Exotic Detail - 2010 Kia Rio

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One thing led to another and todays booking had to be moved to Sunday. So what do you do with a Saturday off? Turn it into a Saturday on A quick phone call later and this brand new 2010 Kia Rio turned up.

The owner only picked the car up on Thursday night so it was an ideal time to get a Protection Detail done.

On Arrival

The car was pretty clean, only done around 25miles! Still the paint was lacking a little shine










Wheels & Trim

As always, wheels first using AutoSmart Smart Wheels & Malco Red Thunder for the tyres and trim.

I have no idea what the deal had put on the alloys (possibly some kind of protection??) but the cleaners would not foam up





Paintwork Washing

2BM with Meguiars Shampoo Plus and a Sheepskin wash mitt





After a rinse off it was clearly evident there was very little protection going on




Dried off with a Sonus Der Wunder



Clay

This was the clay after the front wing



Pretty much clean as! I still continued round the car but with nothing major to report.

Engine

The engine bay was only in need of a quick wipe down and some dressing. I used Malco Outrageous Orange and a MF to clean the plastics and bonnet lining








Malco Waterbased Dressing was used on the engine plastics







This was also used on the rear bumper




Paintwork Protection

Onto the paint, and first up it I used Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite followed by Zaino Z2







Z2 was also tried on the wheels



I then went around with AutoSmart ReGlaze to quick detail and remaining Z2 residue



Finished




















Sorry for the amount of after pics

Big thanks for the owner for getting the car to me at short notice

Thanks, Simon
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Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, East Riding

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[nickka]

Nice job there and a 7 year warranty to boot

What is the paint quality like on these ?

[Grizzle]

VERY nice i have been looking at pics of Silver cars i'm going to start on mine tomorrow and i think you have just confirmed what i already thought lol Z2 and Z8

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[JCW85]

Nice work Simon, a great little detail.

Chris

[Christian6984]

nice work, looking like a new car should

[maggi112]

Originally Posted by nickka

Nice job there and a 7 year warranty to boot

What is the paint quality like on these ?

Not as bad as top gear makes out! My mum had one and I told them, and begged them, not to get one. Then she got it, and I was quite impressed. The diesel as found in that one also, is pretty nippy, pulls reasonably well and I thought the clutch was nice compared to some cars I've driven (struggling for massive plus points, but not that many bad points). It's a bit bland, but does the job well. Was reliable for the 3 years they had it.

[ads2k]

Looks nice, not sure of the LPL and Z2 mix however. I would have thought the LPL was to oily to really give a good long lasting bond for the Z2 to sit on, but you're obviously happy offering it

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[Dave KG]

Results look good.

Echoing above, how did you find Z2 went over the LPL? Zaino has a forum reputation (which doesn't mean things cannot be done in practice ) for being fussy as to what it bonds to, requiring either its on ZAIO or and IPA (or similar) wipe down... how did it go over the oils LPL may have left?

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[-tom-]

very nice results

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Originally Posted by ads2k

Looks nice, not sure of the LPL and Z2 mix however. I would have thought the LPL was to oily to really give a good long lasting bond for the Z2 to sit on, but you're obviously happy offering it

Originally Posted by Dave KG

Results look good.

Echoing above, how did you find Z2 went over the LPL? Zaino has a forum reputation (which doesn't mean things cannot be done in practice ) for being fussy as to what it bonds to, requiring either its on ZAIO or and IPA (or similar) wipe down... how did it go over the oils LPL may have left?

I hear ya As a combo I think it has potential, but I understand the "constructive criticism". This car is one I have regular access to so I can track the progress. But as far as application I didnt see anything problems.

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