New car prep

[Golf7]

Hi all,

Collected my fiancee's A1 S-Line Black Edition yesterday. We specced it in Daytona Grey, man that is a great colour!

Enjoyed an evening of driving around in it before the Mrs went to work a night shift. When she got back this morning the sun was glaring and the bonnet has some very obvious circular swirls on it which I'm guessing happened during pre delivery prep at the dealership.

I spoke to the sales guy who wasn't very happy and told us to take it in for a few hours and they will sort it..... To be honest I'm reluctant to do that!!

I can't do anything until next Sunday but I plan to sort it out then. This is what I had planned to do anyway, what I want to know is, should I be doing/adding anything different given the swirls on the bonnet?!:

Pressure wash with clean water
Wash using two buckets, lambswool mitt etc.
Maguirs clay
Autoglym Super Resin Polish
Autoglym High Definition Wax


Any advice/opinions/assistance much appreciated!!

(I have since emailed my VW dealer to ensure that they don't detail the Golf I have on order. They can pressure wash it with water and let it dry, but nothing else, I'll sort it after I collect it!!!)

[Mr Blue]

The paint is not as hard as people make out. SRP will hide a few light swirls on that list.

Machining needed

[Jimble]

Agreed, it'll need machine polishing mate, i'd let the dealer have a go first though, if your still not happy then look at getting it machined elsewhere.

[dubber36]

SRP is full of fillers, so will hide the swirls, but not remove them.

As the others have said, let the dealer machine it first. If you like your cars to look good, why not invest in a DA and pads yourself. Granted it will cost you a couple of hundred pounds, but you'll have on hand whenever you need it.

[SI74]

Ive heard of this in the past a few times. The people ended up taking the car to be corrected by a professional and billing the dealer as the car came out worse after they had tried to fix it.  Make sure you ask them whos going to be working at the car to fix the swirls.

[ant_gti]

Dont forget though every time you machine a car a small amount of paint is removed.I would skip the dealer and go straight to the pro and save yourself the hassle,and anyways would you want the same sponge monkey being let loose on your car again with a rotary buffer 

[Jimble]

Dont forget though every time you machine a car a small amount of paint is removed.I would skip the dealer and go straight to the pro and save yourself the hassle,and anyways would you want the same sponge monkey being let loose on your car again with a rotary buffer 

This is fine as long as the dealers agree to pay for it otherwise i wouldn't be paying to have their mess cleaned up!

[Pinky 1959]

What did you do ?and did the dealer sort it or are they paying to have it done ?