94 vw

[Audios S6]

This car belongs to a member of one of the local car clubs. Growing up, this was one of my favorite cars, nowadays it's hard to find a good example, this was no exception. 20 years has taken it's toll on the oxidized single stage paint and faded trim. The current owner has a decent wash process and likely wasn't the direct cause of most of the swirls. When I initially met to evaluate the car it was in a dark garage on a very overcast day; the swirls were obvious and it was clear that it had some oxidation, but the extent of the oxidation wasn't clear until I got it under some stronger lights, the paint was literally gray under scrutiny. As is often the case, the owner didn't even realize how badly the paint was oxidized until I sent him a photo of the test spot. We had agreed on a polishing step expecting 80% correction on the soft black paint. In most places we were able to go well beyond 80%, save for the plethora of rock chips.

Tires & wells - Megs D103 & PERL
Wheels - Megs DUB & Permanon Platinum
Foam presoak with BH surfex HD and CG citrus wash clear
2BM with Citrus wash clear
Clayed with speedy prep towel and ONR
HD Adapt with tangerine hydrotech pads on rupes 21, GG6 (4") and HF 2"DA, also some by hand with MF towel
Exhaust with S100 polishing soap
BFWD as LSP
Trim with UTTG

On to some pics.

General condition of the paint

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6430_zpsyofglpyu.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6430_zpsyofglpyu.jpg.html)

Test spot on the hood, pleasantly surprised with the cut and finish of Adapt on the single stage. It did gum up in a few spots, but that seemed to be an issue with the pads being slightly damp between swaps after every section.

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6434_zps1ezmsktf.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6434_zps1ezmsktf.jpg.html)

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6439_zps9vh7bcse.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6439_zps9vh7bcse.jpg.html)

Front quarter panel

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6445_zpsqcpjb3po.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6445_zpsqcpjb3po.jpg.html)

Rear quarter panel, just a few deeper scratches left, this panel had been repainted and was a bit harder than the factory paint

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6450_zpsstev2pen.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6450_zpsstev2pen.jpg.html)

Wheel faces and barrels all cleaned up

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6443_zpsl6i62jse.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6443_zpsl6i62jse.jpg.html)

Couple finished shots

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6478_zpsqkaoukyk.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6478_zpsqkaoukyk.jpg.html)

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6479_zpsjvisacvw.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6479_zpsjvisacvw.jpg.html)

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6490_zpswdv6kooz.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6490_zpswdv6kooz.jpg.html)

http://i1371.photobucket.com/albums/ag290/detailedcreationsmpls/IMG_6499_zpszhyvve3g.jpg (http://s1371.photobucket.com/user/detailedcreationsmpls/media/IMG_6499_zpszhyvve3g.jpg.html)

[davey g-force]

Nice work! :xyxthumbs:

They were a great looking car in their day and are still cool now...

[Dereksdtail]

Huge improvement! Good work man

[Don M]

Looks like that VW was abused for all 21 years of it's life, amazing turn around.

[Every_detail]

Looks good! Always loved Corrados. Im a VW man myself.