Mito got Juiced

[VIICarCare]

My partners new run around, picked it up monday. We asked them not to 'valet' it, but it still came out with scratches on the roof + bonnet like a cover or blade has been dragged over it

Plus they put a nice dull swirly patch on the bootlid to get a scratch out, glad they didnt notice the rest!

The wheels will be coming off soon so didnt polish or seal yet

So, heres the process

Pre wash with bug bugger + TFR
Wheels washed with as smartwheels
Arches with TFR + pw
Snow foam with quite strong TFR + SP
Wash 2bm + SN shampoo
Dried off inside as it rained!
Clayed with gentle grey
Bonnet three passes with mark v kwik kut on a megs cutting pad (bloody tough paint!)
Same on the bootlid but a poorboys blue spot pad (great pads)
Lime primed entire car with g220 + megs black finishing pad
Windows cleaned
Waxed with dodo austintacious! WOW!

Im pleased with the results, I left the roof till next week as I couldnt face the hard paint!

Heres the pics

Taping up was fiddelly

Bonnet

Bootlid

Sorted, not the best of pics

Windows had light rain spots, this worked a treat

Clean

mmmmm :approve:

Tidy ups

The results

 

[my172]

Very nice!!

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Not bad!

Nah, excellent stuff as usual!

 

[Lee-182]

Nice. Dodo is a great product.

Hmmmm i need some of them detail swob things, becuase i need to clean round my badges.

 

[BRUN]

nice work, id have been pretty annoyed that they gave you a brand new car with those fine swirls in it, but its done now and looking good, whats that dodo wax like ?

 

[VIICarCare]

cheers boys, the swabs are quite expensive at £10 but very handy

I doubt the garage would be able to do anything about the scratches, im buggered if I was letting them get hold of it again!

The wax is very nice, havent checked out the beading yet. Still think SN is the best dodo juice wax followed by rubbish boys juiced edition

 

[Ben.]

looks great, what engine is the Mito?

 

[r_dizzel*]

hate the headlights :|

 

[Paul.]

cool

 

[Naith]

brilliant as ever

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Nice effort Dawn ;-) Funky little car too

I still need to let you give my car the Magpie Magic !!

^ Is this a reflection in the door, or a camera malfunction !? :S

 

[alex-avfc]

Great work, hate to say it though...tyre gel! lol

 

[oz_clio]

Crackin job!
Get some HIDs on those headlights, they look OEM with them in.

 

[Seedy172]

that's amazing... great stuff, but I think that wheel will be more than a bit of tcut

 

[VIICarCare]

looks great, what engine is the Mito?

cheers, its only a 1.4 :dapprove:

Nice effort Dawn ;-) Funky little car too

I still need to let you give my car the Magpie Magic !!

^ Is this a reflection in the door, or a camera malfunction !? :S

Bring it down, i'll have her shiny in no time

Thats just a reflection in the door!



Thanks boys

 

[daydotz]

mint

 

[iimushroomzii]

Awesome! Nice reflection shot...... Haiiiiiiiii

 

[clairemae]

nice effot was the car bought brand new?

btw were did you get your autosmart spray bottles from? i need some as the sprayers on mine just keep rotting

 

[Dip]

Mint!
These are growing on me! Is the 1.4 a nice drive?

 

[VIICarCare]

Cheers peeps. Clare i got my bottles from my autosmart rep, had em about four years now and still going strong!

yes it was brand new


Dip the drive is very pleasant, and with the sport mode is very good. It helps the revs kick in quicker and stiffens the steering wheel. Then theres the all weather mode

very nice build quality too

 

[Ben]

Excellent, looks brand new

 

[clairemae]

ah thanks.
wouldn't expect a brand new car to come with swirls, just cant get away from them

 

[Thewitt]

What a shocking condition to collect it in!!! Nothing that a bit of detailing cant sort though! Need to find someone to do mine now, its like swirl city!

 

[Jaff]

when i ordered my car i told them if you go near my car with a sponge your keeping it, when i got it they had washed it and valeted it, but true to their word, it was swirl free. either they just snow foamed it, or they have some one ther who knows how to use a machine polisher. Valeters at a dealership usually only get about £10-17 to do a full valet and about 1.5-2 hours to do it in, so you have to wonder what kind of job they a re going to do. i seen a valeter machine polish a whole car in 12 minutes. I tried to explain to people at work what swirl marks were and how you wash a car not a single person thought it was worth the hastle lol.
looks a smart wee car though.
And also why do all aircraft hangers look immaculate, i ve never seen a messy/untidy one?

 

[riles79]

cracking job there i must say looks awesome on that reflection shot,

cant beleive how many paint defects it came with from the showroom

 

[cat171]

They did a proper job of swirling the paint, i'd not expect that on a new car ! (i'd be pretty annoyed tbh)

The end results (as always) are cracking.

 

[VIICarCare]

when i ordered my car i told them if you go near my car with a sponge your keeping it, when i got it they had washed it and valeted it, but true to their word, it was swirl free. either they just snow foamed it, or they have some one ther who knows how to use a machine polisher. Valeters at a dealership usually only get about £10-17 to do a full valet and about 1.5-2 hours to do it in, so you have to wonder what kind of job they a re going to do. i seen a valeter machine polish a whole car in 12 minutes. I tried to explain to people at work what swirl marks were and how you wash a car not a single person thought it was worth the hastle lol.
looks a smart wee car though.
And also why do all aircraft hangers look immaculate, i ve never seen a messy/untidy one?

lol, I've given up trying to tell people about swirlies! The hangers have to be nice + tidy, its the rules


Thanks guys

 

[Peperami]

cheers boys, the swabs are quite expensive at £10 but very handy

Are you kidding?! Go to the chemist and get some for pennies.

 

[VIICarCare]

Ok, try doing the jobs with cotton buds then try the swabs!

 

[RussZS]

Ok, try doing the jobs with cotton buds then try the swabs!

Exactly - not exactly cotton buds. Sure I'm sure they could be sourced for a decent price, but Dom has gone out of his way to source the best out there and package them for us. £10 isn't too bad given how many you get, and is much cheaper than the Megs ones available.

 

[MrTrick]

Stunning!

Good work.

 

[Willliams]

Nice work Dawn.. very nice!!

 

[Marky_]

Mint

Ok, try doing the jobs with cotton buds then try the swabs!

I've tried with cotton buds. They're rubbish

 

[Ali]

CrackiN!

 

[VIICarCare]

Cheers guys

 

[JD]

Good god, that was a state, but look at her now! Love it!

 

[Alan]

Top work..nice wee cars too.