[cdb]

So I picked up the car back in Jan, and have been washing myself but couldn't help but notice in bright sunlight it was absolutly covered in scratches / swirls as well as some white patches around a recent BMW repair paintjob. Fortunatly I work with a guy (RyanD) who is a bit of an enthusiast over on the detailingworld forum and he put me in touch with Simon Baker (Baker21) based up my way... which led to a saturday morning trip to Redditch to get a job done on it...

the full write up is here http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/foru...d.php?t=168562

Having never had a car cleaned to this level I wasn't too sure what to expect, but it was amazing what they achieved with the paintwork and worth every penny, especially when I saw before and after side by side on the panels. The best part is watching them work meant I could ask questions along the way and take tips to guide me when trying to now keep it clean on my own. It was a bit murky so the before photo's don't really show off the state the paint was in.

Before:





During:












After












Anyway I thought i'd post this partly to show off what Simon and Ryan achieved, but also if anyone was thinking of getting a detail but wasn't sure it was worth the extra - hopefully this will help your decision.

[Steve A]

looks nice

[dxb335d]

Looks fantastic, what sort of price?

[nik_nak]

Looks well mate, lovely colour.

[elucid]

Looks amazing

[ghosty]

bling bling

[Rochdale Pioneers]

I do like metallic blue when you can get that mirror finish on it! Looks superb - can we ask how much?

[Hairyarse]

Just took a look at the link, stunning transformation - lemans always shines up well

Take a lot of patience, how long did that all take you?

[zltm089]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!...really nice!!1....always wondered how much do these detailing cost?...any rough ideas?

[ibanezking]

Can you show some "after" pics of all the scratching you had round the door handles...........?????

Max

[creepy coupe]

Looks very nice cdb, my Le Mans was a right PITA to keep from swirl marks, I had it's paintwork done a couple of times and was very careful how I washed it. Le Mans does look fantastic when in good condition though.

[cdb]

thanks for all the nice comments, I love the way the paint came up.. just a shame my mileage doesn't keep it this way all the time

Take a lot of patience, how long did that all take you?

Quite lucky as both Ryan and Simon were working on it, in all roughly 8 hours. In reality there's still bits that could have quite easily kept them busy longer - almost debadged it but couldn't make up mind. Really happy with the base they've given me to work from now,

Originally Posted by ibanezking

Can you show some "after" pics of all the scratching you had round the door handles...........?????

Max

Afraid I been through my pics and get any real close ups of the door handles after - most of the pics are in the DW thread, from my pics the only real close ups i took were bonnet and boot lid where there was quite a lot of marking, are these close:







cost wise around the £200-£250 mark, but that was based on what I told them I wanted from the day, and work involved, I would say anyone looking at having it done is best off dropping him a message with a wishlist of what needs doing to get a more accurate idea

[Dr Dave]

I would say £200-£250 was about right - but would I clean a car for £125 for ~8hrs work plus materials??? Erm nope!

PS I think it looks lovely, great result, must get mine done.

[parapaul]

Looks stunning now! What splitters are those you have fitted?

[cdb]

Originally Posted by parapaul

Looks stunning now! What splitters are those you have fitted?

not sure to be honest, those were on already but i'm going to replace them because they've taken a beating on the motorways and are covered in chips. closest style i've seen are the SSD carbon fibre ones.