Northeastcarcare

Thanks for the response, but as an example could you tell us how long it took for the XJ?  And ball-park price?

 

I do appreciate there is hell of a lot of work put into the XJ and the results are very evident - it's a stunning before and after comparison.

 

Best regards,

Dave

Spent about 20hrs on this car, approx cost was £220 for this level of work

Outstanding work on the XJ but you don't mention how long or how much, could you enlighten me?

 

Best regards,

Dave

Hi Dave, price depends on level of correction required by owner and condition of the paint work. All forum members get a 10% discount on work carried out

Finished engine bay shot

Seats cleaned and fed with Furniture Clinic Kit

Here’s a link to my facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/NorthEastCarCareUK

The car was given 2 coats of the Swissvax Shield wax leaving wax to bond for 30min and approx 60min between each coat again buffed using Uber buffing towels.

The plastic trim was dressed using Carpro Dlux which is a cracking product which a little goes a long way and gives a stunning finish.

After this I cleaned the glass and gave them all 2 coats of Autobrite repel and also gave the arches coat of hyper dressing and dressed the tyres using the Valet pro tyre dressing. alloys sealed using 2 coats of Chemical guys Jetseal 109

Exhaust’s where cleaned up using Auto Finesse metal polish and 00 grade wire wool

A few shots using my site lights I then taped the car up and went round with various yellow 3m pads and Scholl s17+ polish some panels required the use of S3 Gold on green 3m pads after polishing each panel was given a wipe down with Carpro eraser after polishing to check finish and remove any polishing oils.

I then went round the car and applied a coat of Prima Amigo using the DA and the lake county pad which was left before being buffed using Uber buffing towels.

Jaguar XJ8 Executive Enhancement Detail

Products and equipment used

Uber microfiber towels

Chemical guy’s woolly mammoth drying towel

3m yellow pads 150mm 75 mm

3m Green pads 150mm 75mm

140 mm glazing pads

Halogen site lights

Makita rotary polisher

DA Polisher

Scholl s17+

Scholl s3 gold

Prima Amigo

Swissvax Shield

Carpro eraser

3m masking tape

Meguiars APC

Costco microfibre towels

Meguiars hyper dressing

Valet pro citrus bling

Valet Pro PH neutral Snowfoam

Valet pro tyre dressing

Valet Pro Bilberry

AMDetails AMbubbles

Bilt Hamber clay bar

Autosmart Tardis

Various brushes

Kranzle pressure washer

Carpro Sheepskin wash mitt

Carpro Dlux

Noodle wash mitt

Carpro Lambs wool wash mitt

Poorboys microfibre clothes

Uber buffing clothes

Autobrite Snow foam gun

Chemical guys Jetseal 109

Autobrite Repel

Auto Finesse Mecury Metal polish

00 grade wire wool

The car was then given its first coat of snow foam whilst this was dwelling I went round the car using APC in a foaming head bottle cleaning the fuel filler area and various gaps and grills. The snowfoam was then blasted off with the pressure washer, and then the car was given another coat of the same mix snowfoam and the car was washed using the 2 bucket method with grit guards in both buckets and a Carpro lambswool wash mitt.

The car was then rinsed off using an open ended hose and I then went round the car with Tardis which was left to go to work before being wiped down with microfibre clothes. The car was then given a coat of Ironx again left to do its stuff before the car was washed doing using the pressure washer.

The car was clayed using citrus bling and water mix (10 to 1) and a Bilt hamber soft clay bar which helped to pull more contaminates from the paint work it was then rewashed using the same method and dried using the woolly mammoth.

The arches where next and they where sprayed with APC and cleaned using various brushes and a noodle wash mitt. They where then sprayed with Tardis which was left do its stuff whilst I moved onto the next arch before going back and being wiped down with a microfibre cloth. The engine bay was sprayed with APC and left do dwell before being given a tickle with a soft detailing brush before being rinsed with the pressure washer and dressed with Megs Hyper dressing.

