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D2 A8 Detailed
'97 Audi A8 pearl Aluminium Silver. I did this in late '07 over the space of two weeks. In that time I had people from my area walk by and pass all sorts of comments from "That's come up nicely" to "Fecking Hell your Nuts you are!".
As some of you may know detailing a car the size of the A8 needs at the very least a full weekend and two servings of spinach, so was up at the crack of dawn literally with all the detailing gear stacked near the front door the night before. Products List: Halford lambs wool wash mitt Sponge (sills and arches) AG engine & machine cleaner WD40 CD2 engine dressing spray Silicon spray Chemical Guys Fast stain Extractor Gliptone Leather Cleaner G11 Gliptone Leather conditioner G12 AG Vinyl & Rubber Care AG Metal Polish AG Glass Polish AG Bumper Care AG Intensive Tar Remover Megs Trim detailer Megs Endurance Tyre dressing Megs NXT Car Wash Megs APC Megs Quick Clay bar kit Megs Unigrit 2000/2500/3000 Megs Plastix Isopropyl Alcohol Menzerna- Power Gloss Menzerna- PO85RD3.02 Menzerna- PO106FF Megs Cutting and Polishing Pad Klasse AIO Klasse DGS Collonite 915 Megs Applicator pads Sonus Buffing bonnets Megs NXT Paste wax Megs detailing brush plus upholstery, tooth and paint brushes Megs Microfibre cloths Megs water magnet AG synthetic chamois Process Arches: The years of dirt and recent outer CV boot explosion on both front wheels left the wells looking sorry for themselves; it didn't help that the grease had been on there for a couple months either. They needed a quick blast with the Kerschar first to loosen up any debris. Then it was sprayed with some AG engine & machine cleaner and agitated with Halfords interior brush. This got most of the dirt and grim off but there were great big blobs of tar and asphalt stuck to paint work, lining and suspension components. Then I remembered someone on the forum speaking of WD40 so tried that, again with some agitation of a toothbrush (yes it took forever - These A8 wells are simply massive). But the end result was worth it, I didn't even know that there were any painted surface exposed in the well; so it was a nice surprise when it came up trumps. The linings were dressed with CD2 Engine detailer which seems to last a lot longer than AG vinyl & rubber care for me, whilst the electric wires were cleaned with some isopropyl alcohol and smeared with WD40 (this incidentally cured a low speed ABS Light problem I was having). Wasn't sure how clean this could get after 139K miles of muck. After the pre-wash and AG engine & Machine cleaner was applied you could still see the blobs of tar bonded to the linings, suspension arms and paint. But with a bit of effort they came up quite decent, fronts were worse than the rears. Alloys & Tyres: Used AG Engine & machine cleaner on these to good effect then dressed with some NXT tech wax, tyres dressed with Megs High gloss endurance tyre dressing. Engine Bay: Cleaned with AG Engine & Machine Cleaner and Megs APC (Ratio 4:1), Sound proofing vacuumed and under bonnet cleaned using Megs APC. Radiator/condenser and Gearbox oil cooler cleaned with AG Engine and machine cleaner rinsed and dressed with AG V&RC. Engine Covers and Trim dressed with CD2 Engine detailing or AG V&RC. Rubber seals and hoses dressed with silicon. Boot: Spare wheel well cleaned with Megs APC (Ratio 10:1), carpet vacuumed then cleaned with Chemical Guys Stain Extractor (Ratio 10:1) and wet/dry extractor and trim dressed with AG V&RC. Rubber seals dressed with silicon. Interior: Carpets and door card upholstery cleaned with Chemical Guys Stain Extractor (Ratio 10:1) and wet/dry extractor. Took out what I could from the interior and cleaned them out of the car (left bits of my car hanging from the washing line). Interior cabin cleaned with Megs APC (Ratio 10:1), and dressed with a mix of Megs Trim detailer and AG vinyl & rubber care (Spray on/ wipe off immediately). The centre console wood trim got some Megs scratch X then Klasse AIO as it had a few swirls on it. The leather seats and steering got a dose of the Gliptone cleaner worked in using another tooth brush then topped off with some Gliptone conditioner. Door/Boot Shuts: Used Megs APC (Ratio 10:1), Rubber dressed with Silicon spray vinyl dressed with AG V&RC, Paint treated with Klasse AIO. Wash/Clay: Car washed with NXT car wash (2 bucket method) with some areas such rubber window frames/sills badges washed with Megs APC (4:1). Clayed using 2x Megs Quick Clay kits Grill and black lower trim: Cleaned with Megs APC (Ratio 10:1) and agitated with paint brush and Megs detailing brush. Dressed with AG Bumper Care(worked in with stiff brush). Stone chip repair: There were some minor chips on the front of the bonnet that needed attention simply because they were annoying me so I filled them with some primer and a touch up pen then wet sanded it with some megs unigrit. (sorry novice photographer) Glass & Head lights: AG Glass Polish with Megs polishing pad Polishing: My car is old but the paint is as tough as nails; I had on a previous occasion last year used Megs DACP, Speed Glaze and DCP but found it hard work (probably because I was using a Bosch orbital sander). So being lazy I tried out the Menzerna Power Gloss for specific scratches and two passes of PO85RD3.02 one with Megs cutting pad then 2nd with polishing pad all with a rotary. (Practised on a golf front wing I picked up from a local Body shop first) Only the roof, bonnet and boot lid had significant swirls. Final Polishing: Menzerna PO106FF with Megs Polishing pad Wax/Sealant: Klasse AIO, Klasse DGS x2 24hrs apart, then a week later collonite 915 x2 24hrs apart Final Pics Thanks for looking |
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WOW looks good and lots of info
Just 1 thing tho since 2007 theres lots of new products, so u should do it again with the new products and as your car is so spotless and wouldnt realy show how good the product is on such a clean car, So in the intrest of fair compare think i should let u have my A8 for the weekend to try the products on it |
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The definitive 8 Detail
No more to say.....
Mike
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Conan (the Librarian) 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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Thanks for the comments fella's. I know Figure11 has been busy with some wet sanding lately as well so to keep up I'll be doing another detail when the weather allows in conjunction with a service, so will try a few new products. As to using your car a test subject I can only respectfuly decline as cleaning one A8 is sufficient to knock me out for a week!
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Thanks Neil |
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Top job there, excellent
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To polish the Aluminium I simply used some Meguiars Scratch X then put some collinte 915 wax on it as this has some laquer on it. Its now got some scratches on it thanks to leaving an irresponsible friends wife in the car for 15mins with her 3 year old literaly running up and down the centre console! who has also broken the hand brake wood trim in the process (should have made her pay for it dosey moose). Sorry I digress; you can see from Paul Waterloo's Audipages: http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...erremoval.html How to properly sand the thing down, I might just get a new one its that bad now! |
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