Renault Megane RS RBR Detailed by Etiennè

[Deranged_9n3]

Megane RS Red Bull Racing

This car was booked about 3 weeks prior to the detail date ( doesn't happen often since I detail full time ). As time went by, I got more and more excited to work on this car :driving: Never worked on one of the latest Megane's yet. Over the phone I was informed that the car had been neglected previously so I was kind-off expecting bad paint. Upon arrival, I noticed that the car also had some nice buffer trails on the passenger side, aswell as strikethrough on the rear valence by whoever worked their "magic" on the car :bang: I also noticed that the entire vehicle was covered in hard water spots, assuming it's from washing the car in direct sunlight, while the paint is hot or wash and rinse without drying.

Upon arrival






This was an Exterior Detail, so no engine bay or interior cleaning had been done. I started off with the wheels. Wheels had been HP rinsed, sprayed with VP Bilbery wheel cleaner and agitated with various brushes, tires and arches had been sprayed with APC and cleaned with brushes before another HP rinse and dry with the leaf blower. After the wheels I washed the car. HP rinse, pre-wash, HP rinse, Foamed up and left to dwell, HP rinse, wash 2 bucket method top to bottom, HP rinse, flood rinse, Iron-X left to dwell followed by another HP rinse, flood rinse and then I had blown crevices with leaf blower and finally dried with a drying towel.

Pic taken while washing


After the wash the car made it's way into the garage where the whole vehicle had been decontaminated using a fine grade claybar. Contamination wasn't bad at all tbh. After this paint readings were taken, ranging from 63um - 120um with the average being around 95um. After test spots on various panels, I decided to settle for Menz FG400 on yellow cutting pads.

Before vs After paint correction
Bonnet Before


After


Passenger door Before


After


Rear 1/4 pannel Before


After


Taillight Before


After


The entire car had been completed, followed up with a layer of Collinite #845. Here is a couple of 'after' pics I managed to snap before the owner collected the vehicle from me

After Pics














Just for good measure
Before


After


Thanx for looking, as always - comments welcome :hi:

[GSKR]

Nice house and neighbors ,car look great.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very nice work. Looks great.

What machine was used? Was this a one step polish?

Thanks for sharing.

[Deranged_9n3]

Nice house and neighbors ,car look great.

Thanx #blush but the pics are taken at the neighbours house

Very nice work. Looks great.

What machine was used? Was this a one step polish?

Thanks for sharing.

Thanx Mike. Yes this was a single step correction. I am using the Cyclo dual head polisher. Got the older one and then also the newer, speed adjustable cyclo

[Tato]

Very nice work, wise decisions and intuitive walkthrough, congrats!

Thanks a lot for sharing,

Kind Regards.

[Deranged_9n3]

Very nice work, wise decisions and intuitive walkthrough, congrats!

Thanks a lot for sharing,

Kind Regards.

Thank you for the kind words