Didn't realize I never posted these. A few weeks ago I detailed a friend's JBP STi that was in need of some love.
Process used:
1. Washed whole car with Dawn to remove wax, grease, and heavy debris.
2. Cleaned engine bay with Simple Green
3. Removed each wheel from the car, cleaned inside and out, cleaned calipers, reinstalled and properly torqued
4. Claybarred entire car
5. Touched up all chips and scratches
6. Polished with an orange Lake County pad on my PC7424
7. Waxed with Collinite 845 Insulator wax
8. Waxed door jambs, turnk jamb, under the hood, painted portion of wheel wells, headlights, tail lights, etc
9. Windows cleaned inside and out with Invisible Glass, outside of all windows and mirrored Rain-X'ed
10. Interior cleaned, stains removed where necessary, dash protected with 303
11. 303 applied to tires and all under-hood plastic and rubber
13. Attention to detail in every part of my work
I don't have many pictures of the paint before but these will give you an idea of what I was dealing with.
Under spoiler before:
Under spoiler after:
Quarter panel before (the whole car looked like this or worse):
Quarter panel after:
Finished product:
This picture does not do the car justice. The amount of pearl in the paint is unbelievable. The car looks gold/green in the sun:
And here's a few more shots of it with my STi:
Originally Posted by Sven The Sexman
