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Ha! Well it depends on the car and what the owners wants. And I charge accordingly to the time and product used. For this sub, it would of cost him $800

Haha yeah I had the products I used up. But took it down just incase I got in trouble for advertising [quote name='SpeedySub said: +1, but he may do his self out of work if he gives too much away. Haha this is just a hobby! My main job isn't as exciting as this. Always happy to share how I do my work

Hey Guys, Seeing there was quite a few people who liked what I did with the Subaru XV Detailing, thought I would share this detailing I did last year. My good friend recently purchased a SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI TYPE RA (Man! thats a mouth full) And as timing has it, his birthday was coming up. So I decided to give the Sub a good Tim Chai Scrub Down as a birthday present! As it was sight for sore eyes, well my eyes in general. Here's what it looked like when I got it. Exterior Good from far, far from good; as the saying goes. Headlights were a mess! Lots of RDS (Random Deep Scratches) on all the door handles. This one was particularly the worst. DIRT MORE DIRT GRIME/MOULD DIRTY Micro-organisms/mould/moss/grime/tar Volume 2 of Micro-organisms/mould/moss/grime The badge was a tough one to get around detailing, a lot of hardened in the small crevices. Lots of dirt caught the rear of the roof flap Hardened road grime Lots of road dust More road dust Just a quick spray with the pressure washer revealed what lies beneath All those tiny little black dots is TAR!!!!! and literally the whole car was covered in it! Interior Looks tidy enough, lets have a closer look Quite a bit of dust and fluff around the cluster Dusty and some bread crumbs around the handbrake A bit of dirt stuck in between the the crevices Adjustable diff roller was filthy! Mould growing on the inside Dusty vents Dust around the knobs More dust in vents Don't know how this got dirty....... Yes, I cleaned under the seats.. and after cleaning.. Dirt, hair... "Stuff" that's been there for a while and after.... Dirty pedals and clean! Whens the last time you looked at your safety belt? Pretty dusty no? and surprisingly a pretty tidy boot. Not a lot of rubbish you usually find, like ROCKS and GRASS and...... other kinds of things I don't want to mention Roof Flap Mould growing all around the flap. Which indicates the last owner left it outside, or lived under a tree? Snow Foam Time! Headlight Restoration If you're going to attempt to detail a car, I highly recommend you starting with the headlights first, as it does get quite messy with a lot of dusting from the compounds. FINISHED! Overall the process took me roughly 20hours over 3 days. Couple of factors: Time/Weather and TAR EVERYWHERE! The scrubbing down process was the toughest and most time consuming, I had to clay the whole car down and even that wasn't lifting the Tar spots off. Which I had to resort to using IronX to help remedy/hurry my process along.

Thanks!! Apologies, I'm only a contributor to ACNZ and DD. I'll make sure for future reference to take the watermarking off Haha well you gotta start somewhere! Thanks for clearing that up jared [quote name='Timmah said: Can you come to Christchurch? Or you could come to welly? Haha

And the finished product, about total of 10 hours worth of work Got to say, working with an orange car is quite painful on the eyes and all that plastic trim!! lol But it was fun, easy paint to work with, uber soft.

G'day! This might have some interest for you guys here. I do a bit of detailing on the side, a bit of a passion. Never really seen one of these Subarus up close, Pretty neat; but thats one tiny boot! The owner came to me with his brand new Subaru XV which was showered in glass shards; it got repainted but the panel shop managed to create swirls, over spray and haze on the doors. Single stage cut - Chemical Guys V38 full paint sealant - Chemical Guys JetSeal 109 - CarPro Reload - CarPro Hyrdo 2 Full set here https://www.flickr.com/photos/timchai/sets/72157655945451298 Generally I see these kinds of swirls on cars that are not washed/maintained properly Swirls! Snow Foam! Yep I'm that crazy neighbour who washes their car in the middle of the night in the middle of winter haha Hard at work Bonnet 50/50 Passenger door 50/50 Passenger rear door 50/50