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lol my date is with a girl from work! It is hard though... all the banter from the guys, embarassing trying to talk to each other so started an e-relationship via emails... but its pretty lame she works about 20 seconds walk away! Thing is it could go either of two ways: either we don't get on...
Ha I kind of know what Rich means... normally I do my car on a Sunday so it is done for the week. Its cool though, even in a car park full of brand new BMWs the Clio still stands out.
This week its going to look s**t... rubbish as I was going on a date too and always makes a good impression...
Well, after last week PCing my car all day, then spending Saturday re-sealing it again and applying wax, another coat of Collinites on the wheels, then 2 coats of wax the car was looking mint. But now as it has been raining all weekend since and having to drive back to Bracknell tonight about 50...
Get a Meg R26... can pick one up for £15k from brokers... all 100% legit, and you will be registeered first owner too.
My house mate has one and absolutely fine, also got the xenons, seats and a few other options, lovely car, much more for your money than the 197 (even R72) and handles and goes...
If you have this amount of money and want a fun daily driver I would wait for the new MINI D... 70 mpg but faster than the outgoing R50 version... hold their values too unlike Renaults which bomb!
Claying is abrassive yes.. so could potentially cause damage. If the paint itself is in poor condition then I would want that repaired properly before working on it, but I am of the mentality of doing a "proper job" - you might be happy with a little clean and a light polish so depends what your...
An aggressive clay would do the trick... then followed up by a machine polish. T Cut will do bugger all... it just leaves loads of minor scratch marks all over you paint. It is treated like heresy on this forum lol
Yes a good hot soak makes life a LOT easier on baked on bird lime. Not sure how efective kitchen roll is at holding water and not falling apart, I tend to use a soft (new) kitchen cloth.
To do the outside the process you will be looking at is:
Shampoo with wash mitt, 2 bucket method.
Clay.
Polish - preferably with a PC to remove any defects that are pretty much impossible by hand.
Then seal and wax.
Loads of posts on all the above so try searching and then if you have any more...
Yeh cool... I have a very minor ding where I guess someone opened a door into my rear quarter... as it is the onl blemish on my otherwise spotless 172 I would like rid
True say...If the paint was all prepped before hand and someone could just turn up, repair the paint then bugger off without touching anything else then that might be achievable. I would still recommend buying a PC and polishes yourself though... I have only done a couple of cars with mine so...
Most buckets will stack inside each other to minimise storage space. I have 4 right now. I think that grit guard thing is an absolute con to be honest for what it actually is.
MORE... considering it took me about 6/7 hours just to wash, clay then correct my car which only had very minor swirls... and then you will need the wheels, tyres, windows, plastics, shuts done too at a minimum, I would say even £100 is a bargain. So if you have bad paint and want your interior...
My Mum questions me washing my car once a week, when she cleans the toilet, bathroom, kitchen and lounge most days. Considering I spend a lot more time in my car than in any of those places, and that a car depreciates where as a house appreciates in value, to me it seems illogical not to clean...
Yeh people seem to think anything more than a quick hose down then smearing a dirty sponge over the paint and leaving to dry au natural is OTT. That is probably why you notice what s*** condition everyones car is once you start taking care of your own!
Erm not sure... surely you can't attach any plug as it can't have all the different fittings, and even if it did then it wouldn't know what current to convert it to!
Have you got any pics? I would be very very cautious before experimenting with electricity...
An ordinary power cable won't fit into the transformer... need the 110v I'm afraid and also a 110v plug to connect the PC either to the transformer or to the extension.
Typical Northener... not wanting to fork out themselves.... :evil:
Having said that it took me over a year I think to get round to it but thats more because I'm lazy...
I use a new piece each time for paint, then my giant ball for windows and wheels... its so big it doesn't really get dirty anymore.
My neighbour looked at me the other day and asked "Tom, why are you rubbing plasticine all over your car for?!" - when you think about it it is a strange product...
I keep all my used clay (as long as its not ruined) in a giant clay ball for windows and glass... it is pretty big now, and some day it may take over the world. Possibly....
If all you are after is ease of washing then any sealant/ wax combo does that providing the paint underneath is in good condition...
I have seen a few permaguarded cars and they did have a nice gloss but the depth of the paint wasn't amazing IMO.
By the way guys... I have just had a presentation and seen not only the 135 Coupe, new 6 Series and X6 in the flesh, but also the mighty new M3.
Absolute sex. If any of you have a spare £50k knocking about GET ONE. Makes the RS4 look very average indeed.
Right back to the detailing: paint...