CSS - Harphamominom's Journey

[Harpham]

So, I thought id post up a massive thread about my CSS journey. Ill start off with my detailing, which took place on Thursday and Friday...

CSS Build Up
Correction wasnt as good as I would have liked, but for an amateur/noob, I dont think ive done too bad.
I havent taken a shed load of photos, as I was concentrating more on getting a decent finish c**til I gave up lol).
(Ill let the photos do the talking)

Removed my CS@FCS sticker. Also shows some of the defects:

28/7/11 CS @ FCS Sticker removed + defects by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Before:

28/7/11 Defects by Harpham y0, on Flickr

28/7/11 Swirls on the Bonnet by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Added this half way through day 1:

ClioSport Saturday Sticker by Harpham y0, on Flickr

End of day 1, got dandruff much?!

28/7/11 Got Dandruff? by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Day 2, after 2nd layer of wax (no shots of today's work unfortunately, just afters):

29/7/11 After 2nd layer of wax by Harpham y0, on Flickr

29/7/11 Reflection Shot by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Correction level on bonnet:

29/7/11 Correction level on bonnet by Harpham y0, on Flickr

29/7/11 After 2nd layer of wax by Harpham y0, on Flickr

29/7/11 After 2nd layer of wax by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Reflection shot of underneath the rear diffuser:

29/7/11 Reflection of Rear Diffuser by Harpham y0, on Flickr

29/7/11 After 2nd layer of wax by Harpham y0, on Flickr

I know there hasnt been loads of photos to show you my process etc, but hopefully you've enjoyed looking over my results. Now for the big one...

CSS Photos
So I started up nice and early to check over the car, put the number plates back on and get ready to pick the missus up. Got to Sarah's house at about 8.30am and we went to look at some new arrivals nestling at her house.

CSS '11 Birds Nesting At Sarah's House by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Fast forward to around 11am. Stuck in traffic. Bored. Car was like a sauna (should have specced Climate Control )

CSS '11 Stuck In Traffic by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Quickly jumped out of the car

CSS '11 Stuck In Traffic by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Sneaky pic of Oli stuck in the traffic:

CSS '11 Oli in traffic by Harpham y0, on Flickr

The shed arrived safe and sound:

CSS '11 My 200 Shed by Harpham y0, on Flickr

The Museum
Me and Sarah went in the Museum pretty much straight away (for a toilet break, then look around). I have an obsession with Mini's, so bear with me here

CSS '11 Aston by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Yes Thunderbirds

CSS '11 Thunderbirds by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Ye olde Turini:

CSS '11 Ye Olde Turini by Harpham y0, on Flickr

There was a geeky event on aswell, so we went into that to look at the Star Wars Stuff (even though Sarah has never ever seen any of the films :S :

CSS '11 Star Wars by Harpham y0, on Flickr

YES MINI

CSS '11 Mini by Harpham y0, on Flickr

YES MR BEAN WANNABE MINI

CSS '11 Yes Mr Bean Wannabe by Harpham y0, on Flickr

I made sure that I got some of Andy12's car, after missing it at FCS lol:

CSS '11 RB by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Haii Magpie:

CSS '11 Magpies Vee by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Clio p**n

CSS '11 Clio Cup Racer by Harpham y0, on Flickr

CSS '11 Ratvan by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Winning:

CSS '11 Winning by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Baby Boosh:

CSS '11 Baby Boosh by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Symon was attempting to sell his shed Angry hero!

CSS '11 Sy's Shed For Sale by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Thought id make myself recognised:

CSS '11 O'REEEEEEET IM HARPHAMOMINOM by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Giggity:

CSS '11 Giggity by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Cheekily got one of Brian's 200 :rasp:

CSS '11 Brian's 200 by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Finally, I get home with my hoard of goodies. These being the most interesting:

CSS '11 My Haul by Harpham y0, on Flickr

Loads more photos in here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/harpham/sets/72157627177566911/

Just want to say thank you very much for the "Club Spirit Award", it was a massive surprise and honour to win an award, although im not quite sure what ive done to deserve it. Thanks guys!!!

Was a really good day and met some really nice people, along with seeing some of our locals. The event really is a credit to the hard work that the CS staff put into this and I thoroughly enjoyed myself!! Bring on CSS '12!!!

 

[Megzy]

Err...

 

[Chili Red]

Brilliant photos! I spy the lovely Revels in one of them, and is that Nik's bum?

Jealous I didn't go

 

[Owen]

Nice photo of mine ta mate (in the flickr link).

And congrats on the award too.

 

[Sanders]

Nice pics Paul

 

[Harpham]

Nice photo of mine ta mate (in the flickr link).
And congrats on the award too.

Thanks matey. Which one is yours?

 

[Scott™]

Great pics mate.

 

[VIICarCare]

good pics my boy, I wanted to meet you, Ollie & Gally in particular but no luck

 

[Wick]

Top shots harpham! Nice award too

 

[Harpham]

good pics my boy, I wanted to meet you, Ollie & Gally in particular but no luck

As I did you.... I had a massive list of people I wanted to meet today. Not many ticked off though :S . I finally seen the Vee though. Epic car.

(I met Ollie and Gally though. Gally is exactly how I expected him to be lol.)

 

[Goodj]

Giggidy FTW

 

[Owen]

Thanks matey. Which one is yours?

RB on 2118's with the bonnet open. I managed to completely miss your car!

