CSL detailed - awesome!

[terryb]

Thanks to Tim from Envy Valeting who spent the most of yesterday carrying out a full paint correction on my BMW M3 CSL!!!

Words below copied from the man himself :)

Thanks to Terry B and Lisa for putting up with me talking all day and drinking them dry on the coffee front. In exchange for that I got to work on Terry's lovely CSL......

Todays car is MY final car of 2008, and what a car to end on!

Some befores:
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As usual the wheels were cleaned 1st with Envy Brushes, EZ detail and on this occasion AS Smart wheels..I wanted to compare directly to Espuma Revolution. Lets say the AS is now history from now on!

Soaking with Espuma Activo
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Rinsed, then hit with Envy Valeting SSF
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Washed with Two buckets, Zymol sponge and grit guards etc. Dried off.
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Clayed with Dodo Juice Gentle grey, not very contaminated tbh.
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Paint measurements were taken all over, and no nasty surprises I'm pleased to say.
A look at the defects, not easy with Brinky!
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Try the halogens, can you see the swirls? Not easy!
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A rough 50/50...rear light corrected via Metabo and FCP and Ultrafine.
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More post correction shots
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Once this was all to a level I was happy with it was time to de-dust the beautiful car and cleanse the paint with Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite.

Todays wax was chosen to suit the cars wonderful paint colour. I opted for Zymol's Vintage wax, and left it to cure for an hour whilst I cleaned glass, dressed tyres and polished tail pipes.

Enjoy the afters:
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I was lucky enough to be taken for a blast after I'd finished and I can say with confidence..its another car for my shopping list! The induction noise it outta this world!

Tim


Hope you enjoyed :). If anyone would like putting in contact with Tim from Envy Valeting then let me know. He is based in Hampshire but will travel.

Cheers

Terry

[CSLjimmy]

It Looks stunning Terry :smokin: , must be pleased with it.
It is a lovely colour, Silver Grey

[csl_mba]

Gets around a bit this car :thumbs:

will say it again, top job on an awesome car :beer:

I see he liked the induction noise :notworthy:

[terryb]

Gets around a bit this car :thumbs:

will say it again, top job on an awesome car :beer:

I see he liked the induction noise :notworthy:

Well it would have been rude not to take him out for a blast :D

[SMD]

Looks sweet Terry! :smokin:

May i ask how much it cost you?

[Mark CSL]

looking good terry
is that a pam tree in the back ground
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[Andyk]

Stunning Terry, great job and bet your chuffed. :thumbs: Must get my done at some stage.

[DazBlackCSL]

Looks awesome terry , whats his details need mine doing , and im on the Hants / Surrey / Berkshire borders so he cant be too far from me ??
Needs a really good session mine ... What did he charge for the complete valet / detail ??


:thumbs:

[terryb]

For those of you interested :)

Details from Tim at Envy Valeting below

Normally for a paint correction job like I did for Terry I would charge £350 plus any travel (ie over 50 miles from home - Portsmouth/ Southampton area) and this is an external job only mainly to do with removing swirl marks and paint defects to get the paint as good as it is possible to achieve. Machine polishing/paint correction is more aimed at absolute perfectionists - http://www.envyvaleting.co.uk/paint_correction.asp

For a "protection" detail where I do the same process but no machine polishing I offer an inside and out service for £250 plus travel etc, and the normal feedback I get is the car is better than new!

If you look at my website the section http://www.envyvaleting.co.uk/services.asp this section deals with protection details, and is probably what most people's expectations are of detailing. I must stress its not a quick wash and wax, and normally will take me 7hrs odd to detail a 3 series.

[Andyk]

So coming to South Wales could cost a fair bit then?

[terryb]

So coming to South Wales could cost a fair bit then?

I know he's gone a lot further before now - give him a call to see if you can negotiate a good deal :D

[Andyk]

Will call def give him a call early next year :thumbs: Thanks.

[csl_mba]

AndyK, if you want a South WAles based detailer just jump on www.detailingworld.com and look in the regional areas Wales Area (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=73)

[Andyk]

AndyK, if you want a South WAles based detailer just jump on www.detailingworld.com and look in the regional areas Wales Area (http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=73)

:thumbs: