Audi R8.

[Evo-Detailing 431]

Audi R8, in figures :

V8, 4.2 L FSI.

Power 420 BHP.

Top Speed 300+ km/h.

0..100 km/h. in ~4 sec

And all of that dressed in lether and listening to the B&O sound system.... Awesome.

Being a car for the summer, the owner (my friend) keeps the beast locked in a garage during the cold season. He didn't know about this detail until christmas, this work being my gift for him. I had a few helpers (in the person of his mom and girlfriend wich brought me the car without him knowing)

At arrival the car looked like so :

Few "details"

V8 FSI

BANZAAAAI - bird bomb….

What Does This Button Do ??

It rises the spoiler

Leting us see the mess underneath…..

A filthy engine... blah

The carbon parts on the engine Robert told me that they costed hin 5000 E extra..... FOR REAL...?????

Even dirty as it was I could get a clue about the defects of the paint

Just right

Ariel.

Michelle.

First Job. Interior.

Vaccumed.

Degreased.

Sonus Leather Cleaner.

3 Layers of CG Leather Treatment.

Reults.

The carbon on the door pannels was hand polished and coated with 2 coats of CG M-Seal.

The Engine.

APC CG Green Clean in diluted 1/1.

If it seats near the engine, on this plate must be some serious information needs to be properly cleaned

The caps for oil, coolant and powersteering fluid are each one of them a piece of art. Here, agitating on the Power Steering one.

Let the APC work for about 5 mins and the agitated with a brush

Rinsed and dryed with a air gun, the engine looked like this :

Found some swirrls on the carbon parts on the engine, easily removed with Menz 302 and a finish Mirka pad.

2 layers of CG XXX wax were applyed.

Plastic and rubber parts treated with Simoniz Back to Black.

The results of the work so far.

Nighty Night !

Day 2.

I remember that it was very cold that day, the water frozed in the hose so I had to buy a new one.

Sonax Full Effect 1/1.

Working

While the Full Effect made his work I cleaned the more innaccessible parts with a brush and APC 1/4

Agitated.

On the wheels

Where did all that blood came from ?

6 Brake calipers

2 front

2 rear.

another 2 in the rear (for the handbrake).

So far so good.

Rinse.

2BM CG Maxi Suds II

A little sun came to visit.

Claying water + Maxi Suds as libe, Sonus Green clay.

The Hood.

Left and right laterals gaved same result like so :

More contaminated on the rear.

Another rinse and compressed air dryed, left me with this :

All about the details….

So, the car is clean and still outside we can see some defects :

The Hood.

Left rear quarter.

Some RDS on the right side intake.

Once inside, the first job was masking all the areas that could be harmed by machine correction.

Test Area, Ringht rear quarter.

Hmmm, wich one to use ???

Pad LC ornange + Menz S100.

Before.

After.

Under LED.

Under Halogen 50/50.

You can see the scratch on the protecting cover of the LED lamp... this has good definition even without finishing step.

After Finish, LC si Menz 106FA.

Right side door.

50/50

Under 1000 W Halogen.

Working on the rest.

In order to obtain this.. :

It was 2 Am, I thought that was enough for that day, more to do the day after...

Day 3.

So, where were we ???

The Hood !

Before.

After S100, Still some holo's. No problem, that's why we have finishing stage.

Hey presto, a bit of 106 FA and….

The rest of the hood was dine with LC orange + S100 si LC red + 106FA, to have this result.

After.

Some water marks that I had to get rid of.

50/50.

Sunshine on the roof.

Before Correction.

After correction.

I love this pic.

Reflection on the roof.

1000 W on the roof.

1000 W on the hood.

Left A pillar .

Drivers door after.

50/50 on the engine's cover.

Polishing/ correcting stage done.

LSP.

WAC301 CG applyed in 2 layers all the way round.

Except the intakes which because of their color received 2 layers of Dodo Juice Diamind White

And the wheels that got CG Wheel Guard

Before the wax the roof and hood got one layer of CG M-Seal.

AutoSol + Steel Wool.

And because of them :

Tyres dressed with CG Natural Shine. Wheel arches GC Bare Bones.

FINAL.

Merry Christmas and a Better New Year to all of you !

Alex.

[hmsilset 3 855]

Nice job! I want more after pictures Merry christmas and happy new year to you

[Essiek 385]

very very nice car! And nice work too!

[skoda 1]

nice job on a dream car

happy new year:)

[Anders_Aa 151]

Nice work on a beautiful car!

[FiveInline 326]

Excellent work on a great car!

[EasyL 0]

That color looks great! You really made it pop.

Awesome job, hope your friend was happy.

[Skaten 5]

Really nice job!

[Reidar 2 446]

Beautiful work on a beautiful car

[trogha 460]

Very nice

[Simen 1 329]

Nicely done, man!

[rogersolmyr 3 151]

Nice!

[Svg1974 0]

Excellent job!

A few questions from a beginner...

- I see you clay in below freezing (?) temperature, do you use any special precautions/tricks with regards to this?

- how would you consider the hardness of the paint, and do ou know the name of this blue color?

Regards

[Evo-Detailing 431]

As we all know, the sticky part of the clay, the one that makes it maleable is there only to hold in place the abrasives that do the work. Also, it is known that the sticky material can harm the paint if it is hard. In cases like the one that i had to work, i kept the clay in a can o hot water in order to keep it soft and never worked more than a panel each time before swiching to a new piece of clay.

About the color name/code I can't help you at the moment because i don't know. I will ask and keep you posted. Otherwise the paint is pretty much the same as any ceramic clearcoated paint I have worked with.

Hope I answered yor questions.

Take care !

[Jensenjr 94]

Great Work! Love the rims, had replicas on my old A4 b5

[Meringdal 2 086]

Great SS! Kinda strange that your friend didn't notice that the car was gone for so long! ha-ha!

Love the car

[Evo-Detailing 431]

He was on a skying vacation in Austria

[Meringdal 2 086]

I see! Well done

[Hans Marius 1 267]

Neat!!! Your friend is a lucky guy

[Master 0]

Nice car and very nice job!!