Gleaming Kleen - VW Golf GTI

This was booked in for full correction and have the wheels refurbished

Vehicle foamed, washed and clayed as usual

Here is car after the wash stages


Wheels removed to be refurbished and changed to a dark anthracite. Set of new tyres also fitted on the wheels

Before


After


Arches and suspension given a good clean using Bilt Hamber Surfex HD, arches were then dressed with Megs All Season Dressing










Wheel hubs needed a bit of attention so these were sanded back and then primed, painted black and lacquered to match with the new colour wheels

Before


After


Some of the defects on the paint:censored:
















With the deep defects and the rock hard paint I settled on using a wool pad and Megs 105, this was then foll0wed up with Menz 302 on a polishing pad














































Pillars corrected with Menz 203s and a polishing pad




Paint was then refined with Menz 85rd
























Wheels were protected with a coat of Blackfire Metal Sealant and then this was topped with SV Autobahn wheel wax and tryes dressed with SV Pneu



SV Cleaner Fluid was applied/removed by hand to all paint including door shuts and then a coat of SV Best of Show as applied. This was left for about a hour whilst I cleaned and sealed the exhaust, cleaned the windows and dressed the front grill with 303 Aerospace.

Few afters

























And a Before & After of the car





Thanks for looking

 

UNBELIEVEABLE job. "Swirly' was needing some love. What a great turnaround.
Great job on a great car! Radically different look with the wheels refinished. Very cool.

Thanks. Joe D

 

Jay your work is nothing but stunning as always... fantastic!

 

Perfect finish Jay!

 

That car looks like the paint is dripping wet. Excellent job!!!

 

awesome finish

 

how come we don't have this color GTI here!!!!

 

impressive work jay. that thing looks wet as hell. i really like the color of those wheels...funny ive been thinking about having my GTI wheels refinished in that same kind of color, but on my black GTI. im hoping it will look just as good. and you also reminded me that i gotta detail my suspension components and wheel wells after installing my H&R's.

 

Looks great! Bet the pwner was chuffed!!

 

Great turnaround!

 

Great turnaround Jay! Now how about some pics of the work van?

 

amazing work, Jayplay!

 

Some of the best work that gets posted on DB is by you bud. That car looks stunning now and really like the look the refinished wheels give it now.

 

thanks guys:thumb:

 

Such a great turnaround. Those swirls were just nasty...the blue is really nice once exposed.

 

Amazing turnaround Jay...That paint was knackered!

 

wow. the vehicle looks fantastic. The blue is dripping and the flakes are popping. Very nice setting for a photo shoot as well.

Quick question . . . . so when you are polishing or even compounding, are you going around the entire vehicle with M105 first and then moving on to your next step or are you nearly finishing ea. panel down with multi steps before moving on?

 

Holy-moly. That was awesome. :yikes:

 

The last two pics really show the difference. That car looks amazing.

Question - When you re did the wheels did you just sand them down, paint them, then polish and seal them? They look amazing and I'm just curious how you went about refurbishing them.

Great work!

 

Jay, you always get the easy stuff oke: Great job mate :applause2: