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BG 182
- Thread starter Louis
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AAS'D RB 182
Gutted. Looks like a nice job for Saturday. Good work on the sub mate ??
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Is it worth spending money on a bed?
Car parts come first.
My girlfriend's sister is staying over tonight so had to get the airbed out. Will get pics later.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Bed share and talk spoilers.
Imo.
Imo.
It's on for it's first trial fit and it's looking good!
Bit of a pain trying to get it all lined up as it's currently catching on the roof when lifting the boot. I'll take it off again tomorrow and start over.
Couple of quick snaps. I'm happy with the colour match!
Bit of a pain trying to get it all lined up as it's currently catching on the roof when lifting the boot. I'll take it off again tomorrow and start over.
Couple of quick snaps. I'm happy with the colour match!
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Have you got the shorter boot struts?
I most certainly don't.
I'll be measuring it up when it's on to see what the max length I can get away with is.
I'm gonna buy some rubnuts and fit those inside the spoiler I think. Can I run without a spoiler without water getting into the boot?
Besides the fact it'll look gash
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Just stick the old cup spoiler back on you flid lmao
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
You definitely need the shorter struts. SGS do them.
Just refit the cup spoiler for now, only 2 screws.
Just in case in rains tonight, can't be bothered doing it now... haha
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Shouldn't be a problem without a spoiler for tonight. The glass is sealed all round anyway.
Just bag the electrical stuff up.
Just bag the electrical stuff up.
Swapped out my side repeater as it was cracked in a similar way to my rear light. Very odd, must be that age of plastic? All internal cracks, not from bumps
20180616_193553 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
Went to the petrol station and jumped on the pressure washer today to give the car a proper pre-wash. I attacked the rear bumper and bootlid again with some fallout remover to try and remove that staining that I had happen from the fallout drying on a hot day.
Unfortunately working more fallout remover in and agitating it didn't help. Took the car back home and gave it a proper wash and then grabbed the daspro to run it over the rear end.
20180617_170420 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
20180617_170437 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
20180617_192917 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
20180617_170443 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
20180617_192926 by Louis Walker, on Flickr
Gave it a wipe over with some carpro eraser as recommended by @JamesBryan to remove the oils from the menzerna and it appears all the marks are gone. Fingers crossed!
I then went around the car with a touchup pen to fill in any small imperfections/ stonechips. I'll hopefully be going over them again next weekend with some wet and dry then machine polishing the whole car! Now i've found settings 5/6 on the daspro it works so well! ?
Went to the petrol station and jumped on the pressure washer today to give the car a proper pre-wash. I attacked the rear bumper and bootlid again with some fallout remover to try and remove that staining that I had happen from the fallout drying on a hot day.
Unfortunately working more fallout remover in and agitating it didn't help. Took the car back home and gave it a proper wash and then grabbed the daspro to run it over the rear end.
Gave it a wipe over with some carpro eraser as recommended by @JamesBryan to remove the oils from the menzerna and it appears all the marks are gone. Fingers crossed!
I then went around the car with a touchup pen to fill in any small imperfections/ stonechips. I'll hopefully be going over them again next weekend with some wet and dry then machine polishing the whole car! Now i've found settings 5/6 on the daspro it works so well! ?
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
That looks ??
Microfibre pads are ace.
Can you recommend a decent trim dressing? I hate polish marks on trims and want to darken them up
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Your car looks bald without a spoiler?
Paint looks fire though mate! Making me jealous as f**k!
Paint looks fire though mate! Making me jealous as f**k!
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Solution finish is okay, I didn’t find it as good/last as long as others say.
I use the sonax trim gel, lasts a while, is cheap, the bottle will last bloody ages lol.
Other than that, heat gun. But I haven’t tried that.
Have used peanut butter (smooth obvs) which was ok, for a day or two lol.
Im happy with the sonax gel, reminds me of the old skool bumper gel before others rebranded it.
I use the sonax trim gel, lasts a while, is cheap, the bottle will last bloody ages lol.
Other than that, heat gun. But I haven’t tried that.
Have used peanut butter (smooth obvs) which was ok, for a day or two lol.
Im happy with the sonax gel, reminds me of the old skool bumper gel before others rebranded it.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
I’m famous
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001054COY/?tag=cliospnet01-21
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001054COY/?tag=cliospnet01-21
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
For Trim gel I use AutoGlym Trim gel, easy on and lasts a month at least.
Heat gun only brings the plastic oils to the surface and makes the plastic a tad brittle so not a massive fan of doing it. It does work well to bring back the dark look though
Heat gun only brings the plastic oils to the surface and makes the plastic a tad brittle so not a massive fan of doing it. It does work well to bring back the dark look though
Paintwork isn't mint, got lots of scratches on the top of the bumper but they're difficult to remove. I've never wetsanded then machine polished the marks away before but im sure it's not too difficult if i dont go overboard.
Wish people would lift stuff out the boots instead of dragging them over the bumper.
Yeah, looks almost like a 197 with the standard spoiler ☺ Didn't get round to refitting my cup one and might just leave it off until my rubnuts come
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Not this time thankfully, although her sister slammed the passenger door with the seatbelt in between. Slammed it hard enough it even shut properly but with the belt in the doorjamb, i went sick.
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
1000 yard death stare followed by "c**t c**t c**t c**t c**t c**t"?
My Mrs has a habit of being a cow and slamming my car door when she doesn't get her own way. Luckily I only let her in the dCi, shes scared of the 172 because shes a pussy
My Mrs has a habit of being a cow and slamming my car door when she doesn't get her own way. Luckily I only let her in the dCi, shes scared of the 172 because shes a pussy
Should be yeah! Dunno if I'll camp, might do the same as I did last year but come earlier.
What do you mean? Car was pristine at csf last year ?
I'm driving around like this for a while because lazy.
I've heard good things about the gtechniq too, I'll take a look.
Paintwork definitely is not mint but it's okay for 129k
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Looks good.
The microfibre pads work really well on a DA.
Gtechniq C4, Carpro Dlux or Gyeon Trim for the plastics.
The microfibre pads work really well on a DA.
Gtechniq C4, Carpro Dlux or Gyeon Trim for the plastics.
Cheers all! Yeah, does look good when clean! Just never stays that way for long. Back is filthy again from all this pollen.
On the trophy front, how long can I wait before machine polishing? I'm guessing it could do with a wet-sand too? It has quite a lot of swirls in it already, but I know he buffed it up by hand as it still had some polish on it when I got it.
He said take it back to him when fitted, but just thought it'd be easier to try doing it myself, or is it not worth the effort?
On the trophy front, how long can I wait before machine polishing? I'm guessing it could do with a wet-sand too? It has quite a lot of swirls in it already, but I know he buffed it up by hand as it still had some polish on it when I got it.
He said take it back to him when fitted, but just thought it'd be easier to try doing it myself, or is it not worth the effort?
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Dunno about the wetsanding, try just a polish first and see what its like. Better to do the least amount of abrasion first
Like @Sunglasses_Ron and his car you mean? [emoji23]
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
I'd wait a week or so before polishing the spoiler.
Sunglasses_Ron
ClioSport Admin
I went over it with an orange pad yesterday and some medium cut menzerna compound and it didn't seem to do anything. Maybe put more marks into it if anything.... think it's not fully hardened?
I'll wait a week then try again. Don't want to cause damage that can't be machined out
