Audi A5 S-Line

[detailR]

This great A5 TDI S-Line was a recent purchase and while looking great from ten feet, up close - it wasn't.
Loads of bad wash marring and scratches were robbing the gloss from the finish.

It was decided that a few stages of machine polishing were in order. Some marks were so severe that they'd have to be improved rather than removed to save clear coat for the future.

A grubby start.





Hazy finish.









The weather wasn't playing ball during the wash process so back inside after the usual stages; wheels, tyres and arches, engine bay, snow foam, 2 bucket wash, iron fall out and tar removal - all with Auto Finesse products.

Compressed air and an Aqua Deluxe towel used for drying.
The engine bay was dried and dressed using Dressle.







Next everything was clayed, including the wheels.



The top of the headlights were dull, so these were polished up.





Some scratches on the bonnet.



Removed.



Marred roof.





The boot lid has lots of bad scratches, some were very deep so just an improvement was made,

 

[detailR]

Getting glossy now



Taken out and snow foamed to remove all of the polishing dust and residues.



The car was safely dried and then panel wiped.

Auto Finesse Tough Coat was used for durable protection. 2 coats, 3 hours apart.





All trims dressed with Revive,
Tyres with Tyre Creme,
Glass polished with Vision, Bouncer's Droop & Roll to seal,
Exhausts polished with Mercury,
Wheels sealed with ODK Momentum,













Thanks for reading

 

[andybond]

The punter has to be happy with that .

 

[detailR]

The punter has to be happy with that .

The owner stood a stroked the car for a good 5 minutes :dq:
I carried out some stone chip repairs on this one too.

 

[Chris Smith]

Epic work as always.... Would love to see one in the flesh.... If you ever want a tea boy for a few days would love to come and learn a thing or 2

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Epic work as always.... Would love to see one in the flesh.... If you ever want a tea boy for a few days would love to come and learn a thing or 2

You drink a LOT of tea...

 

[gtmatt]

sweet work

 

[detailR]

Cheers @Chris Smith @gtmatt

It's funny how many people offer to make you tea when you clean nice cars, haha. You don't get that kind of service at home! Welcome any time though

 

[Chris Smith]

Cheers @Chris Smith @gtmatt

It's funny how many people offer to make you tea when you clean nice cars, haha. You don't get that kind of service at home! Welcome any time though

I may just take you up on the that, My sister has just got a Range Rover Evogue, the dealership "apparently" applied the paintwork protection on for free.... You should see the Marring, White polish left over all over the car (looks like old Merr stuff), no protection what so ever, so many swirls present... Will need a good few days one it, I am trying to get her to take it to a professional and get it done right. Will be in touch if I can persuade her to get it done.

 

[detailR]

I may just take you up on the that, My sister has just got a Range Rover Evogue, the dealership "apparently" applied the paintwork protection on for free.... You should see the Marring, White polish left over all over the car (looks like old Merr stuff), no protection what so ever, so many swirls present... Will need a good few days one it, I am trying to get her to take it to a professional and get it done right. Will be in touch if I can persuade her to get it done.

I see that way too often. Even when people have ask a million times for them not to touch it.
Sure thing, 10% off for TR members too