Windsor Blue Jetta Exterior correction

[2pt. slo]

A local VW owner contacted me last week about cleaning up this car before he tries to sell it.

Process

Wash/clay
-Two bucket wash
-DP Extreme Auto foam/Dawn mix via AG Foam cannon
-Pinnacle Clay bar

Wheels/Tires
-Various Brushes w/ P21s Wheel Gel
-Meg's Gold class tire gel
-Wheel wells received some Aerospace 303

Correction
-PCXP 7424
-Megs 105 w/ LC Orange pad
-Megs 205 w/ LC White pad


LSP
-Klasse High Gloss sealant
-DoDo Juice Purple Haze

All exterior textured trim received some Black WoW

Total Time: 14 Hrs..

I didnt have my camera for this entire detail so I didnt take any pics before the wash. Here are a few pics showing the condition of the paint after the wash and clay. As you can see the finish was pretty hammered with plenty of spider swirls and holograms.




Here is a decent sun shot of the Rear quarter panel and rear door, as you can see the finish is very dull and has a decent amount of swirls and holo's.







The entire car's finish was just dull and lacking luster.



Not to mention that the roof was extremely oxidized.




As was the trunk lid.



After testing a small spot on the hood I decided that 2 passes with m105 on an LC Orange pad followed by 2 passes of m205 on a LC White pad would do the trick as usual.

Here is the rear quarter panel after 2 passes of M105 on an Orange LC pad. As you can see we have made huge improvements and removed almost all imperfections.



A semi 50/50 shot of this area



Now moving on to the lower portion, dont worry I went back and hit all the crevices.

Before



After one pass with M105 on Orange LC.





I then followed up after this shot with another pass of m105 on orange and 2 more passes with m205 on white. I followed this process for the entire car.

Finally some gloss was restored.



Now on the the roof. Which was extremely oxidized. It required 2 passes with a LC Yellow foamed wool w/ m105 and followed by the LC Orange on 105 for 1 pass and 3 passes with m205 on white.

Before



50/50



After

[2pt. slo]

Since I didnt have my camera the entire detail I appoligize for the lack shots of other panels and of the full car. I however did have the camera the night I finished and below will show some shots of the correction using different lighting and before LSP



Camera flash and a handheld shop light











Now on to the afters. These are after the Klasse High gloss sealant and a coat of DoDo Juice Purple haze. I would have to say that i absolutly hate removing Klasse but i believe the results are worth the effort. The Dodo Juice was extremely easy to remove.

Again sorry for the lack of pictures and the sun was moving fast when I got home so I didnt get many after sun shots.












And a nice reflection



Some before and afters

Before



After



Before



After



Before



After




Thanks and I hope you enjoy!

[l3lacksheepsquad]

The paint looks perfect now... I love windsor blue, I miss mine. The rest of that ride now needs some serious attention... W T F is up with that "stance"?

[2pt. slo]

It's a daily driver. No need for the owner to do things like that to this car. The owners MKIII cabrio is a different story now its on point. Hopefully i can get my hands on it next.

[Grey Mouser]

Man what's with that towel rack in that picture

[2pt. slo]

Man what's with that towel rack in that picture

haha...as you can see i took that "one" down. on this forum atleast.

[TheGreenspanator]

That paint came out great! My fiance bought a 1997 GTI in the same color (and same paint condition as the befores, unfortunately), and I can't wait to get my hands (well, polisher)on it now

[Salty VW]

Looks great, but uhhhh... exactly how much junk is in that trunk?

[MattRabbit]

you did a fantastic job on that detail. I'd really like to do the same to my '01. It's amazing how you can get new life out of older paint like that. :bow:

[67Customs]

Very nice bring back. That paint looks awesome!

[finklejag]

Wow! Great job in bringing that 12+ year old paint back to like new.

[2pt. slo]

Thanks for the comments guys!

[Jesstzn]

Great job ... one point of interest ... you should wait at least 12/24 hours before topping SG just to give it a chance to cure & bond.

[2pt. slo]

Great job ... one point of interest ... you should wait at least 12/24 hours before topping SG just to give it a chance to cure & bond.

Thanks for the pointer. It was a good 6-8 hours before I topped it. Would you think that waiting the full 24 hours help in the removing of the product? I have used it on a few cars and it is by far the hardest sealant glaze I have ever had to take off before. I really disslike that its so hard to get off. I have found that in the warm sun its a lot easier but didnt know if it would make a difference in ease of removal if i waited that long. Any thoughts on that part?

[Vr6Heathen]

So the question is, how much did you charge the guy. It looks amazing.

[2pt. slo]

PM me for pricing. cant post things like that because of forum rules

[VW01JTI]

as always your work is top notch! the 20th still looks super fresh as long as i get it thur a touchless car wash every now and then.