Cleaned and covered ready for winter - cup content

[Johnc172]

I thought I'd show some up to date pics of my cup before it goes undercover for the winter!

Im slowly getting into to detailing, this is the first proper clean I've given it, the car was covered is CL brake dust and after the F1 a while back it needed at good old clean! It's by no means perfect though!

I didn't take pics of the whole cleaning process and some of the pics are terrible, finished ones are ok tho!

That s at the F1, stuck in the mud big time, also managed to loose half my splitter which I'm gutted about as its the original one that's lasted nearly 10 yrs!!

My cleaning process went along the lines of:

Wash Car - wash mitt - megs gold class shampoo

Remove tar - AG tar remover

Remove Iron - Iron X (this is quality stuff, made my carbon lorraine brake dust covered car disappear

Rinse and make sure all iron x removed

Claybar – chemical guys clay block and luber, easier to use for me as a novice

Rinse

Polish – AG super resin polish

Cleanse – Dodo Juice - Lime Prime

Glaze - Chemical Guys - EZ Glaze with Acrylic Shine II

Sealant – AG extra gloss protection

Wax - 2 x coats of Chemical Guys XXX Hardcore Paste Wax

After some help from the lads in the detailing section, I realised some steps were mixed up and they gave me some good tips on other products to use next time so cheers to them!

Now the pics...

Iron x doing its thing...

And then a before and after of the door shuts after iron x had worked its magic!!

Before...

And after...

I haven't got any pics of the rest of the cleaning process so here's some afters! And some pics of the interior which is nearly finished, just a few finishing touches, should be able to sort these before it gets taxed again next year!

Hope you like...

Interior pics

Seats and cage

Dash and centre console

Door cards and handle spacers

And now for the saddest pics :-(

So that's it For 6 months! Gutted it's off the road now!

Im not really an active user on here but looking forward to getting to meet some of you at the meets next year!!

 

[Richyy182]

Quality

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Why is it off the road?

 

[Johnc172]

I've got a shed 106 that I use as a daily for work and I've got a limited mileage policy through adrian flux, plus tax runs out tomorrow too! I'll be doing bits to it through the winter anyway so I will see it soon!

 

[Fletcher]

Liking the seats/ and dustbin dash.

 

[craig2351]

Nice car mate

 

[Ghm]

Happy Hibernation Clio!

You going to warm the engine up every now and again?

 

[MG cup]

Night and day with the detail. Iron x is top stuff.

Liking the centre console piece, is that aluminium wrapped in carbon effect?

 

[Sir_Dave]

Liking the centre console piece, is that aluminium wrapped in carbon effect?

Looks the bin in my old shared house.

Shame to take it off the road, but at the end of the day, winer = cup killing season. No abs, etc ...

 

[Coops Mk1]

nowt wrong with putting the toy to bed for the winter, after shakey end of this month I shall probably be doing the same sweet dreams little cup, see you in the spring!

 

[MG cup]

Looks the bin in my old shared house.

What kinda bin? Serious question

Good use of a bin if that's the case.

 

[Johnc172]

Ah you remebered my thread about 'bin mod' most people thought it was better then 'bucket mod' haha!

Here's the link to my other thread, great very cheap way of tidying the centre up!

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?647266-A-£7-Asda-Bin-and-a-Flocked-Dash!

Cheers for the comments all!

 

[leeds_182]

Is it a decent car cover? I was looking for one for my vx220 but a lot of reviews said they do more harm than good.

Nice looking cup though.

 

[Coops Mk1]

I use a cover, work well to keep the worst of fallout/dust off the car but can rub a bit and you need to keep on top of the waterproofing or it does nothing.

 

[MG cup]

Here's the link to my other thread, great very cheap way of tidying the centre up!

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?647266-A-£7-Asda-Bin-and-a-Flocked-Dash!

Cheers mate, that idea could get stolen. Im needing a place to put switches like yourself if I remove lower dash. Undecided yet but if I do I'll defo use "The Bin Mod"

 

[Johnc172]

Cheers mate, that idea could get stolen. Im needing a place to put switches like yourself if I remove lower dash. Undecided yet but if I do I'll defo use "The Bin Mod"

No worries! I think it cost me about £15 in total, exlcluding the switches.

If you got any more questions about it, give me a shout

 

[VIICarCare]

oooooft that is really nice!