ScheerSpeed: Full detail on a Range Rover HSE. lots of swirls! and 112 pics!

ScheerSpeed · 08-16-2008, 01:53 PM

This car had never been detailed. it was about a year old, it has been taken to the car wash for a wax every so often, but this time the owner wanted PERFECTION. and thats just what he got. this car needed wetsanding in some places, and a full 3-step polish. as far as he paint goes, it was in pretty bad shape...

Exterior

-Wash
-P21s TAW Pre-soak
-CG CWG
-CG Waterspot Remover
-White/yellow shMITT

-Engine
-Meguiar's Super Degreaser
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing

-Wheels
-CG Citrus wheel cleaner
-Meguiar's Wheel brightener
-CG CWG
-EZ detail Brush
-Black shMITT
-Amazing Roll-off (tires)
-Swissvax Autobahn

-Wheel Wells
-Simple Green
-black shMITT
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing

-Clay
-CG Gray clay
-CG Synthetic QD for lube

-Correction
-2000 grit (3M wet-or-dry) sanding paper
-Menzerna Powergloss
-Menzerna SIP
-Menzerna PO85RD
-LC Foamed Wool
-LC yellow compounding pad
-LC orange pad
-LC white pad
-Sonus SFX white pad
-Sonus SFX blue finishing pad
-Makita 9227C
-3M yellow backing plate
-Edge foam pad cleaner
-ISA wipedown

-LSP
-Collinite 915
-FK1# 425

Interior

-CG leather Cleaner
-CG lightning fast
-1Z cockpit Premium
-1Z Gummi Pflege
-Zaino Z10
-303 protectant
-Stoner's Invisible Glass

Well to start, i arrived at fire station #4 (again!) at 7:00AM. i took a quick look at the car and i told the owner that it didn't look like it was in too bad of shape, except for some big scratches, which i was told to remove. first off i decided it would be better to degrease the engine before moving on the the paint, so that i would not dirty the paint.

Letting Meguiar's Super Degreaser soak in. then i gave the heavily soiled areas a scrub, then rinsed off.

now it's time for the wash. using the two-bucket method with grit guards. i first washed the wheels, then the car. after the wash i clayed the entire car using CG's Gray clay since this car had never been clayed in the past.

after the wash and clay

CG's Citrus wah n gloss sure does leave a nice looking shine! but don't be fooled! now onto the halogen lights!

well that paint was in pretty bad shape... so i decided to try a test panel using SIP on a orange pad.

it got most of the defects out of that panel. so i decided to go on with that combination. i moved onto the hood.

now that didn't seem to do much as far as taking care of the RIDS... so i decided to bump it up a notch to Menzerna Power Gloss on a Purple Foamed Wool Pad.

still left some RIDS...

after 1 pass with Power Gloss

after 2 passes

so at this point i had to resort to sanding using 2000 grit paper in order to get rid of the RIDS

and after powergloss of the same panel

the center of the hood

1 pass wasnt enough....

did anyone say powergloss isn't dusty?

more before and after shots

these scratches were caused by a luggage cart from a hotel running into the car. they had to be sanded out. some small parts of it had unfortunately gone too deep...

after powergloss

after SIP

and that was the end of day 1. i left at 11:00PM.

the next morning i arrived back at the station and got started again at around 8:30AM. i re-washed the car because it sat outside at night and got rained on. then i went back to polish the whole car (including the roof) over with SIP on the white sonus SFX pad because my CCS pads were acting up for some reason. i think it had to do with the "sticky clear coat" issue.

SIP finished down pretty well on the hood with the sonus SFX white polishing pad.

now for the final result of 2 hard days of polishing. these shots are after polishing with PO85RD on the blue sonus pad and given a ISA wipedown

50/50 of Black WOW

after LSP

that marked the end of day 2. i have another job at a restaurant that i had to be there at 7:00PM, so i left the station around 6.

Day 3 was at the owner's house. this was just to do the interior. i started out with cleaning the carpets with CG's Lightning fast stain remover.

extracted water...

the doors, steering wheel and seats were full of body grease and makeup (it's a woman who drives the car)

so i gave the leather a good cleaning with CG's leather cleaner, the plastic and LCD screens with 1Z cockpit, and then applied 303 protectant to the dashboard, and Zaino Z10 to the leather seats. then i applied 1Z gummi pflege to the weather seals. then cleaned the glass using stoner's Invisible Glass

and to finish it off i cleaned off the door jams with FK1 # 425

well i hope you all enjoyed looking at that! it took a lot of hard work to get that shine out of the paint!

thanks for looking!!!

