Arctic White Golf 3 - Detailed (again) by Lawrence

[lawrenceSA]

This detail occured at the end of Jan, around 2.5 years after I originally detailed it in June '14 and it only needed a very light polish. Clearly employing decent washing techniques has paid dividends. I struggled to set up a shot to capture any swirls as there were hardly any, and the polish was therefore aimed at removing any marring from claying, and the top ''dead/dirty" layer of paint.


(original write up here Arctic White Golf 3 Gti - Detailed by Lawrence).


The car has a mods list as long as my arm, but it's mostly OEM+ and subtle, and it makes this MK3 one of my favorites. A few key items for anyone interested are:


Under the hood
AGU (1.8-litre 20v T)
Factory ECU with PCTSA software
BMC intake
Custom FMIC
4bar FPR
S3 pump
63mm DP and full exhaust
Makes 162wkw and 336nm


Detailing the engine bay was not within the scope of the detail but it looks too good not to show you.

Éxterior/suspension
OEM S3 wheels
Audi TT calipers
312mm Ferodo discs/pads
Coilovers
MK4 R32 bumper
All OEM/Hella headlights/bumper lights
Customer rear spoiler
A lot of smoothing out and deleting (rear badge, rear wiper, fender aerial hole)
OEM Gti trimmings
Rear door handles on the front too


Interior
MK4 steering column/switches
MK5 shifter
MK4 cluster in custom panel
Seat Leon front seats
Seat Leon FR steering wheel
Full black leather


There's also a great sound install.


On arrival

It obviously hard some dirt and grime on it

But the main reason for the detail was really to decontaminate the paint. As you will see it was heavily contaminated with iron deposits.


Here is the process used with a few pics along the way.


Arches: Rinsed with a pressure washer, sprayed with Carchem APC via a foaming trigger head and allowed to dwell and then agitated with a large Wheel Woolie. This was followed with another pressure rinse.


Tires: Cleaned with Carchem APC and a Mothers Tire Brush and later dressed with Carchem Trim and Tyre Dressing


Wheels and brake calipers: Rinsed with a pressure washer then cleaned using Carchem APC and a Wheel Woolies and a Autofinesse Boar Hairs brush and dried. The wheels were then thoroughly sprayed with Carchem Revolt which was agitated after being allowed to dwell for a few minutes, using the same brushes, and then thoroughly rinsed and dried them. Carpro TarX was used to remove any tar spots. The wheels were then foamed using Turtle Wax Hyperfoam when the rest of the car was being washed - this would ensure there were no remaining residue on the surface. They were then sealed using Carpro Hydro.


Door shuts, boot shut, window rubbers, fuel flap, badges etc: Cleaned using Carchem APC with Autofinesse brushes and then pressure rinsed. Autofinesse Tripple was then used to further clean these areas and leave behind some protection.


Wash: Pre-foamed using Turtle Wax Hyperfoam via a foam cannon followed by a 2BM wash with Lambswool wash mitts and Carchem Luxury Shampoo.


Dry: ONR at QD strength with WW Drying towels and an electric blower


Decontamination: Carchem Revolt, Carpro TarX and Shield Heavy Duty Grade Clay with ONR as lube.

Correction: Carpro Essence / Lake Country Orange Hybrid / Flex 3401


Protection: Essence/Gyeon Cure


Glass : Autoglym Fast Glass Cleaner / Wynns C-Thru


Door rubbers, plastic trim : Shield Heavy Duty Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner / Carchem Trim and Tyre Gel

Exhaust tips: Carchem APC / Mothers Mag and Aluminium Polish / Mothers Powerball


Before

After

Onto some after pics

And lastly my favorite shot.

Total time spent = 14 hours


As always thanks for looking and any questions or comments are welcome.


:hi:

 

[Bobby B.]

Awesome! The Arctic White Golf looks great. Keep up the great work.

 

[Sicoupe]

Looks great Lawrence! Glad to see you posting my friend.

 

[lawrenceSA]

Awesome! The Arctic White Golf looks great. Keep up the great work.

Thanks Bobby

Looks great Lawrence! Glad to see you posting my friend.

Thanks Kyle!

