Cosmos Blue Rev 5 Toyota MR2 Detailing

eringobragh

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Silver is definitely the way to go on a dark but not black car.

How long will the powder coating take? and also if you don't mind my asking how much per wheel?

About a day if I drop it up early...it'll be just over €320 for the 4 wheels.;)

ongarite

eringobragh wrote: »

About a day if I drop it up early...it'll be just over €320 for the 4 wheels.;)

Where you getting them done?

eringobragh

ongarite wrote: »

eringobragh wrote: »

About a day if I drop it up early...it'll be just over €320 for the 4 wheels.;)

Where you getting them done?

Wheelwizards in finglas

eringobragh

Unfortunately its bucketing AND very bright out, so these pics don't do the job any justice but them look fantastic...cheers to Colm and Mark in wheelwizards.ie, talking to them you can tell they are passionate about what they do. Delighted with the job

No need for before shots as they were a disgrace

Curran

Finally!

They look brilliant - now get out and wash the car!

Wheel Wizards do fantastic work - got a set done myself and a few others - no problem recommending them to anyone!

eringobragh

Curran wrote: »

Finally!

They look brilliant - now get out and wash the car!

The roads of Mayo will do that to a car :P ...the end is in sight just the trims need doing and a redo of the bottom half drivers door.

loads more projects to do yet!;)

enviro

Super job on the wheels. She is looking so good now.

eringobragh

New pair of plates ordered from eireplates (front one in bad knick)..

Still haven't done the trims yet lol :P thats pretty all thats left to do (externally anyway) :pac: then the blacklight and cg-7 will be added

gollywog

eringobragh wrote: »

New pair of plates ordered from eireplates (front one in bad knick)..

Still haven't done the trims yet lol :P thats pretty all thats left to do (externally anyway) :pac: then the blacklight and cg-7 will be added

The black light an v7 will look great on your car man, I have those myself and recommend them highly even though im not using them anymore!

eringobragh

Some nuisance cyclist clipped the bonnect where I was parked back in December.....anyways the cunt legged it, I pulled out the DA for the first time in many months, anyway I wasn't 5 mins when it started to rain...a 60% improvement after a clay and a few runs of the DA.


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eg6 vtec

i'd say if you gave them a going over with p2000 wet paper they would look a lot better

eringobragh

....time to revisit this, its great looking back over the progress that was done.....

the car is still shining but i've been lazy between changing jobs and complete overdoing it on the initial detail I've just been using demonshine and AG shampoo for now .....and she still looks clean even though its 4 months since its last wash!

but need to give the wheels and exhaust a once over and finally apply some blacklight to the car!:cool:

.....just need some nice weather now. Watch this space!

eringobragh

For 112,000 mls the leather is in great nick on the mr2...the usual wear on the drivers bolster has gotten steadily worse since I owned it. Done a bit of research and lots of products that claim to restore like new and lots of these breach the €50 mark..anyway I found some furniture leather balm that others swear by.

So I went with Grison leather restorer balm...works out at £11.50 delivered and comes in massive 300ml jar enough to last a lifetime tbh. I precleaned the bolster with AG leather cleaner...so far I've only massaged 3 coats off this stuff in 2 yesterday (with 2-3 hours in between coats) and 1 today.

...the results speak for themselves. Not too sure how longevity is concerned but someone on the Mercedes forum said they have got 2 years out of the coat so far!

Grison Leather Balm & AG Leather cleaner.



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Small tear that needs filling (next job):

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Close up of worn leather:

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Seats overall:

Curran

Nice improvement there!! Good work as always!

eringobragh

Got my mr2 all nice and straight this morning. Used this guy(quickdent.info/)...he was tapping away at the dent like father ted for an hour and a half and got all the dents out - the guys a genius.

I had a few small ones in the boot (and one big one)
Panel on the side was creased when a cyclist wanker kicked it
The fuel cover was dented by someone in a car park
The fuel cap surround on the body had a nicr ding (was there when I bought it)

anyway he charged €80 for the above repairs, definately recommended

His number is: 085 7057058

tried to take a few pics of the dents but they didnt really show well on the camera

EDIT Found a few pics:

Wish I took more pics but heres the dent that was at the fuel cap. I tried taking pics but you couldnt really see the dents in them

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Vegeta

This thread is class, a true inspiration

eringobragh

Vegeta wrote: »

This thread is class, a true inspiration

cheers man, Ive not done much in the way of detailing over the last year..I've been busy sorting the mechanical end of things on her and doing some rustproofing of the 2's problem areas. Hopefully we get some dry weather so I can finally put the Blacklight on.

eringobragh

Busy getting through the mini-projects on this car, reckon it will be long sold before I get to some of the stuff.

