Very nice to see a standard mk4 GT TDi in great condition. Too many of these have been abused or messed about with in my area now. Genuine VAG clearcoat is top quality and it really shows in your machine polishing on this car. It looks lovely inside and out. And I'm looking forward to the Beetle video.
@@Supremepikachu There are plenty of car people who abuse these. They treat these cars as disposable because they kind of are.. They're so cheap that no matter how much you like cars, you can just abuse and neglect them.
Yeah man those engines are indestructible for real. If the world were ever to end, everything would be gone, except for all 1.9TDI engines, because those can't break.
It's a great idea, BUT please double check with your car wash franchising. What is allowed and what is not!! Beside obvious things like being strictly forbidden oil change or for that matter, any kind of oil dump into the sewage... Things like bringing your own shampoo, soaps, etc. is also not accepted in fact is usually strictly regulated! Big fine or being banned is a real thing! After all it's their business, not really a surprise. A bit like bringing outside food or drinks to a restaurant. Of go to the bar/pub and bring your own drinks... So apply a bit of that rare thing called common sense! ;-)
Excellent job! My grandmother had one of these GT TDis back in '04, as a 14yr old lad I lusted over owning one! It's amazing to see (once you got it clean again!) that that interior still looks just as smart as it did back then, and the overall design of the car has aged so well to think its over 25yrs old! Awesome, and thank you for the short trip back in time 😎
Thanks for posting. I think the short history of each car which you provide at the start of every video (particularly the age and mileage of each car) is great as it gives good context, so thanks for including that in your videos. Yours are the only car detailing videos I’ve come across which include that info every time.
At the closest place there are 3 washers at the shop on the other side of the road there is one. 2 streets further down the road there are 2 and still they are clock watching while I clean 😂
I was thinking the same thing, I use public wash bays and where i live every single time I go there is a line up and the attendants don't let people hang around to deep clean their cars, they all have signs that say no hand washing. So it's a good idea, just not feasible everywhere.
Lovely work and an amazing transformation. Calm narration and a good choice of background music are a bonus. Liking your channel a lot. Watching from inland Spain.
Really enjoying your videos, am bored of the 'new car' and 'supercars detailing' as working with expensive cars with brand new unmarked paint is far less interesting than the real world cars that you see. Cheers 👍🏻
I have to admit High end detailing produces some very good tools, I just look at someone using a I-brid nano on a Aston Martin bumper ... and think " that would work really well on a Ford transit number plate recess! I have no want to work on super cars .. I really enjoy the cheaper end of the market :)
I’ve got a 2004 GTI TDI 150, it’s got 172k on the clock it still pulls like a train and gets 48-50 mpg I love it! I cleaned it on Saturday and when I was doing the fuel filler area I thought about your pet hate! It’s very clean now!
Good video man,a dirty car being cleaned,I had one of these pd 130 engine in my old Audi A3,what a reliable car that was,nice to see a filthy car being cleaned
I have a 1.9 TDI 66kw-90hp That motor is indestructible , just change the oil , oil filter and Air Filter and youre good to go Btw great detail video ,love it 💪🏽
I don't know what it is about your channel, but it puts me in a good mood (not just like "I'm gonna go wash my car") but more like "Life's good!" Idk, lol
I sold my mk4 Golf TDI with just shy of 400K miles on it. It was the most reliable car I've ever had. I replaced it with a mk7 Golf TDI. I hope it lasts as long!
I have a mk4 v6 4motion and I have owned it for 15 years now, solid car, I also had a mk7,golf from new, which I now don’t own, 😮 but the mk4 is still going strong, I hope you mk7 last many years
For some reason watching MK4 VWs getting restored and detailed it really warms my heart! I had an MK4 Volkswagen Jetta (Bora outside of the US) as my first car in high school and absolutely loved it, The sheer joy of looking at one nearly brand new is damn near tear jerking, I currently drive an MK6 Jetta 2.0 TDI and plan on getting an old MK4 Golf or Jetta as a restoration project
Another great job. Just to let you know, when I used 303 all I did was spray the 303 protectant on the engine and just let it seat, no spread around with an applicator and for very difficult areas used a small sponge paint brush to apply. I have also saw a video from 303 where the showed how to clean the engine and so I did exactly the same. Another thing that I have done is use Meguiars Ultimate Black Plastic Restorer and does an amazing job too by applying it with a brush and this thing lasts long too for many applications saving you $ € £. One of the things I don't normally do is use an engine degreaser, all use is a mix of soap like Dwarn and water, agitate all the area with brush and spray with water hose. All it takes is about 15 minutes and I save $ or in your case € or £ from degreaser products. Great video and best idea on having a package for those that live in condos and only can take their vehicles to wash on a place where they have is pressured water to do the car themselves. When I was young I had a facility with pressured water but soaps for car care weren't many and you had to do the job fast because the place was packed. So one of the other options was getting early in the morning to do it when it wasn't packed of people and you could do it better. Specially because you could take advantage of the powerful vacuums they had too. Xoxo from Puerto Rico 🖖👋👍🇵🇷
Thanks Paul :) Fully intend to give you a full on shout out once I have more Subs :) Would love to see your channel get to over 100k :) You have decent content/camera/editing :) And your a good laugh :)
I’ve just bought a Golf Mk5 GT Sport. Gun metal colour, low mileage with 1 previous owner. 07 plate. Chuffed to bits with it! Found this really helpful for my first proper deep clean. :)
Bought one of these in 2001 brand new. Same colour and wheels. Fantastic car. Kept it 17 years and enjoyed 180,000 trouble free miles. Just routine maintenance work. Miss it.
