I've had the car since Oct and havent given it the treatment yet, due to having no drive and parking on a narrow street mostly, it manages a wash with a hose and 2BM every few weeks but nothing special. I was up at my parents last weekend so took the oppurtunity to use their nice big drive and pressure washer. Thought i'd show my attempt now i have chance to post the photos.

The Before: Not too bad, but plenty of road film

So first i took off both the front wheels to properly treat and clean them. Blasted them with the jet wash, then a spray of AG clean wheels, another jet, then a wash with Microfibre mitt and two bucket method. A rinse, then a lot of claying with BiltHamber Autoclay, another quick wash, then dry with waffleweave towel. And finally two seperate coats of Collinite 476 wax.

The Result:

The next morning, Mmmmm.... beady.

< Front compared to dirty back wheels

Unfortunately this all took so long i got snowed off:

So i cleaned inside the arches, put the wheels on and i left the car for the next day.

Firstly i gave the back wheels the same treatment as the front ones the day before, but leaving these ones on, as with rear drums they were very easy to do.

I first gave the car a good blast with the Jet wash to get rid of the worst of the crud, especially underneath the bumpers and sills. Snowed the car, jetted again, then washed using 2BM with lambswool mit for upper panels and microfibre for the lower ones. Then rinsed with the hose. Next i clayed the lower panels and any other trouble spots using the BiltHamber clay, after this i jetted to clean and dried with a waffleweave towel. With the car dry i polished the windows using AG Glass Polish and used AG SRP to polish the rear boot lip (dog claw scratches). Then again rinsed the car and dried. I then gave the car a coat of wax using the Collinite 476, applying with sponge applicator, hazing then buffing with microfibre cloth. Unfortunately the light was against me so i didnt have time for another coat. But after all that i was happy with the results.

Even with only one coat of wax it still beads really nicely, unfortunately one week later its covered in crap again... reaches for the buckets.

Great results well done. Don't take long getting mucky again though eh

I did two cars yesterday, the VRS and my old Moggy Traveller. Nothing special, just snow foamed them, rinsed, then a quick wash and wax. Still quite can't get to the motivation levels you see on Detailers World, looks too much like hard work to me.