Silver 182 Machine polished

[Chris205]

This car belongs to tonaz on the forum, it was done about a month ago but been busy with other details so this is the first chance to get it up here

The following was done:


Rinse
Snow Foamed
Rinsed
Washed with microfibre mitt
Shuts cleaned
Clayed with dodo supernatural and last touch as a lubricant
Dryed down
Taped up with masking tape (ran out of 3m)
Machine polished using flexipad and 3M pads, using menzerna and 3M compounds
Washed again

AG super resin on all glass apart from windscreen
Plastics (interior and exterior) dressed with poorboys natural look
Tyres dressed with megs high endurance
Alloy protected with poorboys wheel sealent
Interior hoovered out
Exhausts polished with Mothers metal polish

Probably missed a lot more



Washed

Clayed

Afters

Strippage mmmmm

Metal flakes popping

In the Sun

 

[Sanders]

Looks mint mate

 

[adam172]

looks fantastic - but has the door of the front arch had a respray ? - maybe its just the angle of the pic? looks really tidy though

 

[Camble]

Looks fantastic mate!

Great job!

 

[Cliotoby]

Looks good, no wax or sealant?

 

[Chris205]

yes at the time id ran out of sealent but used valet pro artimous wax as ive found it works well on all types of paint to give a good 4-8 week protection

 

[Aluco]

That colour and those wheels work so well.

 

[nth]

the badges and smooth bullets really do give it a sleeper effect.

 

[Cliotoby]

yes at the time id ran out of sealent but used valet pro artimous wax as ive found it works well on all types of paint to give a good 4-8 week protection

Theres no wax designed for dark or light colours, all this colur charging that dodo juice do is rubbish. Like today, detailed my dads car, whjichj is a light silver, i used Zymol carbon which is for dark colourd cars. Looks fine to me.....

That wax your using sucks lol.

Still looks great though youve done a good job.

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning.

 

[Chris205]

That wax your using sucks lol.

Oh i know its far from the best out there, however its been fine for me so far for just a light wax to protect people's cars when they dont provide there own wax to use, id rather put some wax on that will still protect it even though it doesnt have a zymol or swissvax label on it :rasp:

 

[Chris_786]

looks fantastic - but has the door of the front arch had a respray ? - maybe its just the angle of the pic? looks really tidy though

just the light, my old rep looked the same iirc

 

[gtmatt]

great job

 

[gregor182]

deja vu? i sure i read this write up yesterday but with a cup?:S

 

[Chris205]

deja vu? i sure i read this write up yesterday but with a cup?:S

All the same process thats why :rasp:

 

[Davis]

i like that alot looks very sleek and smart!

 

[Chris205]

i like that alot looks very sleek and smart!

Its got a pretty good spec now IIRC

Matched inlets
Rs Tuner Map
Full K-tec exhaust and de-cat
ITG filter
Vmaxx Coilovers
15" o.z F1's refurbed with proxes
Whiteline rear Anti Roll Bar
brembo discs with Ds2500 Pads
Smoothed bullets
Omp Trecento 300mm steering wheel
Alcantara dash strips and pillars
Stripped rear with fully carpetted false floor
OMP rear brace
Front Fogs Removed
3/4 front plate
New Renault Sport Mats

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head and I dont even own it

 

[tonaz]

Its got a pretty good spec now IIRC

Matched inlets
Rs Tuner Map
Full K-tec exhaust and de-cat
ITG filter
Vmaxx Coilovers
15" o.z F1's refurbed with proxes
Whiteline rear Anti Roll Bar
brembo discs with Ds2500 Pads
Smoothed bullets
Omp Trecento 300mm steering wheel
Alcantara dash strips and pillars
Stripped rear with fully carpetted false floor
OMP rear brace
Front Fogs Removed
3/4 front plate
New Renault Sport Mats

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head and I dont even own it

you've got a good memory like mate!

it's also got:

k-tec group n engine mounts
powerflex'd dogbone mount
k-tec braided brake lines
bigger cold air feed to behind where fog used to be
samco 90 degree bend
some weight removed from engine bay etc.

that's all i can think of ha

 

[tonaz]

looks fantastic - but has the door of the front arch had a respray ? - maybe its just the angle of the pic? looks really tidy though

hi mate can confirm it defo hasn't been resprayed there

 

[Beef-Mc]

Definetly cracking, anth oz with the silver really goes well.

 

[Christopher]

Love it!

 

[simb06]

Looks top notch dude!

looks fantastic - but has the door of the front arch had a respray ? - maybe its just the angle of the pic? looks really tidy though

Alot of renaults look that way, due to having plastic wings, colour just looks different. Exactly the same on mine!

 

[ripp]

some caliper paint and you'll get an A+
maybe black, or some decent color
good job anyway

 

[stu768]

nice job, what are the wheels?

 

[Richyy182]

that is awesome

 

[DannoTheGreat]

Mint

 

[Chris205]

nice job, what are the wheels?

They're standard ph1 172 wheels painted Gunmetal grey by stellablast in newcaslte IIRC

 

[chrispy.clio]

Looks really similar to mine, Same wheels, same exhaust same colour. I might put my silver wing mirrors back on

 

[tonaz]

Looks really similar to mine, Same wheels, same exhaust same colour. I might put my silver wing mirrors back on

you obviously have taste mate.

 

[tonaz]

oh and this may be going for sale soon circa the £5000 mark if anyone is interested?! will i get told off for saying that?!

 

[harribo66]

looks awsome mate! love the colour!

 

[JD]

Colour difference is down to paint on plastic and metal looking different. Simples.

Good work Chris, but sod doing all that hard work to put down some shite wax!

 

[Chris205]

Colour difference is down to paint on plastic and metal looking different. Simples.

Good work Chris, but sod doing all that hard work to put down some shite wax!

Cheers mate, yeah I know but if I'd went and purchased a better wax it would be more expensive for the owner.

Just out of interest what sort of wax do you recommend for every car, i.e hard/soft paints etc, is there a one does all that lasts around 2-3 months

 

[subarufreak]

love the false floor. how did you do that?

 

[tonaz]

love the false floor. how did you do that?

a member off here had done one at their work for their car and they did me one as well for a small fee. think it was davM if i remember correctly?!

 

[oliver.james]

Must have missed the original thread when it was posted up back in April, but very nice car that!

 

[Richyy182]

very nice motor - P.s how much was the gear knob and was it easy to fit.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Its too low for me personally but it looks awesome in the sun

 

[ch!ppen]

Cheers mate, yeah I know but if I'd went and purchased a better wax it would be more expensive for the owner.

Just out of interest what sort of wax do you recommend for every car, i.e hard/soft paints etc, is there a one does all that lasts around 2-3 months

Depends what you want to pay really, for the money Collonite waxes are worth checking out. I've heard very good stuff about it.
Personally i use Dodo Juice waxes though, Supernatural on mine but might be a bit pricey for some.

Car looks brilliant either way. I do love those wheels!

 

[ch!ppen]

Cheers mate, yeah I know but if I'd went and purchased a better wax it would be more expensive for the owner.

Just out of interest what sort of wax do you recommend for every car, i.e hard/soft paints etc, is there a one does all that lasts around 2-3 months

Depends what you want to pay really, for the money Collonite waxes are worth checking out. I've heard very good stuff about it.
Personally i use Dodo Juice waxes though, Supernatural on mine but might be a bit pricey for some.

Car looks brilliant either way. I do love those wheels!