Seats cleaned and fed with Furniture Clinic Kit

Exhaust`s where cleaned up using Auto Finesse metal polish and 00 grade wire wool

Here`s a link to my facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/NorthEastCarCareUK

I then went round the car and applied a coat of Blackfire all finish paint protection

using the DA and the lake county pad which was left before being buffed using Uber buffing towels. All chrome was polished using Werkstat prime acrylic before

the car was then given 2 coats of the Blackfire Midnight sun paste wax

wax leaving wax to bond for approx 30min and approx 60min between each coat again buffed using Uber buffing towels.

The plastic trim was dressed using Carpro Dlux which is a cracking product which a little goes a long way and gives a stunning finish.

After this I cleaned the glass and gave them all 2 coats of Autobrite repel and also gave the arches coat of hyper dressing and dressed the tyres using the Valet pro tyre dressing. alloys sealed using 2 coats of Chemical guys Jetseal 109

Jaguar XF Enhancement Detail

Products and equipment used

Uber microfiber towels

Chemical guy’s woolly mammoth drying towel

3m yellow pads 150mm 75 mm

140 mm Glazing pads

Halogen site lights

Makita rotary polisher

DA Polisher

Scholl s17+

Blackfire all finish paint protection

Blackfire Midnight sun paste wax

Werkstat prime acrylic

Carpro eraser

3m masking tape

Meguiars APC

Costco microfibre towels

Meguiars hyper dressing

Valet pro citrus bling

Bilt Hamber AutoWheels

Valet Pro PH neutral Snowfoam

Valet pro tyre dressing

AMDetails AMbubbles

Bilt Hamber clay bar

Autosmart Tardis

Various brushes

Kranzle pressure washer

Carpro Sheepskin wash mitt

Carpro Dlux

Noodle wash mitt

Carpro Lambs wool wash mitt

Poorboys microfibre clothes

Uber buffing clothes

Autobrite Snow foam gun

Chemical guys Jetseal 109

Autobrite Repel

Auto Finesse Mecury Metal polish

00 grade wire wool

Some photos of the car before I start

The car was then given its first coat of snow foam whilst this was dwelling I went round the car using APC in a foaming head bottle cleaning the fuel filler area and various gaps and grills. The snowfoam was then blasted off with the pressure washer, and then the car was given another coat of the same mix snowfoam and the car was washed using the 2 bucket method with grit guards in both buckets and a Carpro lambswool wash mitt.

The car was then rinsed off using an open ended hose and I then went round the car with Tardis which was left to go to work before being wiped down with microfibre clothes. The car was then given a coat of Ironx again left to do its stuff before the car was washed doing using the pressure washer.

The car was clayed using citrus bling and water mix (10 to 1) and a Bilt hamber soft clay bar which helped to pull more contaminates from the paint work it was then rewashed using the same method and dried using the woolly mammoth.

The arches where next and they where sprayed with APC and cleaned using various brushes and a noodle wash mitt. They where then sprayed with Tardis which was left do its stuff whilst I moved onto the next arch before going back and being wiped down with a microfibre cloth.

A few shots using my site lights I then taped the car up and went round with various yellow 3m pads and Scholl s17+ polish each panel was given a wipe down with carpro eraser after polishing to check finish and remove any polishing oils.

Old badges can be removed by using fishing wire or dental floss which can be used between the badge and the bodywork with damaging the paint work. Any old glue can be removed using autosmart tardis or autoglym tar/gle remover,

You may need to give the paint work a light polish up before refitting the new badges just to freshen up the finish up

Cheers Dave

Well worth all the effort as helps protect the alloys and also makes them easier to clean next time round

I`m a self confessed beading perv :P

Cheers Dave, the XF is a customers but worked on a old Y reg XJ Executive last week which i fell for in a big way lol

I`ve got a write up on the XF but think i`ll need to speak to a Mod before i can post up as some of the photos have my company banner in the back ground

Hello and welcome

My names Shaun, i run my own car valeting/detailing company in the North East.

I come from a mailnly ford background a former owner of appox 27 Capris of various engine sizes and a few other RWD Fords lol.

But after working on a couple Jaguars lately have really started to take a interest in them

Cracking beading shot

Cracking work matey