Cleaned and detailed. (Warning picture heavy)

We got our new to us 09 yesterday. The car has about 103,000 miles on her. Today I spent the day detailing it.




Full of bugs and guts




First I went to work on the engine bay. I sprayed WD40 on electrical connectors, then doused the engin in Meguiars (Megs) super degreaser at 10:1, let dwell for a few minutes, hit with various brushes, and rinsed with the fan setting on the hose nozzle.


Dried and sprayed with Megs plastic and vynal coating.

Next I restored the headlights


After



Next I washed with a regular two bucket wash

Then a chemical decontamination, no fun pictures as there wasn't enough iron deposits on the paint to change color.

Then I clayed the car. It had a few spots and lots of tar.



Next step was to compound a few spots on the hood mirrors and door. I used Wolfgang Uber Compound


Next onto polish though Wolfgang calls it total swirl remover. No pictures here

Then to Wolfgang finishing glaze.

Now the fun part sealant. Again Wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant. The sealant takes 45 minutes to cure so while it was I applied DLux plastic coating on the headlights.

The car was debadged, and a sticker applied.


Interior was not bad, just a little dusty
It is now cleaned, though I need to get the steamer out for a few spots on the carpet and seats. I just don't have the energy today.




Trim rings on the wheels are also left off

And nine hours later done.

 

Sorry I forgot to attach the finished mirror, and door.



And the clean wheels minus the trim rings.

 

Thank you, I heard that from a neighbor. Hard to believe she has 103,000 miles.

 

Thank you,

I would start with clay. You always want to do the least aggressive first. If that doesn't help move to a tar remover, it may just loosen it up enough to wash it off. It may take a lot of playing. The clear coat is less then the thickness of a post it note. You need to be careful about how much polishing and rubbing you do to not remove too much

 

I coated mine with Dlux after I corrected them. I actually coated all of the trim. Should be good for a couple years.

 

I used a DA with a microfiber pad and compound to get the scratches out. Part of why it took so long, I spent time on that.