Operation De-Badmanz/neglect/make it look awesomeish

[Herr Flick]

Right,
Can't normally be bothered to keep doing one of these every time I get a car but this one is proper special.

I bought it very cheap as the bodywork needed a lot of attention and a few other little niggles. The car itself is spot on but the interior and bodywork was appalling.
It came from Birmingham (that's all I need to say)

Thanks to the advice from a few on here by 9:30am this morning I had already spent £150 on new cleaning stuff.
I started about 10am and finished about 3:30pm, all things considered not bad considering eveything I did.

To start with, I used half a bottle of that purple wheel stuff.. (very good stuff)

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Rinsed off

Then I rinsed the car/snow foamed it blah blah blah..

 

[Bluebeard]

Your pictures have failed you doofus.

 

[Herr Flick]

OMFG.. My computer just stopped working after all that!

 

[mr bognor]

Get pics up ASAP

 

[Herr Flick]

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Wheels rinsed off

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Car rinsed off

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Dried off

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Now the fun bit

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First stage of polishing complete

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OEM backbox

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Jacob came out to help

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Nice suprise

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Bad suprise

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And the end result.

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Car park money sorted for a while

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[Stefan.]

Looks good!

Not my fav shape beemer though!

 

[mr bognor]

What engine is in them ?

 

[Bluebeard]

What engine is in them ?

Does the badge not give it away?

 

[mr bognor]

3.0 Straight 6 then ?

Does the badge not give it away?

 

[Bluebeard]

3.0 Straight 6 then ?

Yes mate.
Rich, what does that exhaust sound like??

 

[Bobby.]

Lol @ the bad surprise, Birmingham + BMW =....

 

[Matt W]

You look young. Thought you'd be 35+ for some reason.

 

[Herr Flick]

Yes mate.
@Rich, what does that exhaust sound like??

Very loud when you want it to be and quiet when you want it to be. On full chat, it sounds immense. Almost sounds like a screamer pipe'd exhaust.

You look young. Thought you'd be 35+ for some reason.

That's my son mate!

 

[Nick172Cup]

Looks good!

How much did it cost? It's definitely a car that I'd to own. (Not a Birmingham spec one though)

 

[Ian_182]

Brum spec polished up good.

Nice effortless barge for a few months.

 

[Herr Flick]

Looks good!

How much did it cost? It's definitely a car that I'd to own. (Not a Birmingham spec one though)

probably not as much as you'd think. I'm loving it at the moment. Such a better car than the A6 for me.

 

[cat171]

I like it, I'd de badge it though. They look a lot cleaner without the badge on.

 

[Tim.]

I really like that shape, and agree with cat171 on de-badging it. Looks like you've cleaned it up a fair amount, good effort, I just hope it stays that clean for more than a few hours

 

[Herr Flick]

But then it's just a 320 rep mobile lol

 

[cat171]

But then it's just a 320 rep mobile lol

So? no badge.. surprise motherf**kers!

 

[Tim.]

I don't know if I've ever seen a 320d without a badge.

 

[matt_132]

Is that heroin ??

 

[Bluebeard]

Is that heroin ??

Are you Amish?! How can you possibly think that's herion?!

 

[matt_132]

Are you Amish?! How can you possibly think that's herion?!

Haha!

Well now I've looked again I feel a right c**t. At first glance it looked like tin foil

 

[Herr Flick]

So? no badge.. surprise motherf**kers!

Hahaha. I may de badge it. Will see how I get on with it.
Just realised getting the front brake pads and oil service done at 8am. Just got home

 

[Herr Flick]

Nice new oil and front brakes being done.

 

[Mr R.]

Odd tyre's on the rear.

 

[Herr Flick]

Yep. Bloke had a puncture 2 days before I bought it and put a sunny on it lol. New rear tyres should be with me next week.

 

[Bluebeard]

Odd tyre's on the rear.

I detest odd tyres!!

 

[Rob]

That looks really nice Rich, but you definitely do look a bit German Daniel Cub.

Nice work on tidying it up so far.

 

[Cub.]

FLOL. Love Hans x

 

[Bluebeard]

 

[Herr Flick]

Sie haben wieder zwei t***s.

 

[Cub.]

Who has got two t***s? I R confused.

(wagon looks lovely though )

 

[Herr Flick]

f**king tranlsator bull s**t.
You two are tw*ts basically.

Oh and thanks.

 

[Cub.]

f**king tranlsator bull s**t.
You two are tw*ts basically.

Oh and thanks.

Oh. Do you want a cuddle? Make everything better x

What is the space like in the back / headroom? Comfortably take 4 adults I assume?

 

[Herr Flick]

Don't know tbh. Jacob has plenty of room tho.

 

[Cub.]

Don't know tbh. Jacob has plenty of room tho.

Furry muff. Everytime I see a nice one of these, it makes me want one.

I'm off to look at them in estate mode methinks.

 

[Herr Flick]

I actually really like it. Its seems like it should have a lot more than 258bhp.

 

[Bluebeard]

I actually really like it. Its seems like it should have a lot more than 258bhp.

Your mums got more than 258bhp.