2001 Beetle - Mini Detail - EHUTH1

[ehuth1]

Good friend of mine has been looking for a good all around car for his daughter that is in college. Picked this one up for $3500 and he wanted to give it just a quick makeover.

Wash - Foamed with DG901 / Hand Wash w/schmitt
Clay - Meg's Clay
Polishing - SIP with Orange Pad via Flex then 106 with white pad
LSP - DG 105 via cyclo with white pads
Tires - DG Aerosol Tire Shine
Interior - Cleaned with APC and dressed with AIM L&V Treatment
Seats - Cleaned with APC and DG leather shampoo dressed with ^

Not a bad little ride to only have 114k on the clock. 4.5 hours start to finish.

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After

[HighEndDetail]

Sweet work on the bug Eric.

[AjNavo61490]

bet that girl is pumped for college now!

[Reddwarf]

Beautiful turnaround!

[m4gician]

Mini detail?!!?!?!?!


Okay so let me get this straight, you basically made the exterior look like new including perfecting the clearcoat, cleaning and protecting wheels and tires, and washing the rest and you call it only a MINI detail!?

:P

Great work as usual. Can I ask how much time for polishing? To be more specific, how much time from sip to 106 to dg105?

[Gary Sword]

Looking good ehuth1!

[lethalxls1]

Great job! Thats a cool little car for $3500

[Tonya]

Great job EHUTH1! That is a beautiful blue. I am sure she was so excited! Thanks for sharing!

[mshu7]

Looks great Eric! How are you liking the Flex?

[ehuth1]

Originally Posted by m4gician

Mini detail?!!?!?!?!


Okay so let me get this straight, you basically made the exterior look like new including perfecting the clearcoat, cleaning and protecting wheels and tires, and washing the rest and you call it only a MINI detail!?

:P

Great work as usual. Can I ask how much time for polishing? To be more specific, how much time from sip to 106 to dg105?

Thanks M4gician. I didn't get to crazy with the interior and didn't touch the engine so thats why I considered it a MINI. I basically hit all the trouble spots with SIP/1 pass. After that I moved on to 106 working it the longest. After taking it off I did a quick rinse then applied 105 via grey CCS and PC. I let it stand 30 minutes then took it off. To make sure I got all the residue off I covered the car in MEGS UQD.

Total time from SIP to 105 2.5 hours, but remember this is bug (very small)

Originally Posted by mshu7

Looks great Eric! How are you liking the Flex?

The flex is working good. The weight is a change from the PC/UDM, and I'm basically spoiled with the Cyclo's balance.... The flex has the correction capabilities, but I'm just about ready to purchase a nice rotary. The feel of the flex and weight have me just about ready to pull the trigger.

Thanks everyone for the comments.