Renault 5 GT Turbo

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My own car got treated to some work today.
I was asked to go to a show on Sunday, and told everyone is entering show and shine... a show car this is definitely not!
Ah well, I thought it better at least have a tidy up.

The car onoy really gets a QD wipe down before it's taken out and lives in an underground car park.
Some dirt inside, outside, everywhere, haha.

They wheels, tyres and arches were cleaned up with Auto Finesse Imperial, Verso and followed up with Iron Out.

Safety first...

Auto Finesse Avalanche was used to pre wash the car. While it was softening the dirt, the little gaps and shuts were dealt using a detailing brush.

This was followed up with a 2 bucket method wash using Auto Finesse Lather.

Taken inside after a thorough final rinse and dried using compressed air and an Aqua Deluxe towel.

The car was clayed and then onto polishing.

 

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These will be rubbish as I didn't set the camera up for the different light. Whoops!

Only a finishing polish on a medium polishing pad was needed to get where I wanted.

There's always been some marring on the bootlid, you can see the sweeping lines below the torch.

Easily removed.

The bonnet before (it was Tungsten grey when I got it, and it'll be easier to sell on one day if it's still grey)
This took a much heavier polishing set with further refinement.

After.

The paintwork was then waxed with ODK Wax Eclipse.

All unpainted plastics were treated. There's a lot on this car!

The interior was a bit grubby. Fully vacuumed. Plastics wiped down with the new ODK interior detailer.

I then turned to the engine bay. Auto Finesse Verso sprayed on and agitated, before being removed with a microfiber cloth.

The alloy intercooler had become tarnished. I didn't have time to remove it so just the top was polished.

After - the crusty looking intake will be swapped very soon.

The exhaust take a pasting from the road.
Before.

Auto Finesse Mercury used to bring it back.

The glass was polished with Auto Finesse Vision.
Tyres dressed with Gyeon Tire.

 

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All finished up

Thanks for reading!
Any comments or questions, fire away!

 

[Mr R.]

So much love.......[emoji7] [emoji7]

 

[Jekyll]

That is one cool muthafuckin' R5!

 

[Scrooge]

I like the rough edges on it, all part of the appeal!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Awesome little motor!

 

[scratcher]

Thanks a lot guys
It's such a fun little car. I always add up the cost of a respray but the scruffy bits give it more character. It'llbe 30 years old on the 1st of November!

 

[Knuckles]

That exhaust is hilarious. I absolutely love that!

 

[leedsboy]

That's great.

What did you use on the exterior plastics?

 

[cat171]

That exhaust is hilarious. I absolutely love that!

I like it apart from that lol!!

 

[AS_BO]

So much want for this [emoji7]❤️

 

[fixedgear]

Bring it along to that local car thing on the 16th !

Tapatalk

 

[scratcher]

That's great.

What did you use on the exterior plastics?

Thanks bud
I used Gyeon Tire. Usually use Auto Finesse Revive but I used this on a couple of Porshe 993s a couple of weeks ago and have been hooked on it since.

Bring it along to that local car thing on the 16th !

Ah, is it on next month? I'll definitely be there.

 

[dann2707]

Do you not catch the exhaust on speed bumps?

That looks amazing though

 

[scratcher]

Do you not catch the exhaust on speed bumps?

That looks amazing though

Thanks dude :smile:
It catches the odd bump or raised bit in the road but nothing too bad. There a couple of inches ground clearance. More than my daily :grin:

 

[davo172]

Love it