Range Rover Classic - 94

Range Rover Classic – 1994

Not the most in-depth report unfortunately, but, thought a few of you would appreciate seeing the car.

Product

• AutoSmart G101
• AutoSmart Tardis
• AutoGlym Fast Glass
• Chemical Guys JetSEAL109
• Chemical Guys New Look Trim Gel
• Dodo Juice LimePrime
• Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild
• Dodo Juice Supernatural
• LTT Auto Ultra Foam
• LTT Auto Ultra Protect
• Meguiars Super Degreaser
• Meguiars Last Touch
• Meguiars All-Season Dressing
• Sonus Mild Green Clay
• ValetPRO Super-snowfoam
• Zaino Z8

• Kestral SIM-180
• 3M Polishing pads
• VAX 6131 extraction machine


Being a mint low mileage collector’s car, it was in great shape before I arrived.




12 hours later however, I left it like this:




First up on this cold Wintery morning, was the engine bay.

Befores:










After:








Moving on to the door shuts/intricate areas next.

This was about as dirty as it got!






Tyres scrubbed with Degreaser. Arches flushed with an APC/Degreaser and agitated. Alloys cleaned with G101 and Tardis used to lift a couple of stubborn marks.

Snow-foam delivered.




Rinsed. Re-foamed and washed with two buckets, lambswool mitt and Dodo Juice Born To Be Mild.




At this point I was struggling. Who’d of thought you’d have to worry about water marks in December! The sun was beaming down in over the river; I had to pack-up and head inside for the claying stage.


Some of the swirls to contend with later..










Before/After with Limeprime.





Yet again, Limeprime breaking all the rules.


Working my way around. 50/50 on the o/s rear door in artificial light:




Natural light:




And with flash:




An amazing difference. Such lovely paint, too.


A bit of a 50/50 on the tailgate:

Leaving one or two deeper nicks.













Upon Limeprime completion, Supernatural was layed down, dressings attended to, alloys sealed, exhaust cleaned and a final wipeover given. End of day one.
















Rise ‘n shine – we’re back to finish the interior and give a final Z8 wipe-down.

Leather cleaned and protected with LTT. Minimal dirt lifted from the leather due to it’s cleanliness from the start.












Finalise a few finishing touches on the outside and give the all important Z8 wipe-down.





Fortunately, the sun was on our side in the late morning. This allowed for some stunning photos..

Thanks!

Jim

Good spot mate, but, yeah - it's ok. I only blocked a couple that were used elsewhere.. The owner was fine with the reg plates being visible.

Sony a100 D-SLR, Ras

Some nice reports to follow in the New Year.

Happy Xmas all.

Thanks Doctor.

Where abouts in Notts are you? I'm just down the road in Newark

The Range came up nicely. What a fantastic example of a classic car.

Limeprime is a pre-wax cleanser (Sets a base in readiness for a wax..) but, it contains micro-abrasives (so it has a bit of 'bite')

You can apply by hand, but, to get the most of the abrasives, I apply by machine. I use a 3M Yellow Polishing pad. It's hit and miss.. Some cars (like the Range..) can clean up quite nicely, but others, Limeprime will be laughed at. On a cutting scaled of 1-10, it's probably ~3.5? Not sure.

Engine bay was cleaned up with a mix of Megs APC (all purpose cleaner) and a degreaser. Dressing wise, I used Meguiars All-Seaon Dressing - I spritz it onto a MF cloth and apply as and where required (to avoid over-splatter)

Here's a shot of my old S3 bay, and, my current b6 A4 Avant.

Autoglym is OK. Super Resin Polish is highly underated. SRP > EGP is still a combo I use on some of my small Protection Details.

lol - half of my family received wash products of some type, too

For silver, I'd have to reccomend the Jeffs Werkstat kit. Check out Polished Bliss' site for more info. Up to you whether you had it corrected or not though..