Its not very often that one of these old beauties comes by wanting some tlc. The car was a truely great example for its year but needed that slight extra swing putting back into its step again. Due to the car being an almost every day driver, enhancement was the way forward. Now the norm for enhancements are 1-2 stage set ups but this needed something extra. Typical VAG paint type being tough as mike tyson and loving to fight back but after some gentle persuasion, I got the upper hand. Here she is: Wheels firstly got treated to autosmart smartwheels, ez detail brush & swissol style brush. This cleaned the fascias well enough but some incriminating heavier break dust was still remianing so a quick shot of an acid based cleaner, aggitated once again then rinsed left them looking a whole lot healthier. Next was the arches. Seperate bucket, various brushes and autosmart G101 did the trcik and cleaned them up very nicely. Roof got some much needed love ( twice ) with meguiars apc and meguiars upholstrey brush. All lower sections pre soaked with autosmart G101 then whole vehicle rinsed. Washed 2 bucket method ( 3 including wheels/arch bucket :lol: ) with meguiars nxt shampoo. De-tarred with autosmart tardis, left to dwell then removed with a microfibre towel. Whole vehicle rinsed again then dried with Uber drying towel and autosmart tango as a drying aid. And onward into the unit.............. Car was clayed with bilthambre soft clay and autosmart reglaze as clay lube. Standard amount of contamination for its age, nothing to scream about in all honesty but never the less, paint felt far cleaner and smoother. On with the defects and measuring......... Luverly jubbly :shock: Paint measurements were quite high and scatty which is understandable for a car this age tbh. Scales from this To this Here we go.............. Wipe down with standard thinners to ensure paint is cleane and ready for some good polishing. Start on the passenger wing Before Mid process 50/50 which was a pain to get to stand out nicely due to lighting in th unit. And looking less war torn and more gloss happy. Wing compared to bonnet shows the colour improvement and less haggered swirl issues Next I turned my attentions to the bonnet which took three hits with 3M perfect it wool pad and scholl concepts S17+ polish. 50/50 mid process again Carrying on aftre the bonnet I started on the passenger side again this time the door Mid process 50/50 again And looking healthy This was achieved with 2 hits with 3M perfect it wool pad, 1 hit hi gloss 7.5" polishing padboth with scholl concepts S17+ Again, rear quarter which I sectioned into 3 to break it down eaier. This helped get a really nice 50/50 result Rear quarter complete and looking nice and tight The bonnet and tailgate were the worst on the car so I thought it good practice to show after each attempt what was achived. Tailgate before After first hit with 3M perfect it woool pad and scholl concepts S17+ After the second hit And the final hit with wool This was then polished to reveal this And after this process across the rear Once the whole car was cut and refined I opted for a nice application of clearkote red moose glaze applied by rptray on bullseye finishing pad at low rpm's At this point it was time for some warm brown and the finest virginia :lol: Back to work you lazy maggot :twisted: An issue which was pointed out was white residue or what seemed to be this until I took the tape from the trim on teh car and revealed worse than before. The lower valance at the rear had been painted with satin matt black paint at some point so after a quick think I opted to wipe it down best as I could with standard thinners Which revealed this. I taped the bumper up and away I went with fine ghost sprays of satin matt black to ensure even coverage and to make the trim look as it should rather than patchy. The exhaust was rubbed down with 00 wire wool and re-painted matt black also. Removed tape and dressed all trim with autosmart trimwizzard. Arches dressed with autosmart finish. Tyres dressed with autosmart highstyle. Glass cleaned with autosmart clear viewand glass glo. Roof was vacced thoroughly and re-protected then a quick whizz round to all the fiddly bits. Glad I was inside today :wink: Picture removed due to advertising in the states:shakehead: Now, I was asked for the wettest look I could give so decisions, decisions....... For advertising reasons I am tight lipped but I used this And some final piccies to show how the audi should look.
Very nice work on this classic Audi. Please remove the photo of your van, no advertising allowed unless you are a DB Supporter.
very nice work. the gloss on the vehicle and just the overall look of the paint improved tremendously. Excellent work.
Very nice recovery on the Audi. What a nice color it is once properly polished. Any interior shots? Also, do you every polish the lenses of the headlights and taillights, as that would take years off the look of that Audi (just my opinion, as i see you've done an excellent job on the paint). Cheers,
Beautiful work! That was a hard color to catch all the defects,but you did a good job of finding and correcting them. Good job.
Vans been removed fella though im highly doubting I would put any of you US residents out of work unless I was paid for + hotel and flights etc ( im not thta highly respected LOL ) I could totally understand if this was a UK forum but im miles away from anyone on here. Lights always get a set with 3M polishing pad and dodo lime prime standard tbh. This could of done with having some light sanding and polishing. Thanks for the comms everyone.:thumb:
No worries mate, but we do have a few UK members that are paying to be DB Supporters and advertise their business, so want to make it fair of them. Appreciate your understanding.
great work. I have a newer audi, but i have always loved the 80's styling...the proportions are very appealing.