First off , some nightbreakers plus - to tone down the yellow hue -

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Side by Side (Driver = Osram Nightbreaker Plus, Passenger = Generic)




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Overall it did tone now the yellowness, but not the HID white I was hoping for -ah well

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eringobragh

Next moved onto the dodgy trim, which has been begging to be done since forever:

couple of side by Side of the Door Trim - it's a shame tyoyota charge over €100 for this part as I'd just renew it..

Used autofiness trim reviver







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Next moved onto the gaskets around the door handles , Toyota of course charge €100 for these, why so much? Because you can't buy the gasket seperately you need to buy the entire handle!

Drivers side wasn't the worst and came up nice with the dressing:

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Passsenger Side was alot worse it went from brilliant white to a adark grey - I'll have to revisit this one!

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A snowfoam lance is on its way to me so I will finally get her finished shes still quite clean but needs some DA work again on top of drivers door.

Curran

Great work!!!
Its the small touches that make all the difference....they never stand out, but they eye isnt distracted by these areas when looking at the car.

eringobragh

Curran wrote: »

Great work!!!
Its the small touches that make all the difference....they never stand out, but they eye isnt distracted by these areas when looking at the car.

Cheers man, if I had a garage I'd be long done by now....that will be a key factor when I'm buying a gaff!

also fixed my fog while change the bulbs the wire had popped out of the loom

eringobragh

A stitch in time...saves nine, I meant to get to this for a hood while, got some leather filler from some lad on ebay.pl Poland, its good stuff from what I can see, flexible and ideal for hard worked areas...not sure longetivity but its worked ok so far.

Tub says to use a hairdryer between layers (I needed several) but I used this fine weather to dry and kept going over it over the last few days - its not 100% but its a 1000000% better

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The filler is 15ml heavy black filler for ebay seller: leatherclinic

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/LEATHER-HEAVY-FILLER-15-ML-SOFAS-CARS-7-COLOURS-RIPS-SCUFFS-HOLES-/270878245607?pt=UK_Crafts_Leathercraft_LE&hash=item3f119a02e7

(he has most colours available)

eringobragh

Cheers to Currran from detailingshed for dropping me up a snowfoam lance and fedw other bits and pieces, car was destroyed with tree sap, but I couldn't resist trying out the lance, I hosed it down afterwards but didn't give it a proper wash as it was far too warm and I wasn't feeling it

The snowfoam stripped all the tree sap anyway - impresed with it so far

Curran

Lazy git!

Just had to play with your new toy!
Be sure to get some protection on it soon!

Got to see the car earlier, and the job on the leather is very good - it will certainly limit the tear getting worse for quite some time!

eringobragh

Curran wrote: »

Lazy git!

Just had to play with your new toy!
Be sure to get some protection on it soon!

Got to see the car earlier, and the job on the leather is very good - it will certainly limit the tear getting worse for quite some time!

Haha cheers man, yeah I will get some on soon need a bit more correction work - as I said to you I did so much with the initial correction I just got fed up in the end and left it until now

watch this space

BillJ

Nice work on the leather, have a similar problem myself except its along the line of stitching on the bolster.

Can you use dye over that filler to redye the whole area after its dry?

eringobragh

BillJ wrote: »

Nice work on the leather, have a similar problem myself except its along the line of stitching on the bolster.

Can you use dye over that filler to redye the whole area after its dry?

yep, its pretty much blends in though -i use grison furniture dye afterwards and an old cloth to apply it.

eringobragh

I washed the car for the first time in probably 5 months - it was filthy - gave it a coat of CG blacklight and of course being Ireland it started to drizzle before I could buff it off fully -

- In fairness the colur really stands out today - Probably get another coat of blacklight and the some cg7

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...oh and boo to imageshack - they are starting to charge for uploads now - moving on to the next freebie image host!

eringobragh

....and 3 years on I thought Id revisit this thread :cool:

I see the imageshack images are no more which is disappointing. What Im about to upload is akin to abuse of a car - please don't call the ISPC[Cars]

So long story short - bought house 2.5 years ago, 2 dogs, wedding, etc.. life got in the way, car went to bottom of list.....until now

The Befores............NSFW!!! - considering its not been properly washed in over a year it should be a lot worse, but not a high point for me after all the effort that went into her

eringobragh

Snow foamed and clayed every bloody panel on her!









Water Stains

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Centre Caps:

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Exhaust seen better days

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.....and shes clean:

eringobragh

......2 Coats of Blacklight and V7 - no pics to hand yet but shes Shiney McShineFace :cool:

Curran

Nice turn around - tyre dressing now, and she'll be spot on!

eringobragh

Curran wrote: »

Nice turn around - tyre dressing now, and she'll be spot on!

Cheers - Those pics were taken before I waxed the wheels and dressed the tyres or cleaned any of the glass - a few bits to correct on the paint work but not got time to do that at the moment.:(

eringobragh

...and there she is, in her former glory:






A polish of the rear lights to finish her off:

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