Reflex Silver GTi in da house

[PaulVW]

After detailing my wife’s Freelander, I decided to give my own ride a little attention.

This car is a 2006 model with 56xxx km on the clock and I really try to keep it in good shape ever since I bought it in 2008.

It had a few parking lot type scratches on the sides and the black B-Pillars were showing some very bad swirls. The side mirrors (which Maldino painted black some time ago) also showed very bad swirling.

Some before pics:











I also decided to refit a part of the colour coded front lip which I damaged a while ago while I was busy. I replaced the very lower section with the stock OEM (black) part. While I was at it, I also removed the grills in order to clean them properly.




The engine bay was filthy from oil blown out through the filler cap. (I have replaced this cap twice but it somehow seems to keep doing this)





Getting to the real work - I again used the following products:
Megs Gold Class Shampoo
Adams Clay Kit
CG Cut 1.5
Menzerna PO 203S
Collinite 845
303 Aerospace Protectant
Raceglaze Leather Kit
Sonax Glass Cleaner

Work in Progress Pics:






And some final random after pics:


















The Honeycomb parts came out looking like new!



When I took the car out for some final shots, the rain came down in Cape Town – so herewith some beading shots…









The big van behind the GTi is my next challenge!




Duration:

In total I spent 19 hours (over 3 weeks) on this car as follows:
Wash down – 1 hour
Vacuum & Clean Interior – 1 hour
Leather Treatment – 2 hours
Clay – 3 hours
Tape – 1.5 hours
Polish – 4 hours
Wax – 1 hour
Trim (including strip & fitment) - 3 hours
Wheels & Rims – 2 hours
Windows – 0.5 hours

I used the Raceglaze Leather Kit to transform the seats back to original condition. The seats were starting to show their age and I gave it 2 successive treatments. I am very impressed with this kit as the leather now feels soft (like new) again. Unfortunately this is difficult to capture on pics.

Thanks for looking!

[calypso]

Nice work. Dont worry, claying and taping time will come down considerably with practice. Polishing however will probably go up.

[Torres1]

nice work bud.

[PrevanP]

Very nice Paul...your car is a beauty.

[Carn]

Nice work Paul

[kripstoe]

Nice work. It seems August is GTI month.

[Jughead]

Nice work PaulVW. GTi is looking good...

[PaulVW]

Thanks for the kind words guys

@calypso - thanks for the info.
I am trying to reduce the claying & taping time and I am getting a rotary soon, so I am sure the polishing time will go up significantly.

[Wayno]

Awesome work Paul!!! Your GTI looks stunning mate!!!

[dood786]

Nice work Paul

[Delta]

great work,

[PaulVW]

Thanks Wayno, Dood & Delta!

[jagged]

Excellent work....cool car.

[AMD001]

Excellent work Paul