JLs Detailing: MR2 Spyder

JLs Detailing · 05-29-2008, 07:11 PM

OK a little background on this detail. I did a vehicle for a friend of ours at our bank. She was telling one of the other ladies there about it and she said she needed to see it. Well when she saw my friends car she said "Now thats what a detail is suppose to look like". She went to my website saw my work and gave me a call to set up an appointment. She said the MR2 had not been detailed in 4 years since she left Alabama to move here. She had a guy that did it on a regular basis for her there but here she had not found anyone she trusted to do it. Well this was my chance to impress her and become "her guy here in NC". So here's what I did:

Tires/Wheels: I used Megs Wheel Brightner on the wheels with a Griots wheel scrub, Black Magic Wheel brush bent to 90 degrees (for getting behind the spokes), Swissvax wheel brush, and a lug nut brush. The tires got Majestic Solutions Super Green Stuff and so did the wheel wells. Both were cleaned with a Black Wheel Shmitt. The tires were dressed with a base coat of Majestic Solutions Super Dress All and half a Cobra Tire Applicator and then topped with CGs VRP with the other half of the applicator. The wheels were coated with what was left of the Zaino ZFX'd Z2 Pro (I guess you know what my LSP was) and buffed off with a general purpose MF. Wheel wells were dressed with CGs Bare Bones.

Engine: The engine got the old faithful of rinse, spray down with MS SGS, agitate, rinse, dry with leaf blower, and dress with Stoners Trim Shine.

Convertible Top: I rinsed the top and sprayed it down with 303 Convertible Top cleaner. I scrubbed it in with a brush and left it on while I foamed the rest of the car. It was then washed with CGs CWG and the brush. Rinsed and after drying it was protected with 303 Protectant.

Wash: I used my CR Spotless System (I couldn't detail without this now) and my foam cannon (wouldn't know how to detail without this either) and a rinse bucket. I used CGs CWG and a grout sponge. All the lower panels were pretreated with MS SGS and bugs got MS Bug Off and a MS bug sponge. Rinsed with the CR Spotless and let it air dry while I shampooed and extracted the floor mats. Man its nice to let Mother Nature dry the car and not worry about water spots.

Clay: I used the good stuff with DP 4n1 as a clay lube in a hand held pressurized sprayer. Then I rinsed again with the CR.

Trim: All the black grill like areas on the car got Stoners Trim Shine and so did the spare tire area under the front hood (engine is in the back).

Glass: All glass inside and out got CGs Glass Cleaner with a Black Magic Glass MF and dried off with a Walmart WW. The back plastic "glass" got DP Plex-All and buffed off with a MF.

Interior: The entire interior was wiped down with 1z Cockpit Premium. I do love this stuff as it cleans well and leaves behind a new clean look. The leather seats were cleaned with Pinnacle Leather Cleaner and Conditioned with Wolfgang Leather Conditioner. Shop vac was used to vacuum everything. Man I love doing the interiors on a 2 seater!

Paint: The paint had some very minor swirling that with the color of the paint and how minor it was made it hard to see unless you caught it in the sun just right. I used my DFT Combo paint gauge and got readings throughout the car in the 120 micron area. There were a few bad areas like on the hood where someone tried to touch up a spot about 2" long and you could see the sanding marks around it as it made the paint seem a lot lighter. Here are a before and after pic but its hard to see the scratches in the before:

You can see it a little better in the straight on pics of the car later. On the rough spots I used the Metabo and an orange 5" LC CCS pad and Menzerna Intensive Polish. For the rest of the car I used the Metabo and 3M Ultrafina with a 5" LC CCS black pad. I really love Ultrafina and have had nothing but great success with it. Heck my bottle of Menz. 85RD is feeling mighty neglected since Ultrafina came along. After the Ultrafina I buffed it off with a CGs black and yellow MF. Next I did a wipe down with Zaino Z6 and a Cookie Monster MF.

LSP: I decided to get the chemistry set out and ZFX some Zaino Z2 Pro. I applied the first coat with a 4" blue LC CCS pad and a Polishing Pal. I buffed it off with a CGs yellow and black and did another wipedown with Z6. Next another coat of Z2 Pro was applied the same way and buffed off the same way. After about an hour after buffing off the 2nd coat of Z2 Pro I did a wipe down with Z8. I really love the way the car came out and it was super super slick. I have really gotten to love Zaino, so thanks gmblack3 for letting me try some out and hooking me!

Well the owner saw it and just flipped with joy. She was so excited she asked me to take care of it for her on a regular basis! Man I can't wait to get it again. Here are some before and afters:

Some random and reflection shots:

My favorite:

Smith2287 · 05-29-2008, 07:36 PM

JL,

Great work as always bro, yes ultrafina is great stuff. The car looks great in the ends , that interior is very clean!!!

ehuth1 · 05-29-2008, 08:16 PM

Great job wolf! That color really glows in the direct sun.

Nica · 05-29-2008, 08:30 PM

Sweet that vehicle looks great JLs

Question, what year is that vehicle? It looks good, not sure about the colour but it looks good.

Great turn around like always