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Old 26th January 2009, 11:08 PM
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Hi,

i've posted these threads on various different forums before but with this dedicated A8 forum out now, i thought i'd repost this again as it seems appropriate! It's literally just copying and pasting what i wrote which in some cases was over 1 year ago so apologies if the timings seem confusing...

Thanks,

-Oli

Hi,

Just wanted to show off what my mate and I achieved on the weekend. Just a bit of background...

My car is a Audi A8 with 163k miles on the clock. I've owned it for 10 months and when i got it, it had extremely heavy swirls in the paintwork. After reading a lot about it all, my mate and i split the costs on getting all the products including the Megs G220. After many weekends of poor weather, yesterday was the day we decided to get to work. It also just so happen to be after i drove to Holland and back so the 8 was in extra need of some lovin'

Products used were

Megs APC
Snowfoam
CG citrus shampoo
Sonus green clay
Menz 3.02
Menz 1.06
Car Lack
Collinite 476
Megs Endurance Tyre gel
Megs trim detailer
AG glass cleaner

This was our first time doing this and it took a full 2 days and we didn't even touch the interior. The hardness of the Audi paint is astonishing and it took multiple passes before the swirls came out....but they are out now and it looks amazing! The area i'm most pleased with is the front bumper which really showed its colour after the work.

Here are some of the pics of the process.

Many thanks for reading!

-Oli





























And so the cleaning began....with some snowfoam!




























After having fully clayed the car (no pics unfortunately - i forgot) we started machine polishing using the G220 - A great tool and very user friendly.

It was however not without a few learnings along the way... taking a polisher past an aerial will literally rip the pad to shreds...but we quickly resumed without delay.







After having gone over the paint twice and using the 3.02 due to the harshness of the Audi paint, this is what we ended the day with!















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Old 27th January 2009, 07:08 PM
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Cracking results & love that colour on the 8's
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Old 29th January 2009, 01:44 AM
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Top work Oil, I think I will attempt mine too. Could you tell me where the best place is to get the products that you used?
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Old 29th January 2009, 07:38 AM
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More than Happy to give my suppliers a plug!

I use Detailed Obsession - Very good delivery times and a top bloke that runs it. My favorite supplier.

Clean your car - Quick delivery and different products.

Elite Car Care - I get my bulk products from here.
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2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse.
2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter.

Previously
2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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How do A8OC members apply a discount at Detailed Obsession?
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Tell me when you are going to order and I will tell the proprieter your order is inbound and that you are a paid up member.
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Watch it if you dare

Currently,
2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse.
2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter.

Previously
2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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Old 5th May 2010, 09:51 AM
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Thats great thanks. Are we still on for our date Friday? I'm not going looking for that golden rivit again though
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Currently,
2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
2005 C5 Allroad 2.5TDi FE - Grey - Workhorse.
2015 Q3QS SLine - Daytona Grey. Lots of extras! Long Haired Admirals cutter.

Previously
2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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Brilliant post - I really enjoy a well polished car!
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