My Clio Cup Project. From Purchase to Present day...

[Parky]

Ok Mish

What kinda wax are you using on your car ?

You seem to know detailing a bit, have you tried CG's Wet Mirror Finish or Jetseal 109 ?

Hi mate,

we've used a couple of wax's on Mish's motor to see which gives the best protection, Autobright Cherry wax, Poorboys, Dodo Juice, but the best one has to be Colinite 476s, coupled with Carlack paint cleanse its a winning formular....
noticed today a few marks appearing back in the clearcoat, think a hit with the rotary polisher and lime prime is in order ready for the summer months... then we'll get the Swissvax out..

 

[Mish]

The guy is wax crazy!....

I spotted some marks on the bonnet too once you'd left today Parky- I think one of the idiots at work has put a cup or there hands on my bonnet (which they have been known to do with other cars) so I think the rotary sounds like a perfect place to start!

 

[Parky]

WHAT?!......sigh......
no worries...will pop us next weekend, probably sunday (got a valet on saturday)

and yes, i do love my waxes....lol

 

[MoRpH3uS]

You should definitely try CG's WMF and then CG's Blitz... love the combo

 

[Parky]

will give it a go mate...

 

[Mish]

Bin a while since my last update.

3/4 weeks ago I painted my wheels gloss black

and also re-painted my engine to match

 

[Beef-Mc]

Looks pretty good that.

 

[Mish]

Last week I then changed my dogbone mount bushes to poly ones. Some people experience hard vibration or no change- I personally think it's the best £35 I've ever spent!

I also got sick of constantly applying plastic shine to all the front end plastics, so I also sprayed them gloss black (Parky also did his fair share of spraying over the weekend on his car and on some of my parts, whilst I helped a friend paint his wheels).
Didn't put too much lacquer on so the front end looked tacky, it has just got rid of the 'plastic' look at the front.

Painted

Front upper grille
Lower Grille
Fog Surrounds
Badge Mount

And I cleaned the front end up whilst the bumper was off

I'll get a 'full frontal' oooh err, tomorrow

 

[Mish]

Cheers Beef

 

[RichCup]

Looking good! I love the powerflex mod too! Makes the box feel so much better. Oooh err

 

[Hutchie]

im tempted to paint my front plastics matt black with no lacquer

 

[Ben10]

mish where do you get your products from?

 

[maynard]

thats going to look pretty good with the new black bits on the front...pics asap please!!

 

[Quade]

Got Burp to fit the powerflex mount to mine over the weekend. Whilst he was at it got him to fit the two vibratechnics/k-tec uprated engine mounts to mine. Car just feels so solid now!

 

[Eckascliovalver]

Looking good mate. Hope that painted plastics dont start to chip/flake seen it so many times.

 

[Daz.]

interested to see the front plastics - I've always been a bit wavy on the old painting of them!

 

[ilovewilly]

Pretty much how I would like my cup to look!

Just need the entusiasm to do it

 

[koi]

Nice work, good idea painting the front plastics. Hopefully it won't chip and crack. Did you do the rear insert too?

 

[Mish]

Quade- I've got the 2 gearbox mounts to go on, then will look at getting one of the new top mounts from K-tec! I don't do enough hard driving to worry to much for the time being I don't think

Fingers crossed it won't chip- if it does, I'll start again! I did my splitter 2 weeks ago and that's held up fine! It makes the car looks miles better (imo). Rear insert has been done a while now and is holding up fine.

Ben, which products matey? Paint or cleaning etc??

Few new pictures. Tried some of Parky's very expensive new Valentine wax. It's amazingly expensive and amazingly perfect in every way. Water will not stay on the car and the shine, as I'm sure you'll agree is amazing. It now has 1 coat of poorboy's wax, 2 coats of cherry wax and 2 coats of Valentine's wax on

 

[JonniP]

wow that looks splendid!

 

[kevo66]

good skills fella!

 

[Mish]

good skills fella!

WRONG!!!

 

[kevo66]

WRONG!!!

Mrs???

 

[Mish]

RIGHT! haha!

 

[kevo66]

RIGHT! haha!

Oh.......

HI

Still good skillz tho!!

 

[Jat_172cup]

those 16's or 17's mate??

cars pukka by the way

good job

 

[smitchell1]

I love the way everyone assumes your a guy Mish!!! lol

Great car still!!

 

[fad]

Lovely example nice to see a lass interested in stuff other than the aesphetics

 

[Mish]

I love the way everyone assumes your a guy Mish!!! lol

Great car still!!

I'm going to have to buy a fluffy kitten to stick on the top or something lol!

Cheers for the nice comments guys

Jat- they are the standard 16'' Turinis matey

 

[koi]

Will need to keep us updated on how the front plastics hold up, I hate having to keep applying ag bumper care to every little square!

Was it easy enough to do? Just he usual sand, primer, paint and then lacquer?

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

i think the 2.0l 16v badges and front badges look great! may i suggest the "renault sport" badge on the boot to be upgraded to the one from the 197?

 

[Mish]

i think the 2.0l 16v badges and front badges look great! may i suggest the "renault sport" badge on the boot to be upgraded to the one from the 197?

I really want one- just can't justify £25 matey!

 

[subarufreak]

what a woman!

 

[Bondie]

Absolute beauty!! Got some great ideas for mine now!

 

[leeboy182]

looks totally stunning!!! How easy was it to remove ya grills at the front matey??

 

[Edwards2k9]

weldone mate looks awsomee!!

 

[bodyboarder]

really nice car , classy not chav.

 

[richy22]

yo Mish fella lol

What paint did you use on your engine?? I used some hi temp stuff recently and it looked w**k!

 

[Paul.]

without doubt the best cup ive seen on here:star:

 

[Mish]

yo Mish fella lol

What paint did you use on your engine?? I used some hi temp stuff recently and it looked w**k!

Lol Hi!

I just used normal paint. I've used it on engine's before (even on my old RST which got uber hot) and it never flaked/peeled. If anything, I find some of the high-temp paint really hard to work with.

Halfords paint is really good to work with and will stick to most things with just a little prep!

Guys- thanks for the nice comments