Mk1 Hybrid - pre pc ;)

[jay s]

right this is gonna be done in 2 halfs as its gonna take me some time to the the whole thing. im going to be pcing my hybrid tomorrow so thought id get a few pics up now of what ive done today...

finished work early so went to halfords to buy some clay as i have'nt clayed it since fcs last year. being my daily runaround it tends to pick up alot of s**t and had what felt like sand embeded in the paint:nono:so knew it needed claying before a the pc touched it... my plan for today was wash and clay it so its all ready for tomorrow

arrived home and took a quick pic as it was dirty-ish, was covered in dust more than anything...

then got some cleaning bits out and got cracking with the new foam lance and snow foam stuff ( can't recommend snow foam enough, does about 90% of the cleaning for you:evil::approve

after a quick scrub down then towel dried was looking abit better

then was time to start claying, worst parts were bonnet and bootlid, felt like i was running my hand over a light sand paper at first hour or so later and every panel felt as smooth as glass also blacked the tyres while i was at it, so one less job lol..

thats it for tonight as time was getting on. plan for tomorrow is give it a going over with menzerna intensive polish on a polishing pad then menzerna final finish on a finishing pad followed by a few layers of p21 wax. will update the post with pic when its done:approve:

 

[riz]

nice good luck, hopefully weather holds out and you dont get back/hand ache with the PC

 

[Limca]

p**n

 

[WILLIE]

Good luck with the PC'ing. Hopfully it'all turn out shweeeet

 

[Stryker]

nicely kept mate

 

[D4N13L]

I want one

 

[jayxx83]

immaculate as ever.

 

[Djw John]

Loved this car for many a year now, glad to see it still looking mint and about to look even better!

 

[Damo_Sport]

cars look so better after a good claying

 

[Sym0n]

Very nice. I so need to invest in a foam lance.

 

[Jon.L]

shes a good'n

 

[Daniel]

I want mine to look just half that good.

 

[Parky]

very tidy mate.... Nice.

 

[Mish]

Looking at your Valver makes me realise how much I miss mine- what a mint example mate

 

[jay s]

cheers all not looking forward to the back and arm ache tho but results will be worth it i hope

 

[Beef-Mc]

I love these old beasts.

 

[jay s]

right, got up abit late so did'nt get a much as i wanted done ive gone over it twice with the pc, 1st with intensive polish to get rid of the swirls etc then again with the final finish for some shine. Did'nt have time to wax it as that lot took me a good few hours but i will get on that tomorrow..

so this is what the whole paint was like before i started, kinda hard to get it in the pic but around the edge of the light are swirls

then after the first stage, looking much better

time was getting on so did'nt mess about taking pics untill i done the second coat

will wax it tomorrow

 

[Djw John]

Great stuff

 

[Christopher]

Mint

 

[jay s]

cheers gonna give it a quick wax in a sec

 

[Rudi]

Sexual,makes me want a valver

 

[Martin]

looking mint jay wish i had the patience for that sort of cleaning! Hows things?

 

[Ali]

VEry nice fella!

 

[jay s]

thanks again

Martin: long time no see/hear fella ive been good thanks, having some work done to the car in the next couple of weeks, got a fully rebuilt worked head and a set of piper 285's going in so looking forward to that, then gonna attack pod and some trackdays:evil:

anyway last few pics as it just been waxed

 

[Djw Dave]

:hail:

 

[Djw John]

I'd love to have that car!

 

[renclio]

that car is awsome mate, makes me want one can i ask what clay did u use on that ?

 

[Daz.]

Looking mint as always Jay, those wheels have finally grown on me - only took what 2 years? lol

 

[Tigger]

Love this wee motor, very clean and looked after

 

[B5 BDJ]

very nice looking car.

wheels suit mk1's very well.

 

[jay s]

Re: Mk1 Hybrid - Now PC'ed

ah cheers again everyone although it flithy now

renclio: i used meguiars smooth surface clay kit, get it from halfords for £23
http://www.meguiarsshop.co.uk/?gclid=CK2ttb-uvJkCFUYJ3wod40-c6w

Daz: YOU WILL lOVE THE WHEELS HAHA:evil: heavy willy wheels ftl

 

[Daz.]

Not as heavy as these 172 wheels!

 

[Martin]

Good stuff, sounds like you are going to keep that car forever! Will catch up with you at pod sometime soon hopefully!

 

[jay s]

haha not got any real reason to get rid as its such a good car plus to get another car to the same sort of spec would cost me mega bucks:dead: better the devil you know and all that

 

[Leeshez]

Stunning