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Light Correction Detail - Ultra Blue RenaultSport Megane R26 - Black Label!!



  Megane R26
This was a hard one - I had quite severe food poisoning coming on during the day without realising but luckily unlike a lot of RenaultSports the paint wasn't too tricky and was correcting very well. Luckily I also had some help on hand - the owner was keen to learn and helped with a few panels along with MCC Milly and MCC Greg who I have been training up to help me for a number of months now.


On to the detail…


A few before pics:


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DSC07339 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07341 by RussZS, on Flickr


Wheels as ever were first. They were treated with Smart Wheels mixed 10:1 with water and various brushes, then followed up with IronX to deal with the brake dust pitting:


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DSC07342 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07343 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07344 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07345 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07346 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07348 by RussZS, on Flickr


Next the car was foamed and intricate areas worked with Surfex and a detailing brush.


Then Auto Finesse Lather was used on the paintwork with a lambswool mitt:


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DSC07349 by RussZS, on Flickr


After rinsing clean, IronX was used to safely remove any fallout present on the paintwork:


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DSC07351 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07352 by RussZS, on Flickr


The car was then moved inside for the claying process to pick up any remaining contamination on the paintwork:


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DSC07355 by RussZS, on Flickr


The owner helping out with claying:


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DSC07356 by RussZS, on Flickr


Next the car was dried then assessed with my Paint Thickness Gauge:


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DSC07359 by RussZS, on Flickr


The car was pretty swirly particularly on the wings and bonnet area.


Some correction pics:


Wing before:


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DSC07370 by RussZS, on Flickr


After:


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DSC07371 by RussZS, on Flickr


50/50:


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DSC07364 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07375 by RussZS, on Flickr


Before:


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DSC07378 by RussZS, on Flickr


After:


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DSC07379 by RussZS, on Flickr


Door before:


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DSC07383 by RussZS, on Flickr


After:


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DSC07384 by RussZS, on Flickr


Cheeky cheating lighting shot, but it does look good!!


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DSC07389 by RussZS, on Flickr


The exhausts were particularly bad, so I called in my specialist!!


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DSC07393 by RussZS, on Flickr


AutoSol and Wire Wool made short work of them (see in the afters)


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DSC07395 by RussZS, on Flickr


I finished up with Black Label:


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DSC07396 by RussZS, on Flickr


Curing:


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DSC07397 by RussZS, on Flickr


The plastics were looking a little weathered:


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DSC07399 by RussZS, on Flickr


Nothing a bit of Auto Finesse Revive can't fix!


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DSC07400 by RussZS, on Flickr


50/50 on the plastics:


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DSC07398 by RussZS, on Flickr


and finally after a very painful day, the afters:


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DSC07401 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07402 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07403 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07405 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07407 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07408 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07409 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07413 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07414 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07417 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07418 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07421 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07422 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07423 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07424 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07425 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07426 by RussZS, on Flickr


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DSC07430 by RussZS, on Flickr


Thanks for reading!!


Next up we have a BMW 330CI write up, BMW 1M in again with a few cheeky upgrades, a Clio 172 in Monaco, VW Edition 30 in white, Green Rocco, a Z3 and a VERY special white Civic FD2….


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DSC07432 by RussZS, on Flickr


Russ.
 
  172 Cup
Awesome!! Fantastic results as ever dude, really love your write ups, so I'm looking forward to a few more lol
 
  LY R26 230 F1 Team
Looks stunning, cant believe how orange peely paint is on these cars though, mines the same :(

Wet sanding get rid of this?
 

Austin-182

ClioSport Club Member
  182
Wow, saw a couple pics on facebook! Amazing work as allways, really want you to do mine, i know your far away but think it would be worth the drive tbh. Just need the money, at somepoint i will deffo have mine done
 

Hixle

Hi Kiss Luke E****
ClioSport Club Member
  E90 M3
Love it Russ, amazing work mate.

Best colour for an R26 too imo.
 
Brilliant! Me and a mate were eyeing this up at FCS cos he's going to pick up one in the same colour on friday! Looked stunning.
 


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