 

[Harpham]

RB on 2118's with the bonnet open. I managed to completely miss your car!

Ahhh... That was a very nice RB, although was you wiping it down with a sponge?!

You're not the first person who said they hadn't seen my car all day... lol

 

[Owen]

Yes I was. But it's allowed because I was using ONR. Can't recommend it enough, so slick and just glides the crap off. DW approved.

 

[oliver.james]

Sneaky pic of Oli stuck in the traffic:

LOL where I remained for what felt like hours! Hit a bit on the way back too, with a broken down Bentley in the middle lane!

Nice to properly meet you today; congratulations on the award too! :approve:

good pics my boy, I wanted to meet you, Ollie & Gally in particular but no luck

I couldn't see you around your car when I was over that way, however, I did get a photo of Betty! She looked lovely!

 

[jenic]

Awesome pics

 

[VIICarCare]

aww cheers mate, i saw you arriveing & tracked you down. beuty!

 

[Addicted]

good pictures!

Daniel's shed was brilliant, and the reason behind it was even better!

also a few of us saw Sym0n's "advert" in the window, pretty funny!

 

[Joe#]

good pictures, some really interesting stuff in the museum too

 

[DB.]

Nice pics!

 

[Ady182]

Giggidy FTW

:approve:

 

[Gally]

As I did you.... I had a massive list of people I wanted to meet today. Not many ticked off though :S . I finally seen the Vee though. Epic car.

(I met Ollie and Gally though. Gally is exactly how I expected him to be lol.)

A loud c**t? Only Charlie was louder than me!

Let me know how the champers is?

 

[Sym0n]

Gally I have a load of pictures of your heap on Facebook for you to look at...oh.

 

[Jon.G]

Awesome photo's as usual! Had a good look around your car but couldn't spot you anywhere!

 

[B16DOE]

Mods on the black vee are a win win for me nice

 

[Y7 ADW]

Great pics mate! Shame I couldn't make today, I had a wedding unfortunately.

Superb results on the correction, looks factory fresh

 

[Brian]

Well done on the trophy - deserved IMO!

Not bad pics either!

 

[Harpham]

A loud c**t? Only Charlie was louder than me!
Let me know how the champers is?

I imagined you to be an angry Scotsman. I was right lol . Was really good to meet you matey!!
The bottle of Tesco's Finest is sat in the fridge still. I doubt it'll get drunk any time soon

Awesome photo's as usual! Had a good look around your car but couldn't spot you anywhere!

Yup. You were on my list of people to meet too. Shame we didn't find each other. Maybe at WSR, yeah?!!... Cheers man. I had a good look around yours too.

Well done on the trophy - deserved IMO!
Not bad pics either!

Cheers Brian! Was good to see you again matey. I still dont understand why I won the trophy though lol - Im not disputing it though. Extremely honoured to have won it!!

 

[Jon.G]

Yup. You were on my list of people to meet too. Shame we didn't find each other. Maybe at WSR, yeah?!!... Cheers man. I had a good look around yours too.

Yep, I applied for tickets last week so I'll see if I get them/can get time off work.

 

[The Boosh!]

Well done on the award Paul

 

[.Andy.]

Excellent photos mate, love that shot of mine

 

[Harpham]

Well done on the award Paul

Cheers matey. I was quite rude yesterday. Didn't say hello to you all day I dont think. Sorry :S

Excellent photos mate, love that shot of mine

Theres another one of yours in my album I think. (I made sure I got 2 or 3 of it although shame I didn't meet you, again!)

 

[Rob]

Nice little write up, didn't get to meet you mate, shame that.

 

[.Andy.]

Cheers matey. I was quite rude yesterday. Didn't say hello to you all day I dont think. Sorry :S

Theres another one of yours in my album I think. (I made sure I got 2 or 3 of it although shame I didn't meet you, again!)

Yeah saw in the file another of mine You did actually speak to me I said "You decided against the cling film then?" Didnt think you realised who i was although i was standing by my car lol

 

[Dunn]

really good pics

 

[Harpham]

Yeah saw in the file another of mine You did actually speak to me I said "You decided against the cling film then?" Didnt think you realised who i was although i was standing by my car lol

Ahhhh right LOL... Sorry matey. I didnt realise it was you. ffs. Well, atleast I can tick you off my list, even if I didnt speak to you properly and know who you were
Going to RWS? Ill meet you properly there flol.

 

[Sargara]

I spy mine stuck in that traffic jam behind you. SOOOOO glad i spec'd Aircon for what felt like an eternity sat in that queue. I even had some people carrier thing towing a caravan pass by and the kids in the back shout "nice car" :approve:

I wish i had paid attention to my Satnav now instead of following the 350z into that traffic jam! It wanted me to turn left at an earlier round-about.

 

[Leeshez]

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[Harpham]

I even had some people carrier thing towing a caravan pass by and the kids in the back shout "nice car" :approve:

OMG. b******s. I felt soo special when they shouted the same to me.

(Obviously though, they seen my car after yours, so decided that mine was obviously the better one)

 

[.Andy.]

Ahhhh right LOL... Sorry matey. I didnt realise it was you. ffs. Well, atleast I can tick you off my list, even if I didnt speak to you properly and know who you were
Going to RWS? Ill meet you properly there flol.

flol!! Not sure if in going just yet. Not speaking to you now though :rasp: