Hi, I detailed Jackflash's Corrado, here is the write up :)

[young dub 0]

I was contacted by Jackflash after he saw some of the polishing ive done on my brother zak's corrado and wanted the same treatment for his. After agreeing a date for the work to be completed I have to say jack could not have chosen a better day to get it done with the weather forecast to be amazing!

 

The aim was to generally improve the appearance of the car, both internally and externally with some much needed paint correction :)

 

For all those interested here were the products used to conduct this detail.

 

* Meguires quick clay/quick detailer

* Makita 9227 cb rotary polisher

* Sonus Pads

* Menzerna IP 3.01 and FF 85RD

* Meguires stage 2 glaze

* Collinite 476s wax

* Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel

* Poorboys Natural look dressing

 

Here are the before pictures:

 

As you can see very dirty :)

 

The car was then washed and then clayed, here is result of claying the upper panels of the car:

 

And then we get towards the bottom:

 

And on the lower doors and the rear of the car:

 

The car was then washed again and dried, the car was looking clean but on closer inspection showed some much needed correction :) I should also mention that the window seals were thoroughly cleaned at this point too because previous polishing efforts had left polish residue making them appear almost white in some areas.

 

Some general marring and swirls

 

A close up of the swirls in direct sunlight:

 

Defect on the wing to be corrected:

 

Swirls on the bonnet:

 

The rear of the car looking very dull for some reason, with little gloss:

 

Time to tape up the vulnerable pieces of trim when polishing.

 

The rear 3/4 after one hit of IP.

 

You can see the difference here where the door still has swirls:

 

 

The n/s door after one hit of IP:

 

The o/s door after one hit of IP:

 

The o/s rear 3/4 after one hit of IP:

 

Panels checked for swirls with a camera flash:

 

n/s Door again:

 

N/s Wing:

 

Bonnet after one hit of IP:

 

The tail lights were also polished and refreshed:

 

Before

 

After

 

The rear of the car also polished showing a big improvement:

 

The roof after polishing:

 

The light was then fading quickly and I proceeded to finish the polishing with the Menzerna final finish which add's even more gloss to the paint as seen here:

 

The car was then glazed and waxed, all of the black trim was dressed with chemical guys new look trim gel, the windows and door shuts were also cleaned of any polishing dust and any water marks.

 

I also proceeded to clean the interior which I'm gutted I don't have any before pictures of as I was focused on correcting the paint :lol: Anyway im sure jackflash would agree it was rather dirty and very dusty.

 

All the interior plastics and leather were cleaned with all purpose cleaner, the plastics were then dressed with Poorboys natural look dressing. Interior glass and mirrors were cleaned and all carpets and mats hoovered.

 

Well enough talking here are the after pictures:

 

 

This was all in preparation of the car being shown a GTi spring fest, here's some pic's of it at the show :)

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[BadMeatPies 0]

lovely work, looks great.

[V-Dubstar 0]

Looks amaaaaazing! :D

[Mawrick 0]

Stunning - Well done!

[MK1Campaign 0]

Nice work. I love Menzerna polishes. So easy to work with.

[Philuk 0]

wow amazing stuff! iw ant mine doing but i need to get some bits painted before i get it done.. tempted to buy my own G220 and give it a whirl! - scared tho! lol

[Jim Bowen 1]

wow amazing stuff! iw ant mine doing but i need to get some bits painted before i get it done.. tempted to buy my own G220 and give it a whirl! - scared tho! lol

 

 

with a g220 its actually pretty tough going to get rid of the swirls/marring, deffo not as scary to use as is made out

[fla 9]

simply stunning. I'll have to bring mine over soon let you work your magic on it, Young Dub :D

[young dub 0]

Cheers guys for the kind words, sorry for posting it in the wrong section. Completely missed the car care sub forum.

 

Hassan - Defiantly the weather to get it done 8)

[OSV 0]

Stunning work, pity i'm not local to you, would love to see mine done like that, i'm sadly still basic hand wax with no real knowledge or products, the difference when you know what you're doing is simply incredible :notworthy:

[C5 OEM 0]

Stunning work, pity i'm not local to you, would love to see mine done like that, i'm sadly still basic hand wax with no real knowledge or products, the difference when you know what you're doing is simply incredible :notworthy:

 

 

Told you mate pop round to mine or even theres a meet in preston arrange from detailing world next sat..go along to that and learn how to do it there..i`m thinking of going in the corrado

[jackflash 0]

Cheers mate, good write up and cheers for the work put in. Was really pleased with how the car looked at GTI Festival, didn't look out of place in the show and shine imho which was what I had hoped for. Just need to get the front end resprayed now (again!) to get rid of the millions of stone chips... gotta love that motorway commute :roll:

[greasegriff 0]

Do you mind me asking what you charge for that sort of work? I'd love to get mine done!

[zak 0]

was nice to meet you Jack, car looked sweet from the festival pics 8)

[jackflash 0]

was nice to meet you Jack, car looked sweet from the festival pics 8)

 

Cheers mate, same to you, was good to finally put a face to the name... and to finally see your motor in the flesh after having pored over pictures of it for so long!

[MattPc 0]

Thats absolutly mint, :salute:

you've made me want to do mine now, what grade mop did you use?

 

Matt