Not washed the car in a couple of weeks so decided to give her a wash

Modifications as follows -

Led sidelights

Xenon headlights

Led DRL's

40mm H&R lowering spring

18" Calibre 2 motion black alloys

Black Painted brake drums/calipers

Led interior, boot, glove box lights

Revo stage 1 remap

De-badge

Skoda wind deflectors

Probably a few other mods that I've missed

Future modifications -

Awaiting custom BBS centre caps for alloys

Possible DPF removal

Comments and questions welcome

Ta

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Lovely,

and the wheels where a VG choice, they look great. 

 

Tell us more about the Revo remap on the diesel, was it a 105ps, & did it go on the Dyno before and after and what did it show.

 

george

Thanks George,

Car was running bang on 105bhp before the remap and now running a healthy 137bhp

I didn't notice a massive difference as I only done 500 miles before I had it mapped lol.

Car pulls really well, specially in 3rd gear

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Wonderful.

So really it is possible to have a modern MK2 vRS Diesel manual,

and a looker, all for not much more taking  inflation into account, than a Mk1 vRS cost 8 years ago.  

Its a choice Skoda should have been offering. 135+ PS, lowered & on 18's.

 

george

Tidy looking car

Thanks for comments

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Looks great love the wheels!

Can you give us some details of the headlight mods?

Wheels will look better with the bbs centre caps currently being custom made!

Headlight mods are Cree led sidelights and xenon hid h7 6000k kit from HID's direct.

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Weather permitting, my week-old Monte will be having it's first wash tomorrow. Copious amounts of warm water and shampoo will be involved

Just out of interest, what is generally preferred - Sponge or Mitt? I tend to think many small, superficial scratches are caused during washing and suspect a mitt might just be liable to hold more grit than a sponge. I'd really like to keep the paintwork as pristine as possible for as long as possible and welcome any hints and advise.

Thanks,

 

Glyn 

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You need two buckets and don't use sponges!

Most detailing enthusiasts would say you have that the wrong way round, although I understand your train of thought.  Rather than simply take my word though, plenty to read on the matter on www.detailingworld.co.uk and please feel free to quiz the guys in the Briskie styling and car care section.

 

The conventional wisdom is that the Sponge will offer up a flatter face to the dirt on the car and is more prone to trap and drag grit against the surface, whereas a good wash mitt be it noodle MF or real/synthetic lambswool is designed to trap the dirt deep in the fibres away from the contact face, generally the more expensive wash mitts arelambswool, plusher and do this job better, however a £2.00 ASDA noodle MF mitt would still for me be a big step up from a sponge.

 

What is probably the most critical to avoid swirls and RDS from washing is employing the two bucket method (often abbreviated on fora to TBM) where one is "clean" and carries the shampoo and one is "dirty" for rinsing.  The method being to wash with water from the clean bucket and rinse out the dirt and grit into the dirty meaning you don't take the dirt and grit removed and reapply it to the car.  A couple of cheap grit guards in the bottom of the buckets will also help to keep you mitt clean.

 

I am also a big advocate of prewashing be that with a snow foam (SF) and lance or with a dedicate prewash (again another great cheapy is Rapid Dirt Shifter from Demon Shine, available in ASDA) in a garden type pump sprayer (think weedkiller), before washing treat the car to one of these, leave it to dwell for 5-10 minutes and rinse, this will clear a lot of the harmful grit before you even touch the car.  I find snow foam is excellent in the winter months.

 

The holy grail for your routine should be to reduce the contact to as light and as little as possible whilst still getting the car nice and clean.

 

Also I think for me the biggest revelation I ever had in car cleaning was when someone threw my Chamois leather in the bin and introduced me to large MF drying towels and quick detailer spray.  Towels need only cost a couple of quid (you guessed it, also ASDA for those on a budget) and Autoglym Quick Detailer is no bad place to start.

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You need two buckets and don't use sponges!

beat me to it

beat me to it

 

Yours was a much better answer though!

 

I enjoy detailing (although not extreme detailing), but don't really have the time for a proper 100% job these days.

That looks nice - I especially like the wheels and the lowering effect given.

 

Also interesting to read the washing/detailing advice.  I wash with a sponge (not for a while though - no time) and am careful to regularly rinse the sponge and not dip to the bottom to slurp up the grit.

 

But that little essay on washing was an eye opener!

That looks nice - I especially like the wheels and the lowering effect given.

 

Also interesting to read the washing/detailing advice.  I wash with a sponge (not for a while though - no time) and am careful to regularly rinse the sponge and not dip to the bottom to slurp up the grit.

 

But that little essay on washing was an eye opener!

I get carried away sometimes when I'm typing. Sarky git :p

 

Won't catch me apologising though

 

.......and seen as I'm here, it's not that you can't rinse a sponge out, it's more to do with the sponge when placed wet against a dirty car holds that dirt against the paintwork as you move it around/until you rinse, this is the point where damage 'can' be done.  The decent wash mitts lift the dirt from the paintwork and trap it away from the contact area in the fibres.

Brilliant advise - thank you very much.