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he still is a fudge nut!
i was looking for a replacement engine , seen one from bluechip spares with loads of arrows all over it for £800 something like 50k miles.....
f**k off i can get one half of that for the same amout of stuff.
would love to find out how he gets away with it, must be...
i got a kit from halfords , something like £16 without the trade card. did the job.
hard metal polishing kit. the do a soft but it comes with less stuff.
hard polishing wheel with black hard cutting compound
medium polishing wheel ( wool rag type thing ) WITH RED/PINK polishing compund
and...
do most of it by drill or grinder, then hand sand it to make it a good finish. after all that work through the polishing wheels and compounds to make it shiney :)
i started off with 120-240-320-400-600-800- and finishede on 1000 wet and dry. could of got it to look better but IMO the 1000grit...
Royal nailis epic.
Royal fail needs a better lump up front
Didnt the owner of royal nail take all the engine out and put it into a stupidly quick bogo standard mk3 escort?
Awesome, I see what you mean about tthe water behaviour , don't think much will ' cling ' tbh.
Cant wait to try it out.
I presume it's an all over product, as in suitable for all painted surfaces?
I don't think I need to worry about water sheeting :o
Im more worried about that I'm going spend ages correcting his paint work, and for it to look crap again in a few months! With his non wash incentive
Just ordered the cquartz stuff.
Now to find something for mine, as I still prefer wax
Is Cquartz any good as a LSP for long periods under dirt ?
Trying to think what to coat daves 172 in as he don't wash it much
Whats the Gtech stuff like?
Tel you lot something, polishing the metal parts to look like chrome is a pitta. Spent most of today doing a few boost pipes and an engine mount....
** pics to follow later on *
Autosmart tardis
IronX
a few more CG hex pads
3m cut and polish spot pads
303
And a few bottles of bubble gum and very cheery airfreshners
All to mine and dave dread dog kennel ( will be a thread for his lol )