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      02-23-2011, 08:50 AM   #1
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SpeedFreak Detailed: Audi A4 - tar city!

Had the pleasure of meeting up with a member of bimmerforums this past Sunday in Annapolis, to do some work on his A4 S-line. During the course of our PMs, he had expressed that the car had some rather deep scratching that he wanted addressed. Specifically, on the rear bumper area and around the wheel wells. Also, the car had sat on the dealer lot for quite a while and had somehow gotten tar spattered all over the body.

Our plan was to address the tar issue, and hopefully remove it with a clay bar, remove the scratching, and give the entire car a good one step correction via the FLEX to remove swirling and any other defects that remained. Unfortunately the claying process took close to three hours and I was running out of daylight, so I only managed a quick one or two after shots.

Also the engine was degreased, with special attention being paid to the sticky grease build up on the frame rails. This stuff was STUBBORN and required a good bit of elbow grease.

Products Used:
  • Dawn super concentrated dish soap w/2 bucket method/grit guards
  • Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
  • Pinnacle XMT Speed Clay
  • Poorboy's World QD as clay lubricant
  • Meguiar's 105 on PFW
  • HD Uno on LC CCS Orange pad
  • HD Uno on LC CCS White pad
  • HD Poxy
  • Stoner's Invisible Glass
  • Armor All tire gel
  • Meguiar's Professional APC diluted @ a 4:1 ratio
  • Aerospace 303 protectant

The car as it sat when I arrived.







The Sonax wheel cleaner doing it's job, APC used on the wheel wells





After the initial wash was complete





Tar spatter on driver's side mirror



passenger side mirror



Passenger side A-pillar





Sun shots showing swirling





Getting taped up and ready for polish



Scratching on the rear bumper. This area had penetrated the clear coat completely so I corrected it as best I could without risk of sacrificing the surrounding clear



More scratching on bumper





Engine befores







Engine After



As I said earlier, I ran out of daylight so my apologies about the lack of after shots. Just snapped a quick few that I figured were better than nothing.







Thanks for looking!

Best Regards,

Brian Lewis
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Nice work, Brian! I see that you're roughing it outdoors. I'd gladly exchange the comfort of my shop for a little exterior detail help with my Tundra. It's not that I can't do this myself, it's that I don't want to. We could skip the Dawn as there isn't a speck of wax on her anywhere!

Here's how she looks today. She could use a little love.
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Adam,

The weather has actually been pretty nice!!! I'm going to Brazil on Monday for two weeks and have a bunch of jobs to schedule when I get back but maybe I can bring mine up and we'll do a dual truck detail!

How did you run at MIR? Break the record you were goin' for?

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Looks superb! Great work.
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Adam,

The weather has actually been pretty nice!!! I'm going to Brazil on Monday for two weeks and have a bunch of jobs to schedule when I get back but maybe I can bring mine up and we'll do a dual truck detail!

How did you run at MIR? Break the record you were goin' for?

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Brazil, eh? Sounds interesting. Pleasure, I assume?

A dual detail sounds great. I could use some inspiration over here! we can drag Matt in too!

I ended up just spectating last Friday at MIR. The temps in the upper 70's would probably have killed my chances at the record and beating on my car just for fun didn't seem like a good idea. I'm sure there will be another track rental before spring and my new stage 4 clutch is broken in and ready to rip!
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Brazil, eh? Sounds interesting. Pleasure, I assume?

A dual detail sounds great. I could use some inspiration over here! we can drag Matt in too!

I ended up just spectating last Friday at MIR. The temps in the upper 70's would probably have killed my chances at the record and beating on my car just for fun didn't seem like a good idea. I'm sure there will be another track rental before spring and my new stage 4 clutch is broken in and ready to rip!
Yes, buddy and I are going for Carnival. It's like our Mardi Gras but apparently times 20 so should be a good time.

Talked to Matt last night and he said he's in too. I've got a Ton of new products I want to try out. Some polishes from Pinnacle, and a new sealant from Wolfgang that looks promising as well.

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