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Old Sep 30, 2008 | 07:13 PM
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Presidential Detailed: 2007 MINI Cooper S

This is a friend of mines car, he takes pretty good care of it and apparently Mini's have super hard paint bc this thing goes to hand car washes and hardly had ANY swirls in it! However it DID have a ton of fall out and other contaminants! I did a 1x3ft section on the roof with the clay and it turned completely black! Well anyways on to the pictures! Sadly, I finished later at night due to rain complications. So I will have full sun pictures uploaded tomorrow! Thanks for looking!

Exterior:
Optimum Car Wash
Meguairs Instant Detail Spray
Adams Clay Bar
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Menzerna 106FF
Menzera PO85RD
Menzerna Top Inspection
Lusso Oro
Black Wow(thanks for the sample Phil!)

Wheels:
Swissvax Pneu
Autobahn coming soon

Tools:
Dual Work Lamps
Dewalt Hi Speed Rotary
LC CCS Orange Pad(Only on black A-Pillars)
LC CCS White Pad
LC CCS Blue Pad
Tons of Microfiber Towels
DD "Uber" Red Drying Towel
DD "Uber" Wool Mitt
Grit Guards
3m "green" Masking Tape
Foam Pad Cleaning Brush

Here are the pics:

BEFORE WASH:




Nasty wheels!


A little bit of fallout/bugs




During wash(In the rain)


This is from a 1x3ft section of the WHITE roof!


After clay


Roof after clay


Taped Up






50/50 shot, as you can see its VERY hard to notice the difference!


A-pillars were pretty bad though!




A few after shots in dim garage...










DAYTIME PICS!




















 
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Old Oct 1, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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man, can't wait to see the vp debate and SNL
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 05:23 PM
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From: Hurricane Alley
Good job. Is your hood scoop warping a little?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 05:28 PM
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It's not his car--it's his friends. The OP doesn't own a MINI.

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Good job. Is your hood scoop warping a little?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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From: Hurricane Alley
Originally Posted by OctaneGuy
It's not his car--it's his friends. The OP doesn't own a MINI.
OK...my bad...shoulda read closer. I've had this issue and in one of the photos I noticed a little sagging in the middle of the scoop.
 
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Old Oct 7, 2008 | 12:35 AM
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A pillars look great! What products and process did you use on them?
 
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