 

[Marc08EX]

Wow Carpro Essenced really glossed up that white paint! Great job Lawrence!

I wish all cars had this paint condition

 

[Sizzle Chest]

Wow, that thing really needed some decon!!! Geez! I agree with Marc: super white gloss now! Nicely done!

 

[lawrenceSA]

Thanks guys - much appreciated!

 

[trashmanssd]

Great job car looks amazing, also love the classic(ish) Golf in better than mint condition.

 

[Klasse Act]

Great work as usual, I'm sure the owner of that well modded car was very happy! Love the S4 wheels, really sets it off

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[lawrenceSA]

Great job car looks amazing, also love the classic(ish) Golf in better than mint condition.

Thank you!

Great work as usual, I'm sure the owner of that well modded car was very happy! Love the S4 wheels, really sets it off ����

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Thanks - I really like the wheels too

 

[Joe@NextLevelDetail]

Lawrence excellent work as usual!

keep up the great work.

 

[DetailedByPrecision]

Lawrence looking good! Photography getting better and better too! how you like the Carchem Revolt?

 

[brettS4]

Very nice! Interesting to see my wheels on a Golf. Those were stock on S4's from 1999-2001.

 

[lawrenceSA]

Lawrence excellent work as usual!

keep up the great work.

Thanks so much Joe

Lawrence looking good! Photography getting better and better too! how you like the Carchem Revolt?

Thanks very much. Learning how to take pics was necessitated by detailing but it has sparked a bit of another hobby for me so I have been trying quite hard to practice it. Really need to upgrade my camera body at some point but am focusing on all the theory first.

Here's a few I snapped early last week (we had a public holiday over here in South Africa so I got up early and went down to the local beach).

Very nice! Interesting to see my wheels on a Golf. Those were stock on S4's from 1999-2001.

Thanks Brett.

 

[lawrenceSA]

Lawrence looking good! Photography getting better and better too! how you like the Carchem Revolt?

Just realized I never replied re: Carchem Revolt.

So I have used the following iron removers

Carpro Iron-X - dries out too quickly IMO and is a tad expensive ove here
Autofinesse Iron Out - as above
Valet Pro Dragon's Breath - pricey over here but works the best out of what I have used. Its much thicker and has a longer dwell time. Its my favorite overall in terms of user experience and effectiveness.
Carchem Revolt - its much cheaper by comparison, tends to foam up a bit more than the others on agitation, doesn't go a dark purple like most of the others but instead more pinkish. Definitely smells a bit better than the others too. Its my go-to because its cost effective, especially on heavily contaminated vehicles like this one.

Hope this helps a bit.

 

[Aaryn NZ]

Beautiful Lawrence. rops:

I never owned a MK3, almost had a VR6 three door but it didn't work out. What a gem. You know, I was thinking as I was reading this post, that I can't recall ever seeing a white MK3 before . . . I like it. I too like the S4 wheels. First class workmanship my friend, & as usual a stella write up, very enjoyable, thanks for sharing. :dblthumb2:

That photo down at the Beach has that same colour & pitch as the famous break a bit further South of you Lawrence . . . J Bay. One of my Top three breaks on my bucket list. :xyxthumbs:

Aaryn NZ.

 

[lawrenceSA]

Beautiful Lawrence. rops:

I never owned a MK3, almost had a VR6 three door but it didn't work out. What a gem. You know, I was thinking as I was reading this post, that I can't recall ever seeing a white MK3 before . . . I like it. I too like the S4 wheels. First class workmanship my friend, & as usual a stella write up, very enjoyable, thanks for sharing. :dblthumb2:

That photo down at the Beach has that same colour & pitch as the famous break a bit further South of you Lawrence . . . J Bay. One of my Top three breaks on my bucket list. :xyxthumbs:

Aaryn NZ.

Thanks so much Aaryn!!!

J-bay is an incredible spot. Went down there with my dad when I was very young (he went on a surfing trip with his mates). The pics I showed above are from a place called Cave Rock which is also a great surfing spot and its literally only a couple of km's from home. Here's a google pic of the spot, and you can see the 'rock pool' which is where I shot the last pic above.