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Invisible Touch Detailing - Jaguar XJ

Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:14 pm

Hi,

This Jaguar XJ was brought to Invisible Touch after having his XK detailed by us last year. Lets have a quick walk around the car after its arrival...

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So, first off was to remove the alloys to allow them to be cleaned and sealed

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As previously with the owners XK, the hubs were painted black, and calipers red. These areas were cleaned with a wire brush

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The alloys were then cleaned with Bilberry, tyres with APC. The alloys were then wiped down with IPA and sealed with Poorboys

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Hubs and calipers painted, starting on the front

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Moving onto the back

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The car was then taken outside to be snow foamed and washed via the 2 bucket method using shampoo plus. After this the car came back inside to be clayed and remove bonded contamination. This was minimal with only a few thousand miles and also having been recently clayed by the owner

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After being washed again, the car came back inside

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Where paint readings were taken

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Inspecting the paintwork under halogen lighting

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Starting with the passenger wing i proceeded to carry out a stage 1 paint enhancement with the Makita rotary. Using the old school Meguiars #80 and a 3M polishing pad and backing plate. Producing this

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Moving onto the doors

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Then the rear wing

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Followed by the boot

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Working around the car

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Once all machine polishing was complete, Lime Prime Lite glaze / pre-wax cleanser was applied

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The paintwork was finished with Victoria Concourse Wax as the customer owns this and enjoys using it

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Tyres were treated with Endurance Tyre Gel

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The glass was polished using 3M Glass Cleaner, exterior plastics and door/boot seals with Bumper Care, exhausts polished with NXT, the interior was hoovered and dusted, polished or chrome areas inside had finger prints removed and polished with a microfibre, the leather was wiped down and treated with Gliptone Conditioner

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Finally the front grill, wasnt looking too good

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So was also polished. I lost count on the number of holes, but there were a few :)

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The owners leather service book was completed and these were the final pictures

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Thanks for looking,

Christian
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Postby Steveyk » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:39 pm

Excellent work as always! How does the paint end up like that on such a new car though?
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Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:58 pm

Wash/drying routine and dealer prep most likely :)
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Postby CAVEMAN » Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:40 am

personally I would of been happy with the way it looked to start with...

just shows you what a pro can do....the end result is amazing.

Such a nice interior too, on a par with Audi's now I reckon.
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Postby Steveyk » Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:56 pm

I think they're slowly shaking off the pipe and slippers image. I hear the B&W stereo in one of those is almost as good as the Kenwood in a standard WR1...


I'll take mine with a V8 and a supercharger please :lol:
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Postby John Mc » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:08 pm

Very nice work Christian, what would a level of service like this cost?
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Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:19 pm

Hi John, this treatment was priced at £540.

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