This was a huge undertaking. For 1 the car came to us with amazing gloss and depth, however when we went in to examine the car we found tons of imperfections on this 8 year old S8. The customer wanted this car to come out perfect, the total time to get this car right was 24 man hours. The exterior was washed, clayed, compound, polished, and finally Swissvax Divine was used to bring it out. Take a look and enjoy.

Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compound
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels/Tires/Etc
Adam's All Purpose
Einszett Wheel Cleaner
Adam's VRT
Uber Boar's Hair Wheel Brush
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Swissvax Autobahn
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Adam's Glass Cleaner


Interior:
Uber Interior Kit
Leather Master Foam Cleaner for Suede/Alcantara
Leather Master Nubuck Protector

Tools:
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Let's get the interior shots in first:


Cleaning up the alcantara and protecting it





Final shots





Wash and Prep:

 

Wax build up



Etching in the paint more wax/old polish build up



Pre soak and cleaning up trim

 

Cleaning up the wheels (not much needed)


Engine Before




Cleaning the engine bay



All Purpose wash


Claying


Masking


Testing the area for paint thickness and plan of attack


Polishing
Before shots of passenger door
Different angles

 

Halogen after PG/SIP/PO85RD



Fenix light on panel after PO85RD


After all that polishing.....
DUST!




After polishing before the rinse down (no wax)




Rinse down:


Engine Before /After



Swissvax Divine


Applying Divine


Removing Wax

 

Final touches
Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels


Black Wow on the trim



Gummi on all the seals


After Gummi





After shots















Outside










Final shot


Thanks for the assistance on this one again Dan!!!! :thumb:

 

Another outstanding detail . I see I'm not the only one who wears a wrist support... Makita is killing my wrists (but you had an injury, no?).

 

You perhaps are the only reason to consider moving to NJ ;-)

 

I forgot how beautiful the D2 S8 was... but of course with your detail it looks like a brand new car!

 

You need to invest in a better camera set up - you did a great job but it's hard to tell with some of those pics.

You should take more interior before pics too.

 

Wow. All I can say.