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Porsche 964 in the Meguiar’s Detailing Bay

_Adm1n_ — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:36:47 +0000

Greg’s Porsche 964 has been nicknamed the ‘OCD 964′ thanks to the incredible amount of detail and work involved during the build. With this in mind, a trip to Meguiar’s UK in Daventry was on the cards with the build freshly finished to get the Porsche in the professional Detailing Bay – the most comprehensive way to check a vehicles paintwork and remove any remaining imperfections.

To see what would work best, we tried a few different products on a single panel initially. This allowed us to determine that a three-step process would be best on the paint, first by using the DA Microfibre Cutting Compound followed by Meguiar’s Ultra Finishing Polish and finally Meguiar’s Ultimate Wax for paint protection.

The Microfibre pad and Cutting Compound applied with our DA system offered the most effective and quickest level of swirl/scratch removal. Once we had removed the scratches and swirls, we then applied the Meguiar’s M205 Ultra Finishing Polish to the paint. We specifically used this product because of the colour of the car. The Ultra Finishing Polish contains polishing oils which added a deep rich gloss, superb reflections and really made the paint pop. As well as containing a large amount of polishing oils the Ultra Finishing Polish contains a small amount of cut to remove any light swirls. Finally we applied Ultimate Wax to seal in the Ultra Finishing Polish and protect the paint from the elements.

We used the DA Polisher to apply all three products to the paint. A Meguiar’s Polishing Pad is the best way to apply the M205 and a Meguiar’s Finishing Pad is used to apply the Ultimate Wax. Microfibre Towels are used to remove any product residue after each application.

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Flashback Friday: Shooting paint

_Adm1n_ — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:21:16 +0000

Flashback Friday to a really fast turnaround job we undertook on the Kenwood x Scene Media Beetle. This car has travelled all over Europe showcasing Kenwood’s Multimedia Navigation range. Running full Air Lift suspension with V2 management and 20-inch Rotiform SNA wheels with huge Forge Motorsport 6-pot brakes, this is one of the most complete 2013 Beetles around.

The Tdi motor has been tuned by Garage Midnight and REVO Technik and tested on Regal Autosport’s rolling road to 186bhp and 300lb/ft of torque. Suffice to say there was a lot of stone chips on the front end from all the European driving.

This awesome car was subject to our wheel colour coding service and has been prepared with Meguiar’s from new. You can see this vehicle in a really cool ‘Love Your Journey’ advertising campaign that Kenwood Electronics has just rolled out. It’s always a pleasure to work on high profile company demo vehicles even if the deadline is super-tight!

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Front-end respray for the Kenwood Beetle

_Adm1n_ — Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:28:53 +0000

If you’ve been to any VW shows this year chances are you’ll have seen the Kenwood UK VW Beetle. From Worthersee to Amsterdam it’s travelled across Europe showcasing the latest audio equipment, but with that it’s also taken a fair beating while racking up the thousands of miles…

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