Great job on a timeless, iconic, car. VW golfs, GTI’s, etc. are quality, exciting, and meant to be driven by their owners. Poor man’s Porsche ! Thanks, RickGTI….. 😎
Golf looks amazing, great work! Still today the golf doesn't look that old, definitely not built like this anymore. The PD 1.9 tdi engine is one of the best diesel engines ever made. I had a audi A3 1.9 tdi 130 for 3 years and it never let me down, sold it to my brother with 180k and still drove fantastic
Good job, I always enjoy watching. One thing I did pick up on was that you said when using the clay bar, it will remove iron filings.. it will not do this and to remove that type of fallout you need to use a product like iron x or similar.
Those headlights look immaculate for a 17yo car. Owner's had them polished, right? My car is a couple of years younger than this and don't look that clear! Thank you for not having an annoying "soundtrack" on your videos. This is one of the few channels where I can watch the videos without having it muted for the whole duration.
That's made my mind up, I have a Mk6 golf R,a Lupo GTi. But i have been looking at MK4 golfs as another project & this has made my mind up. Looks like 2 different cars. Well done.
I’ve got one of these, fabulous cars. Feel solid, extremely comfortable and don’t look nearly 20 years old. An idea I use is I always do the engine bay last, I find that when doing the body after you can get dirty water dribbling in. Keep it up man!
What a transformation the work horse looks good for another 180k, Aerospace 303 is a nice product to use love the OEM finish. Can't wait to see that Beetle turned around, looks like Stevie Wonder was let loose with the rattle can😎 Superb channel 👍
Great video. Love your comment about snow foam. I know a guy who works for a well known super car detailing company and he says they don’t use snow foam as it does nothing a decent jet wash does. It’s just used for images and promo videos. Subscribed. 👍🏻
Hi Andy👍😀 I think some newer snow foams .. may do something .. but on these trade wrecks there is no point, strong APC (or TRF) gets most of the crud off prior to a hand wash, no time/need for a 5 stage wash on a sub 5k cheap car that's been neglected
Family member recently purchased an indigo blue MkIV GTI with 177k miles, (historied car sourced from a trade friend of mine...Price reflected poor cosmetic condition). I saw your vid after most of my work done. I use an old Megs G220. I had to wet sand with P2000 to reduce worst RDS prior to machine correction (dark paint not forgiving). I used megs 105 & 80... LSP Colinite 476 (faster to work with than 915). Just the bonnet took me 2 hours today, (megs burgundy pad now near dead) ! Every time I finish heavy correction on German cars I promise to future invest in a basic rotary. Touch up methods similar to mine for non concours daily drivers too. Door shut rubbers a pain to clean on this model golf. (Now) sticky soft plastic finish is a nightmare & time consuming. Need to watch your beetle vid next as one door here has been rattle can sprayed by a blind chimp...(I have prior done corners & rims with cans with ok acceptable results). Good to see tried & tested practical common sense approach for a high mileage daily driver. Q : Do you recall roughly how many hours on that detail ? (I am guessing 12-16 hours work). Great results & channel (liked & subscribed). Thanks for sharing.
I'm watching your videos and I just dream about some passionate expert like you to detail my Citroen Berlingo 17 years old that I believe have never been washed inside since it's launch.
Another top job. Why are most fuel caps dirty, you have to touch them!? Wow a spare wheel, haven't seen one of them for a long time! Looking forward to seeing the Beetle.
You’d be surprised at just how “all-purpose” a good all purpose cleaner really is. If it came down to it and you had no buckets, no soap, just some apc, micro fibers, and a hose, you could do nearly an entire wash with the stuff. It wouldn’t be as safe, but it would be effective. As for the interior, apc will solve nearly all of your problems and if you don’t have a dedicated window cleaner, water and a microfiber will do a fantastic job. Most people think detailing involves putting a lot of money into fancy tools and learning specific skills but at its core, it’s really simple and you can work wonders on a tight budget, it’s all about the process you employ and using what you have to the maximum effectiveness.
