my white spec d thread
#1
my white spec d thread
hey guy's
picked up my new car lastnight
2007 impreza spec-D
fsh 70k
2 owners from new
went to doncaster to have a look at the spec d, i started a thread asking wether the 2.5 was a safe option, i also had a 2004 sti inmind, but it needed paintwork, and i didnt want to go down that route again
so todays job was a complete mint up.
this is how i started off,
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picked up my new car lastnight
2007 impreza spec-D
fsh 70k
2 owners from new
went to doncaster to have a look at the spec d, i started a thread asking wether the 2.5 was a safe option, i also had a 2004 sti inmind, but it needed paintwork, and i didnt want to go down that route again
so todays job was a complete mint up.
this is how i started off,
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Last edited by cuprajake; 25 April 2013 at 05:12 PM.
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next was the pre-wash
wheels soaked in autoglym wheel cleaner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423632109/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423632109/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
the car was then soaked in autoglym clean all, inc the door shuts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423637531/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423637531/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
a quick peak underneath brought a nice surprize
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423645615/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423645615/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
sadly the pic of the car was blown out
after a wash, the car was dried and brought inside and put on the double lift ramp
the car was then ready for the clay bar, it was quite full of tar which was presoaked with autoglym tar and glue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424743220/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424743220/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
the result of the claying
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423574243/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423574243/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
i then set about with the machine polisher, working with 3m compounds and various pads the car had three rounds,
fastcut plus
fine compound
ultra fina
the lights were also tackled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423665643/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423665643/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then wiped down and a nice coat of autoglym hd wax was applied.
wheels soaked in autoglym wheel cleaner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423632109/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423632109/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
the car was then soaked in autoglym clean all, inc the door shuts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423637531/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423637531/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
a quick peak underneath brought a nice surprize
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423645615/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423645615/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
sadly the pic of the car was blown out
after a wash, the car was dried and brought inside and put on the double lift ramp
the car was then ready for the clay bar, it was quite full of tar which was presoaked with autoglym tar and glue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424743220/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424743220/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
the result of the claying
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423574243/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423574243/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
i then set about with the machine polisher, working with 3m compounds and various pads the car had three rounds,
fastcut plus
fine compound
ultra fina
the lights were also tackled
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423665643/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423665643/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then wiped down and a nice coat of autoglym hd wax was applied.
#5
then i addressed the one scratch i could find, mind there are chips which i mixed the colour for to touch up,
here the scratch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423661229/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423661229/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
touched in with 1k lacquer, infra red lamped and then polished out to give this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424676160/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424676160/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
next on the list was to remove the smartnav unit, its built in and for me too much of a theft magnet
you have to pop the gear leaver surround, remove the two lower radio facia screws, followed by the facia itself, then undo the tree smaller screw holding the vents in, then its a case of tracing back the unit wires and disconnecting,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423669087/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423669087/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
it does however leave a nice hole, so new vents needed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424762082/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424762082/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
after that i addressed the interior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423694219/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423694219/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423565355/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423565355/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
products used were autoglym interior cleaner, autoglym magic spone followed by autoglym leather conditioner, glass was done with autoglym fast glass, the dash plastics left to dry satin.
the results,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423712449/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423712449/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423570409/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423570409/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424805716/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424805716/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
here the scratch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423661229/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423661229/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
touched in with 1k lacquer, infra red lamped and then polished out to give this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424676160/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424676160/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
next on the list was to remove the smartnav unit, its built in and for me too much of a theft magnet
you have to pop the gear leaver surround, remove the two lower radio facia screws, followed by the facia itself, then undo the tree smaller screw holding the vents in, then its a case of tracing back the unit wires and disconnecting,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423669087/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423669087/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
it does however leave a nice hole, so new vents needed
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424762082/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424762082/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
after that i addressed the interior
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423694219/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423694219/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423565355/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423565355/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
products used were autoglym interior cleaner, autoglym magic spone followed by autoglym leather conditioner, glass was done with autoglym fast glass, the dash plastics left to dry satin.
