richy
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- Mar 27, 2007
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A repeat customer contacted me and wanted me to try to fit in this vehicle that they had factory ordered. It came in ahead of schedule, so I was able to fit it in Friday night as I had a car arriving Saturday morning. I ended up booking some time off work to make sure I could get it done in time.
The car is a 2014 Equinox that they've only had for about 2 weeks. It was getting my brand new vehicle coating package which is a wash, decon (2 stage), 1 step polish and a coating. They let me choose the coating and I had them go with CQUK. I think they're going to be very happy with how it holds out. Here it is as it arrived:
Now I want you to really examine how tight the clearance is between the caliper and the barrel. I'll tell you what I used and recommend for those tight clearances in a minute:
First up was the wheels, etc.
As I mentioned, the clearance on the calipers was really tight. So tight that I had to break out a special wheel brush that I reserve for these cases: the AutoGlym wheel brush with the green handle. I have yet to see a tight clearance it won't handle (no pun intended). It is even thinner than the small Daytona brush.
The barrels were cleaned with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus and the faces done with Zep Citrus. The wells were done with LATA. The tires with Zep 505.
The car was then washed with DG 901 followed immediately by a decontamination wash of IronX paste (strongest one) with the Incredisponge.
The car was then clayed with the fine Speedy Prep clay towel using ONR as lube.
For the polishing stage, I thought I would go with Sonax Perfect Finish and a white pad. Maybe it was the mood I was in, I don't know, but I've used it before and have liked it. This time I was just underwhelmed by it. I also tried Ameridepth and wasn't as blown away by it as I was before either. Maybe I just needed a cigar?? Anyway, I ended up back with my go-to of M205 + white B/S + Flex 3401. That was followed by DG Squeaky Clean by hand.
The car then got coated with Fly-by-30 on the glass and CQUK on the paint and wheels. The UK was baked with an IR light. ReLoad was applied to all the paint. The bottom trim was treated to DG beta trim coating. The barrels and wells were shot with Permanon and the tires were shot with DG Wet Shine via an air gun. Here are some inside shots of the finished product.
It had rained the next morning but stopped prior to them picking it up. I was already working working on the next car so I didn't bother snapping a shot of the water beading from the UK/ReLoad as I just wanted to get it cleaned off prior to their arrival. I gave it a quick ONR wipedown while they were waiting and snapped off these few outside shots:
My Gosh, look at those clouds!!!
Thanks for looking!
The car is a 2014 Equinox that they've only had for about 2 weeks. It was getting my brand new vehicle coating package which is a wash, decon (2 stage), 1 step polish and a coating. They let me choose the coating and I had them go with CQUK. I think they're going to be very happy with how it holds out. Here it is as it arrived:
Now I want you to really examine how tight the clearance is between the caliper and the barrel. I'll tell you what I used and recommend for those tight clearances in a minute:
First up was the wheels, etc.
As I mentioned, the clearance on the calipers was really tight. So tight that I had to break out a special wheel brush that I reserve for these cases: the AutoGlym wheel brush with the green handle. I have yet to see a tight clearance it won't handle (no pun intended). It is even thinner than the small Daytona brush.
The barrels were cleaned with Tarminator followed by Zep Citrus and the faces done with Zep Citrus. The wells were done with LATA. The tires with Zep 505.
The car was then washed with DG 901 followed immediately by a decontamination wash of IronX paste (strongest one) with the Incredisponge.
The car was then clayed with the fine Speedy Prep clay towel using ONR as lube.
For the polishing stage, I thought I would go with Sonax Perfect Finish and a white pad. Maybe it was the mood I was in, I don't know, but I've used it before and have liked it. This time I was just underwhelmed by it. I also tried Ameridepth and wasn't as blown away by it as I was before either. Maybe I just needed a cigar?? Anyway, I ended up back with my go-to of M205 + white B/S + Flex 3401. That was followed by DG Squeaky Clean by hand.
The car then got coated with Fly-by-30 on the glass and CQUK on the paint and wheels. The UK was baked with an IR light. ReLoad was applied to all the paint. The bottom trim was treated to DG beta trim coating. The barrels and wells were shot with Permanon and the tires were shot with DG Wet Shine via an air gun. Here are some inside shots of the finished product.
It had rained the next morning but stopped prior to them picking it up. I was already working working on the next car so I didn't bother snapping a shot of the water beading from the UK/ReLoad as I just wanted to get it cleaned off prior to their arrival. I gave it a quick ONR wipedown while they were waiting and snapped off these few outside shots:
My Gosh, look at those clouds!!!
Thanks for looking!
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