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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Essex RM16, also mobile covering Essex, Kent, London.
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After many delivery setbacks and booking re-arrangements my customer finally took delivery of his Frozen White Focus RS.
With the dealership being less than a mile from me, the car was driven direct with a mear 30 miles on the clock. The dealer having been advised not to perform any pdi, it was dropped of for 2 days warts and all. Upon arrival. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Firstly the car was pressure rinsed to remove as much muck as possible, ![]() Alloys were cleaned using various brushes and Espuma Revolution, arches and tyres cleaned with BH Surfex HD, ![]() ![]() ![]() x2 applications of Megs APC applied through the foam lance and left to dwell for 5 mins or so, ![]() Badges, shuts and panel gaps cleaned with APC and Envy detailing brushes, ![]() ![]() ![]() Shuts pressure rinsed clean, ![]() A 3rd application through the foam lance of Megs Hyperwash to lubricate the surface, washed using the 2 bucket method, Shampoo+ and Zym@l sponges, ![]() ![]() With the wash complete, vehicle pressure rinsed followed by a final rinse with an open flow to remove any remainding suds, then dried using Uber plush towels, ![]() At this stage the engine bay was given a wipedown, ![]() Plastics treated with 303 aerospace dressing, painted areas protected using Opti-seal, ![]() ![]() Fallout, metal filings and contaminents, ![]() ![]() Paintwork clayed to remove surface contaminents using Z-16 and for the heavier areas Sonus grey aggressive clay, this stage took a good 2 hrs to complete, ![]() ![]() Pad primed with a conditioner, Marring and light defects corrected using Megs 205 on a finishing pad, some areas requiring Menzerna 203s on a polishing pad via the rotary, ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirrors were not looking to great from the manufacturer, ![]() After 1 set of polishing they were looking a lot better, needed another set after photo, ![]() Gloss black areas look great, but look at them the wrong way and they mark, caution taken when dealing with these areas with plenty of new microfibres used, polished with a 3m waffle pad and Megs 205, ![]() ![]() At this stage and the refinement complete it was 9pm and time to call it a night. Day 2. A 6 am start as I wanted to get the sealant down so it had 12 hrs curring time before the handover, firstly dusted down with the Zym@l tickle stick and then an IPA wipedown to remove any polishing oils, ![]() Sealant of choice Nanolex Premium, applied using a double sided make-up pad to a 2ft squared area and immediately buffed of, ![]() ![]() ![]() Inner alloys and calipers sealed using Opti-seal and facias with Nanolex premium, ![]() ![]() Tyres, rubber trim and plastics dressed using Megs All seasons, applied then wiped with a MF to tone down the gloss, ![]() ![]() Interior then given a vac, plastics and trim wiped down, carpets, seats and leather protected with Nanolex fabric/leather sealant, ![]() ![]() ![]() Nanolex glass cleaner applied and removed leaving a squeeky clean surface and perfect base for applying Nanolex Urban glass sealant, this was left to cure for 15 mins before removing, ![]() ![]() Door seals treated with Gummi Pfledge, ![]() Shuts sealed using Nanolex Basic, ![]() Exhausts polished with Britemax final shine, ![]() A few pics before pulling the car out for the final shots, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Finished results and typically grey sky's. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Many thanks to Florian (Nanolex) for shipping out some replacement sealant at such short notice, excellent service. Thanks for looking.
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OCD Sufferer (Obsessive Car Detailer)
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Neston, Cheshire
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that looks scary but beautiful at the same time, looks stunning but shocking it left the line with marks like it had, waite till pit viper and kev r around, they will be in rs porn land
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nice work rob
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Washmitt Meister
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: SOUTH SHIELDS
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Lovely job there i do like those focus RS's
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OCD Sufferer (Obsessive Car Detailer)
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Somewhere round here, or there
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Stunning car and great work
Makes me want want want |
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Washmitt Meister
Join Date: Oct 2008
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top job
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Sponge Jockey
Join Date: Sep 2008
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love these cars
![]() great work as usual Rob |
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Orbital Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Livingston
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epic job on an epic car .
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DW Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Milton Keynes
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Nice work Rob looks great in the afters, I had a blue one in last week and has been my most enjoyable detail of the year so far they have got a real presence
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Product Review Team
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Lovely job Rob.
Stunning results from the Nanolex |
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