This beautiful Silver Daihatsu Copen was bought as a birthday present for a customers wife.
Like a lot of classic cars, this vintage classic has been off the road for a number of year and came to us for a complete overhaul and restoration of the paintwork, lights, wheels and interior.
Take a look at these ‘before’ photos to see the condition of the car upon arrival at our detailing studio. As you can see, it was in much need of some TLC to restore it back to its former glory.
Following our 22 stage decontamination and safe wash outside the studio, the Copen was brought in to our detailing studio for our detailing team to assess the damage to the paintwork.
Both minor and major dent removal was required on a number of panels, a two stage machine polish to the entire paintwork and compound machine polishing to the lights and windows. This process removes imperfections and swirl marks from the paintwork and glass to ensure a perfectly smooth surface prior to the application of wax products or ceramic coatings.
Classic Car Dent Removal
There were over 20 dents to remove on this classic car and our detailers used a range of techniques to restore each panel. These specialist techniques are used for small dings (such as car door dents or shopping trolley dents) and any panel damage where the paint has not been broken.
Some areas of the car had major dents with broken paintwork, this required a full respray to the rear bumper and rear driver quarter following dent removal.
In addition to dent removal and paint enhancements, our detailing team performed a Full interior deep clean, fully refurbished all four alloys, fitted a new gear leaver and painted the brake callipers and hubs.
Swissvax Best of Show Polish
Following the full restoration of the cars paintwork, our team set about enhancing the classic car paintwork using Swissvax best of show polish.
This Concours car wax with 50% pure Brazilian Grade One carnauba wax enhances the paintwork to a high gloss finish found on award-winning classic cars
The Swissvax secret of its exceptionally long-lasting carnauba formulations lies in the mixture of carnauba wax with other waxes, fruit oil extracts as well as a production technology that takes several hours using double-walled microparticles (so-called micro-incapsulation) To find out more about this Swissvax product, take a look at their website: Swissvax best of show wax
Take a look at the image gallery below to see the finished result.
If you are interested in restoring the paintwork on your classic car, please contact one of our team for advice and a free consultation. Call 01483 917319 or simply fill in the contact form below and we will come back to you.