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

So an update on this.....its been a long time lol

Well the engine blew on it



Car was sent back to the dealers and they replaced the engine and gave a healthy compensation for the inconvenience

The car was still covered in Swirls from the last time they got it back, just have not had the time to work on my own car......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDG9xNwProU - this shows the brush marks

Got the SID (Saab information Display) replaced:
from:

to:


The exhaust was annoying me, looking very rusty so sprayed with a high temp matt black:
from:

to:


Decided to treat the plastic trim with Dodo Juice Supernatural Gloss Trim Sealant:



Treated the Glass with Dodo Juice Clearly Menthol then Dodo Juice SN Glass Sealant:


Also at this time i decided to give Wolf Chemicals Boby wrap a try and initially i was impressed in the application and removal, still at this time the car was not corrected:




Also applied Wolf Chemicals Rim Shield to the alloys:


Here is some beading shots of the Body wrap:



Over the last week I decided enough was enough and corrected the paintwork, recently having Scholls Concept pads and S3 Gold, S17+ and S40 I started to the car, Decided to wetsand certain areas of concern on the bonnet and the boot:
Bonnet before:


After:



The bootlit:
before:


After:






When finishing the car i used Dodo Juice Purple Haze from on all the panels except the roof, i used Wolf Chemicals Body Wrap (more to test over the winter) but some more beading shots:

Purple Haze Pro:

WC Body Wrap:


Finally yesterday I decided to clean the arches and remove the wheels and protect them, get the car ready for the winter, so i decied to use the steam cleaner for this...

Aches before:




After steam cleaning then i applied Swissvax Motorshine to protect them:



The alloys were removed and cleaned using the steam cleaner....
before:

50/50:

After:

Then they were protected with Wolf Chemicals Rim Shield (im really liking this product)


Thats all for now....will be getting some new products to try out soon, so when i have time some more updates....but i have been enjoying the car a lot

 

That car looks fantastic! Great work! Whoever threw the egg was obviously jealous!!!

 

I got my car back today with the new exhaust system. Opted for the Abbott Racing 3 piece system including 3" downpipe, Sports Cat and full system and i LOVE IT !

Looks amazing:







And it sounds even better than it looks :

Saab 9-5 Hot Aero Abbott Racing Exhaust - YouTube

Saab 9-5 Aero Abbott Racing Exhaust - YouTube

Also replaced the DI cassette with a new one and new spark plugs and new fron bearing......

 

Very cool!

 

Couple of updates.....had applied Permanon Car Supershine Brilliant to the Saab which worked really well, looked good, very easy to apply and water behaviour was good (as i was testing these products, i also used my mothers Nissan as its the opposite end of the spectrum in detailing sense....in all honesty its a mess lol):

Permanon Car Supershine Brilliant - YouTube

Then applied Permanon Glass to the windows inside and out and on the interior trim:

Prism Detailing - Permanon Glass - YouTube

Then i stripped the Permanon Car and replaced with Permanon Aircraft, but using IPA on my paintwork and rubbing, some of the paintwork is very soft and fine scratches appear immediately only noticeable in the sunshine (dont get much of that in Scotland!), so i decided to wait until my new products arrived:



So decided to have a go at the Saab, remove the light scratches and some of the deeper ones and it worked a treat, will be using this more often, it definately got the desired results:







Then opted for some Swissvax Shield, this is one of my all time fav waxes (maybe second fav) and i love the water behaviour, the self cleaning aspect and the durability....I took a video of the water behaviour :

Prism Detailing - Swissvax Shield demo - YouTube

Thats all for now.......

 

Not really updated the car much but i did decide yesterday that the headlights were in need of restoration looking like this:



After wetsanding with 1000 sanding discs via da followed by 2000 and 4000 ended up like this:



Then polished with Scholls Concept S3 Gold on a Orange Hex pad and futher refining with Nanotech Super Gloss Polish on a Scholls Orange Pad and ended up like this:



Not a big update or anything but a diary of the updates on my own car......

 

keep it up!! it's cleannnn!