Did a day on the Toledo...

[Scrooge]

Right as I was waiting for a part to arrive today I thought I’d do something productive. That something productive turned out to be pay the Toledo’s paintwork some proper attention other than just throwing some lovely potions at it.

I’d been bloody craving a detail of some kind anyway so I was pretty much in my element. Happy as a pig in sh*t.
Considering the paint hadn’t seen a machine in well over a year my washing and drying techniques are obviously as they should as the paint was pretty damn good. Minor minor swirls and a few deep scratches from idiots who seem to feel the need to walk themselves or the things they have with down the side of the car.

I was going to go down the Auto Finesse Triple route but decided I had enough time to go Menz 2500 followed by Menz 4000. Started at 8am this morning and got in….late. Knackered.

Anyhoo…..

Not too dirty even though it was before Christmas it was shown a frothy mitt..

Dirt. by scrooge89, on Flickr

Dirt by scrooge89, on Flickr

Dirt.. by scrooge89, on Flickr

I’m not bothering with pre wash anymore. I’ll stick with just a heavy hit of Valet Pro foam with a bit AF lather in it….

FOAM! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Verso’d all the shuts etc…

Verso by scrooge89, on Flickr

Imperial’d the wheels..

Imperial by scrooge89, on Flickr

Shiny Wheel by scrooge89, on Flickr

Washed with HubiWash. Yep I’m still loving this stuff. It’s bloody brilliant! As is the CarPro mitt..

HubiWash by scrooge89, on Flickr

Rinsed, dried and then onto decontamination, yep it’s been while!

IronX by scrooge89, on Flickr

Bleeding!! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Still using this over Tardis..

TarX by scrooge89, on Flickr

The usual BiltHamber clay and then AB cherry blast diluted for a bit of lube…

Not actual Demon shine by scrooge89, on Flickr

Roof done…

Clay after Roof by scrooge89, on Flickr

Finished off then crack on with the machine. No 50/50s as the camera wasn’t picking anything up. The feel and shine however I am really happy with. Damn I love a bit of super slick paintwork!

POP!! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Daylight Reflections by scrooge89, on Flickr

I then tough prep’d ready for Reload

Tough Prep (2) by scrooge89, on Flickr

Reload by scrooge89, on Flickr

Some reflection/shine shots…

Stag Reflections by scrooge89, on Flickr

Toledo Reflections by scrooge89, on Flickr

Reflections!! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Reflections! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Arch by scrooge89, on Flickr

Roof Reflections by scrooge89, on Flickr

I then dressled all the plastics…

Dressle by scrooge89, on Flickr

Enduro’d the tyres and then Eraser’d all the windows. When I had finish as you can imagine it was bloody dark so bare with the finished shots, you all know what it looks like anyway!

Toledo in the Shadows... by scrooge89, on Flickr

Toledo in the Shadows.. by scrooge89, on Flickr

Toledo in the Shadows. by scrooge89, on Flickr

Toledo in the Shadows by scrooge89, on Flickr

Reload beads bloody nicely too…

Beading! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Beading!! by scrooge89, on Flickr

Thanks. C+C welcome as always J
Ant

 

[Stefan.]

Looks lovely!!

 

[Bluebeard]

Looking good Tone!

 

[Scrooge]

Thanks

 

[Budgie]

Looking good Tone!

Echoed.

 

[Scrooge]

The Tone bit can f**k right off.

 

[Mr Plums]

Looks nice that, i desperately need to do mine, im going to try fit it in this weekend.

 

[Goodj]

Can you do Listerine next Saturday?

 

[JD]

Boost bus! Looking good chap!

 

[Rob]

I wish I could see this, but I'm browsing with no images due to using all my bandwidth

I'll look later and insert a comment <here>.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Turns out you CAN polish a turd

 

[aucky]

Spot on

 

[Gally]

Forgetting the outside pictures the ones inside show just how much gloss can be added to Grey/Silvers. Utterly stunning work mate. You should have took so many more inside and people would be gobsmaked I can tell.

