Chrono Yellow Seat Cupra Detailed by Etiennè

[Deranged_9n3]

After detailing the Zennith Grey Cupra not too long ago, I knew that it would only be a matter of time before Ruan is going to bring me his Cupra for the detail aswell. About a week after fetching his dad's Cupra from my house, Ruan contacted me to arrange for the detail on his car. The date was set, Monday morning 21st of April. I was extremely excited about doing this car. Judging from his father's cab, I knew this would be in a mint condition too.

Monday morning - 9am. Ruan arrived at my house, he showed me how dirty the car was ( I remember him telling me a day in advance that the car would be dirty ), and off he went. I pulled the car in and snapped up some pics.

Upon arrival
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Engine Bay
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Exterior
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Interior
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The car was dirty, yes, but I have seen worse :grin: I started with the interior. Vacuumed the car, cleaned all the panels and trims and blew out all the creases using my compressor. After all this had been done, I took a step back and noticed the seats was in a pretty bad condition. I knew it would look silly if I detail the whole car but left the seats looking the way they did. I got in contact with Ruan and he agreed on me taking them out and giving them a proper wash.

Seats
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Seats out ready to be cleaned
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After pictures will be shown later on.

Tuesday morning - I reassembled the interior of the car putting back all the seats. I then proceeded to wash the wheels and wheel arches followed by washing and drying the car. I did the Iron out on the car ( no decent pics unfortunately ), followed by claying the car. Think I spent around 4 hours alone on claying the car. Contamination was not too bad , but there were signs of overspray on the front bumper aswell as tree sap on almost all the panels.

Wednesday morning - I started with another wash and dry to get rid of all the overnight dust. I then got out the polisher and did my test spots. Settled on Menzerna FG400 with Yellow cutting pads. Now for those always asking me for 50:50 pics , this one is for you.

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Only pic I got while polishing though :oops: Next up I noticed some marks on the bumper right by the exhaust which looked like this :

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Few mins later and I had this :

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No real biggie to take that out tbh. After applying my Menzerna PL , as I finished wiping the car it started drizzling and I pulled the car into the garage. At around 3pm the sun was back out and I pulled the Cupra out to finish it all off. Wipe off the dust , clean all the creases , dress the trims etc etc etc. You all know the drill. After about an hour and 15 mins the car was finished. I pulled out to snap pics and decided to use a new location for this car mainly because I don't want ALL the pics looking like Ruan's fathers car. Drove a short 800m trip to my friends house and got out my phone camera for a few pics :cool:

After the detail
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After this I took the car home and put it away in the garage as it would only go home the following day.

Thursday Morning - About 30mins before Ruan arrives , I took the car out to snap a few more pictures and give the car a final wipedown.

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Ruan and his father came to fetch the car and both of them seemed to be extremely happy with the outcome. It's always nice to see a smile on a clients face after 3 days of hard labor put into a car. We had a chat for a few minutes and they were off. I must admit , the car looks pretty damn mean rolling down the road :driving:

[Justin at Final Inspection]

First off. Great turn around. Looks like it was in great hands.

Second. That's a cool looking car. Never seen one before. Turbo diesel? Looks like it will scoot along pretty good.

[HUMP DIESEL]

Very nice, like your reviews because they are cars we will never see over here.

HUMP

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work on that Seat Cupra! I bet they were pleased with the results!

[Deranged_9n3]

First off. Great turn around. Looks like it was in great hands.

Second. That's a cool looking car. Never seen one before. Turbo diesel? Looks like it will scoot along pretty good.

Thanx for the kind words. Its actually a VAG 2L tfsi ko4 .... this one is fully kitted , stage 2+ !! Beast of note


Very nice, like your reviews because they are cars we will never see over here.

HUMP


Beautiful work on that Seat Cupra! I bet they were pleased with the results!

Thanks guys. Had fun doing this car. Smile on the clients face made every second spent worth it

[JSou]

I love this. VAG lover here. You did a great job.

[Tato]

GREAT turnaround my friend!

Looks like a show car.

The owner must be very happy with your results, imagine arriving at home with this car just after being properly detailed... I would sit down in garage for a while (maybe some 2 - 3 beers ;) ), just staring at it thinking about how beautiful it went out.


Congratulations on this work,


Thanks for sharing.

[lawrenceSA]

Wonderful work my friend!!!!

[dcjredline]

I was going to say...that car isnt DIRTY, until I saw your after pictures!!

[Deranged_9n3]

I love this. VAG lover here. You did a great job.


GREAT turnaround my friend!

Looks like a show car.

The owner must be very happy with your results, imagine arriving at home with this car just after being properly detailed... I would sit down in garage for a while (maybe some 2 - 3 beers ;) ), just staring at it thinking about how beautiful it went out.


Congratulations on this work,


Thanks for sharing.


Wonderful work my friend!!!!


I was going to say...that car isnt DIRTY, until I saw your after pictures!!

Thanx for the kind words guys. The owner went away for easter weekend and I suspect the car got a littttttle dirtier than the usual. The seats was as dirty , due to the owner having 2 children.

This car is a true head turner , no doubt. Glad I was given the opportunity to restore the condition on this one Im the MAN