Clio 182, OctaviaVRS
Hey guys,
Would you believe it was over 9 years ago i signed up to this place, probably the first forum i properly used thinking about it! Glad to see it's all still going so well though, i will have a look around for some of the old names shortly but thought i'd quickly just put up a couple of pics of the Megane F1 i worked on a couple of weeks back:
It started out pretty grubby, bugs splattered and loads of Tar spots and swirls galore!!
How it began......
Grey wheels??
So where to start???
Car was first of all snow foamed:
The car was then rinsed off, and washed with the 2BM using Zymol Autowash, with 2 x Autobrite buckets & Grit guards with a Meguiars lambswool wash mitt.
I then refoamed it, rinsed and clayed all over with CYC Blue Ultra fine clay and some Autosmart Reglaze as clay lube.
The car was then dried off with an Autobrite fluffy blue towel and some Meguiars last touch.
I then set about inspecting the paint to find quite a few swirls and surface scratches.
I got the machine ready, and taped up the rubbers and badges etc.
I started out with an SFX2 Pad, and some PO85RD 3.02 but even this wasn't having the desired effect, i didn't expect the Renault to have hard paint but obviously it is...
I stepped up to an SFX-2 Spot pad with some Menz Power Gloss S100 and this was much better.
50/50 having just done the top section
Another 50/50
50/50 of bonnet
LSP was a choice between the various waxes i seem to have ended up buying so thought i'd try the Britemax #6 Liquid wax via machine
Wax left to cure
I had to use some Last touch when buffing as the britemax stuff had splattered a fair bit when being applied by the machine and this seemed to really stick on but i got there in the end.
Wax all buffed off
Few final pics after tyres dressed with Meguiars endurance Gel, Exhaust polished with some Autosol, wirewool and MF cloth and finally plastics all dressed with Meg's trim detailer
Thanks for reading
Would you believe it was over 9 years ago i signed up to this place, probably the first forum i properly used thinking about it! Glad to see it's all still going so well though, i will have a look around for some of the old names shortly but thought i'd quickly just put up a couple of pics of the Megane F1 i worked on a couple of weeks back:
It started out pretty grubby, bugs splattered and loads of Tar spots and swirls galore!!
How it began......
Grey wheels??
So where to start???
Car was first of all snow foamed:
The car was then rinsed off, and washed with the 2BM using Zymol Autowash, with 2 x Autobrite buckets & Grit guards with a Meguiars lambswool wash mitt.
I then refoamed it, rinsed and clayed all over with CYC Blue Ultra fine clay and some Autosmart Reglaze as clay lube.
The car was then dried off with an Autobrite fluffy blue towel and some Meguiars last touch.
I then set about inspecting the paint to find quite a few swirls and surface scratches.
I got the machine ready, and taped up the rubbers and badges etc.
I started out with an SFX2 Pad, and some PO85RD 3.02 but even this wasn't having the desired effect, i didn't expect the Renault to have hard paint but obviously it is...
I stepped up to an SFX-2 Spot pad with some Menz Power Gloss S100 and this was much better.
50/50 having just done the top section
Another 50/50
50/50 of bonnet
LSP was a choice between the various waxes i seem to have ended up buying so thought i'd try the Britemax #6 Liquid wax via machine
Wax left to cure
I had to use some Last touch when buffing as the britemax stuff had splattered a fair bit when being applied by the machine and this seemed to really stick on but i got there in the end.
Wax all buffed off
Few final pics after tyres dressed with Meguiars endurance Gel, Exhaust polished with some Autosol, wirewool and MF cloth and finally plastics all dressed with Meg's trim detailer
Thanks for reading
