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Old 02 October 2011, 05:16 PM
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Ok so had my new Blobeye 05 widetrack for about 4 weeks now and decided it was time to take out the annoying mass paint swirls in the paintwork and give her a good deep clean.
So started at 8AM ! on saterday, cleaned the wheels properly before starting anything else then snow foam with karacher attachment slapped to my hose pipe! 2x bucket method with some microfiber mitts etc.
Leathered dry and clay'd the hole car.
Moved the car into the shade then as sun was starting to beam at about 9.30! (yesterday was a scorcher) and set about the 3 stage paint restore, Compound/Polish/Wax this took the best part of the day by the time the sun went down I had just finished polishing the plastics and rainx the windows etc :S! 13 hours ... done!
Even had the other half out in the sun at it with a toothbrush!! yes she helps clean the car sometimes!

Products used:-
Turtlewax Platinum series performance car wash.
Meguiars Quik detailer + clay bar.
Meguiars Endurance tire gel.
Meguiars Ultimate compound
Autoglym super resin polish
Mer hybrid wax
Turtlewax Sparkling glass clean
RainX treatment. to all glass (this crap is hard to polish off )
AutoGlym bumper care (plastics)
various microfiber cloths /Meguiars microfiber applicator pads a toothbrush! and elbow grease!

Took pictures today as didn't finish with enough light yesterday! (yes yes I know get rid of the badges/get rid of the stiffys/change the zunsport but ive only had it a few weeks and work is busy !!)






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Old 02 October 2011, 05:32 PM
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Looking well mate that
But don't ya mean blobeye
Old 02 October 2011, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by craigyp
Looking well mate that
But don't ya mean blobeye
edited for accuracy !!
Old 02 October 2011, 06:56 PM
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looks nice has it is mate
Old 03 October 2011, 03:45 PM
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very nice mate
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Veryn nice, where can i buy that mesh in the front grille?
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Originally Posted by chrishigham
Veryn nice, where can i buy that mesh in the front grille?
http://www.zunsport.co.uk/
Old 15 January 2012, 04:26 PM
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Cheers mate
Old 26 January 2012, 06:20 PM
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Looks great fella. The best colour aswell.
Old 27 January 2012, 10:42 AM
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the grill looks fine to me
Old 27 January 2012, 10:53 AM
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Looks good mate. I can spend a couple of hrs on it no way near the 13 hrs your spent. Great effort though.
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That is lookin very nice mate you wanna help out a fello s'netter mine needs a good clean

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Nice work.

Not a fan of the rainx, I use nanolex or Angchem Repel, both easy to use. One alot cheaper than the other.
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Lovely mate.
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Nice work there mate looks great
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Aww my old car! Looking good there buddy, although i'd still take off the stiffys and grills
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Lovely that mate, good effort!

Keep the grilles, but sell the Stiffys to meee!
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Originally Posted by gurdas
Aww my old car! Looking good there buddy, although i'd still take off the stiffys and grills
Stiffys?
Old 29 February 2012, 07:19 PM
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Need to get some updated pics up soon, since these where taken front splitter fitted + some Tein flex coilovers, hayward and scott system fitted re-mapped and so on.. Will through an update thread up at some point.
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