Slick is a word I would use. Proper finish. Shame you're not closer, double detailing would be fun!

 

[Goodj]

Turns out you CAN polish a turd

Shut your mouth, vicar.

Poledos are the cream of that gen of VW platform... well, other than a top whack quattro A4.

Ant Tony's has already pissed over so many "performance" cars, its untrue.... mind, that's what an industrial-sized compressor in under the bonnet can do I guess

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Looks lovely Ant!

 

[Coby.]

Great work, Not bad for a just because you had to be about job.

 

[Dan...]

Awesome work!

 

[Scrooge]

Turns out you CAN polish a turd

Lol thanks for that Chipolata!

Forgetting the outside pictures the ones inside show just how much gloss can be added to Grey/Silvers. Utterly stunning work mate. You should have took so many more inside and people would be gobsmaked I can tell.

Slick is a word I would use. Proper finish. Shame you're not closer, double detailing would be fun!

Reload didn't even add much shine so i'm very happy with the finish, I need some closer detailers tag teaming a car would be an epic day!

Thanks All!

 

[JD]

Oh, actually, I'm going to say it looks s**t because you asked and then went against my suggestion

 

[Scrooge]

Lol I was tempted but I thought whilst I had the time I may aswell, glad I did tbh. Tripple would've worked well though.

 

[JD]

Agreed. Surprised you didn't go for something more bullish than Reload. Something like a decent insulator wax. Although I guess with your washing it quite often, Reload will hold up just fine.

 

[Scrooge]

For the beading, love the beading haha

I will be washing it once a week or every two and no doubt give it a reload wipe down each time anyway. I've never really needed durability as I like wasting products lol

 

[cat171]

Looks great chap, nice work. I'll PM you soon for doing mine (should be getting it back this Sat) so sometime after then.

Pmsl @ Tone, lol!!!

 

[Scrooge]

Yay

I thought Tone had been forgotten about ffs.

 

[Rob]

Finally got to see some pictures, looks bonza big T.

It's a shame you need to drive it home as finished pictures that do it justice really would be better the next morning or similar.

 

[JD]

cat171, you still got the Vee right, Craig?

 

[cat171]

Yay

I thought Tone had been forgotten about ffs.

Sweet!

No mate, not heard it before. I'll use it next time I see you.

@cat171, you still got the Vee right, Craig?

Yes bro.

 

[Scrooge]

Turns out you CAN polish a turd

Finally got to see some pictures, looks bonza big T.

It's a shame you need to drive it home as finished pictures that do it justice really would be better the next morning or similar.

tis all good, everyone knows what it looks like and you can see the slick finish in the inside shots.

 

[Amos91]

Looks lovely.

Used to love the BTCC & WTCC version of this! Let alone the GT version...

 

[Scrooge]

An ex works shell came up for £2k once. I almost bunged it on the credit card!

 

[Tyler@Ultimate]

Looks wicked mate, bring on the summer

 

[Scrooge]

Looks wicked mate, bring on the summer

Thanks mate, needs carbon'd dash, hope sort that out. That price I asked you for btw, seems a goer. He's picking the bike up this weekend. Do you have business number to givehim?

 

[Goodj]

carbon dash?
wut?
brushed Alu shirley?

 

[Scrooge]

Nah I fancy some carbon dipped bits, Tyler does a good job on them and I think it looks kind of cool.

 

[Goodj]

For true Poledo effect, it needs to be a shoddy job.
maybe some Everlast vinyls?

 

[Scrooge]

Lol definitely not, too many people have done rubbish jobs for me

 

[Paul.M]

Looks awesome, I love this bus.

What wheels are they out of interest?

 

[Scrooge]

Thanks, they RS6 replicas, they have more offset and are bit wider so I think they look better. One downside is that they're heavier than the moon!

 

[lemonnobby]

That looks mint..need to sort mine out.

 

[Goodj]

An ex works shell came up for £2k once. I almost bunged it on the credit card!

FFS

I'd have paid for it, just to have a PD BTCC Poledo.

Could have used it on the Britcar and everything