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Mini Cooper – This Mini was a bit of a surprise. We figured it would be an 8 hour job. How bad could it possibly be, it’s such a small car. The customer asked for paint correction services and the interior to be cleaned….he then added he would like the wheels pulled off/detailed and the wheel wells detailed as well. Okay when we got the car it was something else…….take a look what a disaster!
Products Used:
Exterior:
Einszett Blitz in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Adam’s Gray Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Power Gloss Compoune
Menzerna Super Intensive
Menzerna PO85RD
Menzerna Top Inspection
Einszett Glanz
Wheels/Wheel Wells/Tires/Engine
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit
Interior:
Leather Master Strong Cleaner
Leather Master Vital
Leather Master Protection Cream
Einszett Deep Cleaner
Einszett Gummi
Adam’s Glass Cleaner
Dressing on Trim
Black Wow
Tools:
Infratech 5300
Fenix TK11
3M Sun Gun
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of “Uber” Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun
Before shots:
Wheels
That wasn’t so bad……..let’s start with the interior detail.
Interior before shots: — Dog hair???? no one said anything about dog hair…
So how in the world do we attack this interior. After careful thought, we decided to pull the rear bench out as well as the front seats.
Ugh the seats!
Time to pull them out
Hair was everywhere
The rear bench
So what do we have underneath the bench
Dirt, dirt, and more dirt…
Tommy on the vac
Driver’s area
More vacuuming
Time to pull the front seats out (battery was disconnected)
Tommy pulling out the driver’s side
Dan assisting Tommy on the seat removal
Under the driver’s seat
More hair!
Cleaned up
Bench back in, Tommy finishing them up
Seat out, cleaned/conditioned/protected
Passenger seat being put back in
Final shots of the interior
Door jamb before
Door jamb after
Now to the exterior:
Starting with the engine start to finish:
Before shot of the engine
Dan on the P21S
Brushing/Agitating all the built up grease, grime, and dirt
Rinsing down the engine bay
Engine wipe down
Final shots of the engine:
Wash – Paint correction – Wheels – Wheel Wells
The presoak
Foaming and washing down the car
Washing down the car with an Uber Sponge
Wheels on the car getting P21S on tires and wheels, wheel wells pressure washed
Claying the car
PG with the Makita and the Uber Yellow
Checking the paint with a Fenix TK11
Before shots of the hood/50/50 shot of the hood
The roof was a mess we did as much as we could on it without wet sanding, scratches were pretty deep, take a look
Under the Sun Gun
After PG and SIP
After PO85RD
Polishing out the bumpers
We put the car on jacks to move on to the wheels and wheel wells
Wheels
Dan and I claying the wheels
Cleaning up the wheel wells
Dressed up in Adam’s Undercarriage Spray
Finished wheel wells
Finishing touches
Black wow on the trim
After shots inside and out
I hope you enjoyed this one. We look forward to your comments
Holy crap that was a bad one! You guys did great work as always! I am curious how much that one cost/
So how long did it take?
And in this case do you call the customer and say “Whoa, we need to requote?”
it took about 20-23 hours. and yes we did talk to the customer.
Fantastic job once again, great documentation as well……
Amazing job, I’m hoping nobody was alergic to the dog hair. I have similar issues with the K9 trucks.
I’m allergic but Tommy did about 90% of the interior 🙂
what did you use to clean the pet hair from the carpets?
we used a rubber pet hair brush
So did you guys clean up the wheel wells last???
we did it after polishing.
Phil, you mentioned using the rubber, pet hair brush to get the dog hair out of the carpets. Is this something we can get from you?
sorry not currently…..here is a link
http://www.acehardwaresuperstore.com/eliminator-pet-hair-brush-dual-purpose-cleaning-and-p-67788.html?ref=42
HOLY CRAP THAT WAS AN AWESOME JOB FELLAS
damn, a lot of work, but it worth it.
You guys did a marvelous job.
I’m impressed.
The job reflects the professionalism.
Bravo.
If you need anything MINI related.. feel free to contact us!
Cheers!