LSN Auto Detailing - 2011 Audi R8 V10 - Maintenance Refresher

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I never get tired of this car. Client came to me for regular maintenance a few times, then we did a full correction with CQUK3.0 & DLUX six months ago, now he's back on maintenance again. And now that I have my Sony a6000 digital mirrorless camera, I'm having a blast with that as well!

This is a drivers car and drive it he does. He does about 60 miles a day as his daily commuter, so it sees just about everything AZ can throw at it. His motto is to NOT let it sit in a garage, and he stated, now that he has me to look after it every six months, he feels even better driving it.

And drive it he did, since six months ago the car was peppered with water-spots, engine bay was dirty and disgusting and the wheels were caked with brake dust and gunk... Interior looked like it was driven pretty good too. As usual he was thrilled when he picked it up and we look forward to seein him in six months. Enjoy and thank you for viewing! :)

Decon:
Vacuumed radiator. I pulled out twigs, weeds, leaves, and cigarette butts.

Wheels & Wells
Megs D142 Non Acid Wheel Cleaner
Wheel Woolies / Speed Master Brushes
Wells: McKee's 37 HD APC
Tires: Pinnacle Black Onyx Tire Gel

Tar:
Tarminator and McKee's Bug & Tar Scrubber

Exhaust Tips:
Pinnacle Exhaust Tip Cleaner
LC Scrubber

Wash:
AGO Foam Gun w/ Megs Hyper Wash & CarPro Reset
2BM Hyper Wash / CarPro Reset & Chenille Wash Mitts
PureTech De-ionized / De-minerilzed water
CarPro Spotless


Engine:
Various Mothers brushes on the caps and valve covers
Megs D114 wipe down
McKee's Trim Shine
Pinnacle Chrystal Mist QD

Exterior & Glass
CarPro Reload
Pinnacle Crystal Vision w/ Water Repellent

Interior:
Metro-Vac
McKee's HD APC (10:1)
Pinnacle Vinyl Leather Cleaner
Sonax Alcantara Upholstery Cleaner
McKee's Fast Interior QD
McKee's Krystal Vision Glass Cleaner and white waffle glass towels


Shop pics:

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Wow Beautiful work! I almost thought it was a gated 6 Speed manual. But it's a DCT. Either way it rocks!
 
Awesome car! And nice it's a drivers car too.

Does the customer do any maintance in between your 6months maintance?
And how has the coating holding up?

Great work and write up and pictures!

/ Tony
 
Wow Beautiful work! I almost thought it was a gated 6 Speed manual. But it's a DCT. Either way it rocks!

Thanks Kamakaz, I think when it's time to move on from Mustang(s)... The R8 is definitely a contender. It's a auto PDK with amazingly short fast shifts..

Awesome car! And nice it's a drivers car too.

Does the customer do any maintenance in between your 6months maintenance?
And how has the coating holding up?

Great work and write up and pictures!

/ Tony

Thank you Tony! He does nothing in between the 6 month intervals. The CQUK held up nicely... Water just blew off the car. DLUX held up really well on the wheels, same thing... Water just whisked right off.

He smokes in that car? :eek:

Hi Mike, no smoking this in car! For some reason Porsche & Audi leave big open gaps in the lower grill to cool the radiators and intercoolers. Sadly everything the road collects in those areas... It's really an eye soar when you look at the front of these beautiful cars, then see at the bottom of the IC or Radiator every piece of trash and debris from the road. Even more difficult is getting it out of those areas. I had to use an extend-wand on my Metro Vac & blow to get all the junk out.
 
Was there an Audi in those pics? I was too busy looking at those Ponies in the garage........:laughing:

But seriously, what a beautiful job Paul!! :props:
 
Great work, great car, great color...oh I could go on and on!
 
Was there an Audi in those pics? I was too busy looking at those Ponies in the garage........:laughing:

But seriously, what a beautiful job Paul!! :props:

Thanks Paul... If someone took both stangs and left the R8, I wouldn't be disappointed. :)

Great work, great car, great color...oh I could go on and on!

This car you could go on-and-on about. All wheel drive, with 525 hp and 391 lb-ft of torque, 0-60 in 3.9 seconds and top speed of 195 mph. It has to be the cheapest and funnest entry level super car of all time. To get that kind of performance you'd have to move up to Ferrari. The sound is amazing. I'm not sure if there is aftermarket exhaust or not... but you can hear it a mile a way. The PDK is crazy fast and just a rev of the motor sent un-burned fuel to the pipes along with some nice loud pops. So I don't get to dive it obviously, but I do have to move it around... Some how I deployed the rear spoiler, I think I probably because I hit the button, but I'd like to think it was from the little rev I gave it... hehehehe... :)

Looks great!

Thanks! I'm never tired of getting this car in the shop. I told the owner, it's actually mine and I'm just letting him drive it... :)
 
Meh, so it’s a nice blue German 2 door. I want to see more pictures of that sweet 5 door Honda:)

That is an awesome R8, awesome that the car keeps coming back. Excellent work.
 
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