2 days cleaning the GTR - lol!
20 March 2005, 06:14 PM
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2 days cleaning the GTR - lol!
Lots of flipping elbow grease, started at 12 yesterday and just finished! Polish is stuff from the states called Zaino - the results are quite remarkable - in the flesh its awesome 
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Mood shot.....
Trying to be arty (trying
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Head on........
Another arty try........
Gotta love Midnight Purple........
Mmmmmmmm reflections.........
Last one...........
Suffice to say the effort was worth it, very pleased with the results
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20 March 2005, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by jjones
lovely car, sadly let down by the max power bonnet pins.
I dont think they look bad, quite subtle , woudnt have noticed them if you hadnt pointed them out.
20 March 2005, 07:33 PM
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Cheers for the comments chaps LOL @ the tyres - I bleeding did them with Autoglym Tyre Dressing
However the 2 days was like 5 hours yesterday and 3 today, 2.5 hours was cleaning all the crap and brake dust baked on the wheels from the winter and then giving them a coat of wax to try and stop it happening again! Then the Zaino was the first application which takes ages as you have to wash, claybar, wash again, polish, add gloss, polish again, add gloss Now its done its fairly simple to maintain! I think it was worth it, though my back says otherwise! 
The bonnet pins are there for a reason, not a max power styling statement! Without them I'd have a bonnet smashing my windscreen as its fibreglass and the catch alone won't keep it down!
LOL @ the tyres - I bleeding did them with Autoglym Tyre Dressing However the 2 days was like 5 hours yesterday and 3 today, 2.5 hours was cleaning all the crap and brake dust baked on the wheels from the winter and then giving them a coat of wax to try and stop it happening again! Then the Zaino was the first application which takes ages as you have to wash, claybar, wash again, polish, add gloss, polish again, add gloss
Now its done its fairly simple to maintain! I think it was worth it, though my back says otherwise! The bonnet pins are there for a reason, not a max power styling statement!
Without them I'd have a bonnet smashing my windscreen as its fibreglass and the catch alone won't keep it down!
20 March 2005, 08:01 PM
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My mate imported it from the states, I bought a kit off him for 60 quid, normal price is around 80 IIRC.
http://www.zainostore.com/
I used to use Autoglym Super Resin Polish, thats far easier but leaves the white powder and TBH the finish is nothing compared to this Zaino stuff!
http://www.zainostore.com/
I used to use Autoglym Super Resin Polish, thats far easier but leaves the white powder and TBH the finish is nothing compared to this Zaino stuff!
20 March 2005, 08:03 PM
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So the bonnet pins a functional items, nothing wrong with them at all. You could spray them body colour to tone them down though.
Nice car though. How did you clean the brake crap of the rims. Spend hours on mine today, T-cut shifts it, but will eventually take the paint off as well (though it cleans leather sofa's fantastically
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Any suggestions ?
Nice car though. How did you clean the brake crap of the rims. Spend hours on mine today, T-cut shifts it, but will eventually take the paint off as well (though it cleans leather sofa's fantastically
)Any suggestions ?
20 March 2005, 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary C
Nice car though. How did you clean the brake crap of the rims. Spend hours on mine today, T-cut shifts it, but will eventually take the paint off as well (though it cleans leather sofa's fantastically )
Any suggestions ?
)Any suggestions ?
LOL! Then I used the Autoglym Intensive Tar Remover to get the tar spots off, another quick wash, then polished them just using some Mer. Took bloody ages, didn't realise what a complete mess they were in!
21 March 2005, 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by jjones
lovely car, sadly let down by the max power bonnet pins.
I have bonnet pins but then I do have a CF bonnet and it moves about like a bugger at high speed - wouldn't trust it without my bonnet pins!! - Mine are real ones whereas stick on ones could be construed to be Max P if they have no practical purpose
21 March 2005, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by pmacFTO
That's a bit strong - a lot of hi spec race cars use these and they can be practical sometimes - max power look only reflects what is done to a certain type of car - bonnet pins on an Escort may look Max Chav but on a GTR?? I don't think so!
I have bonnet pins but then I do have a CF bonnet and it moves about like a bugger at high speed - wouldn't trust it without my bonnet pins!! - Mine are real ones whereas stick on ones could be construed to be Max P if they have no practical purpose
I have bonnet pins but then I do have a CF bonnet and it moves about like a bugger at high speed - wouldn't trust it without my bonnet pins!! - Mine are real ones whereas stick on ones could be construed to be Max P if they have no practical purpose
Exactly
It may not be CF but I wouldn't trust it without the real and fully working pins as the fibreglass also moves around alot at high speed!
21 March 2005, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by carl
The Wax Wizard Multiclean is excellent for getting brake dust off wheels (even when it's baked on). It's non-acidic, too.
http://www.jantastic.co.uk/acatalog/...roducts_6.html
21 March 2005, 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by V5
That's so flippin shiny that in a lot of the pics you almost don't see the colour, just the reflections!
Too right!At home today then?
21 March 2005, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by carl
The Wax Wizard Multiclean is excellent for getting brake dust off wheels (even when it's baked on). It's non-acidic, too.
Don't leave it on too long, and agree the Virusol is much better value and it is the same product
21 March 2005, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by slim_boy_fat
Good thread about WW MC2 and Virosol on the TT Forum
http://www.tt-forum.co.uk/ttforumbbs...ic.php?t=38192