02/10/2026
Skoda Fabia.
Something a bit different. This skoda fabia has been washed maybe 6 times in its life. (No joke) it was highly contaminated with bugs, tar, sap, salt, basiclly all of it!
First off was a decent bath of the exterior. All chemical detox methods done. Then the most important bit.. manual removal of any other contaminants left on the paint. This process should ALWAYS be completed before machine polishing. we refused to polish a trade car this week until this lengthy process was complete. This was a bit awkward, but we do not cut corners to save on budgets as its not how it works
This is a very important part of the prep before polishing and cannot be missed especially on very heavily contaminated areas so unfortunately we had to walk away.
after this Skoda got a lengthy clay treatment with heavy and a ultra fine clay it was ready for machine polishing.
You can see from the first video, how bad the paint was, holgrams from the dealers all those years ago as the customer states its never been to a body shop in there ownership.
After a little magic, it was all sparkly again. (Not refined at this point)
The entire car got a cut session to remove as many swirls and scratches as possible, then stepped down to refinement stages to enhance the gloss.
Was finished off with a Gtechniq ceramic sealent as the car is coming to the end of its lease.
Interior altho on the surface it didnt look that bad, but needed a lot of heavy brushing, plastics totally made new again, and carpets and seats scrubbed. Customer opted out of seat extraction as time was a factor.
Over all, this cherished little Fabia has come up a right little shiner and the customer is very happy.
We also got all 4 tyres changed, alignment done (thanks wheel-in whitstable) and we fitted a new AGM battery. This needed coding to the car as it kept throwing a low voltage warning. The start stop function now works and the car is happy again.
Cool little job this one!
