Enhancement Detail - RenaultSport Clio 200 in Storm Grey

[RussZS]

Wednesday saw me near Redditch to give some love to this lovely RenaultSport Clio 200 Cup, in the stunning Storm Grey colour!

The car itself was a few weeks old, but the 'dealer prep' left a lot to be desired and the car was already quite swirly, and covered in industrial fallout and tar spots.

Here are a few befores:

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First up, as ever, the wheels.

So, take one dirty Speedline:

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They aren't too bad, so I used Autosmart Smart Wheels at 4:1:

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A liberal covering on the wheel face and rear:

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Take one 'wheel woolie':

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Envy Brushes on the wheel face:

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G101 and Envy brush on the tyres:

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Then rinse.....

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Vikan Brush and G101 on the arches....

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Next up, I turned my attention to the bodywork. I began by giving the entire car a coating of ValetPRO pH Neutral Snow Foam, via a CYC HD Lance and Nilfisk C110:

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I began working my way around the car with G101 and a different Envy brush, cleaning shuts, silly, grilles, petrol cover, etc.

The car was then washed with Dodo BTBM and CYC Mitt, then rinsed to give us...

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Next up, with the car still wet, I began the claying process to remove the fallout and tar. I used CYC PolyClay and Reglaze as lube:

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Quite a lot for a car so new.... so much for dealer prep! Shocking.

The car was then rewashed to remove the lube residue, and dried using an Elite Uber Drying Towel:

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Then, it was time to asses the paintwork for swirls and experiment with polish/pad combos to get the desired results.

A few 'swirl shots'

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The paint averaged a good 190 or so consistently over the car:

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After playing with a few combinations, I settled on 3M Extra Fine Compound and a Megs Polishing Pad.

Here are a few pics after polishing, but with no LSP present:

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After polishing, I applied GTechniq C2 to the glass, wheels and paintwork. I also:

- Polished Exhaust trim with Optimum Metal Polish
- Tyres with Pinnacle Onyx
- Shuts with Jeffs Jett Trigger
- Windscreen with 3M Glass Cleaner

Here are some afters...

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This car was a pleasure to work on. Such a great colour!

Thanks for reading!

Russ.

 

[Bramley]

Looks awesome i like that colour!

 

[Harpham]

Very nice, that colour is growing on me... Orange peel though :S

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Good effort. The colour looks dull as dishwater in pics .. sure it looks stunning in the flesh. There's a 'new shape' Fiesta at work in what I imagine to be a very similar colour. Looks utterly spanking !

:star:

 

[Y7 ADW]

Stunning car. What an amazing job aswell

 

[D4N13L]

Wait till Daniel sees this.

As crazy as it sounds but this is my dream car at the moment.

 

[Ali]

Great work. But a horrible horrible colour.

 

[JD]

Glad you wrote it all up pal - been looking forward to the info on GT products

edit - not fancy the G1 on the glass chap?

 

[Ali]

GT products? that Wheel wooly looks decent too??! What is it?

 

[JD]

As you've said Highlander, called the Wheel Wooly from PB website. Currently out of stock

GT = GTechniq. Mainly permanent solutions.

http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/eimann-fabrik-wheel-woolies-cat4.html