My Attempt At Detailing

[sparkystav]

Well i'm not massively into this detailing lark, normally the car gets a top price Jet wash but thats about it.

So today i did a bit myself. The missus got me an Autoglym set for Christmas and i've since got myself a Mitt, some Poorboys clay and lube.

So to start with i Washed it with the Autoglym Car shampoo, using two buckets and the mitt.

Then i let it dry off and cracked on with the claying, never done it before but cracked on, lubing then claying as i went. Managed to drop a piece so that went straight in the bin and carried on.

Did all that then applied the Autoglym polish with a little polishing pad, then i've got a little random polisher my Grandad gave me so i went over the car with car to buff it all up. Then went round with a cloth to check it.

Polished the glass with Autoglym stuff and cleaned the wheels by hand after that.

Not a huge list of things and realise i should wax and seal after that, but dont have any yet so i'll sort myself some out for next time.

Anyway a few pictures:

And now as i write this its started F***in raining!

Stav

[Rabster]

looking nice and shiny

[Scorps01]

Nice n shiny B)

[Tango]

Nice n shiny B)

Came up well didn't it? Looks good especially since you've yet to seal and ...wax on, wax off, wax on, wax off :shruriken:

[DJ Wozza]

Murphy's (otherwise known as sod's) law mate. Just make sure it's washed nice & clean again before you wax it.

Good job Stav :)

[spikes]

looking great stav B)

[WylieCoyote]

Yeah looking good. I've reversed evolution, I used to be obsessive about cleaning the car, now it gets a jetwash every couple of months if it's lucky!!

[aztecbandit1]

Looking very nice and shiny there Stav :D

[TUFF1]

Looks great for claying and just the polish mate, sods law with the rain ;)

Must do mine soon :)

[Vyker]

Is it just me, or does it look purple?

Good job btw :)

[Rabster]

it looks like a flip paint job lol

[sparkystav]

There is a metal flake in the paint, but i'm sure thats standard.

Stav

[Gord]

Nice work Stav, about time you cleaned it :D

[Anees]

Nice ;)

[SHAHZ]

Nice work fella :)

[Y2Kanjar]

Very nice mate.... looking good

[Rob's Lexx]

looks good stav mate.

must say though, the 2nd to last pic does look more purple if u know what i mean. its probably just the sun hitting the metallic flake.

do u have that warm glow of satisfaction after doing it? (apart from when it rained.....)

[sparkystav]

Yeah it was a fair bit of work but def satisfying. feeling the glass smooth paintwork as well.

Stav

[Rob's Lexx]

get some sealant on there ASAP mate. any sign of bird cr@p etc on the paint and u could have some etching to deal with

[84Stoney]

Looking great mate. I know i should get round to doing mine, but it' s finding the time!

Looks very purple in a couple of pics. I still can't decide if I like your wheels. I know a woman with an RX8 and really dislike the bitch, I think that's swaying my opinion of them!

[dudi]

Nice work Stav, can I just ask... how did you manage to mount your front plate like that? I may do the same.

Ry

[Scorps01]

Its a TTE bumper it has a wide bit that you cant see with the plate on to stick to.

[dudi]

Ahh, I see, maybe I won't be mounting it like that then. :D Cheers!

[sparkystav]

Yeah its the tte bumper, but i've cut the extra lip off except for a small bit behind the plate.

stav