CupraR210DJM's Black Leon Cupra R Detail

[jonjay]

CupraR210DJM contacted me after seeing the results from Soundwaves detail a month and a half ago. Deano stated that his paint needed correction as the previous owner neglected this beautiful car and there was only so much he could do by hand. Since I done my last detail I was confident that I could bring back the black paint to its former glory stating that we would get a deep “slimy” black look.

As it is November we both knew time was against us so we agreed a day whereby we could start early and work till night fell upon us. Due to this time constraint certain pictures could not be taken to show the truly some truly stunning results.

Morning
I arrived at Deans house 9am and took some before pictures.

Products

Wash n Drying
Meguairs NXT Tech Shampoo
Meguairs All Purpose Cleaner
Sonus Drying Towels
Meguairs Microfiber Clothes

Body Work
Cleanyourcar fine polyclay
Meguairs Last Touch quick detailer
Menzerna Intensive Polish 85RD3.02
Menzerna Final Finish (PO 106 FA)

Sealants
Klasse All in One

Plastics, Rubbers and Glass
Autoglym Vinyl & Rubber Care
Chemical Guys - New Look Trim Gel
Turtlewax Glass Cleaner

Tools
Meguiars G220 mk2 machine polisher
Karcher Pressure washer
Snow foam Lance
Myriad of foam applicators
Menzerna Compound Pad (White)
Swissvax Detail Brushes
Meguiars Wheel Spoke Brush
3M 3434 Masking Tape

 

[jonjay]

Wheels

As always I cleaned the wheels first. I agreed with Dean that we would cleaned them thoroughly and clay them after to make sure they are in decent condition until they get refurbed. I opted to use Megs APC at a dilution ration of around 4:1. Once the APC was worked in I then proceeded to wash wheel sheep wool mitt. Dean then clayed the wheels after whilst I concentrated on the paint work.

Once the wheels where cleaned I sprayed on the Snow foam to loosen the dirt before cleaning. Essential to do this to avoid causing any more swirls when washing.

Rubber seals were cleaned with Megs APC. I stress the importance of this step as rubber seals and plastics tend to hold a lot of dirt which rub off onto the mitt and could cause more swirls! No pictures were taken unfortunately to show how much dirt came off!

Car was then washed with Meguairs NXT Gen shampoo.

Car was looking pretty clean and showing good reflections - good sign that the car is being looked after despite there being swirls. I must state the paint work was silky smooth so credit again to Dean as this definitely made my life easier claying the car 3 months before.

I clayed the car as a precaution to ensure when machine polishing we got the best possible finish.

Drying the car

 

[jonjay]

The car looked pretty clean at this point however the swirls showed up in all their glory under the sunlight.

Halogen lights where setup and upon inspection the swirls looked very light. I opted for the Menzerna 106FA on a compound pad.

Results of bonnet

Left Wheel Arch

Before

After

 

[jonjay]

Left Front Door

Before

After

Left Rear Door

Before

After

Left Rear Arch

Before

After

Boot -sorry for poor picture of the after. We forgot to take one until the end!

Before

After

Right Front Arch

Before

After

 

[jonjay]

Results of the detail

MASSIVE Thank you to CupraR210,DJM for doing a superb job of cleaning the inside of the car whilst I was working on the outside. The inside was treated with Autoglym products and glass cleaned with Turtlewax Glass Cleaner. The inside really did look immaculate! Also big thank you for Deano giving me the opportunity to clean his car and get it back up to scratch.

 

[UncleFester]

Top work Maz! Getting easier each time you do it and the results get better each time too! Owner happy?

 

[CupraR210.DJM]

Hey hey, thats my clean baby.
The results are fantastic and i am so pleased with the work you done on my paintwork. Cheers again, i have taken some more pics in the daylight to so just how good she looks. I'll post them as soon as i can.

 

[jonjay]

Hey hey, thats my clean baby.
The results are fantastic and i am so pleased with the work you done on my paintwork. Cheers again, i have taken some more pics in the daylight to so just how good she looks. I'll post them as soon as i can.

Welcome deano, anytime!

 

[CupraR210.DJM]

haha, anytime............
I'll defo be getting you to come over in the summer to do the top up protection detail we were discussing. But defo when its abit warmer and light past 4.30pm.

Deano........

 

[DOLBY]

nice one maz....your the man...
paint looks fantastic, a real professional finish...i would be scared to drive it after that...

 

[SHADY-NINJA]

loks blinding.
on a more serious note, jonjay, how much will you charge for this service.

 

[jonjay]

Thanks for the kind words.

 

[B3LSY]

got a challenge if you wanna do my car maz?

 

[jonjay]

Yea course Ben I like challenges and I am sure I can your your car to its former banana glory hehe

 

[wisejason]

Top job boys... looks like its just come out of the showroom.

 

[jonjay]

Top job boys... looks like its just come out of the showroom.

I am pretty pleased with it. I do think with more time I would have got better results.

 

[nibbles]

Great job guys i,m in need of this being done soon

 

[CupraR210.DJM]

Jonjay= I am pretty pleased with it. I do think with more time I would have got better results.

Sounds like a challenge for the summer me thinks, haha.

 

[Carr20vt]

Looking good as always Jonjay.

 

[jonjay]

Looking good as always Jonjay.

Cheers mate