This car belongs to my close friend Rob. It's his birthday coming up so this is my gift to him
It's a Black Magic Pearl 2004 Volkswagen R32. He imported it from the US last year.
I spent some time with this car last year but the clearcoat was extremely hard and unfortunately my machine & products could not make a dent in all the damage that the previous owner had done to the paint. There were A LOT of defects in the paint. Random scratches everywhere. I have no idea how the previous owner did it as they don't appear to be from washing. Oh well, it's in good hands now
This detail took me about 22 hours of for exterior compounding/polishing/sealant/wax and detailing the seats. I probably could spend another 3-4 hours on it to do the rest of the interior but I ran out of time.
On to the pictures!
Morning of day 1. She looks pretty clean right?
Usual hatch build-up
Rob washes his car a lot. My advice for those of you who wash once a week (or more) is to clay and apply sealant & wax every 6 months or so. In this case, you can tell that there is no protectant on the car anymore as there is very little beading:
The sun decided to take a peek to reveal some of the marring
One more
Under the lights - before and after compounding
One more - The depth of black magic pearl really starts to show.
Under the sun the difference becomes a lot more clear
Back inside
The rear bumper step was HAMMERED. I have no idea how the previous owner did this. I'm guessing they had a pet or something.
50/50 - still odd defects after compounding (3-4 passes) but not worth chasing anymore
Hatch before
Hatch after
Mirror scratched up
Much better!
Seats looking really worn (extremely comfortable though!!)
Polished to take out all the build-up over time
Another angle
Seatback
You can kind of tell the difference here. The bolster in the foreground is uncleaned. The bolster in the background has been cleaned and conditioned and is back to looking matte.
Finished shots:
Truly a pleasure to work on this car. I think I reached 95% of correction. Once I get some practice wetstanding I will aim for 100% in next year's detail.
Kev
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