ChaneRZ · 08-16-2008, 02:25 PM

damn that was a lot of work. nice turn around!

bolty · 08-16-2008, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ScheerSpeed

the doors, steering wheel and seats were full of body grease and makeup (it's a woman who drives the car)

wtf? makeup?? I wont even ask.

Nice job, btw

dreamk · 08-16-2008, 02:45 PM

DAMN!!!!!
nice job as always

ScheerSpeed · 08-16-2008, 04:46 PM

thanks guys!

remmib · 08-16-2008, 04:54 PM

Great job, I hope the owner was happy and payed you well.

oldaccount · 08-16-2008, 05:08 PM

nice.

pacman · 08-16-2008, 08:43 PM

great job!!

[SIPUT] · 08-16-2008, 11:52 PM

job well done!

JayeJaymes · 08-17-2008, 12:06 AM

another good job, lots of great pictures by the way

SpecC · 08-17-2008, 12:26 AM

wow... i've got a few questions

how long did this take?
how poor is the owner now?
are you on detailing steroids?
where can i get some detailing steroids?

L~R~G nor cal · 08-17-2008, 12:28 AM

Nice work!

But dam, that fake wood trim stuff looks like ass. You should of done them a favior and ripped that crap off. LOL

Saigon · 08-17-2008, 02:18 AM

hard work pays off! nicely done

Speedschnecke · 08-17-2008, 06:54 AM

nice job!

ScheerSpeed · 08-17-2008, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remmib

Great job, I hope the owner was happy and payed you well.

thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suareezay

nice.

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Originally Posted by pacman

great job!!

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Originally Posted by [SIPUT]

job well done!

Quote:

Originally Posted by J.Rob

another good job, lots of great pictures by the way

Quote:

Originally Posted by L~R~G nor cal

Nice work!

But dam, that fake wood trim stuff looks like ass. You should of done them a favior and ripped that crap off. LOL

haha, it doesn't look that good...

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Originally Posted by Saigon

hard work pays off! nicely done

thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Speedschnecke

nice job!

thanks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecC

wow... i've got a few questions

how long did this take?
how poor is the owner now?
are you on detailing steroids?
where can i get some detailing steroids?

1- 3 days
2- not too bad

3- no, im on deailing crack
4- from sniffing powergloss

lol

UncleWede · 08-18-2008, 12:06 PM

You wetsand perpendicular to the scratch edges, right? I got one on my wife's car that I probably need to do that. 4 tries with power gloss/orange didn't get it, but now it's the roundest scratch I've ever seen.

So it's the power gloss fumes, eh? I wondered why I kept going even when I was so worn out

pikkashoe · 08-18-2008, 01:22 PM

Wow scheer nice job. I was going to ask how a person buys such a nice car and lets it go to crap like that, but then about 3/4 of the way down you gave the answer, A woman drives the car. LOL. Once again nice job though!

ScheerSpeed · 08-19-2008, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UncleWede

You wetsand perpendicular to the scratch edges, right? I got one on my wife's car that I probably need to do that. 4 tries with power gloss/orange didn't get it, but now it's the roundest scratch I've ever seen.

So it's the power gloss fumes, eh? I wondered why I kept going even when I was so worn out

yes sir!

Quote:

Originally Posted by pikkashoe

Wow scheer nice job. I was going to ask how a person buys such a nice car and lets it go to crap like that, but then about 3/4 of the way down you gave the answer, A woman drives the car. LOL. Once again nice job though!

freshwhite335 · 08-20-2008, 06:35 PM

i had an 06 just like this one but with tan interior, factory tv's, and factory 20's. my one complaint was that no matter how many times i had it "detailed" it would never really shine. you couldnt tell it was actually a metallic black, not like a jet black. but this truck looks great. the other thing i dont know if u bmw guys would know is that this ladys truck had the luxury interior option. its a $5000 option that adds MUCH nicer leather [its more lexus then 80's mercedes like the standard leather]. its a bitch to clean and get clean.

absix · 08-20-2008, 06:49 PM

DAMN! Great job & pictorial.

ScheerSpeed · 08-21-2008, 01:35 AM

thanks guys!!

