bioforger

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Well the weather was fine this weekend so this gave me a chance to give the old girl a good scrub. I recently had the frontend resprayed along with the STi V6 lip and new bumper, so I wanted to protect the new paint as well. I ended up spending the whole weekend on it

Cleaning products (Recommended by Polished Bliss for Mica Red);

Meguiars Hyper Wash
HD Foam Lance
Poorboys Super slick n suds
Meguiars Quick Claybar
Menzerna Intensive Polish
Blackfire Gloss Enhancing Polish
Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection
Autosol Metal Polish
P21S Total Auto Wash
Tyre Gel, silicon plastics spray
Poorboys natural dressing
Poorboys Wheel Sealant
Autoglym Glass Cleaner
Lake Country German CCS Light Cut Pad
Lake Country German CCS Polishing Pad
Blackfire Ultimate LSP Applicator Pad
Various Poorboys Deluxe Mega Towels

1. Firstly I decided to foam the car with the hyperwash, but the HD lance adaptor wouldn't fit my Lavor pressure washer great start So I used the hyperwash in the pressure washers standard foam bottle, which was sh1te
2. Pressure washed/rinsed
3. Washed with Poorboys super slick n suds using 2 bucket method
4. Rinsed
5. Clayed
6. Washed again

After thoroughly rinsing the car with the pressure washer again there were no water marks at all before drying with a waffel towel, even in direct sunlight. The Poorboys super slick n suds really is great stuff.

7. My car had a fair few swirl marks and other light defects to correct, so I used a two stage process starting with Menzerna Intensive Polish in conjunction with Lake Country German CCS Light Cut Pad
8. Overall finish was then refined with Blackfire Gloss Enhancing Polish in conjunction with Lake Country German CCS Polishing Pad
9. Then I sealed the above work with Blackfire Wet Diamond All Finish Paint Protection using the LSP applicator pad
10. Wheels washed, sprayed with P21S, then protected with Poorboys wheel sealant
11. Exhaust washed, also sprayed with the P21S, then polished with Autosol
12. Engine also given a quick scrub using the P21S
13. Interior vacuumed and plastics/leather cleaned with Poorboys natural dressing
14. All windows cleaned inside n out with Autoglym Glass cleaner, buffed off with newspaper

Job done, anyway pics...












Not bad for an 8yr old car I reckon

I always said I wouldn't get **** about cleaning, but picking the right products and methods really does make a massive difference

willsh

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looking good must get round to doing mine how long did it take to clean that exhaust

frayz

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Looks lovely mate, really clean and tasteful.

I personally would paint the skirts and rear spats to match the front splitter just to even the car up.

PS

Can you do some photoshopping on my "black on black" thread please

bioforger

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Bout 10mins and it was super dirty/sooted up to. The P21S autowash stuff is awesome.

Wulsey

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Looks like a good job well done!

Silver Scooby Sport

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Looks great you have done some really good work there

How did you get on with the interior dressing stuff it's something that mine needs in the spring.

That PS21 is quite an eye opener when you have never used it before, a good place to use it is in the arches as well, a good tip is to pull the rubber protector off from the rear arch and clean both inside the rubber strip and the top of the arch as well on the lip it will help to keep future problems away.

bioforger

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omg a +ve comment from the detailing master himself appreciate it.

The Poorboys natural dressing is a brilliant product as is all the pboys stuff. You can wipe this stuff on plastics, dash, leather and buff off with a terry/microfibre towel, it cleans, glosses, protects, simply awesome. The only thing I would say is when using it on the dash use care, as too much will make it shine like a bald head.

Thx for the advice, but how do u reattach the rubber arch strip though, it's glued on isn't it?

Silver Scooby Sport

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Cleaning master indeed your slipping into it without realising like I did trust me..... with a cleaning bag like that your well on the way

I don't want my dash to match the top of my head though but I deffo need to sort a few interior bits out for sure, and I will agree with Frayz on the side skirts as colour coded I think they would really finish the car off well.

frayz

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Mate, just out of interest. How are the Brembos holding up?

Do they still look good or have they faded at all?

bioforger

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Oops didn't know you had a shiny head Yea agreed, I will get them done at some point.

bioforger

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Brilliant mate, no fading at all, the paint has chipped in a couple of places, as you would expect, but easy to touch up.

frayz

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Just the odd stone chip?

Thats good that theyre still good just as i hoped they'd be.

Im gonna take my rears off soon and do them to match my AP fronts whist the car isnt being used.

bioforger

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Yea stone chips, will be watching your thread with interest

wiley

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looks spotless, good job mate... plus not one stone chip i can spot

wiley

bioforger

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Cheers mate, yep no chips anywhere, daily driver to, not too shabby

Ste RB5138

Superb results

Mica Red is a great colour

Silver Scooby Sport

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It's just pushed onto the arch it's a tight fit... mine comes all the way off as it is not fitted as it should but I think yours should come off from the rear of the car and is fitted into the side skirt by the back door, you should be ok to remove it but leave it fitted into the side skirt, I used a small screwdriver with a cloth on to drag down the inside of the strip to clean it and a nailbrush as daft as it sounds is good for the top lip on the inner arch itself, it's a potential rust trap so it's good to get the crud out.

SC008Y_MAD

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WOW! That is stunning. The products that you have used really have brought out the true colour in the paint even on a dull is day when the photos where taken.

SirFozzalot

Good work, the car looks great!

Allan

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Very nice job

Although it looks like you got a bit carried away with the polishing on the bonnet

bioforger

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thx for the comments.

Of course it p1ssed it down for all of today, plus high winds (lots of leaves) so all my work was pretty pointless But the rain water is beading off something fierce

Schumacher

Looks awesome!

And there you were telling me about OCD on my detail thread...

bioforger

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forgot about that