Today saw me breathe a bit of life back into a stunning Daytona Grey Audi TTRS.
This particular TTRS is in fact Milltek's ex-Demo Car, as seen in this vid:
Audi TT RS with Milltek Sport Racing Exhaust System - YouTube
The owner picked this up from a TT Specialist a couple of weeks ago and brought it right over to me for inspection. It was littered with RDS's and needed a general machine polish to restore some life back into the paint.
The owner also wanted some solid protection laying down and opted for Swissvax Crystal Rock.
On to the detail...
Upon arrival:
DSC02443 by RussZS, on Flickr
Wheels, tyres and arches were dealt with first using Smart Wheels, G101, Swissvax, EZ and Vikan brushes:
DSC02447 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02448 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02449 by RussZS, on Flickr
Then the car was snow foamed to begin breaking down the dirt/dust on the paintwork, using Bilt Hamber's excellent Auto Foam:
DSC02453 by RussZS, on Flickr
The paintwork was then hand washed with Auto Finesse Lather and a CQuartz mitt, then rinsed and treated to IronX, which lifted very little fallout:
DSC02454 by RussZS, on Flickr
Tardis was then used to clear up any tar spots, then the car was rinsed again and moved inside for claying:
DSC02456 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02457 by RussZS, on Flickr
Very little was lifted, most of that which was seemed to be rubber, presumably from trackdays from its previous ownership.
I then dried using a combination of:
Uber Drying Towel:
DSC02458 by RussZS, on Flickr
and Aeolus 901X:
DSC02459 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02461 by RussZS, on Flickr
Next I began assessing the paintwork. I only had the car for a single day, so that aim was to tackle the deeper RDS as safely as possible and to give the car a single stage machine polish to remove any swirling.
Some pics of the defects and correction:
RDS
DSC02463 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02467 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02471 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02478 by RussZS, on Flickr
50/50:
DSC02480 by RussZS, on Flickr
Flake pop:
DSC02483 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02487 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02489 by RussZS, on Flickr
This particular TTRS is in fact Milltek's ex-Demo Car, as seen in this vid:
Audi TT RS with Milltek Sport Racing Exhaust System - YouTube
The owner picked this up from a TT Specialist a couple of weeks ago and brought it right over to me for inspection. It was littered with RDS's and needed a general machine polish to restore some life back into the paint.
The owner also wanted some solid protection laying down and opted for Swissvax Crystal Rock.
On to the detail...
Upon arrival:
DSC02443 by RussZS, on Flickr
Wheels, tyres and arches were dealt with first using Smart Wheels, G101, Swissvax, EZ and Vikan brushes:
DSC02447 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02448 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02449 by RussZS, on Flickr
Then the car was snow foamed to begin breaking down the dirt/dust on the paintwork, using Bilt Hamber's excellent Auto Foam:
DSC02453 by RussZS, on Flickr
The paintwork was then hand washed with Auto Finesse Lather and a CQuartz mitt, then rinsed and treated to IronX, which lifted very little fallout:
DSC02454 by RussZS, on Flickr
Tardis was then used to clear up any tar spots, then the car was rinsed again and moved inside for claying:
DSC02456 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02457 by RussZS, on Flickr
Very little was lifted, most of that which was seemed to be rubber, presumably from trackdays from its previous ownership.
I then dried using a combination of:
Uber Drying Towel:
DSC02458 by RussZS, on Flickr
and Aeolus 901X:
DSC02459 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02461 by RussZS, on Flickr
Next I began assessing the paintwork. I only had the car for a single day, so that aim was to tackle the deeper RDS as safely as possible and to give the car a single stage machine polish to remove any swirling.
Some pics of the defects and correction:
RDS
DSC02463 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02467 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02471 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02478 by RussZS, on Flickr
50/50:
DSC02480 by RussZS, on Flickr
Flake pop:
DSC02483 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02487 by RussZS, on Flickr
DSC02489 by RussZS, on Flickr
