Blinked and missed it

With no apologies to Tim, I have copied and pasted his thread off Detailing world. He was booked to do my WRX as was ashamed of the paint, not so now! Thankyou...


Been dreading it, nothing like a challenge!
Subaru WRX suffering from the "Body shop challenge", we'll mop it for you eek...

Here are some taster pics I took last week...








Booked the car for 2 days (just in case it dragged on) and I'm sooo glad I did.
Started the procedure like normal with some before pics:








Wheels cleaned 1st using the usual selection of Envy brushes and AS smart wheels






Pre-soaked with Espuma Activo foaming TFR




Rinsed and followed with an experimental SSF and allowed to dwell


Followed with a Duragloss shampoo wash with the TBM, grit guards and a Zymol sponge, rinsed and dried


Time to get a look at the defects













Clayed with polyclay but the paint was very smooth


The paint was corrected with a mixture of Menz IP, Menz FF, MarkV Mystique and Swissvax CF pro via the Metabo. Nothing was perfect for each panel and being a hot day hologramming was the problem. Correction good but needed refining after.








Nice little bit of bodyshop burn through


Protected




Not 100% RDS free but only 1 pass on the rear spoiler






Once all the machining was done it was time to clean up all the mess, followed by PC'ing the car with Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite.
Once done the weather changed, so I had to dry/wax, dry/wax the car and I chose Dodo Juice Supernatural.

Enjoy the afters, sorry they are wet!











Time taken 14.5hrs

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iTrader: (5)

Absolutely super job, I love the blue flake popping through. It looks a different car

C_WRX

iTrader: (2)

Not the best looking in the befores up that left side - what a difference after 14.5 hours though ! Hard to beat the shine from a black car properly detailed up. Nice job.

DucatiSteve

Had a similar experience myself

Got it from a pro bodyshop in a similar 'before' state. Needless to say, didn't want them to 'have another go'.

Fair to say Tim has done a cracking job.

If anyone in South West area needs any detailing / correction work then can't recommend Tim enough. I think in this case, the pictures speak for themselves

Rich @ PB

iTrader: (3)

Excellent results, shocking before images! A sensible working time too for a very high standard of correction.

Tim Bomford

Yay! I got some work on Scoobynet!!
Thanks for all the comments, this was a nice one to do as the turnaround was pretty mind blowing to say the least
Thanks to Rich and Steve for the praise. I do my best.

Best wishes

Tim