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This car was originally booked in with me in July once my customer had placed the order with Audi but we were waiting for an arrival date before firming up when it would be done. The date of November 14th was confirmed a couple of weeks ago so we had the car booked in this Friday & Saturday (16th & 17th) to carry out a thorough New Car detail including Ceramishield PRO paint sealant to be applied to give some long lasting protection.

My customer made this choice after rejecting the various paint protection systems the dealer was offering for £400+ so I think he made the right decision :D

The car is an Audi S4 Avant, 3.0V6 Supercharged (Thanks JBirchy) in Estoril Blue (Much darker than BMW's version).

He arrived early in the morning and here's how the car was looking after just 254 miles since picking it up from the dealer (South west) and returning to London before bringing it down to Newbury.

All looks like general dirt and road grime but when you get close and view it in the right light you can start to see the damage they dealer has managed to inflict in just 1 wash / pre-sale prep.

Even from this far back you can clearly see the damage

First step was to apply some Chemical Guys No Touch foam to try and break down as much of the dirt as possible before having to touch the paintwork.

While the foam was left to do its thing, I went over the car with some Gliptone Emerald Clean with a Meg's slide-lock brush. This was used on the vents and grills where there were bits of polish dust and dirt that was trapped in these areas.

Fully rinsed off with the hot water pressure washer before wheels were tended to.

Wheels were gently cleaned with Gliptone Total Tire and Rim cleaner and some wheel woolies

Following this I used IronX all over the wheels just to remove any last bits of contamination (Despite being new IronX still managed to find a few bits)

After this the car was then re-rinsed, and IronX used all over but unsurprisngly it found hardly anything on the paintwork.

I inspected each area of the car and checked for any Tar or other deposits but there wasn't anything else to report on so the car was re-foamed, rinsed once more and moved inside for towel drying using Elite car care Uber towels

Once inside under the lights and now clean you could see the damage the dealer had managed to carry out... To say this is disappointing is an understatement, and I urge any new car buyer to thoroughly inspect their car on collection or if possible request the dealer doesn't carry out any sort of prep work in an ideal situation.

I started to correct each panel at a time photographing before and after as I went. I used a combination of Scholl S17+ and S3 Gold when needed, each with Scholl Orange and Purple pads.

After

Before

Before

After

Before

Afters

Rear 1/4

Bottom of doors

Corrected

Front wing before

After

More front wing befores

After

Bonnet before

Afters

Passenger side

Rear bumper damage

Damage by rear badge

Corrected

Quick money shot after getting rid of any dust

Full IPA wipedown to prepare the paint work for Ceramishield Pro

Applied

Removed

Exhausts were lightly cleaned up with some Autosol and a Microfibre before dressing Tyres with Gliptone Tyre and Trim Jelly.

Wheels all sealed with FK1000p

Here's the final shots

Looking far more like a new car should be looking in my opinion, and now at least it has some long lasting protection on the paintwork so should see it looking good for a long time.

The owner picked the car up on Sunday and was much happier with his "new" car :thumb:

Thanks again for reading!

Nick