Scrooge
ClioSport Moderator
E55 AMG
So Tom bought a Yeti. In Jungle Green! What a fantastic colour in the flesh, a ridiculous amount of pop! I’ve always like Yetis for some reason so I was happy to be doing a new car protection on this one.
Tom come and picked me up and off we went to the unit. The car was a little bit dirty but nothing major so a quick clean…
Yeti 2 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 1 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 3 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 4 by scrooge89, on Flickr
So first up was the wheels, attacked those with AF Imperial…
Yeti 5 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Next up was the arc hes, bloody lovely space to work with! Using AF Verso and a few different wheel whoolies…
Yeti 9 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 10 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 12 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Lovely and easy, so then I went on to pre wash. Snow foam is always a treat so that went on with a bit of prewash mixed into the bottle….
Yeti 16 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Rinsed off then wash 2BM with CarPro mitt and AF Lather…
Yeti 18 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Then on to Decon, Iron X first…
Yeti 19 by scrooge89, on Flickr
A fair bit of ‘rail dust’ on it, that’s for sure!
Yeti 20 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 21 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Followed up with TarX as there was a few little patches that needed attention…
Yeti 24 by scrooge89, on Flickr
I decided not to clay, the paint work still felt silly smooth so thought it was for the best.
So dried and indoors for a bit more of an inspection. The paintwork was flawless, went over it with Haalogen, fluorescent and LED light to check for marks etc. Tom’s request of it not to be touched by the dealers clearly paid off!
However the black finishes on the door pillars were wrecked!
Yeti 25 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 27 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 33 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 34 by scrooge89, on Flickr
God knows how they became that damaged! So to try a combination that worked, JD grabbed the DA and I grabbed the Rotary. Eventually we found a technique and combo that worked with the Rotary. Menz 4000 and Hex black.
Yeti 32 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Came out ok…
Yeti 31 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Yeti 28 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Then onto the protection, I chose CQUK…
Yeti 35 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Full eraser wipe down then a panel at a time, lovely product to use, fairly easy and time bloody flew whilst applying it. Starting from the top down and just really taking my time it took a fair few hours..
It visibly added pop and depth to the paint, Tom was getting increasingly excited the more I did (giggidy)
_MG_4600 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4599 by scrooge89, on Flickr
This was left to start to cure then it had a wipe down with Reload, I bloody love this stuff and it worked superbly with CQUK, as it should…
_MG_4596 by scrooge89, on Flickr
The plastics were coated with Dlux, another lovely product to use!
Yeti 36 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Then Megs Endurance on the tyres as usual then finished and off for pics…
_MG_4601 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4604 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4607 by scrooge89, on Flickr
Out of my damn shot!
_MG_4609 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4616 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4617 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4618 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4621 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4622 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4627 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4629 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4631 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4632 by scrooge89, on Flickr
_MG_4633 by scrooge89, on Flickr
So yep sorry for a lot of repetitive aftershots, I was battling with the sun.
Thanks
Ant
Tom
Tom come and picked me up and off we went to the unit. The car was a little bit dirty but nothing major so a quick clean…
So first up was the wheels, attacked those with AF Imperial…
Next up was the arc hes, bloody lovely space to work with! Using AF Verso and a few different wheel whoolies…
Lovely and easy, so then I went on to pre wash. Snow foam is always a treat so that went on with a bit of prewash mixed into the bottle….
Rinsed off then wash 2BM with CarPro mitt and AF Lather…
Then on to Decon, Iron X first…
A fair bit of ‘rail dust’ on it, that’s for sure!
Followed up with TarX as there was a few little patches that needed attention…
I decided not to clay, the paint work still felt silly smooth so thought it was for the best.
So dried and indoors for a bit more of an inspection. The paintwork was flawless, went over it with Haalogen, fluorescent and LED light to check for marks etc. Tom’s request of it not to be touched by the dealers clearly paid off!
However the black finishes on the door pillars were wrecked!
God knows how they became that damaged! So to try a combination that worked, JD grabbed the DA and I grabbed the Rotary. Eventually we found a technique and combo that worked with the Rotary. Menz 4000 and Hex black.
Came out ok…
Then onto the protection, I chose CQUK…
Full eraser wipe down then a panel at a time, lovely product to use, fairly easy and time bloody flew whilst applying it. Starting from the top down and just really taking my time it took a fair few hours..
It visibly added pop and depth to the paint, Tom was getting increasingly excited the more I did (giggidy)
This was left to start to cure then it had a wipe down with Reload, I bloody love this stuff and it worked superbly with CQUK, as it should…
The plastics were coated with Dlux, another lovely product to use!
Then Megs Endurance on the tyres as usual then finished and off for pics…
Out of my damn shot!
So yep sorry for a lot of repetitive aftershots, I was battling with the sun.
Thanks
Ant
Tom