TK-421 · 08-31-2008, 12:39 AM

wow, great job! i like how the owner put on the supercharged grille, gills, and tails as well

08-16-2008, 01:53 PM	#1
ScheerSpeed Major General 415 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	ScheerSpeed: Full detail on a Range Rover HSE. lots of swirls! and 112 pics! This car had never been detailed. it was about a year old, it has been taken to the car wash for a wax every so often, but this time the owner wanted PERFECTION. and thats just what he got. this car needed wetsanding in some places, and a full 3-step polish. as far as he paint goes, it was in pretty bad shape... Exterior -Wash -P21s TAW Pre-soak -CG CWG -CG Waterspot Remover -White/yellow shMITT -Engine -Meguiar's Super Degreaser -Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -Wheels -CG Citrus wheel cleaner -Meguiar's Wheel brightener -CG CWG -EZ detail Brush -Black shMITT -Amazing Roll-off (tires) -Swissvax Autobahn -Wheel Wells -Simple Green -black shMITT -Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -Clay -CG Gray clay -CG Synthetic QD for lube -Correction -2000 grit (3M wet-or-dry) sanding paper -Menzerna Powergloss -Menzerna SIP -Menzerna PO85RD -LC Foamed Wool -LC yellow compounding pad -LC orange pad -LC white pad -Sonus SFX white pad -Sonus SFX blue finishing pad -Makita 9227C -3M yellow backing plate -Edge foam pad cleaner -ISA wipedown -LSP -Collinite 915 -FK1# 425 Interior -CG leather Cleaner -CG lightning fast -1Z cockpit Premium -1Z Gummi Pflege -Zaino Z10 -303 protectant -Stoner's Invisible Glass Well to start, i arrived at fire station #4 (again!) at 7:00AM. i took a quick look at the car and i told the owner that it didn't look like it was in too bad of shape, except for some big scratches, which i was told to remove. first off i decided it would be better to degrease the engine before moving on the the paint, so that i would not dirty the paint. Letting Meguiar's Super Degreaser soak in. then i gave the heavily soiled areas a scrub, then rinsed off. now it's time for the wash. using the two-bucket method with grit guards. i first washed the wheels, then the car. after the wash i clayed the entire car using CG's Gray clay since this car had never been clayed in the past. after the wash and clay CG's Citrus wah n gloss sure does leave a nice looking shine! but don't be fooled! now onto the halogen lights! well that paint was in pretty bad shape... so i decided to try a test panel using SIP on a orange pad. it got most of the defects out of that panel. so i decided to go on with that combination. i moved onto the hood. now that didn't seem to do much as far as taking care of the RIDS... so i decided to bump it up a notch to Menzerna Power Gloss on a Purple Foamed Wool Pad. still left some RIDS... after 1 pass with Power Gloss after 2 passes so at this point i had to resort to sanding using 2000 grit paper in order to get rid of the RIDS and after powergloss of the same panel the center of the hood 1 pass wasnt enough.... did anyone say powergloss isn't dusty? more before and after shots these scratches were caused by a luggage cart from a hotel running into the car. they had to be sanded out. some small parts of it had unfortunately gone too deep... after powergloss after SIP and that was the end of day 1. i left at 11:00PM. the next morning i arrived back at the station and got started again at around 8:30AM. i re-washed the car because it sat outside at night and got rained on. then i went back to polish the whole car (including the roof) over with SIP on the white sonus SFX pad because my CCS pads were acting up for some reason. i think it had to do with the "sticky clear coat" issue. SIP finished down pretty well on the hood with the sonus SFX white polishing pad. now for the final result of 2 hard days of polishing. these shots are after polishing with PO85RD on the blue sonus pad and given a ISA wipedown 50/50 of Black WOW after LSP that marked the end of day 2. i have another job at a restaurant that i had to be there at 7:00PM, so i left the station around 6. Day 3 was at the owner's house. this was just to do the interior. i started out with cleaning the carpets with CG's Lightning fast stain remover. extracted water... the doors, steering wheel and seats were full of body grease and makeup (it's a woman who drives the car) so i gave the leather a good cleaning with CG's leather cleaner, the plastic and LCD screens with 1Z cockpit, and then applied 303 protectant to the dashboard, and Zaino Z10 to the leather seats. then i applied 1Z gummi pflege to the weather seals. then cleaned the glass using stoner's Invisible Glass and to finish it off i cleaned off the door jams with FK1 # 425 well i hope you all enjoyed looking at that! it took a lot of hard work to get that shine out of the paint! thanks for looking!!!
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ChaneRZ If You Aint First, You're last !!! 81 Rep 2,509 Posts Drives: 08 BMW 335i, 01 Honda Prelude Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: California iTrader: (0)	damn that was a lot of work. nice turn around! __________________ 08 BMW BSM 335i 6MT (Sports, Premium, NAV, PDC, AS, IPOD, HD Radio, Rear Sunshade, OEM Alarm) Angel iBright V3, Luminics Fog Bulb, Turbo Tuner, K&N Drop in Filter, Dinan Exhaust, Dinan Pedals, Vorsteiner CF Front Lip, and CF Rear Diffuser. Ordered:08/25/07 Started: 09/09/07 Finished: 09/14/07 On Ship: 09/15/07 Arrived: 10/08/07 Delivered: 10/10/07
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08-16-2008, 04:46 PM	#5
