Inferi Black Seat Leon Cupra - Detailed By Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

Products used:
Cyclo CM30
Turtle Wax Intensive Wheel Cleaner
Autofinesse Iron-Out
Chemical Guys Bare Bones
Chemical Guys Maxi Suds II
Meguiars Gold Class Shampoo
Autofinesse ObliTARate
Clay Magic (Blue) Clay
ONR
Meguiars Ultimate Compound
Meguiars Ultimate Polish
Lake Country Orange CCS Pads
Lake Country White CCS Pads
Lake Country Green Polishing Pads
Menzerna Black Finishing Pads
Chemical Guys Blacklight
Chemical Guys V7
Collinte 845
Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish
Smartwax Smart Dressing
C-Thru
A multitude of brushes and MF Cloths and foam applicator pads
HP Washer / Foam Cannon / Wet 'n Dry vac

Day 1 - Friday
Wheels, brake calipers and arches
The owner had these wheels refurbished recently however as you can see there is already a significant buildup of brake dust on them, and the calipers are in need of a full refurb, however a proper cleaning would suffice for now.


Here you can see the buildup of dirt in the arches (as well as the surface dirt on the car)


The wheels were removed from the car to reveal a fair amount of dirt, road grime, tar and iron deposits.



After a thorough cleaning of the wheels and tires all the tar spots were removed and the wheels treated to a full iron decontamination



Next the wheels arches
Before


After being cleaned


After Dressing


Each wheel was then sealed for protection before being put back on the car


Engine Bay
All loose dirt/dust was blown out the engine bay before the alternator and coilpacks were sealed off. A thoroughly cleaning was performed and the engine bay then dressed.
Before


After


Wash and decontamination
Before commencing with the wash I took a few pictures of damage to the paint, in the sun




As can be seen in this picture, the raised edges have taken some serious abuse over time (leaving minimal clear coat to work with)


The front end

Showing some damage to the front bumper



Surface dirt




Dirty door jambs



Dirty Exhaust


All the surface dirt was washed off and any previous protection stripped off the paint. In and around all the boot/door jambs, petrol cap, window seals, badges etc was then thoroughly cleaned. The car was then rinsed and dried in preparation for tar removal. Once the tar has been removed the entire car including the windows was subjected to a full iron decontamination. *** as a side note this was my first time using Autofinesse's Iron Out (I usually use Iron-x) and can say that it worked equally as well, if not better (it tended to foam a little more on agitation than the Iron-X - something I find very beneficial especially when cleaning wheels)***

After properly rinsing the car I set about claying the paintwork and glass surfaces. The amount of contamination was pretty 'normal' (this car is garaged at home and parked under cover during the day)

[lawrenceSA]

Day 2 - Saturday
Paint correction and refining
Now that all the 'gunk' sitting on top of the paint had been removed it was time to see what lurked below :fear:


And to start doing something about it :hurray: (The target on this daily driver was certainly not a full correction and as such you will still notice the odd defect here and there - mainly deeper scratches etc) however a full 2 step correction was performed.

Before


After


Before


After


Before


During


After


50/50 showing rear door corrected / front not


Upon pulling the car out into the sun for an inspection I came across 2 very different colors


After discussing this with the owner it was established that some repair work had been done prior to him owning it and seemingly not all of what had been done was made known to him. It looks like the entire rear end up to the rear doors has been re-sprayed, and the colour match to the original color is somewhat off.

[lawrenceSA]

Day 3 - Sunday
Paint protection, Interior and final touches
The day started off with a final wash to remove any polishing dust which was then followed with the final 'polish' using Blacklight. I then sealed the paint using V7 and topped this with #845. The interior was vacuumed and exhaust tip polished. All glass surfaces were then cleaned and treated and all exterior plastic trim treated.

A shot of the Smart Dressing at work restoring the faded plastic trim


Onto the after shots! - I just love how the color changes from black to purple depending on the light....





































And lastly the little white speck you see in the reflections of this shot


Was this flying overhead :lol: :lol: :lol:


Thanks for looking

[Sicoupe]

Outstanding job!

[zmcgovern45]

Looks great! Nice work.

[vet]

Stunning! I really like that color too.

[JSou]

Very thorough. Good job.

[cartman57]

Great job!
Ironic that after it was all done the color didn't match up on the rear but couldn't really notice it prior to your work.

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Nice work! Beautiful color

[Father87]

Hi Lawrence, *wink*

lol great job as usual