First Birthday treat yesterday. Had the outside, inside, and engine bay given the works. As usual, it's the wrong colour for photo's to do it justice. I simply can't get reflection shots as well as other colours. Top marks to the Gtechniq Wheel Armour, and the difference once the C2 was topped up was quite startling Other stuff I remember being used was Auto Finesse, Tardis, Bilberry and Meguiars. Glass only needed a proper clean with Meguiars as the Gtechniq is still holding up well:

De-tarring:

C2 going on:

A bit of reflection:

A bit more reflection:

Before:

After:

Before:

After:

A bit more reflection-ish:

An just a fave cheeky shot:

Plastics done inside, leather fed and watered. Even the pedals were polished.

Yes, I take too many photo's

Yes I'm a very happy bunny :sun:

Special thanks to Richard for all his hard work

Gaz

That looks epic! Cracking job there!

A quick spruce up in North Wales. Yes, I took my polisher with me on holiday!!! Haha. After a thorough clean and clay, she had a going over with Britemax Blackmax followed by two layers of Dodo Juice Supernatural Hybrid Nano. Looks great now.

Looking smart Neil! Very lucky to get away with the holiday detailing haha!

Helped a friend from work clean and decontaminate his Land Rover Defender.

Bit of a weekend toy for him and was in need of some TLC....

Some nice detailed mods - with LED lights front and back, under body guards, air intakes etc.

Certainly something a bit different for me!

A fun day and my mate was very pleased with the results.

Before... very dull and flat overall....

The mud...

Fallout...

Some clean pics...

That's one cool looking Landy! Great job on the clean up!

Helped a friend from work clean and decontaminate his Land Rover Defender.

Bit of a weekend toy for him and was in need of some TLC....

Some nice detailed mods - with LED lights front and back, under body guards, air intakes etc.

 

Certainly something a bit different for me!

 

A fun day and my mate was very pleased with the results.

 

Before... very dull and flat overall....

 

 

The mud...

 

 

Fallout...

 

 

Some clean pics...

 

 

 

 

 

Any idea what the black thing (looks like its black plastic) is on the NSF Wing??

 

Nice job by the way

Edited 1 August, 20169 yr by Prykey

Any idea what the black thing (looks like its black plastic) is on the NSF Wing??

 

Nice job by the way

 

Thanks for the comment. 

 

It's a wing top snow cowl/cover for the heater intake.

Took these a few weeks back and very happy with it. This was a quick wash and spray wax in between rain showers so not much time to really do properly.

Took these a few weeks back and very happy with it. This was a quick wash and spray wax in between rain showers so not much time to really do properly.

 

 

Looks great Dan.

 

That reflection pic of the Fiat 500 is superb!

Thanks for the comment. 

 

It's a wing top snow cowl/cover for the heater intake.

 

Thank you, never seen that before lol

Thank you, never seen that before lol

 

Neither had i, dont worry.

 

I only know as i asked the exact same question mate!

Looks great Dan.

 

That reflection pic of the Fiat 500 is superb!

Cheers mate,

 

i like that one too but I prefer the image before and took another one that looks even better but the image is too large to load!

Took these a few weeks back and very happy with it. This was a quick wash and spray wax in between rain showers so not much time to really do properly.

 

Awesome finish....and photos!

Awesome finish....and photos!

Cheers mate, I'm happy with it. Just wish the paint had a bit more flake pop to it

Cheers mate, I'm happy with it. Just wish the paint had a bit more flake pop to it

 

Great result after a quick wash though! I'm sure someone will be able to offer product advice re the flake pop.  Reading on DW today, one member highly recommends Britemax #6 Spray & Shine QD for outstanding results.  I've never used it but, again, others may offer advice if you haven't tried it.......

Great result after a quick wash though! I'm sure someone will be able to offer product advice re the flake pop.  Reading on DW today, one member highly recommends Britemax #6 Spray & Shine QD for outstanding results.  I've never used it but, again, others may offer advice if you haven't tried it.......

Did a quick search myself mate and some recon wax 'mutes' some of the pop. Need to find something more compatible with the green, wondered about Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub?

Cheers mate, I'm happy with it. Just wish the paint had a bit more flake pop to it

 

 

Might be worth chatting it over with KarlvRS who has tried plenty of products on his green machine.

 

Personally - favourable flake pop waxes i could recommend....

 

Auto Finesse Illusion

R222 Concours

KKD Seduction

AP Intensify

 

All in my collection and work well to bring out the flake pop in my biscay blue .:R36

Took these a few weeks back and very happy with it. This was a quick wash and spray wax in between rain showers so not much time to really do properly.

Looks great, Dan!! Excellent gloss!!

Might be worth chatting it over with KarlvRS who has tried plenty of products on his green machine.

 

Personally - favourable flake pop waxes i could recommend....

 

Auto Finesse Illusion

R222 Concours

KKD Seduction

AP Intensify

 

All in my collection and work well to bring out the flake pop in my biscay blue .:R36

Will have to look in to these waxes and add to the collection.

 

Looks great, Dan!! Excellent gloss!!

Cheers mate, still beading up nicely too.

Quick clean on Wednesday

Bilt hamber auto wash

AG tar remover

Sonax bsd

Still Took me ages and think it needs working on, can't get it really white, don't know if it's the previous coats of AG hd wax or if it needs stripping back and starting from scratch.

Grabbed a pic off the house security camera after a recent clean....

Not the clearest pic - but loved the early morning reflections off the paint!

 

Looking good mate! Crystal clear camera too!

Grabbed a pic off the house security camera after a recent clean....

Not the clearest pic - but loved the early morning reflections off the paint!

 

Nice! You've got your date set on you camera wrong tho!

Here is the results of 4 hour work on Sunday, clay bar and polish/wax.

 

Edited 10 August, 20169 yr by Aidan84

It's been a while since I posted in this thread.  I have been keeping the cars clean but not to the standard that most of you folks do!  However, after a wash & wax today I thought I'd put up a few pics of the little Ignis as we've been spending a bit of money on it recently.  We want to keep the car going for as long as possible and it's now become part of the family.  It had the custom made exhaust & K&N panel filter a few weeks ago and now we've had a bit of paint work done.  

When we got the car, the bonnet was in a bad way.  Previous owners hadn't washed bird muck off and in places the paint was down to the metal. The rear bumper was cracked when we bought the car and we'd been living with the same electrical tape covering the damage that the dealer had put on for two and a half years.  The front bumper was in a state too, looking like it had been attacked with a machine gun & then scratched by some animal with talons for good measure.

We had the bonnet, front bumper and rear bumper repaired/resprayed and a full machine polish so that the rest of the car didn't look dull in comparison.  The Mrs is really happy with the outcome - it's her daily driver - and I'm fairly happy with the finished product.  The car does look a lot better and there isn't a single stone chip on the bonnet & bumper yet.  

I'll take some more pics in better light at some point but for now here are a few shots.

Just a few more I managed to snap as we were passing through the North Bay this evening. Please excuse the quality of the photos, they aren't exactly high resolution.

 

I'm betting it won't be long before a seagull leaves me some cleaning work to do tomorrow.  They seem to love bombing dark coloured or black cars. :'(

A quick tidy up of the car for the weekend. First engine bay clean for the team bus too.

Ready for dressing tomorrow.

Before

And after

Before

And much better

Will be covered in dust in the morning, but at least she looks nice in the setting sun!