Street Dreams Detail - Sprint Blue Audi RS4 Correction

**Street Dreams** · 10-16-2012, 10:52 PM

Audi RS4 full correction and detail with clear film removal. This car is driven hard and the owner has modified it (rather meticulously) with only the best. Last thing to do was get the paint up to par with a proper detail and correction.

Wheels and wash process:

Sonax FE
Optimum Powerclean
Citrus Wash
Iron X

Nanoskin autoscub on the DA @ speed 1

Onto film removal, this was done carefully and with the use of a heat gun and plenty of nitrile gloves. Your fingertips and knuckles will be torn up otherwise, there is no way around it. After removing all the film the paint underneath was also Nanoskin`d and then wiped with adhesive remover until everything was gone and smooth before polishing

Masked trim before polishing, RS4 optioned with the titanium package (no alu trim)

Healthy paint readings after inspection with both LED and halogen lights. Lots of wash marring and some deep marks, this scared me a bit only because this is a very hard clear coat car and it takes a lot to instill swirls, luckily everything was reversible... with the right pad and polish

Correction was carried out using both Meguiars and Menzerna. M105 for the initial compounding stage followed by Powerfinish for polishing. All final polishing work was completed with the old reliable and track proven PO85rd on a blue foam pad.

Under the lights...

50/50

Side skirts as per usual took a beating, you can see the difference in gloss and depth before and after. Sprint blue hides a lot naturally but it can get kicked up a couple notches with correction work

Original badge needed to be replaced, after removing it and correcting the area the owner decided it looked cleaner badge-less, it just seem to fit better with the cars stance as is

Badge removed

50/50

Flake back in spades after final polishing

After polishing the finish was cleaned further with IPA and Eraser before 2 coats of Body Wrap. I won`t leave anything to chance when using some of the more boutique sealants and of course paint coatings the finish must be 100% clean before application. Worth the extra effort

Total time 2.5 days

Thanks for reading :thumb:

All the best,

Dave
Street Dreams Detail

**DealerDetailer** · 10-16-2012, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Street Dreams

Total time 2.5 days
Thanks for reading :thumb:

All the best,
Dave
Street Dreams Detail

I`M IN LOVE!!!!

Not a fan of no emblems on the back end, but dam* I love the color, wheels and tint!

You did great work Dave!!!

**TacoHerder** · 10-16-2012, 11:42 PM

holy crap that color is unbelievable! I LOVE this car. Very nice job on the paint correction.

**Pats300zx** · 10-17-2012, 04:45 AM

Beautiful work Dave !!!

**flamed03vert** · 10-17-2012, 08:09 AM

I love these cars. Looks sleeperish like a A4 or S4 until you hear that V8 growl. Very nice job!

**CT3** · 10-17-2012, 09:04 AM

Nice job, it looks amazing! I know someone who owns pretty much that same exact car in the same color too, and they are nice looking vehicles.

**Rocket** · 10-17-2012, 09:39 AM

That`s a beautiful car. Nice work Dave.

**juliom2** · 10-17-2012, 11:21 AM

Quality is been served...Awesome detail.
....and shots....

**Wors** · 10-17-2012, 11:40 AM

It turned out great. The color is amazing.

**Todd@RUPES** · 10-17-2012, 04:15 PM

Amazing! The Color, the photos, the work, the car, the COLOR!!! Great work Dave!

**Orinda Auto Detail** · 10-17-2012, 06:24 PM

Wow awesome work! That color is sick.

**tropicsteve** · 10-17-2012, 06:51 PM

very nice work dave. love the color !

**Alex Boyce** · 10-17-2012, 08:56 PM

Great save Dave! That car looks fantastic now!

**Concours.John** · 10-18-2012, 01:40 AM

Man that was quite a bit of marring. It turned out great! Glad to see someone else de-badging. The fun part is putting them back on (if re-taped).

**Street Dreams** · 10-19-2012, 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Concours.John

Man that was quite a bit of marring. It turned out great! Glad to see someone else de-badging. The fun part is putting them back on (if re-taped).

I`ll be honest I lucked out. I sent the owner a pic after I de-badged the car and he said leave it. I had a brand new badge ready to put on, would have made that whole process considerably longer..