the results,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423712449/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423712449/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423570409/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423570409/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424805716/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424805716/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
#6
the door shuts were cleaned and the hinges/check straps degreased
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423718689/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423718689/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then they were all regreased inc locks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423722541/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423722541/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424667742/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424667742/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
petrol flap cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423686119/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423686119/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then the locks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423674393/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423674393/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423676025/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423676025/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423727167/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423727167/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423731537/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423731537/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
attention was then turned to the underneath
found this hiding away
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423648389/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423648389/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
and cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423590959/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423590959/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
followed by wheels/arches
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423596157/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423596157/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
last part was to head under the bonnet, i dont feel confident power washing the engine, so i just cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424790048/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424790048/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423718689/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423718689/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then they were all regreased inc locks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423722541/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423722541/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424667742/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424667742/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
petrol flap cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423686119/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423686119/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
then the locks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423674393/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423674393/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423676025/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423676025/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423727167/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423727167/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423731537/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423731537/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
attention was then turned to the underneath
found this hiding away
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423648389/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423648389/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
and cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423590959/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423590959/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
followed by wheels/arches
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423596157/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423596157/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
last part was to head under the bonnet, i dont feel confident power washing the engine, so i just cleaned
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424790048/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8424790048/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
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How come u used 1k clear when it is obvious u no what ur doing? Why not 2k as 1k will turn white eventually. As its sh1te
Last edited by marshall332bhp; 28 January 2013 at 10:18 PM.
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final part was to go round all the edges getting built in crud out,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423735319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423735319/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
before its final wipe down ready to go out in the rain lol
then sit back with a brew admiring your handy work after a 8hr marathon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423556523/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423556523/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423560847/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423560847/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423552693/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423552693/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
heres my box of tricks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423580913/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423580913/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
ive said it before, going over your new car in such detail allows you to really get to know it, and inspect it for damage, chips rust etc
im happy to say the car is very clean, there are three dents all of which i will remove via pda. the final thing i will do is stick it on the hunter and set it up for fast road action
thanks for looking
jake
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423735319/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423735319/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
before its final wipe down ready to go out in the rain lol
then sit back with a brew admiring your handy work after a 8hr marathon.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423556523/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423556523/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423560847/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423560847/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423552693/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423552693/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
heres my box of tricks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423580913/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8423580913/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
ive said it before, going over your new car in such detail allows you to really get to know it, and inspect it for damage, chips rust etc
im happy to say the car is very clean, there are three dents all of which i will remove via pda. the final thing i will do is stick it on the hunter and set it up for fast road action
thanks for looking
jake
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I no but av used 2k clear to touch in scratches and silicone's or fish eyes to people with limited knowledge. Not directed at u by the way. To many times to count but with a scratch that small I now see why. Just I hate 1k with a passion. Haha
#16
My old bug bare with the model and it's being pick is why the hell you'd put that monstrosity of a sat nave in the vents, secondly why have it and the radio illuminate neon blue when the dials are red, throwing in a green clock and heater dials lol come on Subaru haha
#20
thanks
i also fitted ne aero wipers last night
then this mornig gave the car a full alignment,
like a dope i saved over the before measurements, i adjusted front and rear toe, aswell as o/s/f camber(ball ache)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8426914474/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8426914474/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
jake
i also fitted ne aero wipers last night
then this mornig gave the car a full alignment,
like a dope i saved over the before measurements, i adjusted front and rear toe, aswell as o/s/f camber(ball ache)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8426914474/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuprajake/8426914474/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/cuprajake/, on Flickr
jake
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Hmm.. why just half a degree of negative up front. Sems a bit tame that's all? Also, your o/s/f is toeing out, while the n/s front is has toe-in
Brilliant job you've done there btw - what engine bay cleaner did you use?
Brilliant job you've done there btw - what engine bay cleaner did you use?
thanks
i also fitted ne aero wipers last night
then this mornig gave the car a full alignment,
like a dope i saved over the before measurements, i adjusted front and rear toe, aswell as o/s/f camber(ball ache)
IMG_3081 by cuprajake1, on Flickr
jake
i also fitted ne aero wipers last night
then this mornig gave the car a full alignment,
like a dope i saved over the before measurements, i adjusted front and rear toe, aswell as o/s/f camber(ball ache)
IMG_3081 by cuprajake1, on Flickr
jake