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Lexus Detail (Very Pic Heavy)



Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
PIC HEAVY :eek:

Decided as the weather was decent and I had a day off I'd freshen up my Mothers car.

Started off dirty

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Lexus Detail 1 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 2 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 3 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 4 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 5 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Wheels were soaked in AF Imperial

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Lexus Detail 8 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Pressure washed off and another hit with AF Imperial before using AF Iron Out

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Lexus Detail 10 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 11 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Agitated

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Lexus Detail 12 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Rinsed, Not perfect but time was going to be against me

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Lexus Detail 13 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

I hadn't used my Snowfoam Lance for a while so mixed up some Magifoam

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Lexus Detail 15 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Removed some dirt

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Lexus Detail 18 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Rinsed off leaving it looking a lot better

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Lexus Detail 20 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 22 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Skipped pics for the next bit as we've all seen decontamination pics.

AF Lather, Autosmart Tardis and AF Iron Out.

Another hit of Snowfoam and G£ Farcela Claymitt.

Dried off

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Lexus Detail 23 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 25 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Paint needed some attention

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Lexus Detail 28 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Time not on my side and I wasn't about to start a full correction so went with Tripple and a Green Hex-Logic Pad, It did as much as I expected

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Lexus Detail 31 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 32 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Worked my way around the whole car using this combo.

Sun was going to disappear on my drive soon so quick 1 coat of Dodo Juice Purple Haze.

Tyres done with Megs Endurance, Windows with AF Crystal

Finished Pics

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Lexus Detail 34 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 35 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 36 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 37 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 38 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

Still a fair few swirls and RDS in the paint but it bought some flake back to it

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Lexus Detail 41 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 42 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

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Lexus Detail 44 by andrewcoby18, on Flickr

After pics I gave a final wipedown with AF Finale as there was a few smears of wax still on it in the pics :(

Sorry if its a long boring read but Comments and Criticism welcome.

Andy.
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
You did a lovely job in the time frame.

But a pet hate of mine, you haven't dressed the wheel arches. 3 quick sprays of dressle or similar and it makes a HUGE difference.

Lovely colour on the lexus though. Really nice in fact!
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
You did a lovely job in the time frame.

But a pet hate of mine, you haven't dressed the wheel arches. 3 quick sprays of dressle or similar and it makes a HUGE difference.

Lovely colour on the lexus though. Really nice in fact!

Argh I knew I missed something, I've got it in my kit bag and ALWAYS forget to use it :(

Cheers though :)
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Looks good. I get absolutely 0 satisfaction from cleaning anybody else's car so fair play.

I tend to enjoy doing others more than my own as my paintwork is a mess

Good write up

You can really see the improved gloss and flake in those 50/50s.

Looks great :)

Cheers, The colour is gorgeous when clean.
 
  E46 M3 & UR Quattro
Nice work mate, some nice correction just using Tripple! Again, dress the arches, otherwise nice work!
 
  Golf 7.5R & Clio 200
Very nice. What's your opinion on AF Crystal on the windows? I'm not mad, has always been very 'grabby'. I diluted it 50/50 with de ironised water and it's much better, but no where near the 3M Foam Glass cleaner!
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Very nice. What's your opinion on AF Crystal on the windows? I'm not mad, has always been very 'grabby'. I diluted it 50/50 with de ironised water and it's much better, but no where near the 3M Foam Glass cleaner!

I like it, I get where you're coming from though but I just use lots and it stops that :)

The windows were heavily watermarked so although not best practise I used the DA with Tripple to shift them before going over with Crystal.
 

BREMBO

ClioSport Club Member
  V6 Mk1, Golf GTI Mk5
Great job. I also done my parents IS when they had it, really nice car but can have them fairly cheap now. They had a petrol however.

Just don't try cleaning the inside of the wheels!
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Got those bloody disk shield things on them, Nearly ruined my a Wheel Woolie trying.

It doesn't look that big until you start cleaning it then it feels massive.
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Lexi.

Cheers fellas, I was happy considering it was only a 7/8 hour driveway job and I kept getting interrupted.
 

Alastair.

ClioSport Club Member
  986'S 172ph1+182FF
You did a lovely job in the time frame.

But a pet hate of mine, you haven't dressed the wheel arches. 3 quick sprays of dressle or similar and it makes a HUGE difference.

Lovely colour on the lexus though. Really nice in fact!


Dressed arches gets my dick hard.
 


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