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Well seeing as though it is her 80k birthday I thought I'd give the interior a long overdue spruce up! Needs some new mats but tried my best with the tired old ones I've got, that's me all detailed out for at least a week now. Before shots: DSC_0218 by Jacob Castle, on Flickr DSC_0220 by Jacob...

I actually intend on running some track days in the future, is it common to remove shims for the track then? I can cope with the noise providing I know it's not harmful lol

Cheers pal! Looking forward to seeing a "Lawro's Black Gold 182" progress thread!

My nephew decided to steal the battery from my DSLR and take it home with him, didn't ever get around to buying a replacement but finally had it returned it! Took this one today after restoring my headlights, quite like it! DSC_0200 by Jacob Castle, on Flickr

Nice one thanks! Well everything's just been cleaned up really well when I replaced the pads so I might just order the shims :) Thanks for that!

Well I'm definitely not running any shims at the moment, both ds2500 and the Mintex pads are doing the same thing. As long as it's not a 'fault' as such, I'll just live with it! Thanks for clearing that up though fellas

Just tried my dads, no luck! It's basically dropped in through the sidelight fixture hole and down to the front, bottom of the housing! Headlight out jobby I think, which I believe is a bumper off job haha. Well, gives me some room for a good engine bay detail I guess

Yea you need that direct light sometimes! Poor workmanship though, their final stage should be to have a slow inspection of the whole car using a very bright LED torch to highlight any defects such as that before applying. Thank god they weren't working with something like Ceramic Pro!

I tried string with tape around the end but it had no strength at all, wire is probably a much better idea! Thank I'll give it a go

Yup, looks like they didn't finish off properly. Possibly didn't make any passes with a finishing polish and pad, I'd go back and ask them to rectify it :down:

My headlights had begun getting a horrible yellow tint to them and were in need of a restore. Didn't bother with a kit as I've already got quite various grit sandpaper, DAS-6 DA and polishes. I didn't think it would need too much wet sanding so I went with 800 grit followed by 1200. On final...

Hi, I recently changed my front brakes from ds2500 to Mintex pads, mainly due to the insane squealing from the ds2500s but also because every time I applied the brakes I would hear the pads "slap" within the calipers. I changed to the Mintex pads and everything was sorted, however 2 weeks...

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@r0ss172 google showed Ross reference this number plate back in 2012

Looking lovely! Washer blanks would really set the front end off IMO. Love a BG in the sun

One more, looked so much better in real life! DSC_0126 by Jacob Castle, on Flickr

Can't recall the brand of my towel but it'll dry the whole car without needs to be rung out at all so yea it helps! Grit guards sit in the bottom of your bucket and prevent the loose dirt from moving towards the top and making it's way back onto your mitt/sponge. Every little helps lol

DSC_0130 by Jacob Castle, on Flickr

You may already use the 2-3 bucket method, but seeing as though you didn't mention it, I'll just make sure you do! You should use this approach every wash, otherwise you're removing contaminates from your car, dumping them in your bucket of water and then picking them back up on your mitt and...

I think that works, very well too. It's when someone wraps/adds a single item and expects it to fit in with the whole look of the car that it doesn't

Gave the car a "mini detail" today (just the exterior:monkey:). Such a lovely colour in the sun! After washing I clayed her and then finished with AF Triple and AF Tough Coat. Also gave the seats some attention as the driver side was getting a little grubby. Pictures don't do it justice but she...

Wow this place sounds terrible, I hope they're at least really cheap to reflect their quality of work.

Yea will do. Mine were really nice when I bought the car but soon turned to haze again within a year

Be careful, it's a slippery and expensive slope from here.

You can't go wrong with anything by AutoFinesse. They do full kits for a great price: http://shop.autofinesse.co.uk/products/detailing-kits

Check all heatshields? It won't necessarily be hanging down and vibrating on the exhaust pipes, but it could be rattling in it's fixture. I would start by getting underneath and pressing on anything that could have movement to see if you can silence it

Also, I thought while I was replacing the air filter that I would clean the throttle body... it looked fresh out the box lol. @Lawro you really did keep this car immaculate!

Gave her a service today, she is about to hit the big 80k! Last full service was done only 4k miles ago so it's more of a pampering. The air filter was so clean I never even replaced it... She was running ds2500 pads up front which were squealing like a pig and also grinding at slow speeds. If...

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