The car as presented

One of the issues that the owner wanted addressed in the previous detail was the amount of wax residue there was in and around the car. He had requested that this be thoroughly cleaned up. As the pics show, there was still a lot of residue that was missed/overlooked. These shots were taken prior to any washing/decontamination. Literally as the car was delivered. It had not been waxed since the previous coating had been applied, so any residue on the car was what the previous detailer missed

Wax residue on the plastics also

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Very nice aftermarket 20" HRE wheels. These suit the car really well

Looking even better after an APC soak and wash

Foam Wash

And walk around with the brush to try to loosen up some of the wax residue as well as give a general clean around the more intricate areas of the car

Once washed and dried it was brought in under the lights for inspection. I had already had a chance to view the car a couple of weeks prior, so I knew what to expect, but here are the pics. Bear in mind that this car has had a permanent coating put onto it over the top of what is in these pics. Most of this is very light damage, light enough that it was quite difficult to capture on camera, but still should have been corrected out prior to the coating going down.

The mirrors, which are body colour as standard on the GTRs were repainted gloss black by the owner. These however had not been corrected at all by the detailer prior to the coating being applied

Post-correction

The gloss black A pillars were also not corrected prior to coating

50/50 A pillar

Now properly corrected

More wax residue. I estimate approx six hrs was spent just removing wax residue that had been missed

After

Before. A small amount in the gap between panel and plastic vent. Also around the GTR badge

After

More light swirling, this time on the bonnet

More wax Before

During

After

Also caught in the tow-hook panel Before

During

After

Other correction shots Before

After

The boot lid also had a fair bit of swirling which hadn't been picked up

Post correction. Some involving hand-polishing under the spoiler

The rear of the boot lid also had some marring Before

After

More wax residue Before

After

Scraping out more from gaps

After

and more

and yet more

Before

After

Driver's side A pillar before

After

Driver's side mirror before

After 1st stage polish to remove scratches swirls

After 2nd stage polish to refine (light hazing still apparent)

After 3rd stage polish to fully refine. Finished result

More wax on the underside of the rear spoiler Before

After

Plastics restored. These were overlooked in the previous detail also Before

After

Some post correction and cleaned up wax shots.

Post Opti-Coat pics