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benH, If you buy a quick detailer, like Meguiars QuikDetailer, you can use this to remove dust. You spray it on fairly liberally and wipe gently with a clean MF towel. Because the QD is so slippery, it doesn;t damage the paint. Black shows up all the imperfections in paintwork. You...

If you ring Black Bear Harley on newmarket 01638 664455, they do mail order. They stock just about all s100 stuff. Their wheel cleaner is supposed to be just about the best out there. The thing with s100 is it is the same as p21s but a lot cheaper. P21s is marketed at car owners, and s100 at...

Billabong, No camera trickery needed. its all in the prep. ie pre-cleaning, pre-wax (ie polishing). It IS hard work, but that is how you can make a car look with patience, time, experience and the right products. To avaid getting the wax on black bits. Be careful. Just joking. If you use...

You can get the s100 from harley dealers if you happen to live near one. Cost about £15 for enough to do a clio about 25-30 times. For meguiars stuff visit www.meguiars.co.uk or call them on 0870 241 6696, but you will pay £3.49 p+p per order, although more and more local car shops supply it...

3m glaze can come from pretty much any motor factors. I have a part number which I post tomorrow. Or if you promise to post pics of your car when its doone I can send your a few ounces to use, if you like. I would recommend to start with getting the Meguiars 3-stage deep crystal system. It...

PPS: also meant to add... beware of time involvement... yesterday i done a friends silver corsa for her. 1) Wash and dry 2) Megs #9 swirl mark remover 2 (to remove light swirls and scratches) 3) S100 Shine Enhancing Cleanser 4) 3M Imperial Hand Glaze 5) S100 Wax Also fully-detailed...

Clare: if you want to follow those steps then, Super resin Polish (to shine the paint) Glaze (for even more shine!) Extra Gloss Protection (for, well, protection) That would be it, but if you want, you can add a wax on top of EGP for a glow/wetness. If you want to know more, post...

Super resin polish is abrasive... it Will remove a very, very fine layer of clear-coat or paint when you use it. Try it on a non-clear-coated car, you will see the paint colour come off on your cloth. Most people confuse polishing with waxing. POLISHING: Is when you use a product which...

if youre gonna keep it CLEAN, and I mean real clean, deffo go for black. With a good polish, follwed by a good pure carnauba wax no ther colour will give such a fantastic depth and wet-look. Neglect black, let it get dirty and itll look like a heap ocitroen... Face

£13,250. full uk car, from uk dealer. included freee first service. The sales lady said she liked my face.

£13,250. full uk car, from uk dealer. included freee first service. The sales lady said she liked my face.

Well, given the build quality, wafer-thin paint/clearcoat, and the excellent dealer service (something like 34 out of 37 in autoexpress) about 50p.

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I got my dealer to do mine when the car went in! Was ever-so-easy! Face

Norfolk 172 - where are you in norfolk? Face

matt because renaults by default are left-hand drive, so to them the wipers are the right way round... reno cant be bothered to make a rhd version for us. Remember seeing this on wathdog when a woman whod bought a new pug 206 complained the wipers didnt clear the snow off of her windscreen...

Hello, Thinking of getting some new wipers for my 172, as the standard ones are really peeing me off - they dont seem to make full contact with the glass across the width of the blade, as it looks like they smearing instead of clearing the water away. Would buying some better ones, such as...

This can often be cause when people wash and wax thier cars. Some people wash their car with sponges - sometimes even only one sponge!!! - and the dirt that gets trapped in the sponge can cause "swirls" especially if you wash in a circular motion. Some people will then even rinse their...

yeah, all right, will do... Will send them to the gallery. Thanks to everyone for making the effort and trying to look, anyway. Face

Hi guys, If anyone is interested in seeing some pics of my washed and waxed 172, just follow the link below. http://www.autopia.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18955 See ya, Face

Rang reno today, and they sell a 1litre bottle of coolant for £5.88, all ready mixed to correct strength etc. so you just top it up. Nice and easy, thats how I like it! Face

Hi, Filled up my screenwash bottle today, and noticed that my header tank has minimun and maximum marks. The coolent is above the minimum mark and I wondered what to do. Can I just add half a litre of filtered tap water, or a bottle of still water? or do I need to add some special...

Im in Norwich, where are they... do you have the address? Face

My vote goes to meguiars also. been checking out www.zainobros.com recently, which seems to make some interesting products. Not had much luck with meguiars scratch x, even though my swirls are very fine... in fact, if i run my finger over them, the natural grease left behind is enough to...

Me too!!!!

Dont know how true this is, but... I heard that birds have a natural tendancy to normally crap over an expanse of water, and maybe the extra reflections/shiny-ness of a new washed and waxed car gives them the impression that it is water, if you get what I mean! Im sure I heard this...

Actually, the thread is called "got my first nip today" if it isnt already, this info should perhaps be put into the members area permanently, just in case anything happens to the forums! Cheers Face

Id try the evidence route... after all, technically they are "demanding money with menaces" - either pay up or well jail you (or whatever). If you serach the forums, there was a thread a couple of months ago called "just got my 1st ticket" or similar, where someone listed thdemnding money...

Actually, the thread is called "got my first nip today" if it isnt already, this info should perhaps be put into the members area permanently, just in case anything happens to the forums! Cheers Face

Id try the evidence route... after all, technically they are "demanding money with menaces" - either pay up or well jail you (or whatever). If you serach the forums, there was a thread a couple of months ago called "just got my 1st ticket" or similar, where someone listed thdemnding money...