Car Detailing And Window Tinting In Sydney

[V35 Matt]

hey all

two questions

#1 Car detailing. who and where does it best and prices. Looking at getting the car done. I'm in south west sydney and would like to travel as least as possible. but having said that, if someone is the guru, i'll travel.

#2 Window tinting. I really like the midnight express dark tint, the darkest legal tint anyway. Who does it best and prices?

Thanks all

[rtune]

hey all

two questions

#1 Car detailing. who and where does it best and prices. Looking at getting the car done. I'm in south west sydney and would like to travel as least as possible. but having said that, if someone is the guru, i'll travel.

#2 Window tinting. I really like the midnight express dark tint, the darkest legal tint anyway. Who does it best and prices?

Thanks all

you might not like the price but I think the place that does it best is the smash repair

at 9 rawson st, auburn (on the corner by the divided road). They have a crap website

auto salon d'elegance which you can google if you like, not that it gives much detail.

Just turn up with your car and talk to the guy.

They do a $1000 detail and wax, and you get two return visits free inside the first 12

months. They have a very nice facility and the place is full of bentleys, astons and so on.

You did ask where does it best..

[V35 Matt]

I dont mind spending the $$$$ if the work is top notch.

So feel free to offer the best, but having said that, if a small scale guy has good service and a no crap approach, i'll go with them, support small business etc.

Thanks for the tip!

[dannyw]

dont mind spending $$$? get a full respray

[V35 Matt]

Lets not go nuts!

Dont wanna spend 10K

[ogz007]

Hey Matt,

Im getting Dr.Detail to have a look at my car. People claim that he is one of the best in SYD and possibly in AUS (As what people speak of him). He is also rated one of the best in www.finalinspection.com.au (number 1 site for detail freaks lol).

Ive actually spoken to him and asked few questions what he actually does, (he is a 1 man team so you gotta book in early) and basically he will work on your car for 6 to 8 hours with different stages from cleaning, cutting, polishing and waxing.. depending aswell with the condition of your paint.

He also uses Swissvax products. I didnt know what it was at first then i googled it. then..damn! those things costs $400.00 a tub. Other than that i saw some pics of his work and i was pretty happy to go ahead with his service. He was a very nice guy and very helpful aswell which helped me decide easier. $400 inside and out. He can come to your place as long as you have enough space for him to work on or you can go to his workshop at Milperra. Give him a call and see if he can help you out.

or if you want you can wait for me to upload some before and after pics after he treats my car.

Let me know if you want his number.

Cheers,

[V35 Matt]

Milperra, 5 mins from my place so big thumbs up!

$400 inside and out?

Got contact details?

Thanks

Edited March 23, 2009 by V35 Matt

[FoxV35]

For window tinting i recommend Zinus who runing his own business

$180 for all the windows, and he wil go 2 ur place and do it

ill pm u his number if u need it~

[V35 Matt]

Yes, please do, what % tint does he use?

[FoxV35]

0415231222 his number

i tinted 20% as he recommended. lol

he has the legal ones tho

[V35 Matt]

i think 35% is the legal requirement

but each to own

i'll contact him

Thanks!

[FoxV35]

no worries

and yes 35% is the legal requirement~

[ogz007]

Here is Dr.Detail's contact.

Mark Hockey - 0419 661 170

you can call him anytime to book or let him know your problem.

Oh and let us know how you go with him! wondering what he says about those black sheyat on your pearl.

He is doing my car on April 7th.

Oh and yes inside and out, proper leather and suede treatment plus i asked him if he can look at the ceiling of my car as theres some marks on it. (kids!!) He mentioned that it will be covered aswell!

[Touge Kyousou]

Dr Detail is indeed one of the best. There are a fair few detailers in Sydney that do a really good job.

Just bear in mind the V35 paint is extremely easy to work on, doesn't take a full blown pro to get an awesome finish on it.

[ogz007]

Dr Detail is indeed one of the best. There are a fair few detailers in Sydney that do a really good job.

Just bear in mind the V35 paint is extremely easy to work on, doesn't take a full blown pro to get an awesome finish on it.

Hey Touge, dont you think they are so easy to damage too..? i find the layer very thin... one little bump and graze ill be spewin already..

hmm maybe my car is just Black... anyhow i just find the skin very sensitive with our cars.

[dannyw]

i recon u have to go with 20% of more with the tinting.. the legal tint doesnt look good..

also, i once got a $1k detailing from Final Inspection in Vic, they are the BEST recon by anyone.. and it was a black car.. very hard~

IMO, go to their place, look at how they work/talk/treat u, if he talked like bullshxt, run away.. $1k would be a reasonable price for a PRO job.

[Touge Kyousou]

Hey Touge, dont you think they are so easy to damage too..? i find the layer very thin... one little bump and graze ill be spewin already..

hmm maybe my car is just Black... anyhow i just find the skin very sensitive with our cars.

You're right there ogz007, the paint is quite easy to scratch as it's so soft. However, most full blown details hardly remove any clearcoat to be honest.. it's in the order of nano millimetres if i remember the figure correctly. To be honest, most japanese cars have very soft paint. Euro and Aussie cars on the other hand, very very hard paint.

[ogz007]

You're right there ogz007, the paint is quite easy to scratch as it's so soft. However, most full blown details hardly remove any clearcoat to be honest.. it's in the order of nano millimetres if i remember the figure correctly. To be honest, most japanese cars have very soft paint. Euro and Aussie cars on the other hand, very very hard paint.

Cool, so in terms of detailing the car, does the detailer usually put something on the car other than polish and wax after claying to help the contaminated coating? Or this is wher polishing work its wonders already?

anwyay ill attach a pic of my car before it goes under detailing on the 7th!

apologies about the size and the pic is only taken on 3megapixel nokia.

Ill take proper photos during and after Dr.Detail.

To Rianto, theres your brake kits!

[NISMO]

Hey mate,

Dr Detail, definitely has a very good reputation.

I got him to come take a look at my V35 when i had it and i think the quote was around the $300 mark just to remove the swirls and nothing else. Being a bit of a tight ar$e at the time, i decided to give it a shot myself.

Started off very slow and just worked my way through the car.

I used a very very fine swirl remover with a rotory buffer at first. Not much result so went with a slightly more course swirl remover. Much better. went back to the fine one to finish it off.

For the polish and sealers, i used Zaino which give it that very "wet" look, and lasts very long.

Any way, long story short, 2 days of hard work in the garage!

The end result. I loved it!

As for the $400 a tub wax, swisswax make a massive range of products and believe me if he uses the $400 wax, you will pay for the $400 wax.

[mjay]

Ogz your car needs a spoiler

Nismo you reckon you were better off doin the work yourself? Personally I just cant justify spending 300-1000$ on a detail... unless theyre using something like the swissvax products.. but even then.. does the $400 wax give a ten times better result than a $40 wax.. but in saying that i know for enthusiasts like us who notice every little detail its worth it