Crappy old transit.....>...... Amazing Transit!

[Yosemite Sam]

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=130464

I'd have loved to have been a part of that! What a great day and turnaround.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Certainly looks a lot better after.

 

[George182]

That's fantastic!

 

[Andy93]

Wow. I have a new found respect for detailers, those results are amazing!

 

[Joe#]

I love stuff like this. Just shows what some TLC can do.

 

[Tutuur]

Looks great now! What a difference

 

[ABOO]

Just needs some new plates and wheels to complete. Awesome job!

Better than a clio in the twisties as well...

 

[Tim.]

That was three years ago - bet it doesn't look like that now! In fact it probably didn't last more than a week or two.

Looks like there was good craic to be had and a real achievement at the end of the day.

 

[Rob]

I'd have loved them to go a little more to town on the interior and get some wet and dry + silver spray for the wheels.

Wicked read though.

 

[JD]

Regardless of how geeky Dave is, still gotta love his knowledge and abilities.

 

[tommy g]

Good transformation

 

[Chip-mk1]

That was three years ago - bet it doesn't look like that now! In fact it probably didn't last more than a week or two.

Looks like there was good craic to be had and a real achievement at the end of the day.

Thats the problem with old red flat paint, my mrs used to polish the corsa for each event we did as a month later it would be starting to go pink again even with trendy anti UV products applied

 

[Jordanb29]

bloody hell, thats a massive turnaround, i need this doing to my clio badly

 

[Tony Hunter]

More pics of Cara me thinks. With or without mask.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Thats the problem with old red flat paint, my mrs used to polish the corsa for each event we did as a month later it would be starting to go pink again even with trendy anti UV products applied

LOL! I did my Red Mk2 Cavalier SRI 130 last year, on the saturday iirc. I then went to Devon with the family on the sunday morning. I came back on sunday morning a week later, and it looked nearly as bad as it did before I did it!

Dreadful paint, that old flat red.

 

[Chip-mk1]

More pics of Cara me thinks. With or without mask.

Yeah she looks pretty hot

 

[Brett]

Wish I had the enthusiasm to do something like this. I love my car but would rather drive it than clean it unfortunately.

 

[Hixle]

f**k me, they all make Gally look almost normal.

 

[Chip-mk1]

f**k me, they all make Gally look almost normal.

its weird cause girls into detailing (well the limited few I know) are normally pretty reasonable looking, but the blokes always are neary always weirdo nerdy looking types who look like when not detailing they are playing world of Warcraft etc.

 

[.GAZ.]

Gordon knows his stuff.

 

[Hixle]

its weird cause girls into detailing (well the limited few I know) are normally pretty reasonable looking, but the blokes always are neary always weirdo nerdy looking types who look like when not detailing they are playing world of Warcraft etc.

That reminds me, I still have your DA

We're detailing geeks really.

 

[fletch8]

surely some cost to do that!

 

[Chip-mk1]

That reminds me, I still have your DA

We're detailing geeks really.

Not mine, that belongs to my mrs, she had that before I even met her, Im not into detailing at all TBH

 

[Chip-mk1]

surely some cost to do that!

If you were paying 4 people an hourly rate for a 10 hour day then yes it would come to the value of the transit I would think, if your time has no value though cause you are doing it for fun, then just a few dozen quid in products and pads I guess.

 

[kpowell911]

Everyone knows The Shittier the Van = The More Sucessful the company though!!

Tradesman fact!

 

[Sir_Dave]

Regardless of how geeky Dave is, still gotta love his knowledge and abilities.

lol, now i know why i dont ever clean my car. Im normal.

Those lot look like they've been let out of the mental shop for the day :slap:...

 

[Lal B3N]

Flol! Dirty car ftw!

 

[Philip.]

Looks so much better.

I need to do mine, it's f**king minging.
Finger marks all over the bootlid etc.

 

[McGherkin]

I wonder what'll happen when he finds out he's actually supposed to use it for work.

 

[RDH]

Lol, obviously some good workmanship but what an immense waste of time. If you want to have a laugh with your mates, I'm pretty sure there are better things to do than detail a sh*tty old van?

People with clean vans = wierdos.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

People with clean vans = wierdos.

I wash mine religiously. I even dress the tyres.

 

[RDH]

I wash mine religiously. I even dress the tyres.

If you could have an out of body experience while you were doing it though, you'd think "wtf am I doing".

In all fairness it depends how you use them. My car is always spotless, last week I spent 6 hours cleaning it. My van hasn't been washed in about 3 years, inside or out. As soon as I take it on site it is destroyed in mud. Just isn't worth the effort.

 

[Cliotoby]

Regardless of how geeky Dave is, still gotta love his knowledge and abilities.

True, but he does my f**king nut in sometimes, especially when the other DW members start digging their noses deep into his arse hole. Its sickening to look at.

 

[Chip-mk1]

At the end of the day, its cleaning stuff, calling it "detailing" just cause you do it quite thoroughly doesnt change the fact you are choosing to spend your spare time doing a slightly tarted up version of a minimum wage job for free, lol

 

[Yosemite Sam]

If you could have an out of body experience while you were doing it though, you'd think "wtf am I doing".

In all fairness it depends how you use them. My car is always spotless, last week I spent 6 hours cleaning it. My van hasn't been washed in about 3 years, inside or out. As soon as I take it on site it is destroyed in mud. Just isn't worth the effort.

I spend a LOT of time in my van, that's why I like it clean and tidy.

 

[Yellow Dave]

and a week later,he took it to the local automated car wash amd royally f#cked off all their hard work I bet. can't question the turn around though

 

[ColinG]

Its definately improved but jeez FFS if you want a laugh with your mates go down the pub!!!

 

[Poopensharten]

That chinese dude looks like Micheal McIntyre. And he's wearing Turkish cat boots.

Just thought i'd point that out there.

 

[Tony Hunter]

And I did my van on my own ffs.

 

[Jon.G]

Crying out for fresh plates!