Volkswagen Golf GTI: Paintwork Correction & Protection

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First of all, I would love to wish everyone Merry belated Christmas and Happy New Year 2013 in advance! Well, pretty busy lately and some issue going around. Thats why i've been away for quite some time. Meanwhile, I bought a new camera months ago which is the Panasonic Lumix LX-7, quite not bad for a semi pro camera. Macro shot are fantastic, can capture more defects on the car paint now.

This GTI is belong one of my friend. There are some re-painted surfaces such as the side door, front & rear bonnet, front & rear bumper. The paint job is good but unfortunately they still left some compound marring on the re-painted surface and feeling a little rough. So, the conclusion is.. We need to polish the paint, and then end up sacrificing the clear coat and finally, you shorten the clear coat's life.



 This is how it looks like..

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News: German Fest @ Times Square, Penang

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I'll be heading to Penang end of the week to check out some hot stuff, German Fest! Which organized by Volkswagen Owner Club Malaysia, more than 100 German cars will be there for a big car show held at Times Square, Penang! Hopefully i could snap more pictures on that day and role my eyes a little, hehehe. Btw, those who are going, see you there!

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BMW F10 520i: Opti-Coated

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Another Opti-Coated BMW F10 520i since months back, this car condition is good. No major correction were carry out during preparation. Somehow, there is bird poop etched on the hood i didnt manage to remove cause its too deep. Without sacrificing too much of clear coat, i didnt go any further. Other panels such as doors, roof, rear bonnet were polished and finished with OHP. Finishing was done with Flex that i borrowed from Seech. Thanks!

As usual, this is the 7th F10 i detailed so far included another  BMW F10 520d, i will post it up soon. I found all the BMWs have one same issue which have micro-marring on the paintwork that not properly finish by the previous detailer before sending to the owner. I really hope all the readers who wanted to invest a BMW should ask the dealer not to send for polish & wax session even tho its free. Here is very good example BMW F10 528i M-Sport which whacked by the previous detailer.

For not delaying, lets continue the article for today. firstly, i wash the car with ONR since there is not much dirt on the paintwork, surface were smoothen with PermaGlass, ONR as lube. Rims and tires were cleaned with DFX 1:1 and OPC 1:3, engine wiped down with Opti-Clean, paintwork polished with rotary and finished with Flex, wiped down with IPA and Opti-Coated all around except rims. Not much pictures taken during the process but hope you guys enjoy!

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BMW E60 523i: Opti-Coated

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Another post since July! So sorry for the late updates. As usual, its a hectic month for me. Here i have is a  BMW 523i E60 coated months back ago. The age of this car was about 4years old, mileage only runs about 30,000++ which is also a daily drive for this owner to travel to work nearby.

After properly inspected, i found this car quite in a bad shape. Flat area has waterspots, other panels also found swirl marks, RIDS, oxidation, found lots of wax residues etc etc. Pictures can be seen below..






oily dressing from the tire

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BMW F10 528i M-Sport: Whacked Job From Previous Detailer!

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I guess i owe you guys(readers) a long explanation regarding about why i've been MIA aka MISSING IN ACTION in this 3months. Well, alot of things happened in this 3months. Besides doing mobile detailing, i admitted to hospital for days but dont worry! Im fine now and fully recover. Million thanks to all my buddies who prayed hard for me, and also thanks to you all be there for me, go through all the hard times with me. Once again, a big thank you from deeply in my heart to you all, and very appreciated for what you guys have done so far. Sometimes friendships is important, they will be there when you needed them. I would choose friendship over benefit myself in ways. At least at the end you still able to keep them to share your joy. I really miss those moments how i went through in car detailing, merely nothing and then because of courage and a little bit of passion really makes a big difference in my life. Thanks!

Another update from me, certain readers might know i have resigned from Volkswagen Club Malaysia but please do not worry, you guys can always contact me through my phone/e-mail if you have any inquiries or problems. Gadget nowadays getting better and better, just one click and you'll able to find me. Number and e-mail can be found at "About The Detailer" Thanks!

Last, total of 7 posts i updated this year. Actually they have more, at this moment i will post up all the BMW's i have done so far. Alright, enough of words. Lets take a look of the F10 528i M-Sport i coated months back.



a very beautiful German

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Volkswagen Golf MK5 GTI: First Time Restore A Whacked Golf

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I've been detailing plenty of Golfs and this Golf is one of the worse one i ever seen. Owner use to wash his car at the roadside but once he notice his car getting more swirls and he decided to send it to the detailing center. After he get everything done at the center he noticed more swirls appeared especially under the sun.



