Another dealership horror story, featuring a Scion FR-S RS 1.0

Anthony@MFAD

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Hey guys, been a while since my last write up. Finally got a car whose story I felt needed to be shared lol
Its a 2015 Scion FR-S RS 1.0 #893 of 1500.

I'm sure we are all not strangers to dealership preps/detailing gone bad, here is another. Probably the worst I have seen up to date!

Had a client email me interested in OCP & paint correction, mentioned it had been washed & swirled up by the dealership. But i was not expecting this!
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But lets rewind before we get to the good stuff. Car was dropped off the night before & to make some time, I took it to the car wash(;

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Wheels got cleaned via IronX, wheel woolies, & a few brushes. Tires got 3 rounds of LA's Totally Awesome to remove dealership applied tire shine.
Here you can see me waiting for IronX to do some work on the paint.

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There wasn't a whole lot of "bleeding" going on but it was enough to remove whatever protection was there. After washing the car, turns out all the defects were from claying. Car was perfectly smooth. At least the dealership helped me out with that lol.

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Car was then dried & taken back to my apartment complex parking lot. Swirls/marring was so bad you could easily see it!

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Before starting on the paint, I needed to remove the clear bra. Which was just as screwed up as the rest of the paint )=

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As you can see, the paint was bad allllll over. No area was spared of defects! It was worse in person, camera skills aren't good enough (yet) to capture everything on this color.

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Oh the horror!

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Hurray!

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Here it is all taped up prior to polishing.

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Fast forward a few days later to the finished product! Coated with OCP & optiseal on top.

Under the same LEDs, can you say "yeahhh baby!!". Excuse the different shade of yellos, my awesome camera skills are still in training lol

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Now outside in the sun!

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Thanks for looking!
 
Going to the dealership is causing me anxiety. I don't want them touching my car. I don't want them driving the car. They're all full of grease. I had a tire replaced at goodyear last week. I took a jack with me and took the tire off myself. I'm so paranoid im looking into how you can mount and balance tires yourself. I don't even want the dealership touching it when it needs inspected. It's funny, they look at you like your crazy when you tell them to be carefull with the car
 
God this crap boils my blood... How do they get away with this garbage... They did the same thing to my truck but it wasnt nearly that bad. The so called, self proclaimed, "professional detailer" who did that job needs to be tared and feathered and dragged behind a mule through the town in which he resides...
 
Very good work and write-up, your pictures are great either!

Thanks for sharing.
 
A good start to changing the dealership mindset, would be autogeek doing a commercial on the subject. Sort of a public service announcement, hey dealerships stop cleaning the cars.
 
Great work, but to everyone else, not all dealers are hacks.
 
Nice job fixing the so-called "pro" dealership work.

I wonder if any good detailer has ever set up a mobile ad right outside a dealership and advertised "real" detailing services?
 
Awesome job! Camera work not bad either!

Thanks!

Going to the dealership is causing me anxiety. I don't want them touching my car. I don't want them driving the car. They're all full of grease. I had a tire replaced at goodyear last week. I took a jack with me and took the tire off myself. I'm so paranoid im looking into how you can mount and balance tires yourself. I don't even want the dealership touching it when it needs inspected. It's funny, they look at you like your crazy when you tell them to be carefull with the car

hahaha, i dont mind them working on it. Just make sure to warn them not to wash it.

NIce work. Can you tell us what was required to eliminate those swirls?

Sorry forgot to write that!
MFCP w/ HD Cut
MFFP w/ M205
B&S green pad OCP primer polish

God this crap boils my blood... How do they get away with this garbage... They did the same thing to my truck but it wasnt nearly that bad. The so called, self proclaimed, "professional detailer" who did that job needs to be tared and feathered and dragged behind a mule through the town in which he resides...

haha, well more work for me!:dblthumb2:

Very good work and write-up, your pictures are great either!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!:props:

A good start to changing the dealership mindset, would be autogeek doing a commercial on the subject. Sort of a public service announcement, hey dealerships stop cleaning the cars.

Right?!

Nice work!

Thanks!

Nice work and nice car :)

Thanks!

Excellent work on that Scion yellow paintwork

Thanks!

Great work, but to everyone else, not all dealers are hacks.

Thanks! and you are right. Unfortunately, there aren't many that actually put out good work.

Awesome Awesome Awesome!!

Thanks!:xyxthumbs:

Nice job fixing the so-called "pro" dealership work.

I wonder if any good detailer has ever set up a mobile ad right outside a dealership and advertised "real" detailing services?

Thanks! Haha dont think it would do much. Most people either dont value their car enough to pay, cant see the difference, or see no point in detailing as its "new & should be perfect".
 
What a shame that all that work was caused by a dealer. Most cars are in near perfect condition when they come off the trailer. If the dealer would just leave them alone most cars could be deliverd in an unswirled, no hologram condition.

The only dealer prep department that does AG quality work that I have ever seen is located just two blocks from where I live. It's owned by Beverly Hills Rolls Royce and Lamborghini. I have watched the three guys that do the initial prep work washing the cars (two bucket method) using water from a DI filter system (it's a huge series of tanks) and then going over each car with a high intensity light looking for flaws. When any are found they use all Flex polishers and Menzerna product.
I got to look at a new RR out in the sunlight and the finish was absolutely perfect. Not one swirl or RID anywhere. And no fingerprints on the glass or interior.

I guess that if you are paying 400K for a car the dealership can afford talented detailers and first rate gear and product. And I noticed an enormous box of MF from CarPro. I wonder if they only use them once?
 
The problem is not really the detailers at the dealerships its the people in charge. Most dealerships think a complete detail should only take 4 hours. We all know that is no where near enough time to buff/polish out a car
 
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