So, just finished the first stage of the Skoda Felicia project, inside immaculate, outside all rust repaired and sprayed, now have to wait a few weeks before orbital polishing! Should be completely finished about the same time that my Son passes his test! 🙂

Well done.

What's the engine bay like?

The red (or any other) paint will stand out more if you make the black plastics and rubbers more black. I use Autoglym Bumper and Trim Gel (arm and a leg cost now but good) applied with a 35mm cube of clean used (save some money) sponge, apply to door seals as well, anything black exterior except tyres.

Glass already looks very clean, headlights might just be the angle of photo. Same for plastic rear lights, if not bumper gel on those too.

For tyres, spray 'n' walk away, Armor All Tire Foam, doesn't give the cheap s/h sales place high gloss look to the tyres like some others can.

On 05/04/2026 at 04:23, nta16 said:

Well done.

What's the engine bay like?

The red (or any other) paint will stand out more if you make the black plastics and rubbers more black. I use Autoglym Bumper and Trim Gel (arm and a leg cost now but good) applied with a 35mm cube of clean used (save some money) sponge, apply to door seals as well, anything black exterior except tyres.

Glass already looks very clean, headlights might just be the angle of photo. Same for plastic rear lights, if not bumper gel on those too.

For tyres, spray 'n' walk away, Armor All Tire Foam, doesn't give the cheap s/h sales place high gloss look to the tyres like some others can.

Just done the basics in the engine bay, will leave that for the boy. I managed to get my hand on a set of steel wheels with summer tyres, that aren't too old, so we've spent the day cleaning them, rubbing them back, getting rid of rust, and priming them - tomorrow we'll buy some wheel paint to spray them with.