Obviously i can see he's mad about the previous job but i told him i will restore for him. This Golf really did gave me a hard time to remove all the swirls, the swirls i mean is a really deep one. The 1st time i compound the car with M105 via rotary using speed 3, the swirls still appear under my halogen. And then i give it a few more passes, almost 3-4 passes the swirls started to disappear. I know this is tough for me to correct a paint like this, ya.. whacked up one. I gave him a call to tell him your car need 2days to get it done properly. After he agreed, serious surgery begins..


before it begins, here are the pictures upon arrival


hologram


more

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Volkswagen Jetta: Opti-Coated

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Another Volkswagen need to update here. This car is a brand new 1week old ride, owner wash this car by himself with plain water after he got it. During inspection this car have only 15% of swirls and other than that is RIDS that may need wet sanding to remove. We cant expect the car will be in perfect condition once you got the car, even a BMW will have hologram issue once the owner got his car at the showroom.


The Jetta was delivered to me on Friday, weather was bad too.




looks good from far


closer inspection

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Volkswagen Golf TSI: Opti-Coated

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Its already been 2months since i updated my blog. In this 2months its been a hectic month for me, i received alot of inquiries regarding coating, full detail, touch up and alot more. I guess i pushed myself really hard in this 2months. But, along the journey i need to thanks to Josh all the way from Ipoh & Erik who help me out on a Peugeot and Golf GTI, also not forget about KC for giving me some useful advice on a soft paintwork and Seech who lend me his Flex so i could manage to finish well on a black paint. Once again, thank you guys for helping me so much.


Alright, here i have is a brand new 3days old Golf TSI back in Febuary. This lady owner wants to get it coated with Opti-Coat. During inspection this car is in a very good condition, only have minor scratches in certain area, wax residue, tars and dirt on the lower skirt. First, the car was washed with OPC 1:4 and then decontaminant with PermaGlass and finally washed with ONR again. Lower skirt tars was removed with Osren Tar Remover, wheel was clean with OPC 1:3 with a detailing brush, old tire dressing was removed with Osren DFX.







wax residue

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Suzuki Swift: Full Paintwork Correction, Making Impossible To Possible

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My buddy who called me up to detail his newly bought used car for his wife's daily drive, and since Valentine's Day is coming, he decided to bring this car to me for detailing as a gift for his wife. after inspecting the car, i found the front and rear bumper repainted, previous owner must have got into some minor accident before it was sold. other than that the whole paintwork is originally from the factory.


lack of gloss


dirt

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VW Scirocco: A Very Simple Car Wash & Protection

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i was called up to give a simple detail to a Rocco aka Scirocco at a service center. owner wants the Rocco to have a good wash and protection on it. upon arrival, the car was just parked nicely infront of the door and i noticed there was no washing bay for me to wash and clean the wheels. while inspecting the car,there wasn't much dirt on it cause owner just got it a week ago.








really looks good from far but closer inspection..

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Porsche GT2: My First Exotic Hands On With Seech

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what a lucky day i had the other day, i got a call from Seech who asked me to detail a car with him. surprisingly the car we were gonna detail was a Porsche GT2, a very exotic car in Malaysia and there were only 4units (info from Pro Detailing) so i was really excited and was looking forward to it because it was my first exotic and second Porsche added into my 'collection'. the other Porsche i detailed together with KC & Seech was the Porsche Magnum RS.

the day finally came, with much anticipation and excitement, i traveled to town and Seech got me into a warehouse, where alot of exotic cars were kept. my eyes widen and i instantly felt like i was on cloud nine. i had the urge to just get my hands on them and give them the shine they deserve. without further ado, we unloaded all our gears and started examining the GT2, it was in a pretty bad shape..









the name said it all

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Detailing A Volkswagen MK6 GTI & Protected With Opti-Coat

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Its been a while since i've last posted. actually this MK6 i detailed since 3months ago and didnt manage to post it up in the forum or my blog. well, not much defects on the paint, just normal washing swirls and water spot on certain panel. lets have a look of the pictures upon arrival..




expensive hood that may need alot of attention


wheels are also covered with alot of brake dust and tars

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