3SDM alloys poster car. VW Caddy Van Air Ride & Bentley Alloys. Restoration detail.

[Ronnie]

Hello again and thanks for clicking on our latest write up. It's something a bit different from what we normally do at OCD, but we had great fun doing this detail even though it turned out to be an epic one to get finished. The Car in question was a VW Caddy van that although it started out its life earning a living shifting goods here and there, it was quickly snapped up by the well known Auto Alloys main man known as Alloyboy on most forums and began a long period of transformation with replacement panels interior modifications some smoothing, suspension and wheels, before he sold it to our customer who is related to a good customer of ours. The van in question is fitted with a very cool Air Ride system fitted by John Peden from Peden Conceptz has Bentley rims that were recently refurbished by one of our wheel companies who matched the factory silver centre perfectly and has the interior from a GTI Golf. making it quite a nice place to be. The Caddy was also used by 3SDM in an advertising campaign for their new range of alloy wheels. As always a big thank you to Mark for his help without him most of this could not be done in the time we do them in!

If you wish to see the full write up, here is a link to it with more pictures.

OCD-ni: VW Caddy Van Air Ride & Bentley Alloys. Restoration detail. - Detailing World (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=284289)

Anyhow onto the detail. The car was booked in with us to be prepared for Irelands Largest VW show Dubshed where it was going to be on the Auto Alloys stand, so the pressure was on to pull it out of the bag as it was a good chance that it would be scrutinised by a large number of people so time to raise the bar OCD style!! Thankfully on the day of the show the Caddy took the prize for best Caddy so all in all not a bad day!

On arrival, it was obvious that the car had been machine polished as it was covered in buffer trails and had some strike through damage, but we can sort that! What did concern us was the LARGE amount of DEEP RDS and major swirling that covered the entire van as well as a fair level of orange peel and some flat paint from some paint work.

In total we spent about 80 hours on the external correction!!

First it was time to wash the old girl Air ride is so handy. Drop her down to do the roof and up to do the sills and arches, Helps an old guy like me with a bad back lol!!

Foamed with citrus Preclean then rinsed,
refoamed with Cotton Candy and washed using the 2 bucket method.
Tar Decontamination using Orchard Autocare Tar Cleanse.
Iron Decontamination using Orchard Autocare Iron Cleanse.
Clayed Using Zaino Clay.
Rewashed and dried.

The car was finished using Zaino Products
LSP was Zaino Z2 (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/autolink.php?id=5&forumid=129&script=showthread) Pro (ZFX (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/autolink.php?id=8&forumid=129&script=showthread)) 3 coats with a coat of Z6 (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/autolink.php?id=11&forumid=129&script=showthread) between coats.
Finally a coar of Z8 (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/autolink.php?id=7&forumid=129&script=showthread) then a coat of Clear Seal.
Glass was cleaned using Orchard Autocare Glass Cleanse
Tyres dressed with Orchard Autocare Tyre dressing.
Wheels sealed using Zaino Z2 (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/autolink.php?id=5&forumid=129&script=showthread) and Clear Seal.
Interior Dressed and Protected with Orchard Autocare interior Wizard.

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[JSou]

Very detailed. The color really pops. Those vans are awesome.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

80 Hours!? Dang that is a lot of time but the finished product and the award for the best caddy paid off.

Very well done sir. That is an outstanding achievment.

[cartman57]

Awesome looking VeeDub, blue is stunning.
Great work OCD Detailing.

[vet]

Looks great!

[Ronnie]

many thanks for the great replies.

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Wow, just look at the mirror! Dude, beautiful! Congrats on winning as well.