Renault Sport Megane 225 Detail

[detailR]

This great Black Gold Megane belongs to a good friend, and forum Member @Sparkysparks
I got to spend a day on it to see what could be done with the paintwork.
Some good decontamination and machine polishing stages were enough to remove most swirls, scratches and bring back the lovely gold flake.

To begin...







The wheels, tyres, arches and calipers were cleaned using Auto Finesse products before snow foaming with Avalanche.



This was followed by a quick clean up in the engine bay, a 2 bucket method wash, lots of tar and fallout removal before being rewashed and clayed.

The engine bay plastics and rubbers were dressed.



The car masked up and ready for polishing.



Badge removal usually leaves some ghosting. This was dealt with.





Polished boot lid against the bumper.



50/50 on the rear quarter.



Bonnet before and after.









Swirly front wing.





50/50 wing to door.



Driver's side wing.





The car was panel wiped to remove all polishing oils and masking tape removed.



The exhaust tips were polished and protected.
Poor photo, but the left hand tip is untouched - the right hand tip polished.



2 layers of Auto Finesse Desire applied for protection on the paint work.



Tyres dressed with Meguiar's.
Trims with Auto Finesse Revive.
Glass polished and sealed with Bouncer's Drop & Roll.















Thanks for reading
Comments and questions always welcomed.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

:ai::cp: Awesome work as always @scratcher !

So that's now a 996 and a Megane I'm going to have to bring down to you!

 

[gtmatt]

epic mate , is Renault paint soft or hard ?? did you use 3 compounds or 2 ??

 

[detailR]

Thanks a lot @Big Steve - Raider
Cool, two great cars buddy. Just drop me a message and we can work out something great for them.

Cheers @gttmatt
the paint on these is somewhere in the middle. I used 3 or 4 different polishes on a bunch of pads in the end. The plastic panels will react differently to the metal ones, and the defects were pretty varied around the car.

 

[Sparkysparks]

I didnt even know it had the gold flake till you said! The drive went past lots of mirrors and windows to check it out

 

[detailR]

It's a lovely colour
Haha! Did you head into Milton Keynes? I love driving through the city when my car is cleaned up. Lots of reflections to check out that shine :af:

 

[Adey]

awesome as always, BG is a lovely colour when clean.

 

[Sparkysparks]

No i didnt but i still got lots of nice views

 

[gtmatt]

thanks mate great work as always

 

[detailR]

awesome as always, BG is a lovely colour when clean.

Thanks dude It's a cracking colour when the gold flake is unleashed.

thanks mate great work as always

Cheers Matt :af: appreciate it.

 

[Spooky]

Definitely need to do my Meg, it'd add £500 to it overnight :af:

 

[Bill J got old]

Awesome work. Mine needs doing really badly as the paint's in a right state. I'd love to get the gold popping again. Maybe one day I'll get to give you a shout. When I finally have to stop spending money elsewhere on it!

 

[detailR]

Definitely need to do my Meg, it'd add £500 to it overnight :af:

It's well worth it. It'll take years off of the car

Awesome work. Mine needs doing really badly as the paint's in a right state. I'd love to get the gold popping again. Maybe one day I'll get to give you a shout. When I finally have to stop spending money elsewhere on it!

Thanks Bill
Just give me a shout if you would like one have the car treated. 10% TR member discount, of course

 

[Ricardo]

Epic, I've been sharing your posts on Facebook. How about an open day TR meet where we can see what it's all about? Don't know if it's doable or a crazy idea

 

[andybond]

That sounds like a great idea @Ricardo

TR takeover MiltonKeynes!

 

[Ricardo]

That sounds like a great idea @Ricardo

TR takeover MiltonKeynes!

Good exposure for both DetailR, the club, a day out meeting people and educational seeing what detailing is all about

 

[detailR]

Epic, I've been sharing your posts on Facebook. How about an open day TR meet where we can see what it's all about? Don't know if it's doable or a crazy idea

Thanks very much @Ricardo
It's actually something that I've had in mind and have talked about with one of the manufacturers I detail for.
Let me look at some dates and see what I can come up with in the next couple of months.