on board traini
01-05-2008, 12:17 AM
Hi,
I got my new Black 5 door Toyota Auris delivered by the dealer yesterday and overall the car appears as it should be and is running well.
However, several panels including the bonnet and nearside doors of the car have been left wit what appears to be marks caused by poor polishing done by the dealer in preparing the car for me.
Before the car arrived a good friend offered to properly detail the car using detailing clay with spray, polish and wax. I obviously took him up on the offer and quickly persuaded him to also do my wife's new car (V/W Golf GT TDi in red) in June, my brother-in-laws car (Black Passat) next weekend and my son's car (Fiat Grande Punto in Black) the week after - and my sons are going to help him with the latter two.
He started at 12pm today and has just phoned to confirm that almost all panels have the marked paintwork but he reckons it is coming out with the polish using the Meguiars new dual action polisher and is really excited at the finish he may achieve having done only half the bonnet to get an initial comparison.
This is the first time he has used a polisher and I should have said when he offered to do the cars i came to the agreement that I would buy the new polisher and a range of polishing and waxing pads which he could keep afterwards as long as I could borrow them again. Pretty good deal for both of us.
Got it back about 9.00pm tonight and .......
WOW! What a difference in depth and shine of the black paintwork.
All dealer induced swirls and scratches removed using:
A quality shampoo woolen & synthetic mitt wash
Meguiars Quik Clay & Detailing Spray Kit
Poorboys SSR1 Polish followed by a wash,
then Blackfire Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax, the latter applied by warm hands and both machined off using Meguiars Dual Action Polisher.
Not me in the pictures but my friend Alex who now has a new toy and spent 9 hours today detailing the car!
When he started car washed and clean but no real depth or quality shine
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/002WashBeforePolish2.jpg
Swirl marks like this on the bonnet were apparent on most panels of the car!
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/009SwirlMarksBonnetBeforePolish.jpg
SWIRL MARKS GONE AND WHAT A SHINE!
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/027BonnetAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/028OffsideAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/029FrontOSWingAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/030Wheelssealedandwaxed.jpg
I got my new Black 5 door Toyota Auris delivered by the dealer yesterday and overall the car appears as it should be and is running well.
However, several panels including the bonnet and nearside doors of the car have been left wit what appears to be marks caused by poor polishing done by the dealer in preparing the car for me.
Before the car arrived a good friend offered to properly detail the car using detailing clay with spray, polish and wax. I obviously took him up on the offer and quickly persuaded him to also do my wife's new car (V/W Golf GT TDi in red) in June, my brother-in-laws car (Black Passat) next weekend and my son's car (Fiat Grande Punto in Black) the week after - and my sons are going to help him with the latter two.
He started at 12pm today and has just phoned to confirm that almost all panels have the marked paintwork but he reckons it is coming out with the polish using the Meguiars new dual action polisher and is really excited at the finish he may achieve having done only half the bonnet to get an initial comparison.
This is the first time he has used a polisher and I should have said when he offered to do the cars i came to the agreement that I would buy the new polisher and a range of polishing and waxing pads which he could keep afterwards as long as I could borrow them again. Pretty good deal for both of us.
Got it back about 9.00pm tonight and .......
WOW! What a difference in depth and shine of the black paintwork.
All dealer induced swirls and scratches removed using:
A quality shampoo woolen & synthetic mitt wash
Meguiars Quik Clay & Detailing Spray Kit
Poorboys SSR1 Polish followed by a wash,
then Blackfire Midnight Sun Ivory Carnauba Paste Wax, the latter applied by warm hands and both machined off using Meguiars Dual Action Polisher.
Not me in the pictures but my friend Alex who now has a new toy and spent 9 hours today detailing the car!
When he started car washed and clean but no real depth or quality shine
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/002WashBeforePolish2.jpg
Swirl marks like this on the bonnet were apparent on most panels of the car!
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/009SwirlMarksBonnetBeforePolish.jpg
SWIRL MARKS GONE AND WHAT A SHINE!
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/027BonnetAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/028OffsideAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/029FrontOSWingAfterWax.jpg
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m54/onboardtraining/030Wheelssealedandwaxed.jpg