Site Sponsor Gav Details v. OG Member Dasfinc's STi

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Dan was told I was the one to go to for a detail. Conversations were had, appointments were made and now on to the entertainment.

Disclaimer, if anyone is interested in a detail and has sap contamination, I will kindly decline

Friday night started with the initial interior / exterior steps. Sap removal, Wash, Decon, Initial vacuum.
Saturday morning started with Alcantara, carpets and the door panels, dash etc.
Around 11am, polishing started.

Exterior:
Stoner's Tarminator to address the large sap deposits.
Rinse, foam with Adam's Shampoo and use boar's hair detailing brush for cracks and crevices / emblems.
P&S Iron Buster for chemical decon
Foam and Wash with Obsessed Garage's Decon Soap
Clay with Nanoskin handy towel and Nano skin glide.
Rinse and Dry.
Polish:
Buff-n-shine UroFiber 50/50 pad ( 5" via Rupes LHR15 Mark II, 3" via Porter Cable 7424XP ) + Menzerna 2400.
Wipe down with CarPro Eraser
Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint Sealant 3.0 via PC and black finishing pad

Glass:
Wiped down with 50/50 Isopropyl alcohol, wiped down with CarPro Eraser, Final wipe with Bead Maker
Interior windows cleaned with the last of WoWo's glass cleaner

Wheels and Tires:
Purple Power to clean tires
Iron Buster pre-treat, Foam on P&S Brake Buster. Misc brushes / mit
Tires Dressed with Meguiar's Hyper Dressing 3:1

Interior:
Sonax Alcantara cleaner + colourlock leather brush
Carpets - Bissell carpet cleaner via spray bottle, soft white drill brush to agitate, Extract with Bissell Little Green Machine.
Dash, door panels and leather wiped down with P&S Xpress Interior Cleaner

As it arrived:

This is the trunk underneath the Spoiler / Big WANG

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

saved -

Mat is just wet

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

saved 2 -

 

[FESTER665]

Well his license plates were accurate before you got ahold of it.

 

[blue-sun]

I agreed to do a tar removal once for a coworker. Took WAAAAAAAYYYYYY too much effort and time for what I quoted her, but I did it anyways.
Great job Gav!

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Isn’t that his wife’s car?

 

[Mook]

Great job

 

[SleeperLS]

Damn great work. Looks like a whole new car.

 

[taws697]

 

[bimmer4life]

Isn’t that his wife’s car?

He needs to allow his wife’s poor car in the garage damn!!!

 

[Shawn1112]

Well his license plates were accurate before you got ahold of it.

Exactly my thought as well lol
Very nice Gav

 

[jason05gt]

That’s car abuse Dasfinc!

Nice work Gav. The results speak for themselves.

 

[Miss Esa]

Isn’t that his wife’s car?

It is the wife’s car. It has been toting around a toddler and 2 dogs for the past 3 years.

 

[IDAFC21]

I would have run away screaming and curled up in the fetal position Gav you are truly a miracle worker

 

[greasy]

Looks killer Gav, great job as always!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

But what about the f****** Ford Ranger

 

[bimmer4life]

But what about the f****** Ford Ranger

Thats stored safely in the garage.

 

[Turk]

Turned out great. How did you find the paint? I always felt like the wrx paint was very soft.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Well his license plates were accurate before you got ahold of it.

Thanks !

I agreed to do a tar removal once for a coworker. Took WAAAAAAAYYYYYY too much effort and time for what I quoted her, but I did it anyways.
Great job Gav!

2nd vehicle with sap. 1st was hard as rocks. PASS
thank you !

Isn’t that his wife’s car?

I guess I lost some brownie points

Great job

thanks bruh

Damn great work. Looks like a whole new car.

"better than new"
thanks !

Thanks !

He needs to allow his wife’s poor car in the garage damn!!!

Amen ! Agreed

Exactly my thought as well lol
Very nice Gav

Thanks meng !

That’s car abuse Dasfinc!

Nice work Gav. The results speak for themselves.

Thanks J

It is the wife’s car. It has been toting around a toddler and 2 dogs for the past 3 years.

But did it drive better ? A friend of mine says her car drives better when it's clean.
just checking

I would have run away screaming and curled up in the fetal position Gav you are truly a miracle worker

Yep, almost.
Thank you for the compliment, I read that one to my mom

Looks killer Gav, great job as always!

Thanks Jim !

But what about the f****** Ford Ranger

No Ranger found.... fords are double the cost

Thats stored safely in the garage.

Turned out great. How did you find the paint? I always felt like the wrx paint was very soft.

Thanks Rick
The driveway was shaded upon drop off, from what I could see, there were not many swirls or wash induced marring. Dan said that the car does not see automatic washes that have brushes due to the wing.
That helped preserve the paint. I did not put a light on it until after the wash and clay. It wasn't terrible, and I used a medium polish/pad and it corrected 70ish % ? Maybe I'm being modest and that is a low estimate.
With that said, I would not classify it as 'soft.' If it was there would have been more marring from the clay towel and the 50/50 pad may have left a haze.
The Menzerna 2400 is rated as a 5/10 Cut and 8/10 gloss.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

What is the rating of the brake cleaner I used to detail the Cressida with?

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

What is the rating of the brake cleaner I used to detail the Cressida with?

E for Effective
F for Flammable

 

[blue-sun]

Turned out great. How did you find the paint? I always felt like the wrx paint was very soft.

I found the early WRX/STI’s clear coat to be very soft, though past 2008/9 MY I didn’t do nearly as many details as I did of 02-07 MY back in my heavy detailing days.