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I know its not a beemer but its still an awesome car so thought id share with you, had a last minute cancellation so free day today which gives me time to do a write up of the latest detail completed last week. This RS4 was recently purchased by a very good client of mine and was in need of some attention, so after the initial inspection it was agreed that a full correction detail would be carried out. Heres the car when it arrived looking a little dirty and in need of a good :detailer:.
Bright and early the next moring i got to work capturing and removing the defects. The boot panel,roof and bonnet were the worst areas so i started on the boot panel and after trialling some polish pad combo's i settled on 3M FCP with a touch of 3M UF to reduce dusting and improve workability on a 3M yellow polishing pad.
And after 2 hits.
Again boot before
Before
Couple of sun gun shots for good measure.
After correcting the bonnet,roof and top of boot i was pooped and it was getting pretty late so called it a day.
Next day i began on the doors which werent quite as bad as the boot,bonnet and roof so i played around again with polish/pads and settled on IP3.02 again on a 3M yellow polishing pad which had the desired effect so no point in using a more aggresive combo, i always use the least aggresive approach to acheive the desired results-common sense really.
Some more correction pics from around the car. Before
Protection was in the form of two coats of Z2 followed by three applications of Z8 with Z6 wipedowns in between, wheels sealed with poorboys sealant and tyres dressed, all other tasks completed glass,trims, exhausts polished etc etc.
Thanks for looking. Rgds Gav |
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Great work and a cracking motor also
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Nice job. How much do you charge for a job like that?
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Alas the website is not correct due to me changing a few services, im just going to offer a fixed price of £595 for a correction detail and do away with my original stage 1,2,3 paint correction as tbh it seemed to cause confusion for people. HTH
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£600!! Jesus, i'm in the wrong job |
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Are you? £17 per hour... (and that ignores the materials costs, insurance, premises etc.) |
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Fantastic work.... just awesome - and as you say an awesome car too
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Not really sure how to take that, but its not really that expensive when you consider the work involved, in this case around 35 HRS work over 4 days so as pointed out round figures of £20/hour- Bare in mind also that this process is also the next step down from a respray which on a car like the RS4 would be thousands.
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Thanks for the comments mate much appreciated.
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Good work Gav looking good.
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I missed the bit at the end where it said 35 hours! That might go some way to explaining the cost. In that case your selling your services cheap! No offence intended Edited by Peter Fenwick |
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^^ I really based my pricing structure around £25-30/hour, but its very difficult to price a paint correction job by the hour so i offer fixed price of £595 whether it takes 20 hrs of 40 hrs, otherwise it can be confusing for customers. No offence taken Peter. Found yourself a nice 328i yet?
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No. I'm looking for a saloon really as the coupe is more expensive but in my eyes no better. Same for goes for the sport. It cost quite a bit more but offeres nothing extra that I really value except the sports suspension.
However there aren't many looked after 4 drs around so I may end up with a sport coupe anyway as they seem to be cherished more so finding a good one is a lot easier. I did ring someone about a car yesterday and left a message but they are yet to get back to me. Have you sold yours yet? I saw on E36coupe.com that you have a fair bit of interest. I'm on there are Devil2575 BTW. |
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No still got it which is not a bad thing i had hoped the price would only really attract enthusiasts/genuine buyers but had a lot of time wasters, saying that i have 3 very keen people one coming from Belfast so im expecting it'll be gone soon.
Good luck with the search if i see anything ill shout you.
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Oops yeh 10% as well for this forum, its a sticky in the scotland section as i doubt any english based members would bother travelling up lol
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Awesome! - I love these threads with loads of pics. Not much of a reader me... sadly the car has too many doors for my liking. Oh and it's wrong wheel drive. Do you do the detailing for Checkpoint as well, they mentioned to me they have a guy come in sometimes when I was getting my exhaust done? Good work! Daz |
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^^ Thanks Daz, im not an Audi fan but these are great cars. No i dont do any work for checkpoint but i know who does.
PS If you need anymore work done on your car try Motorwerks on Forest Lane there highly recommended and would be my choice.
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