A4 Cabrio correction speed detail!

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A4 Cabrio correction speed detail!

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This A4 belongs to the Mrs of a friend of mine who just happens to be quite handy with a spanner or 2.. so in exchange for a full front axle arm change on my passat I gave the A4 a going over..

The car has been sat for some time, as it had no tax for a while, and as such the owners cat had taken a liking to the roof and left half of its fur all over it..
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you can see the holograms all over it..
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not as many pics as I'd like as there was not a lot of time..
process was as follows:

full snow foam
roof cleanse and brush off
wash with 2 bucket method
clayed the body and wheels
Wash again
APC'd the door shuts and wheel arches
dried

which got us here
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This also revealed he had previously used TFR to clean this car.. bad idea..
Milky stains (oo err) on the brushed chrome, these came out with menz final finish on a finishing pad.
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from there I machined out most of the swirls, with only a few deep (cat) scratches remaining.. but as I didn't have a decent compounding head on me I couldnt get these out, plus I'd stupidly forgotten to bring my halogens, so the end results are not really as true as they look!
After the polishing it got a coat of Megs#7 showcar glaze and 2 coats of Colly 476s Wax. Trim was dressed with megs trim detailer and tyres with megs tyre gel.. MMmmm nice

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and the badge of honour..
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and there you go! was absolutly pooped after that..
However, the owner told me he's been hired to do a cambelt on an RS6, the owner of which has also asked about a 'valet' service.. ;) so watch this space.. woohoo!
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