I really agree with you I have lots of tools and products .. but if you had so slim the kit down its amazing what you could do with out, and still get the job done 😀👍
Every Day Detailing No doubt about that mate, I started out detailing my car on a $40 budget for products (excluding public wash facilities) and made my car look fantastic!
Hi Dale Stauffer Garage and Detailing geek both have good channels, I've been detailing/cleaning cars for over 20 years ;) Having started RU-vid the main problem I've had is people asking about products, and being trade based we have chemicals that are not labeled/produced for the main stream public. So it's a learning curve for me trying new products to recommend that are as good or better, plus being a honest guy I want to try these products for a number of weeks/cars to make sure if I recommend something I know it will do the job to a good standard, I'm not just after making a buck of a Amazon link! I must confess it's a bit like xmas at the moment with parcels turning up with all these new products to try :) .. My attitude if they work well on the wrecks I clean, they should be good for the viewers at home :)
I've got a mk4 golf, and although it's worth £750 it's in an absolutely fantastic condition. Love driving it... Could never sell it... It'll be 17 in September
Can I ask you you would go about cleaning thick human grease and grime from the plastics on one of these Mk4 golfs. It’s so thick I thought the paint was coming off in the interior. Please help as it’s the only thing that’s letting the car down. Great video and very relaxing oddly to watch. Thanks.
Hi lee these do suffer from "soft plastic failure" they had this semi rubber coating on the plastic's and its prone to go sticky and peel off .. it could be that.
Great videos. It would be really helpful to me and maybe others if you could say what ratios of Surfex you are using on all the different applications. Engine bay, bodywork and interior etc… I love the product and it’s versatility but never sure on the safe dilution.
Great video there and great results,iv just opened a detailing company in cumbria as iv been doing it for 20+ yrs,out of interest how much would you charge for a typical car like the golf you have just done,I'm finding it hard to find the clients willing to spend the money it would cost to put their cars back to a very good standard,when they can take it to the local 'scrub n scratch' foreign car wash who will do it for £30...we all know it's not going to be done correctly at that price,but it's getting the message accros to the customers is the hard part...keep up the good work.
Good question! I only work for the trade so cant comment on the retail side. However this job would have been usually around £125, its a traders own personal car so we had a deal 😀 The trade knows what they can get from a hand car wash and its limitations.. a lot of my customers use them for the easier stuff.. and as we can see I get the more involved cars. Being able to machine polish will be your greatest asset as the local hand car wash avoid this.. to risky and time consuming for them.. remember its £120 per panel for paint (on average trade) so a machine polish to remove scratches seems a lot cheaper option
99% of self wash places have a big queue and you need to finish in 5-10 mins tops, probably at 2-3 AM you can really take your time and bring tools and such.
@@everydaydetailing6449 atta boy. Wish I could get some of the compounds you guys get in the UK. I like M105 but I don't love it. M205 is a different story which is fantastic and nice long work time but the great products don't exist here tho
1 litre bottle of wheel cleaner, (bh autowheels) apc, degreaser. Gamma deal lid/bucket of onr. Various brushes and a big red, with drying towels for after. I live in a flat so this is my way at petrol station.
My local car wash doesn't allow people to use cleaning tools. They think that using their "active foam" and rinsing it with high pressure water is enough to clean a car -.- When I pulled out a microfiber towel to remove some bugs in the front end the owner scold me annoyed. Some people don't want customers!
The engine bay dressing you mention with just soaking the engine bay when it's wet and let it evaporate, this can be done with 303. That's what I do to my cars
Just be cautious with the A.P.C .. always better to go a bit to weak/diluted and work you way up with leather.. having said that the sides and back are usually vinyl.. and black is a much safer colour to clean 😀👍 Also apply a leather feed/conditioner after wards, quite a few brands.. I have no specific one.
Excellent videos especially the way you go through it and describe what you are doing Please keep up the great work and please keep safe Also how do I contact you for some work
Ever had a look at that the 'Nathan Flannel Rotary Seat Cleaning Method'? It uses a rotary, a big wool pad and a foaming cleaner (+APC) to clean the seats. Definitely save you a lot of time and results are almost always amazing. However, you only clean the top layer of the seat, and not the cushioning material. I'm not quite sure how to think of that quite yet. What's your thought about that? If there's away to make it work on carpets, that would be king, since there's not a lot of material underneath that. But sadly I don't have the means yet to test that.
Not heard about that, but to be honest there is usually so much filth deep in the seats of the cars I clean, it's probably for the best they get a good deep clean :)
Try ONR as a clay lube, much more cost effective. If you like 303 you will also like hyper dressing, use it at 1:4 for interior plastics same for engines.
