Sparkling~

After getting 'heartbroken' because of this and this, finally got enough "spare cash" to do something about it. No, no, no..I'm not getting Gen2 resprayed! It's still a brand new car, meaning brand new coat of paint, so why waste the cash to do something unnecessary? :P But still, something needs to be done, and the answer came when I was browsing forums as usual.

The place is known as Detailing Tech. (M) Sdn Bhd, saw the advert here. A lil description of the company:

We are a new detailing shop located in kota kemuning, shah alam.
We use Meguiar's products in all our detailing services.

We also have Karcher cushion cleaner machine for cushion cleaning and steam cleaning to kill those germs/bacteria etc.
Many car owners clean their vehicle exterior regularly but the interior is often neglected.
At best, the interior is only vacummed and the dashboard wipe.
We can clean your car interior for you at a reasonable price, removing those stains, dust, sand and smells.
We also offer individual seat cleaning, when you just want a particular seat to be clean (because your son vormit on it) or just to try us out.

Having a clean interior is important, after all, you spend most of your time INSIDE the car.

Website is updated. Please check for more detailis

www.autodetailingtech.com

Or call me at: 603 - 5124 8018 or 012-6100300 for more details.
Or visit us at Kota Kemuning for a free consultation.

So, from the description..it sounds like a very good place to send your car to for some detailing. He quoted me RM176 for:
1) Wash with Meguiar's Hyper Wash Shampoo
2) Clay with Meguiar's Clay Bar
3) Paint Cleaner with Meguiar's M83
4) Polish with Meguiar's polish M80
5) Wax with Meguiar's M21
and, some cleaning of the interior (normal wiping with Meguiar's products).



Since I was working through the night before, got there extremely early. Shop opens at 9.30am, but I was already at their doorsteps at 8.30am! :P Wanted to go for breakfast, but was simply too lazy at the moment. So waited and waited, finally a gold Honda City pulls up and there he is, the owner of the place, Mr Yong. Mr Yong quickly open up his shop and then came to 'inspect' my car. So, as usual informed him regarding the scratches and how dirty my car is:



So, Mr Yong then drove the car into the shop to start making it happen:

(1st wash and vacuum the carpets)

(Then wrinse it using high pressure water)

(Soap it...)

(...and scrub the rims)

(give it a rinse and then clay it and then rinse and clean it with Meguiar's M83, Paint Cleaner)..

So, wash it 3 times in total just to prepare it for polish (no wonder I never get my car 100% clean before.. :P).

Since I kinda dislike the fact that if I don't op for the engine cleaning as well, then I would end up with a clean car on the outside, but the inside's still very much dirty! So, next up:

(Engine cleaning with some kind of Meguiar's degreaser)

(And then some steam action!)

I never imagined a car compartment being steam cleaned! Especially in the engine bay, I never thought people can pamper cars to this extent! :P

So once everything's done and the exterior has been dried, comes the hard work!;

(Get all the tools and tape up the car's more delicate parts)

(then polish away~~)

(2 person will speed things up)

So, after a long painstaking wait of 9 hours (yes, you read correctly). The car's finally ready. Actually, Mr Yong's daughter was sick and was at the hospital when all this was going on. So, he had to make and answer calls along the process, and that too caused some of the delay but mostly the delay was due to short of staff.

Here are the results:

(swirl mark free bonnet)

(Shiny engine bay)

(spotless spoiler = better performance? :P)

(No more watermarks here as well)

(Can't remember this being silver, thought it was black all the while!)

And to make things even clearer, some before (left) and after (right) shots;

(Shiny! Less water stains >.<)

(Sadly this is still there)

(This has been drastically reduced)

(No more scratch by *d*ot black V*os driver!)

(best of all, deep scratch disappeared!)

However, due to the problems faced by Mr Yong, there are still imperfections like the dirt's still on parts of the rims, the remnants of the polish material and wax still there between gaps, the chrome finishing on the bonnet wasn't cleaned properly, the rear bumper near the number plate wasn't cleaned/polished/waxed!, and that since the engine bay was done up before the polishing, all the debris are stuck in the engine bay!



So all in all is a total 'damage' of RM224 with 1 year of membership for future discounts. Happy with some of the results, disappointed with some. So, for the price I definitely think it's worth it and I think with more help and less personal issues, the result would have been much better than this.