ScheerSpeed Major General 415 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	thanks guys!
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08-16-2008, 02:45 PM	#4
dreamk Banned 122 Rep 9,946 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: south nj iTrader: (2) Garage List 2007 e90 335i [0.00]	DAMN!!!!! nice job as always
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pacman Lieutenant Colonel 40 Rep 1,913 Posts Drives: 325i Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bay Area,CA iTrader: (4)	great job!! __________________
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08-16-2008, 11:52 PM	#9
[SIPUT] Second Lieutenant 5 Rep 261 Posts Drives: sparkling graphite 320i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: sydney iTrader: (1)	job well done!
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JayeJaymes Alien 52 Rep 1,191 Posts Drives: YMB 2016 M4 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: AZ iTrader: (8) Garage List 2007 BMW 335i [0.00] 2011 M3 [0.00] 2016 M4 [0.00]	another good job, lots of great pictures by the way
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SpecC Completely obsessed with detailing 299 Rep 15,442 Posts Drives: E90 SG 330i, white Scion tC Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Francisco and Davis iTrader: (4)	wow... i've got a few questions how long did this take? how poor is the owner now? are you on detailing steroids? where can i get some detailing steroids?
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L~R~G nor cal Perfection Is In The Details 67 Rep 1,044 Posts Drives: 06 E90 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sacramento, CA iTrader: (1) Garage List 2006 325i [0.00]	Nice work! But dam, that fake wood trim stuff looks like ass. You should of done them a favior and ripped that crap off. LOL __________________ 2006 E90 SG-Dinan Ram Air Intake-Dinan Throttle Body-Dinan Exhaust-19' Hyperblack CSL's-15/5 tint-Matte Black Grills-M3 Spoiler Lip-Amber Delete-Smoke Side Signals
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Saigon Brigadier General 234 Rep 3,525 Posts Drives: BSM E92 335i Coupe Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (47)	hard work pays off! nicely done __________________ 07' Alpine White E93 335i M-Sport \| BMW Performance \| Beige l Piano Black l Sport l Premium l Heated l Navi \| Steptronic l Comfort Access l Logic7 l iPod & USB \|
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08-17-2008, 06:54 AM	#14
Speedschnecke Private 3 Rep 97 Posts Drives: 320d Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Cottbus, Germany iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 320d [0.00]	nice job! __________________ ..Best Motor Worldwide
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08-18-2008, 12:06 PM	#16
UncleWede Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner 17980 Rep 9,377 Posts Drives: G01 X3 M40i Dark Graphite Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oxnard, CA iTrader: (0)	You wetsand perpendicular to the scratch edges, right? I got one on my wife's car that I probably need to do that. 4 tries with power gloss/orange didn't get it, but now it's the roundest scratch I've ever seen. So it's the power gloss fumes, eh? I wondered why I kept going even when I was so worn out
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08-18-2008, 01:22 PM	#17
pikkashoe Major 56 Rep 1,239 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW 335 Coupe Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (1)	Wow scheer nice job. I was going to ask how a person buys such a nice car and lets it go to crap like that, but then about 3/4 of the way down you gave the answer, A woman drives the car. LOL. Once again nice job though! __________________ 2007 E92 AW/Coral Red/Alumin, 6 speed manual, ZSP, PROCEDE V3.1, Factory Short-Throw Knob, Bms Filter. 12/7/07 - 12.84 @ 109.36
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08-20-2008, 06:35 PM	#19
freshwhite335 Colonel 147 Rep 2,882 Posts Drives: 991/RR Sport AB Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: 904 FL iTrader: (6) Garage List 2011 BMW 135i [0.00]	i had an 06 just like this one but with tan interior, factory tv's, and factory 20's. my one complaint was that no matter how many times i had it "detailed" it would never really shine. you couldnt tell it was actually a metallic black, not like a jet black. but this truck looks great. the other thing i dont know if u bmw guys would know is that this ladys truck had the luxury interior option. its a $5000 option that adds MUCH nicer leather [its more lexus then 80's mercedes like the standard leather]. its a bitch to clean and get clean.
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absix Mu mu muh muli, maikouuu! 86 Rep 1,286 Posts Drives: F10 M5; F25 2.0d; Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Europe iTrader: (10)	DAMN! Great job & pictorial.
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08-21-2008, 01:35 AM	#21
ScheerSpeed Major General 415 Rep 5,767 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	thanks guys!!
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08-31-2008, 12:39 AM	#22
TK-421 Registered Sex Offender 573 Rep 4,759 Posts Drives: E46 M3 \| 1JZ S13 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL iTrader: (0)	wow, great job! i like how the owner put on the supercharged grille, gills, and tails as well __________________ Stop putting stuff like painted reflectors and premium package in your signature. You're embarrassing.
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