Mini Cooper S detail. 56K warning.

[Allan]

Well, here we have a Mini Cooper S belonging to Robin on the forum. The car was in good shape, a lot better shape than some that i have had recently:).
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pe0dd19139ab8053e98a2b10206c055d4/ef01adfe.jpg

Here are the before pics.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p864e48ed0bc43293d1bdd8d218c4f081/ef01b7a4.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p476642291997e26f66d4bd8573099650/ef01b7a7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pf0341b5db6070c3c659c5ef86fe27606/ef01b7a1.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p1521958367eee3418aafb637f5f99dd9/ef01b7a5.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p52031fdf0e1521dfb9bba6c05003ebf3/ef01b614.jpg

Firstly the car was coated in meguiars detailer car wash soap from a foam gun and blasted clean. It was then refoamed and washed with a lambswool wash mit. Once clean I set about refoaming the car and claying the paint.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p7e18c6b3df8abfd2acbc18fa66bb318d/ef01b525.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pd0b53460ec829ee83e6e6f77f22ae965/ef01b484.jpg

The S was quite clean at the front but a lot of crap was stuck to the back for some reason:evil: but this was taken off by the clay (Sonus fine detailing clay)

The car was then rewashed and the wheels were coated in meguiars wheel brightener and blasted clean with the pressure washer. The arches and tyres were coated in Meguiars Super Degreaser. The paint was quite bland. It had been coated in supa guard or diamondbrite or something else and you could see it has worn off through time. The water was just lingering instead of beading off the paint as shown below.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p66b430e700c8be1fc865980e0f747d6e/ef01b475.jpg

The paint was then tackled with meguiars #80 speed glaze to remove some light swirling and add a bit of gloss to the paint. The x shape is the glaze placed onto the pad and dabbed onto the paintwork
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pbd7c6ac5292234b624dcd194bf6bd4f0/ef01a4e7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p7916069b9c1f5c88e0075696d5b10511/ef01b40c.jpg

Here is the paint after glazing.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/ped0dedc8c904d6f3f67c411a9bcfdee3/ef01b218.jpg

The paint was then polished with Blackfire extra gloss polish and sealed with Klasse Extra gloss sealent. It was then waxed with megs mirror glaze #16.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pe93187f3308eaa488f51338dcdf7d910/ef01ac6a.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p8ba6634a345ef21d30cf6f73560e682a/ef01ac64.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pf6bde618b73203fab860a536bf54bd41/ef01aa4b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pd1aa3ffd1b8efc880aa677e83cd7cb7b/ef01aa30.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pd90f105e3e13f246416816d6e3170d65/ef01ab9d.jpg


The engine bay was cleaned with meguiars #2 for cleaning the paint, and Autoglym bumper and trim shine for the plastic work.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p0fdb17b22055a1321fca458ead9c8316/ef01af6f.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p819e6fea4a603a433d949c3e2c1dad62/ef01aed2.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p2c8dffda4f70ca144e73166b198b3735/ef01a41a.jpg

Windows were cleaned with Autoglym glass polish.

The exhaust was cleaned with 3M stainless steel cleaner/ polish and P21s metal polish soap, as was the skid pan under the exhaust shown below.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p3fc39f7cf2170146f9826a34151af9b9/ef01aca7.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pd93cb1af56653f82aa45091e137e4e50/ef01b02f.jpg


The interior was cleaned with a Mini cleaning agent which has air freshner built in.

Af

[avdero]

I am speachless
I always thought my car was 'clean'
Mow, where's the sun????
Robin

[X30YES]

Top job Allan ......:eek: the time and effort does pay of ;)

[markyc]

Very very very nice indeed :approve::approve::approve::approve::D;)

[AndyP & Lenore]

Very nice, loving that shine.:approve::approve::D:D

[jamiec]

very nice!

any details on location, prices etc?

[sleepyrascal]

My car needs this badly!! The rear end of the car end rear quarters are all bumpy. Its just tiny bits of tar which get chucked all the time. Really annoying!

[Allan]

Must be a mini thing lol. Ill get better pics on photobucket when it is up and working again, the resizing has messed up the quality of the pics.

Allan

[Big Col]

Wul yer a bl00dy amature! The car looks stunning now Allan mate. Don't suppose you fancy doing mine? I'll pay you!!! :D

[Wul]

Nice job Allan :cool:- the PC makes life easier too;) - is the sonus clay as good as it supposed to be?

