvement over the PSS9's


The fronts are in (just about)


Front of car after we dropped the car off the lift (definitely too low)



Before rear (sorry pretty bad shots)




After rear (sorry pretty bad shots)



Before fronts


After fronts



After a few miles the car settled and we had to adjust it a few times to get it right, I experienced some rubbing with 3 in the car so we raised it and took the front wheel liner bolt off.

After shot with final adjustments and Menzerna Power Lock


Thanks Drive Auto Works in Lydnhurst, NJ

[Sharkfin]

Looks great, now detail that shit

[DetailersDomain]

Looks great, now detail that shit

you will have to remove the metal cover from the rs6 pedal and attach it to the stock S4 dead pedal.

yup needs to be cleaned up..

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a couple more pics of the drop.

[bimmerhead12]

Your drop looks perfect Phil! More pics please! Also, let's see your new exhaust!

[chrisjin]

Hi, Philip. What a nice ride!
Could you send me some close up shot of your front bumper? I'd like to see what would be the proper ppf film job on the bumper.
cuz I got my film done few months ago and it is toooooo bad.
[email protected] is my email address.
Thanks in advance.

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M

a couple more pics of the drop.

Are you still happy with the choice of bilsteins? You made reference to the pss9's, which I have and based on my experience would make me not go with another bilstein c/o

[SPR415]

how much are those rs6 pedals?

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not sure its been awhile...but Alex from Europrice is who I bought them from.

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thanks I will get them up shortly.

[chrisjin]

Thank you :)

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yes I'm pretty happy with them....no complaints on the 2010 S4.

[S3S4]

any tips for de-bading the V6T?

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any tips for de-bading the V6T?

what tips did you need.

I used dental floss
3m adhesive remover
removed the badges
and then polished the light scratches off and
then waxes/sealed the area.

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water pump went today, thank God it happened as I pulled into my driveway