Hello again! It has been roughly a year since Vince (v|nsan|ty) and I have detailed another vehicle and have posted a write up as other commitments has consumed most of our time. A good friend of mine contacted me after purchasing a Scion FRS in White Out (or Satin White Pearl) and I figured I could make some time to join in on the FRS/BRZ details. So here it is, yet another FRS new car prep and detail! I informed the owner about the risk of dealership mishandling of the vehicle and the possible defects they could place on the paint and as a result, he requested the dealership to not "detail" the vehicle for him. As I will discuss later his request was not passed down to every staff that handled the vehicle. The game plan was primarily exterior work, focusing on a complete wash including the wheels and exhaust tips, a complete decontamination of the paint, spot polishing, and finally Opti-Coat 2.0 and Glass treatment. Subject: Initial inspection: Wheels and wheel wells required a thorough cleaning: Let's Begin: We began with the wheels, using Autoglym Custom Wheel Cleaner: EZ Detail Brush for the barrels and Swissvax Brush for the face: The tires was dressed from the dealership, 1z W99 was used to remove this in addition to clean the wheel wells: W99 was also used for the exhaust tips: After: Next, the vehicle was foamed using CG Citrus Wash N Gloss and Maxisuds: Washed using CG Citrus Wash N Gloss and the two bucket method: With the wash complete, it was time to start on the decontamination stage. Without doubt the vehicle was transported via rail and as a result the surface was covered with rail dust. CarPro Iron X was utilized to take care of these harmful contaminants (Notice the concentration of the iron contaminants are found on the upper surfaces were they have settled): We then took the vehicle out to be re-foamed before claying: We clayed the vehicle using Sonus Ultra-Fine Detailing Clay and Dodo Juice Clay Lube Concentrate (We really need a retailer in Canada to carry the Clay Lube Concentrate by Dodo Juice! It is extremely slick!): Minor tar contaminants was present still: Speaking of Tar, the owner stepped on some fresh asphalt and has stained the pedals with tar. W99 did not touch it, however CarPro Tar X did the trick: Before: After: The Paint Correction: As I have discussed earlier, the owner requested that the dealership not touch the exterior of the vehicle and that he would take delivery of the vehicle without a "detail". Unfortunately the owner did see the vehicle being wiped down by the dealership during a visit to see the vehicle. We painstakingly inspected the vehicle's paint and went defect hunting to repair any defects prior to an Opti-Coat application. The next few photos show the damage (Note the owner did not touch the paint after taking delivery). Defects were dealt with using Menzerna Power Finish on a LC Orange Pad. Minor defect on the passenger door: After: Passenger fender before: After: Driver side fender before: After: Defects on the hood: After: The rest of the vehicle was polished using Sonus Paintwork Cleanser to ensure the paint was absolutely contaminant free: With the polishing done, the paint was wiped down with CarPro Eraser: Opti-Coat 2.0 was next to provide tried and true durable protection of the paint: 2-3 Panels were done at a time and taken out in the sun to be inspected for high spots and "rainbows" from over application: Happy with the results, the wheels were treated as well: The windows were cleaned and Wolf's Glass Guard was used to provide the glass with Hydrophobic properties: The finished product: Thanks for reading!
Another thorough and well written write-up! It was definitely nice to join in on the action of opti-coating a FRS like so many other members on here have done. It was a neat vehicle to work with and luckily the paint wasn't too hammered from the factory. That paint really popped after in the sunlight :thumb:
It looked great before the detail. Seems overboard to do this to brand new car imo. Either way the car looks nice.
Good job! It's a fun car to work on isn't it? It's not an exotic, it's not a high end European, it's a regular Japanese sports car, but it's such fun to touch and work on.
Just seems pointless in Alberta weather unless this is going to be a garage queen and not daily driven. With all the crap in Edmonton roads especially the rocks and the inconsistent weather there is it makes your extensive detail look like the car hasn't been washed in weeks after a few hours. Here in B.C you would be lucky if it doesn't rain right after you detail a car or the next day lol.
I just did the same type of job for someone who drove here from Ottawa and right back after the detail. It's never pointless to protect a car. Even if it gets dirty afterwards, at least it's decontaminated and will be easy to wash. My $0.02
There is plenty of members on DB who have done the same work as us. Some people are just in the wrong forum. :whistle: Or just love to hate.
So what I can conclude from this post is that you find it pointless to do any sort of detailing to a vehicle because it will get dirty right away. Remind me now, why are you on a detailing forum?
Was referring to this vehicle being new, the amount of work done to it, and your location. Don't like the comment then be it, I was stating my opinion. Never said it looked like crap before or after.
It's always nice to give a client a vehicle the way it 'should' have arrived from the dealer. Done 5 of these in white and they are horrible on the iron, so much that taking a look at the white will reveal black marks everywhere. Applied ironX twice last time. The Opti-Coating should work well on this one, and why apply a product like Opti-Coat on swirled paint? Counter productive there.
