Saab 9-5 Hot Aero - Swissvax Detail (my own car)

Well after decided to change my car, I sold the BMW and got myself a Saab 9-5 Hot Aero....for those who dont know this is the one with the 2.3 High Pressure Turbo producing 250bhp as standard and very easy to tune.

This is how the car arrived home:





Over the last few days I have detailed the car, steam cleaning the interior, the leather, treating the leather with Swissvax Leather Cleaner and Swissvax Leather Softner:








Replaced the front badge as all worn...decided on an old skool Saab badge:




So Today I decided to correct the 9-5, after taking various paint depth readings I knews i was going to be using different compounds and technique for different panels as there are some which have been resprayed...So onto some pics:

Swirls:








Corrected:



But there was some previous touch ups and a deep scratch, this will be fixed at a later date:




More swirling and oxidisation:





And this is after the correction:




50/50 with the front door/rear door:



On the top of the doors there were deeper scratches but were removed:




The front door after correction:



There front wing was also oxidised and heavely swirled and madly marred:




50/50 on the front wing:




Corrected front wing:




At this stage I took a picture of the reflection on the panels which had been corrected:



Onto the bonnet....which was really badly oxidised and swirled giving a very poor reflection:





50/50:





Corrected and a much better reflection:



Onto the bumper, someone had attacked it with a brillo pad:



After correction:



There were a few things needing fixed on the bumper so might get it resprayed



I did the other side which was like what you always saw in previous pics (nothing more exciting) then it started to rain....I was fortunate to finish the correction so tomorrow will add the protection, just trying to decide on which wax i will use.....





So today I was going to continue with the detail on my 9-5 when I got a call from my mum....."someone has damaged you car", so went round to see how bad it was....expecting the worse and hoping for the best, I turned up and someone had thrown an egg at the car:





With the sun out and the car being black the egg was starting to fry on the paintwork...this is not good as egg has acid fat and protein in it (thanks to my friend Gordon for pointing that out) which will eat into the paint work...so the first thing i did was spray the effected areas with APC, picked off the shell and blasted with the PW, then snowfoamed with Chemical Guys Citrus Snowfoam and again rinsed, washed the car with Dodo Juice Born to be Mild rinsed and dried with a Dodo Juice Supernatural Drying towel. At this point the damage was clear

This was the impact spot:


and the run off had stained the paint:



So I attempted to correct the run off and etching with my DA, using Scholls Concept S17 compound and a Black Chemical Guys Hex Logic pad which worked well, the impact area and some etching will require wet sanding and didnt have time to do that today....so this will be done another time...

So once fixed I applied Swissvax Cleaner Fluid to the car:



Which was left for 10-15 mins and buffed off:


I then applied Swissvax Shield....This was contains PTFE (as found on non stick frying pans) which is fantastic for durability with 8+ months been known:


This was left for 30 mins then buffed off then left for an hour and the second layer of wax was applied, this time I wanted depth to the paint, so I opted for Swissvax Best of Show:


Whilst the wax was curing I applied Zaino Z2 to the alloys to give some depth then applied Swissvax Autobahn wheel wax:



then applied Swissvax Pneu to the tyres, personally i think this is the best tyre dressing on the market giving a nice natural finish:


Leaving the Autobahn and Pneu to cure a little, I dressed the exterior trim with Swissvax Nano Express, this is expected to give a few months protection in itself, but ill be using every month:


The exterior rubbers were perrishing so treated with Swissvax Seal Feed, this again is one of the best products on the market for this purpose:




The glass was treated to Dodo Juice Clearly Menthol and the wax was buffed, Autobahn buffed, tyre dressing wiped the end results:












Thanks for viewing, hopefully given some insight into some of the diffrent products used....

Robert

 

nice job! what a waste of the egg though..

 

I hate vandals, I wish I could catch in the act and give them some street justice...

 

excuse my language mate, but that's F&*(ing beautiful! I must invest in swissvax and some of that product. Your car looks f'ing awesome!

 

Thanks guys

 

Fantastic job. I love Swissvax products. Every time I try a new trie dressing I always come back to Pneu.

 

thanks mate, really for me Pneu is without a doubt the best tyre dressing you can get, but on the negative side, its ever soo slightly expensive well as is all Swissvax products.....

 

I bet if you have left your car in a sorry state, no one would have thrown an egg at it. I bet some local chavs saw you spending your entire day polishing it, and therefore decided to damage it. The bastards.

 

Actually i think they saw me at the car for 3 days solid, first day inspecting it, seconds doing the interior, third doing the exterior correction and now fourth protecting it.....i still got more i want to do to it lol

 

Very nice work!!

 

Great work. Sorry to hear about the egg but it looks like you overcame. Love the 9-5/9000. Had a '86 9000 and I believe that it is still the favorite car I've every had (even versus merc, lexus, MINI, and a '66 Mustang).

 

Thanks, well i still have not got to experience it the way i want to.....once i got home from the garage the engine managment light came on, went into limp mode and the auto transmission light came on and would not select any gears so the dealership coming to pick it up tomorrow to take it away to fix it under warranty

 

Great work makes me want to run out and buy Swissvax

 

Swissvax as a product is fantastic, i would highly recommend it to anyone....where as soo many products you have to work within time contraints, Swissvax is soo much more forgiving, can leave the waxes on all day, in direct sunlight and have no problem.....

 

You did a great job on the car. Your sense of pride shows in the work you do. Excellent post.

As for the A-hole who threw the egg, I hope his feet grow together one night when he is sleeping.

Thanks, Joe D.

 

I am so sorry to see that people are stupid in all countries, how childish of them to do that to such a nice little car! Karma is a bitch though so they will get whats coming to them in time.

What pressure washer do you have? I noticed it in a few shots and it looks like a Karcher, but I'm assuming its probably something a little nicer then that.

You need to drive it back to where you purchased it and see what they think of your work, they probably could have asked more for it if it was in the condition you currently have it in.

 

Nope its a Karcher, changing it in the next couple of months to a Kranzle K7 as im wanting something smaller and the Karcher has done me well for the last 2 years without any issues......

The dealer came to pick up the car to fix something under warranty, the owner is wanting me to work on his Porsche and potentially cars within his dealership, she could see the difference right away, said he was too scared to sit inside it because it was soo clean lol

 

Beautiful work man. What a bunch of pussies who threw that egg at your car. They deserve a good beating.

 

Beautiful work, it sounds like who ever vandalized your car might have been watching you clean it the day before as it looks like they waited to hit it after you finished.

That makes me reminisc of my Saab, the black paint on the Saabs I have polished have always been really easy to work with. I am surprised you have a red DIC though, your Aero uses Trionic 7 engine management and should have a black DIC on the engine as red DICs are used with the previous generation Trionic 5 management.

 

It had been sprayed previously.....