My MOST Powerful Before and Afters Yet!!!

[GSRstilez]

This one is by far the winner for dirt and grime. BY FAR. Belongs to the woman who lives above me. She is very busy and works the graveyard shift as an RN at Yale Hospital. She pretty much sleeps all day so not much time to care for the Jetta. This car stood out to me since I moved into my apartment 2 months ago. It looked battered.

I spoke with this woman the day I did the Scotchbrite marred Maxima...She thought I repainted the car in the parking spot it looked so good. She explained to me how she spends winters in Northern New England (Mass, VT). She got stuck in a state of emergency (Snow Storm) and if she didn't move her car they'd tow her with a huge fine. She was already plowed in so her and her boyfriend went to town digging the Jetta out. Well, she took the steel shovel to her black finish :eek: . There were about 30-40 R.I.D.S. (Random Isolated Deep Scratches). After washing and claying, I took 1500 grit wetsanding papers and sanded the crater (indent) of the scratches. I then touched up x 2 (10 mins apart) with Audi touch up paint. Finally, I wetsanded with 2400 grit MicroMesh papers and compounded out with Menzerna PowerGloss via rotary and Cutting Pad @ 1700 rpm.

Anyways, this was an exterior only job. It chewed up my clay bar and really needed a lot of work. :) Final processes were:

-QEW x 2
-Wolfgang Clay on paint and windows
-Rain-X to seal the glass
-Meguiar's APC+ (10:1) to clean rims, tires, and wells
-Touchup and wetsanding info above
-Meguiar's #80 via rotary and polishing pad @ 1500 rpm
-Menzerna MicroPolish via rotary and polishing pad @ 1500 rpm
-Meguiar's NXT by hand
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing on tires, wells, and plastic trim


Now for the pics :D


Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03001.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03019.jpg


Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03006.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03010.jpg


More pics coming :)

[GSRstilez]

I honestly don't think it's been washed in many many months. There was so much accumulated grime on the doors they were whiteish/greyish.
Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03003.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03013.jpg


Here's what I'm talking about with the scratches. The big one was almost hopeless but I got it back to life pretty well.

Before
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03004.jpg

After
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03017.jpg


Teh Wetness Shot :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC03011.jpg


4 hours, $100 plus a 20 buck tip...I'm happy, she's happy...Life is good :)


Enjoy!

[Chris Nemlich]

GSRstilez,

Looks Great! I am amazingly impressed! I bet she was the happiest woman in the world!

:xyxthumbs

Chris

[scrub]

Nice Nice Nice!!!

I bet it looked tons better after just washing. Great job.

[GSRstilez]

Thank you both :)

williams22: Yeah she was very happy to get the thing close to new again.

scrub: A wash definately helped, but the paint was pretty badly stained and etched. The polish really brought the paint alive, and NXT was the 'wet' icing on the cake :D

[Mike Phillips]

What can I say but Wow!

Your passion for the craft, dedication to doing your best, and ability to produce results that speak for themselves, have testified on your behalf that you are a Pro Detailer worthy of the bow...

:bow :bow :bow

Nice work! :bigups

Mike

[2000]

$100 bucks!:eek:
she got the deal of a lifetime for that work, great job!:bow

[GSRstilez]

Mike: I'm blown away by your kind words. I have to pay a lot of thanks to you for writing such thorough threads about procedures. I have learned much I know now from you and Meguiar's as a whole.

2000: The more and more I think about it...I know :) . I have adjusted my prices since this post and these pictures are on the homepage of my webtsite :D

[JaberWaki]

Originally posted by 2000
$100 bucks!:eek:
she got the deal of a lifetime for that work, great job!:bow

thats what i'm sayin!!!
that for only 100 bucks... dude you should right this up as charity work on your taxes!!!

great job:xyxthumbs

[ilanpro]

Sweet, Dude can I see pics of red Acura??

[SprintKing]

what an amazing transformation
well done!!
I'm impressed that only took you 4 hours

PM me your website - i'd like to have a look if i may :)
just curious

[GSRstilez]

Thank you everyone :)

Couple pics of my Acura

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02346.jpg

Enjoy!

[SprintKing]

wow nice ride m8

this is the car you take to all your details?
its a good way to impress potential clients

nice!!

[GSRstilez]

Hey SprintKing,

Yeah, I take it to all of my details. Thanks :)

[ilanpro]

Sweet acura LOVE the color coded wheels:coolgleam

[SprintKing]

im curious i have a similar sort of car
http://suburbanstreets.com/cars/Eunos/eunos.html
most of the time my 15" sub takes up the whole boot, but now and then i detail a family members car. I usually fold the back seat down to get the vacuum etc in & put all my products in a clothes basket. How do you go about storing your products?

[Bri]

Originally posted by GSRstilez
Thaqnk you everyone :)

Couple pics of my Acura

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02606.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02346.jpg

Enjoy!

Nice ride man!! It really shows that you take good care of your car!!! Great job! Deep and shiny!

[o_einstien]

<marquee>wow :bow wow :bow wow :bow </marquee>

d@mn ! simple amazing. very impressive. I am sure you are a good inspiration to newbies here ( like me :D) ;)

[Teak]

Excellent work. Please stop detailing and post pics of VW Jetta's as I will want to go out and buy one again. J/K.

Eric

[Rockpick]

STELLAR WORK!!! :xyxthumbs

[cheapthrills]

GSRstilez, sweeeeeeet!, not the jetta, your teg. :D

nice work, the jetta looks great! would of loved to see the look on her face. :xyxthumbs

[Vandelete]

very great job you did with the Jetta.. and i really like your acura Integra... are you a bit in the JDM style? (sorry offtopic):)

[GSRstilez]

Thanks everyone !

Vandelete: I am more SeanDM...I like my own style. A lot of the car's attributes are pulled from various 'stilez'. JDM is one of them yes :D

[LnkPrkSoldier]

your car looks soo.... wet. it looks sweet! congrats on both cars.

[zr123]

Just curious... how exactly did you touch up the paint?...

I've tried but I always get blobs and botches and it never looks flush.

Your input would be great.

Thanks!

ZR

[Superior Shine]

YEA, "SWEET" PREETY MUCH DISCRIBES THIS ----------



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v157/kappapsi497/DSC02346.jpg

[LnkPrkSoldier]

hey superior shine, im sorry to hijack this thread but i tried to send you a private message but it said your inbox was full. where in covina are you located? im interested in you cleaning my carpet for me. i don't have an extractor and i don't want to spend too long on it and find out there is still some shampoo/cleaner left in there. do you have a phone number? or an address would be helpful. are you going to be hiring this summer? i am looking for a job this summer. ill show you my car to show you the work i do :D please pm with info such as number, address, price please. sorry to hijack your thread buddy. do you have different views of your car? cuz that just looks amazing. what process did you do on that and what products?

[escape]

All I can say is SAAAAAWWWWEEEEEEETTTT!!!
Both cars look amazing. Nice transformation on the Jetta, but your Integra looks so good words cannot describe it. Great work.:xyxthumbs :bow

[Beercan31]

GSRstilez

How do you keep all that water bonded to the surface?

The only thing I can say is

SOAK'IN-SWEET