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Dealership attacks a brand new 2014 Audi S4!



Got your attention ; ). Here we have a brand new 2014 Audi S4 that came to us for new car prep which turned into a full paint correction, Opti Coat, and Xpel Ultimate Installation.



What we thought would be an easy routine job turned into much more. The dealer induced a lot of linear scratches from doing the customer a favor and removing snow off the car at deliver, unfortunately (I see this a lot) the dealer delivered the car at night....... Please join us for another dealer fix write up.



I'll let the photos do the talking now.



Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with Adam's Car Wash

- Decon with Auto Finesse Iron Out

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Compound - Menzerna FG400

- Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

- Last step - Opticoat

- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned - polished - Opti Coat

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used:

Adam's Car Wash

Auto Finesse Iron Out

Stoner's Tarminator

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Sonax Multi Star

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Menzerna FG400

Sonax Perfect Finish

Opti Coat

Adam's Super VRT

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

Adam's Metal Polish 1

Adam's Metal Polish 2



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber Quick Detail MF Towels

Uber All Purpose MF Towels

Rupes LHR75E

Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Meg's MF Cutting Pad

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Uber Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Adam's Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Dealer installed - due to snow removal





A closer look - these marks were on the roof, hood, trunk









Before











Various scratches/imperfections















Wheels





Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and various brushes used to clean up the OEM Peelers





Full prep photos missing due to the cold weather sorry guys



Light scratches around the door handles





After





B pillars a common issue with BMW, Audi, VW





After much better after we hit it with Menzerna FG400 and finished it out with Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6





Before shot on the roof





After





Before shot on the roof







After





Imperfections on the rear trunk







After







Xpel Ultimate Pre Cut Kit installation







Exhaust tips before







After some Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish







Afters shots











The old and new









A drastic improvement over the what the dealer delivered.







Hope you enjoyed this one.

Tak82

nicely executed!! mr pro detailer sir..

Stocker

Okay that's just sick. WTH are they using, a stick? Maybe the ice scraper they use on the windows?



In your experience, are these scratches that will become visible again over time?



Oh, and good job as always!

DetailersDomain

we were able to remove them no problem they will not appear again we basically "cut" the scratches out by leveling the paint.

Stocker

That means the clear is ever-so-slightly thinner then. I wonder if your customer could go after the dealership for at least the cost of your services.

DetailersDomain

I believe the dealer took care of the customer.

Stocker

Well that's good then. I know your people did!