reservoirfrog's 4200 detailed

JayOne

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Rob's 2002 Spyder

No pictures of wash stages as it was raining heavily so just cracked on with the job at hand at the time but here are some pics of some of the work carried out.

Engine given a good degrease with Autosmart G101

Before
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Then dressed with Aerospace protectant
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Wheels were badly kerbed so these were given a full refurb
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Fully refurbished
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and sealed with Nanolex Premuim Alloy Sealant
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Wheel bolts also needed tidying up
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These were sand blasted then given a coat of etch primer and then painted silver
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Whilst wheels were off arches were given a good clean using Bilt hamber Surfex HD

Before (front)
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After
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Before (rear)
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After
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Wheel hubs were a bit rusty and lacked paint so these were painted gloss black

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After
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Fabric roof was redyed and then waterproofed using Renovo
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Correction was carried out using Menz 203s and a LC Polishing Pad or Light Cutting pad with a few deeper scratches requiring Menz 3.02 and a 4in cutting pad

50/50 under some metal halide lights
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another 50/50 on a different panel under natural light
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Few "before & after" pics

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after
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after
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Badge removed
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after
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There was a few deeper scratches that I later went back and fully removed
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Lower sills and bumpers were corrected with Menz 3.02 and a 4in LC Light Cutting pad
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after
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At this point Adam came out to remove a few dings and dents
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Whilst Adam attended to the dings i started on the exhausts
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after
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Once all paint correction was complete paint was refined
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SV Cleaner Fluid was applied/removed by hand and then a the 1st coat of SV Divine was applied and left to cure whilst some of the smaller details were taken care of such as the sealing the exhausts, dressing tyres and cleaning the front grill. A 2nd coat of Divine was applied the following day.

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after
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The interior seen some work also

removing the plastic missed in the PDI when the car was first sold 8 years ago
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Leather given a good clean - was very shiny
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I noticed a scuff on the drivers seat and luckily I had some burgundy colour dye left over from a job that i done on a Mercedes so this was used to colour wash the area and add some colour.

before
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Not 100% but looking much better
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Storage area for the roof was given a good vacuum, wiped down and seals treated with SV Seal Feed
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Few finished shots
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Thanks for looking
 
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Parisien

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Wow...Rob...you will be one happy bunny when you get your mistress back.....great job Jay....:)


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Andyk

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Coming on nicely Jay..Rob you want reconise her when you see her...Great work.
 

reservoirfrog

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B***dy h*ll, thats unbelievable. well done Jay. can you wrap it up so it wont get dirty on the drive home.
will be down sometime around 9 ish if my son gets here on time. if its going to be later I will call you.
Fantastic
 

Andyk

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So not seen the pics untill now then Rob....Bet thats started your day off on the right foot.
 

Parisien

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On the point of presentation guys.......what "extra" value is added to a wonderfully detailed car being sold.......and or how much easier is it to sell the car in pristine condition, and/or how influenced are you by how well the car looks when you go to buy?


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Andyk

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For me its about condition and history and if the owner has taken the time and expensive to get it detailed then I would propably be making an offer as long as all the rest stacks up.....And with some one like Jay who has photographic evidence as well you can no go wrong.
 

Andyk

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That looks lovely...Rob it you are coming up towards Bristol and fancy a cuppa I'm abnout 7 miles from Bristol over the severn bridge...
 

reservoirfrog

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That looks lovely...Rob it you are coming up towards Bristol and fancy a cuppa I'm abnout 7 miles from Bristol over the severn bridge...

over the severn bridge would be welsh wales. newport??
if I had known you were that close Andy I would have brought my passport & paid the toll.
 

reservoirfrog

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what package did you go for Rob?
thanks

Hi adam.
I had jay do :- paint correction, repair the kerb damage on wheels, recoat the wheels,paint the wheel hubs, re-coat the wheel nuts, take out small body dents & re-dye the hood.
He also treated the interior, cleaning up the leather etc.
There are a couple of things I have still to attend to........the window trim needs to be renewed as the rubber seals are not great, the trim on the steering wheel is streaching & needs re-trimed, but the major issue is stone chips.
jay could not get a paint stick from maserati swindon, apparently this will take several days, so I will get one on order with graypauls here in B'rum.

the car otherwise looks absolutly fab, well done Jay.....delighted
 

Parisien

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Looking divine Rob.....great job..................how bad are paint chips..?....I think quite a few on here get their front bumpers fully re-painted regularly, depending how bad!


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Andyk

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over the severn bridge would be welsh wales. newport??
if I had known you were that close Andy I would have brought my passport & paid the toll.

NEWPOOORT...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Chepstow...a little town just the other side of the severn bridge...............NEWPOOORT...How dare you..how very dare you...Newport me dear no dear surely not dear......


Anyway shame I didn't think of it last night or before you left...It would have been good to see you and the Spyder...
 

reservoirfrog

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NEWPOOORT...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Chepstow...a little town just the other side of the severn bridge...............NEWPOOORT...How dare you..how very dare you...Newport me dear no dear surely not dear......


Anyway shame I didn't think of it last night or before you left...It would have been good to see you and the Spyder...

OOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPS

So that would be Chepstow then Andy . Nice little town I'm told. does'nt Mike Oldfield live there ?
 

Andyk

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No Rob just the other side of the bridge.....Mel C from the Spice girls lives about 4 miles away...Seen her in Tesco a few times in her Bentley.