[X30YES]

Wax on ...Wax off :D

[KINGHORN]

sleepy i got a man who will do a cracking job on your motta

[duncan]

quote:Originally posted by Allan
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p7916069b9c1f5c88e0075696d5b10511/ef01b40c.jpg

My MINI looked like that after I parked it down near the river.
Bloody Seagulls. :evil:;)

[X30YES]

My MINI looked like that after I parked it down near the river. :D:D I thought it was a new decal for Abz area to let the gulls know it had already been splattered ,so they could dump on another car :p :D:D

[N12 JLK]

Even Markyc approves. Nice job:cool:

[Allan]

Hey sorry guys, aint been on the net in a while. Thanks for the comments, makes all the hard work worth while ;)

Allan

[Wul]

Allan - I know of a rather tall chap who wants a word with you ;)

[Allan]

who ? :D

[Big Col]

<coffs> :)

[X30YES]

<sniggers> ...and says nowt :D

[Allan]

:D Not been on the net in a while. Get your emails?

[Sweeney]

yeah i did cheers, emailed you back though did you get it?

[N12 JLK]

Allan get yourself down to Cumbernauld;)

[X30YES]

Whit fur .....:question::p:D

[Crombers]

quote:Originally posted by lesley12

Allan get yourself down to Cumbernauld;)


After all MarkyC taught you!! , you've gotta nerve :p;)

[The Bull]

Anyone know where I can get some Megs wheel brightener?

[Allan]

try
www.cleanandshiney.co.uk (Quote detailingworld for 10% discount)
or
www.seriousperformance.co.uk (free postage + 10% discount paying by cheque)

You will need to buy a bottle to put the wheel brightner in (you can get these from the meguiars site). It is basically a 5l bottle that you add to the wee bottle and top up with water. I think it is around 15 pounds but depending on dillution ratio's it lasts a long time. Ive had mine over a year and it still aint finished.

Allan

[The Bull]

Both were out of stock but strangely had some in their ebay shops. Got some ordered, cheers Alan.

[Allan]

Right. Here is a black one now :D. My Boss is selling his MINI, so I had to detail it today. It has been sitting for a while not being used and it had all sorts stuck to it.

Firstly the car was washed and clayed (Sonus green clay is crap for summer, it went all gooey btw) Then the car was treated with meguiars #80 speed glaze. The car was then treated with meguiars #7 show car glaze (to bring a bit of deeper shine) then treated with blackfire extra gloss polish. This was then sealed with Klasse extra gloss glaze, then #16 mirror shine wax.

The windows were polished and the exterior trim treated with autoglym. The engine bay was degreased and treated.

The interior was hoovered and the carpets extracted, the plastics were polished and leather treated.

Heres the befores
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006007.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006001.jpg
Yes... that is a massive spider :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006004.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006006.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006011.jpg
The middles
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006013.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006012.jpg
The afters
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006014.jpg
we like flakes :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006017.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006018.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006019.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006020.jpg
oooo Shiney
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006021.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006023.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006025.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006024.jpg

Me in the paint
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/Allan320/10062006022.jpg

Any questions about anything ive done give me a shout and ill try and explain what i did ;)

[Sweeney]

he should be shot for letting it get into such a state in 1st place ;):sleepy:, nice job though it seems :)

first time ive seen one with steel wheels with hub caps too

(any chance you can give your mailbox a quick check when you get a chance, ive emailed you :I)

[Allan]

cool, no probs matey. just gonna check it now. :D

[Sweeney]

cheers, if you didn't recieve them give me a shout.

[X30YES]

Mail box !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well .

[Wul]

Great work allan - I gave my black cooper the treatment last weekend too - washed, clayed with sonus (no probs with mine), then scratch x'd where necessary followed by sonus cleanser, meguairs nxt tech wax and then topped with #16 mirror glaze - all by hand too :eek:

Gotta love the deep gloss shine #16 leaves!! :cool:

However - any chance of knocking down the res on your camera a bit to make them fit on the screen?8)

[Allan]

lol, its photobucket Wul, the first pics are automatically resized but photobucket is lazy and doesnt do it for you :p

Yeah #16 is great I got it when i done the detailing shoot for Fast and Modified last year... and its still going strong! I got #26 also which is good, it doesnt have the same finish but it has better beading than #16 so i dunno which one to use.

lmao, right Ive got 2 mail boxes and i keep checking one and not the other . Emailed you back Sweeney and ill give you a fone tonight Angus

Allan

[indigomatt]

Morning...

Jus reading all yr stories of expert cleaning...and......yep.....a question..... you see I'm a lazy (drunken :p) sod..........so does anyone fancy washing claying waxing etc... ma wee brg cooper :D:D:D you could also hover :p I'll pay :D ahhh go on ;)

:D M

[Sweeney]

Allan, the post above your post is the man to speak to indigomatt :p

[indigomatt]

quote:Originally posted by Sweeney

Allan, the post above your post is the man to speak to indigomatt :p


Thanks, have sent an e-mail... :D:D:D

[The Bull]

I got my Megs wheels brightener Allan. Magic stuff! Best wheel product I've ever used. My wheels were looking fantastic when that lassie pulled out on me and smashed up the front of my car! Maybe she couldn't see me because she was blinded?