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I wouldnt really want to be T-cutting it more than once a year to be honest.
Not a big fan of the Meguiars Stage 1-3 system, prefer Autoglym Super Resin and Extra Gloss Protection myself.
You should not need to t-cut very often, once done you need to seal or wax the paint to protect the shine so it lasts more than 2 days. You will do damage if you use it all the time.
Non Cupped 182's can run aftermarket 172 suspension, they both share the same hub spacing, which is different to that of Cupped 182's.
To fit suspension onto your non cupped car that is for a Cup packed car, will need new hubs etc.
With Black its going to by dirty five mins after cleaning it so you are onto a losing battle!
As for washing get a good lambswool mitt to prevent any swirling and spiderwebs the best you can, and use the two bucket wash method. The marks in there will be hard to remove without a PC because of...
I just use my large drying towels folded up on the car sides and then unfold it for the roof and bonnet.
I do have the smaller half size ones for the lower doors and valances though.
It's just such a pain to use, much more user freindly products out there. Once applied T-cut can be a nightmare to remove.
Products like Scratch X have theye advantage they start of abbrassive and polish down to fine finishing polish. You dont get this with the likes of t-cut either.
I went for the Canon 350D Jay
Standard Kit lens and a 70-300mm Zoom for Track stuff.
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Theu guys doing it by hand, different grades of abbrassive papers and lots of metal polish.
Easy option by machine in a polishing shop.
It works like any scratch removal product, it removes clearcoat or paint down to the same level as the scratch. Depending how deep the marks are governs how much hard work and how many applications are needed.
No experience of the T-Cut scratch remover but if it is anything like normal T-Cut...
As above claying is about they only thing that may lift them off. Keep kneading the clay to get a fresh surface to prevent them scratching the paint anymore than they have to.
Ran them on my old 205 GTi, great tyre in the dry, dire when it was even slighty moist out!
Dont last long though on a 130 brake 205, so would like to think how long they would last on anything with more power. Go for the F1's instead.
You did the right thing declining IMO.
A good sealant such as Autoglym Extra Gloss Protection applied a couple of times of year is just as good.
You can buy the kits cheap on ebay if you really do want to DIY it.
I would just stick to good normal products though.