2011 Mini Cooper S - full paint correction and Opti-Guard and CQuartz coating

[gofast908z]

Did this car a little while ago and just now getting some time to post it up. Owner brought this in as a basically brand new car with hardly any miles on it. After having key parts wrapped in satin vinyl and getting clear bra installed on the front end, the task was to fully correct the paint and permanently protect it with Optimum Opti-Guard. The paint, plastics, wheels, and lights would all be coated with Opti-Guard and the glass would be coated with CQuartz.

About 20 hours altogether.

Upon arrival






Swirls on the A-pillar















Swirls and RIDS (Random Isolated Deep Scratches) seen on the hood









Some swirls in the clear film that would require some correction









Spraying the wheels down with Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner, a pH balanced cleaner safe for all wheel types.









The Mini Daytona Speedmaster Wheel Brush getting the wheel barrels nice and clean.









Inner barrels looking great








Foaming the car with a mix of Dawn and APC







Using the Swissvax detail brush to clean up the hard to reach areas






Washed, clayed, and ready for taping

[gofast908z]

Some cars need just a little taping and some need a lot.....this was the latter.









Sorting out the A-Piller














The C-Pillars required extensive correction















....other side















One more to go

[gofast908z]

Correction completed on the roof









Lots more taping for correcting the rest of the paint.






Door edges and around the handles had clear film as well and was protected via 3M Fine Line 1/4" tape.


















Hood fully corrected

















Onto the wheels which needed some decent correction as well...








After compounding











Wheel looking much better






Pain fully corrected



















50/50 of Opti-Guard on the trim

[gofast908z]

Engine tidied up as well








Finished pics after finishing the coating












Interior needed little work, but was cleaned up as well

























Opti-Guard gave a great look to the vinyl wrap covering the factory chrome trim.

[gofast908z]

Thanks for checking it out!

[KJW Detailing]

Excellent Job! What did you use on the wheels to correct?

[Klasse Act]

You did a truely awesome job on this car, still hard to believe a new car needs so much attention but you've proved it once again, doesn't matter if its new, it still needs attention. Now those wheels, although they match the car's theme, there's NO WAY IN HELL I'd ever have gloss black wheels on anything, even if it were a toy, NO WAY IN HELL!

I had an R56 that I bought new in 2007 and had to turn in after the lease was up, nothing but trouble with the car, it seems they don't do well in the cold and have troubles with the aux fuel pump, went through 3 of them, a fuel injector, frozen throttle, new intake manifold under warrenty, new timing chain (thankfully done under warrenty!!!) and finally a MAF, not under warrenty. Wish your client good luck with the car, I looked forward to getting in it everyday though, loved that car!

[wgilles]

Awesome job! I would also like to know what you use on the wheels.

[DeadlySheds]

I'll join the fun and ask what u used to correct the plastic pillars?

Amazing job...wish I had half that skill.

[mamut]

X2 on the pillars. Also what was the procedure on the roof.

I just polished out my pillars and roof and opti-coated them. Wasn't too bad but effort had to be put in. The pillars swirl up after one wash, hopefully the Opti-coat protects from that.

Also x2 on the mini having problems. 08 mini cooper s 30k miles here. Had to replace the thermostat housing and rebuild the head cause the timing chain snapped :-(