Project Carbon Detail
Another detail that has been a very long time coming! The car itself is a great example to the LCR club as a lot of thought and attention has gone into it from the modifications to the engine bay bling. Looking around the car you can tell that no expense spared in its maintenance over the years and as Daz said to me a few times now, he cleans it twice on a weekend if it gets dirty on the Saturday!
The detail was very very last minute! It was decided on the Saturday morning that we would do it as BHP show was coming up. Couple of hours later….
11AM - I am presented with this:
Engine bay pic taken from DK’s readers ride thread.
Taking scope of the job at hand I chose the weapons and jobs we were both going to do for the day as time was against us. I wanted to try and do the best job possible so the car looked great for the BHP show and I was also very conscious that silver cars are so dam difficult to make gleam so I chose the Werkstat system to add some depth to the paint.
Products
Wash n Drying
Meguiar’s NXT Tech Shampoo (wheels)
Dodo Juice Supernatural Shampoo (body)
Chemical Guys STRONG WASH - Bug Tar & Grime remover
ValetPro Snow Foam
ValetPro Tar and Glue remover
CarPro Iron X
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner
Autobrite Polar Express drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguiar’s microfibres
Body Work
Sonus Green clay
Menzerna Power Finish (203S)
Menzerna Final Finish (106FA)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime (hard to reach areas by hand)
Dodo Juice Need for Speed (door shuts)
Meguiars Last Touch
Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Werkstat Prime Acrylic
Werkstat Acrylic Jett
Werkstat Acrylic Glos
Plastics, Rubbers, Metal and Glass
Meguiar’s Endurance Tyre gel
Meguiar’s NXT Metal Polish
Autoglym FastGlass Cleaner
Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Care
IPA
Tools
Meguiar’s G220 DA
Dodo Juice Spin Doctor Rotary
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Sonus Orange Swirlbuster Pad
EliteCarCare Brushes
EZ Wheel Brush
Vikan Brushes
3M 3434 Masking Tape
The wheels were cleaned with a 4:1 mix of Bilberry Wheel Cleaner (changed to a weird colour recently). The arches were spray with a 5:1 mix of Chemical Guys Strong wash – bug and tar remover. This really helped soften up and breakdown the tar on the wheel arches ready for scrubbing later.
WHEELS
Another detail that has been a very long time coming! The car itself is a great example to the LCR club as a lot of thought and attention has gone into it from the modifications to the engine bay bling. Looking around the car you can tell that no expense spared in its maintenance over the years and as Daz said to me a few times now, he cleans it twice on a weekend if it gets dirty on the Saturday!
The detail was very very last minute! It was decided on the Saturday morning that we would do it as BHP show was coming up. Couple of hours later….
11AM - I am presented with this:
Engine bay pic taken from DK’s readers ride thread.
Taking scope of the job at hand I chose the weapons and jobs we were both going to do for the day as time was against us. I wanted to try and do the best job possible so the car looked great for the BHP show and I was also very conscious that silver cars are so dam difficult to make gleam so I chose the Werkstat system to add some depth to the paint.
Products
Wash n Drying
Meguiar’s NXT Tech Shampoo (wheels)
Dodo Juice Supernatural Shampoo (body)
Chemical Guys STRONG WASH - Bug Tar & Grime remover
ValetPro Snow Foam
ValetPro Tar and Glue remover
CarPro Iron X
Bilberry Wheel Cleaner
Meguiar’s All Purpose Cleaner
Autobrite Polar Express drying towel
Chemical Guys and Meguiar’s microfibres
Body Work
Sonus Green clay
Menzerna Power Finish (203S)
Menzerna Final Finish (106FA)
Dodo Juice Lime Prime (hard to reach areas by hand)
Dodo Juice Need for Speed (door shuts)
Meguiars Last Touch
Glazes, Sealants and Waxes
Werkstat Prime Acrylic
Werkstat Acrylic Jett
Werkstat Acrylic Glos
Plastics, Rubbers, Metal and Glass
Meguiar’s Endurance Tyre gel
Meguiar’s NXT Metal Polish
Autoglym FastGlass Cleaner
Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Care
IPA
Tools
Meguiar’s G220 DA
Dodo Juice Spin Doctor Rotary
Karcher Pressure washer
Sonus foam applicators
Sonus Green Polishing Pad
Sonus Orange Swirlbuster Pad
EliteCarCare Brushes
EZ Wheel Brush
Vikan Brushes
3M 3434 Masking Tape
The wheels were cleaned with a 4:1 mix of Bilberry Wheel Cleaner (changed to a weird colour recently). The arches were spray with a 5:1 mix of Chemical Guys Strong wash – bug and tar remover. This really helped soften up and breakdown the tar on the wheel arches ready for scrubbing later.
WHEELS
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