Paint, Detail, Wheel refurb

[TimG_Z4]

Hello,

The write up and pic's below were kindly supplied by Tom at Divine Detailing based near Harrogate.

Hope you enjoy the read...

Hi everyone,

This car was booked in several months back for a 1 step paint correction and full wheel refurb. Slight change of plan due to having some paintwork done just before it came to me, but the detail still went ahead.

The problem with a lot of body shops is that overspray gets everywhere, and heavy compounding leaves what are known as buffer trails, where the wrong technique, pressure, pads, polishes, working time and many more, are used....So these details are always a bit harder!

The car was fully washed, decontaminated, clayed, roof treated, arches cleaned etc, dried and pulled inside onto the ramp to gt the wheels off for a refurb. The photos start from this point



Swirl marks by DivineDetailing, on Flickr

Here's the overspray I was talking about..



Overspray evident... by DivineDetailing, on Flickr

And after



After removing as best possible by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



More overspray by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



More swirls, and overspray by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Buffer trails evident by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



More buffer trails by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Overspray removed by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



50/50 shot on door. Very hard to see! by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Buffer trails removed, and paint corrected by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Under the SunGun by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Previous stone chip repairs by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Corrected... by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Or not.. by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



All machine polishing work complete by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Pad after one panel, you can see the overspray being picked up by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Exhausts before by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Tips removed for cleaning by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



And put back on by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Overspray on rear window by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Safely removed with razor blade by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



After by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Windows cleaned by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finding more overspray, and black paint! by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Passanger window also suffering by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Razor blade again by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Arches treated and dressed by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Leather wiped down with all purpose cleaner by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Visible dirt drawn from leather by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Interior finished - No dressings used by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Carpets wet-vac'd and refitted by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Untitled by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



New wheel centre caps and bolts by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Wheels back from the refurb by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Refitted to the car by DivineDetailing, on Flickr

Lots of bits and bobs done at this point, removing dust from air vents, grills, shuts, tyre dressing etc etc...



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr



Finished shot by DivineDetailing, on Flickr

Thanks for reading, sorry it's so long!




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Divine Detailing

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[Anonymous]

Looks superb.....too much advertising though! Sorry...

 

[sars]

Looks very good indeed and if you don't mind me asking can you give an idea of cost, thanks

 

[srhutch]

Looks superb.....too much advertising though! Sorry...

x2

I would delete all the links, esp the second one that goes to a blank page, just leave the details at the bottom of the thread.

 

[Gazhyde]

Very nice. Who did the work?:grin:

 

[TimG_Z4]

Hey, sorry if it seem's like an advert! Just copied and pasted from an email.

I am not linked in away to them, just wanted to share what I thought was excellent work.

The detail cost £200 and the wheels were sent to the Leeds Wheels Specialist to be powder coated and cost £300.

So £500 very well spent to get all set for the sunshine

 

[JimmyPop]

Looks great!

 

[andysat]

Wow -great job x whatever on the advertising tho

 

[Cassie-UK]

Hmmmm, if we only knew where he got it done

Just teasing, it looks fab!

 

[Carol M]

Looks great! Whoever did it ( ) did a good balancing job with those bottles on your door (pic 31)

 

[Stuart Truman]

A paint correction is second on the to do list after getting some minor dings sorted. That looks like a job well done

 

[flimper]

Looks good