This detail was about as short notice as you can get. I was woken up this morning (at 10:30) by a call on my cell phone. It was from guy who I had been talking with about detailing over on IWSTI for some time. He's been wanting to schedule something for a while but just didnt have the time. Well this morning at 10:30 he found out that he did have the time, and asked if I could fit him in, today! Now he lives about 45minutes away from me which was also a conflicting factor. Today was a supposed to be a day off (I was planning on washing some buffing pads and a huge load of MF towels) but I decided I would do this detail instead. So at around 12 this afternoon, exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes after he called, He (Jay) was in my driveway with this beauty and I began the detail.

This was an exterior only job btw.



This STi was done very tastefully! Coilovers, 35% tints all around, Limited front lip and of course as you can see there is NO UBER SUBY WING:headbang: At first I thought it was a limited but as the owner informed me it was a stock 06' which he tweaked a bit.

I began right away with the wheels, nothing to unusual here.









I decided to go with a safe bet using P21s gel after a thorough pressure wash.



While I let that dwell I went to work on the wells using the black wheel shmitt and super degreaser, the tires were scrubbed with safe degreaser 3:1.



After the wheels were finished I moved onto an ONR wash w/ a pair of shmitts, followed by claying with sonus. I was really shocked to find how smooth the paint was prior to claying. I figured the super unaggressive sonus would do fine.

Not to many bonded contaminants



I found that bees seem to really love the smell of Megs last touch QD

 

After the wash and clay...





Next I pulled the car in for some light polishing. The car had a few fine swirls so I went with Ultrafina and a white ccs. I decided to use the Flex 3401 instead of the Makita this time, lately the Flex has been designated to glaze and sealant application so I figured I'd do some polishing instead.



Post polishing



The LSP of choice was something very special...Signature Gloss. After i saw how this looked on that 360 which Brian posted the other day I have been waiting to use it.

I applied only 1 coat of Signature Gloss to the STi and it looked really great! I used the flex with a blue finessing pad to apply it. After letting it cure for about 15mins it buffed off super smooth and then I wiped the car down with Gloss enhancer QD.

Some shots in the garage...

 

I applied wheel wax and let it cure for about 10minutes



More shots





The sun was going away so I did the best with the outside shots

 

I was pleased with the outcome, Signature gave it that extra bit of gloss and wetness. Just wish I had more sun to show it off. Now when I poured some water on the rear quarter I was amazed at how fast the water sheeted off. I asked the owner if he would keep me updated with the durability of the sealant.

 

looks brand new

 

Great Work Smoke! So how long did the whole process take from the prep to final detail?

Keep us posted on the durability I think your customer is going to be shocked!!

 

Turned out very nice, show room look! I can't wait to do my own next weekend!

 

great shine..looks like it still has water on the car!

 

looks good, i bought a thing of that wheel wax a few months ago but have maybe used it once, do you find it actually works well? I mean I would assume you like it because you use it, but why exactly.

Keep it up

 

Wheelwax is okay, its nice to have on the wheels so you dont have to do an extensive cleaning everytime you want them looking good but its a pain to apply and buff off especially for spokey wheels like on this STi. I like to use sealants on wheels as well, just apply, let cure and buff off.

 

 

Does the Signature really last 12-14 months as claimed? How do I get some to try on my car?