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Mines an '04 182 mate.

My car has got the bottom ones, I would say they are the standard ones...

In fairness some of the Skeete cars looked good. I used to love their Renault 5 'Black Magic' :o

Legend! (sort of). Shame he wrote it off, but for a guy that obviously knows how to drive, he must have been pushing HARD!

I asked for a price on mine a few weeks ago, but after spending £1,300 quid on it this month (and £300 last month!) I would like a revised opinion! BG 182 Full Fat (both cup packs) 56,000 miles 11 months MOT, 4 months tax Scorpion RS192, V6 airbox Toyo T1R's all round, front 2 nearly brand new...

Same as mine, has been in the garage for 4 years now! I just can't pull it out as I know it's going to be an absolute money pit before I even start the engine again!

Haha that's amazing! I haven't got the tool to do the sump plug, what do I do now? Oh I know, try a door handle! lol!

Must say that looks really really good!!! Wicked combo of perforated leather, and light stitching/top stripe thingy, good choice and good work! :cool:

In addition to what you said Simon, I would also say never put aerosol or high solvent paints near vinyl, such as lacquer out of a spray can. The high solvent content reacts with and shrinks vinyl, and will make it lift off and go wrinkly. Btw, those bullets in the 1st/2nd pics look top notch!

Cool, I was thinking for a moment you had an air sander with a polishing backing pad attached! G220 is a decent bit of kit :approve:

Lol you're definatley ready to go then. Out of interest, is your DA polisher air powered?

On an older thread I started, I posted some pictures of the centre part of the top dash and the surround panel covering the hazard switch and buttons either side that I painted in Black Gold to match the exterior. My car has got the silver dash trims, silver gearknob and steering wheel trims...

As above, electric DA polisher would be good, might be a bit tricky doing little bits of trim though (getting them to stay still whilst you polish etc) Lacquer out of a can isn't very 'hard' so might even be easier using compound by hand but see how you get on.

DA sanding AFTER flatting back isn't a good idea no lol. You need to use compound after flatting the paint back either with a machine polisher or by hand. DA's are good sanding large flat panels like doors and bonnets. When spraying small bits and bobs just flat it by hand with wet and dry.

In terms of getting a good, shiny finish it just means using a fine wet and dry paper to get the paint nice and flat. 1500 is common for wet sanding. This gets the paint nice and flat and takes the top off any defects in the paint, aka 'denibbing', you then have to compoud after to remove the...

56,088 :cool:

Those trousers are worse than the driving!

A neccessity with lacquer out of a can.

I would say do everything with machine, bar wax/sealant. It's only sitting on top of the paint, rather than needing to be worked so by hand is fine IMO. Plus it's easier to use less product.

Cheers Fred, an interesting read. Still don't understand why the second number is higher though!

Thanks for the reply, I know that oil gets thinner as it heats up obviously, but my understanding of the numbers meant that the 'hot rating' of the oil was saying it was higher viscosity! So how do the first number and second number relate to the other then, if the first is cold, and the 2nd is...

I think your only debating at the moment because it's a new look, you'll soon get bored of it and realise it looks better ON!!!

The following copy/paste is from another website as I try to get my head around what gear oil ratings mean... Multigrade gear oils Viscosity of gear oils may be stabilized by polymeric additives (viscosity index improvers). Viscosity of such gear oils is specified at both high and low...

I should be getting mine tomorrow or the next day, i'll give it a go and post some pics :cool:

Let us know how you get on... Post some before and afters ;)

I've got one, used mainly for polishing and refining, as I use rotary's for compound. Really nice piece of kit, I use the 3 inch spot pads if i'm concentrating on individual panels or the standard 7 inch for general polishing and waxing the whole car. As with everything, it depends what you...

Are you going to make a tray to go the full length under the car to meet up with the diffuser? Are you doing this as part of an aero kit or is it just for looks? I wonder if this was done properly (for the sole purpose of aerodynamics) how much difference it would make...

Thanks!

Anyone used this? I literally have or had every Meguiars product, except their waxes so I thought I'd give one a go. Bought a tub online, so will be coming early this week, just wanted to get a bit of feedback/experiences on it. I understand it's more of a sealant than a wax, how does it...