Holograms/Swirls removed & Opti-Coated by Windows and Wheels

[makab]

Couple of months ago, I bought a scion FR-S in asphalt. The car had scratches here and there and since it was a brand new car with 9 miles on it, I requested the dealer to detail and try to remove any scratches left on the car (I regret mentioning the scratches and I should have let it go back then). Long story short, when I went to pick up the car, not only they didn’t fix the scratches, but added some more imperfection to the car. There was hologram and buffer trail all over the car and a lot of circular scratches in form of spider web as well as buffer/wax residual left all over plastic parts. After talking to the person in charge, dealership agreed to pay for paint correction so I decided to find a detailer here in town and since I was gonna get it detailed, I decided to get it opti coat as well.


Couple of people here at this form mentioned Windows and Wheels, so I decided to give them a shot. So I contacted them and set an appointment for detailing. Here we go


Upon their arrival:




Started out with the tires, rims and wheel wells:




Using Swissvax wheel brush, bristles fan out and are very soft^



Testing out a new brush, the Atlasta Soft Tip, the bristles are a bit thicker than the SV, but pretty soft. This brush is excellent for stubborn, baked on brake dust as well as for cleaning lug nuts, emblems, handles and rubber stripping^



Cleaning the barrels^




And the wheel well covers^



Then time to pressure wash clean^



After a thorough rinsing it was time to foam this baby up^



After rinsing it down and inspecting the paint^




Buffer trails^



The polishing began. Megs D300 and Microfiber Cutting Discs on a Griots DA, followed by Dani with her PC, Buff n' Shine Green pad and 205^




The full front was totally covered with clear bra^


The polishing continued for several hours and after all was in great shape it was wiped down with Isopropyl Alcohol and washed with Megs Rinseless to prep the paint for Opti-Coat.


All paint, wheel faces and hard trim were coated.





Couple of weeks later and a follow up wash to double check for any high spots to touch them up if any were present








The swirl free, better than new finish, that is a clear bra line...



No more swirls, no more holograms^






I am very happy with the results and I am enjoying the car knowing there is no more buffer trail or hologram left on the body. It looks better than the 1st day I bought it. If anyone is looking to get their car detailed, hit up Wills. He does a great job and he is pretty chill/cool guy!

You guys can also check this forum for more details with more pictures.

http://www.autopia.org/forum/click-b...ml#post1531515

http://windowsandwheels.com/

[shyong]

Good job! Finish looks fantastic.