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Old 12-10-2010, 06:40 PM   #1
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Hi from "Down Under"

Hi everyone,

My names Andrew from Western Australia, pretty much right down the bottom. I had been a property manager since leaving schooling & after 4 years got fed up with the BS & quit. Now own a pre-exsisting car detailing workshop.

Big Subaru fan, currently own a Forester GT (2002) with a heap of engine mods, has a twinscroll turbo setup from Japan Legacy's so its a beast of a daily drive. Has around 230hp & 340nm torque at the hubs.

Slowly been getting into the grove of doing detailing on a daily basis, prior to that it was always just mine, fiance's, family & friends cars when I had time, all by hand & hardly got too abrasive.

Last owner of the business basically run it as a semi-intensive car wash, used some risky chemicals (aluminium brightener on wheels) & used to paint wheel wells & wheels/tyres if they where black steelies. No way was I going to continue with that so I've been changing things around as money allows.

We do the basic cleans up to full details, I'm getting some pads & a machine soon because my hands cramp up pretty bad & it takes forever to do a car.

I'll throw up some pics of our workshop & then how we re-arranged things after a few weeks for better access in/around cars. The last owner used to use the walls to paint things too....very unprofessional. I am hoping to eventually clean & coat the floors, put in some decent lighting or drop those lights down & line the walls at least 2/3rds of the way up so it is much cleaner & professional looking, as opposed to an old dirty shed. Still lots of stuff to move around & throw out from the pics but it gives you a basic idea.

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Re: Hi from "Down Under"

Exterior of workshop:





Rear doors open up to an underbody ramp...unsure if I want to keep. Only one in town who does under body cleaning but it takes up a lot of space.



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Old 12-10-2010, 06:52 PM   #3
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Re: Hi from "Down Under"

Couple of cars I've done:

Heavy dirt/ciggarette soiling....





New 4x4 + fresh tar road....not good.

Front door done, rear only washed.


Rear bumper & tailgate








End result + happy customer.


My car...





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Nice looking garage mate!
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Re: Hi from "Down Under"

Now that's what I call one heck of an introduction!nn

You have a fabulous shop and good luck with your business!!

Thanks for all the great photos!!
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Welcome to Autogeek Online!

Great intro and I love the ramp!

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Rear doors open up to an underbody ramp...unsure if I want to keep. Only one in town who does under body cleaning but it takes up a lot of space.




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