Today I did some detailing...

Curran

Yeah the 50Cal Precision dressing is nice - smells good too. No shine from it, but gives a deeper matte appearance

Well, the Rav4 has come and gone and has been replaced. I enjoyed cleaning the Rav.







The 407 got a quick 2bm before these photos.

It will benefit massively from a machine polish I'd say. I look forward to giving it a good thorough detailing.








(the car also has wind deflectors, but they're off in these photos, as I had just gotten the windows tinted about an hour before hand and the tinter asked me to keep them off for a day or two). (tinter was Pro-Tint in Dundalk, as an aside. Lovely chap and reasonably priced, i'd recommend him).


As is evident in the second photo, there are a couple of small dents where other car doors have hit the side of my 407, but other than that, the paint is actually in quite good shape (surprisingly so!). The bonnet is stone chipped a fair bit, but that's to be expected. It also has two or three fairly obvious scrapes, but they look like they'll be well hidden with a machine polish. Unlike with the Rav, I will keep my sandpaper habits away from the 407.


All in all, I'm a happy camper.

Harcrid

Looks very clean indeed. Nice.

Curran

Best of luck with the new motor Shane! Looks very tidy!!

Everyone makes mistakes....least you dont have to look at them anymore!

Noccy_Mondy

Did you check to see if the front tint was above the legal limit KKV?

punisher5112

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Did you check to see if the front tint was above the legal limit KKV?

It looks too dark in the pics I had lighter then that on Pajero and was made take it off.

Noccy_Mondy

punisher5112 wrote: »

It looks too dark in the pics I had lighter then that on Pajero and was made take it off.

Same on our Pajero too!

Noccy_Mondy

Noccy_Mondy wrote: »

Did you check to see if the front tint was above the legal limit KKV?

NCTed til Feb 2016. I'll let the next owner worry about it :P

Black_Knight

Deleted User wrote: »

Unlike with the Rav, I will keep my sandpaper habits away from the 407.

Best decision ever!

MetzgerMeister

Any interest in a Karcher steam cleaner? I have one that isn't getting as much use as I had hoped so it's for sale for €100. Comes with all the original accessories.

punisher5112

Hey everybody,
Did the paint correction using rotary today and like what it can do but noticed a few spots I will have to go over.

I washed the car 2 days ago it rained then done it again today and also tried and tested 2bucket m.
Was amazed at all the dirt in the clean water bucket so will be doing this from now on.

I cheated a little on the correction today and just done all the big panels but don't think the smaller areas are bad anyway.

Next will be wash again and then apply finishing polish using rotary and then wash again and finish off with collinite.

Then windows and plastics.

After these many hours of work and the many more to do I will have to give the inside a good going over and seats wil be coming out as im finding the car very smelly and musty after all the damp and muck and water over the winter.

Mirror arm and front fog I have and just need to fit them now.
Going to fit fog when due oil change in a few k.

I will post some pics when I get round to taking them as I only managed 1 today as I was to into getting it done.

JAMES VTI S

A friend of a friend dropped up his 320D for a one day detail.

PGE1970

Received from Dave@Detailing Shed on Monday (see attachment).

Super service as usual (even when I screwed up my order!!).

Hoping for some good weather at weekend!!

randy hickey

^ Why am I seeing hyperlinks in the above post (on the words Dave, service, usual, hoping), linking to "I made €250 a day working from home" spam??

quadrifoglio verde

randy hickey wrote: »

^ Why am I seeing hyperlinks in the above post (on the words Dave, service, usual, hoping), linking to "I made €250 a day working from home" spam??

I'm not so I'm guessing it's something that you've downloaded

randy hickey

Just did a google search there - it's malicious adware from Genieo in Israel........

PGE1970

randy hickey wrote: »

Just did a google search there - it's malicious adware from Genieo in Israel........

Is that my post? Should be a photo of detailing products on a table!

I can remove if it's a problem?

randy hickey

PGE1970 wrote: »

Is that my post? Should be a photo of detailing products on a table!

I can remove if it's a problem?

No, I don't think it was your post - if it was, others would be getting it too, and that doesn't appear to be the case.

FWIW, it's a malicious browser extension adware called gophoto.it, and you have to go into your browser's tools to remove it.

Sorted!

MetzgerMeister

randy hickey wrote: »

No, I don't think it was your post - if it was, others would be getting it too, and that doesn't appear to be the case.

FWIW, it's a malicious browser extension adware called gophoto.it, and you have to go into your browser's tools to remove it.

Sorted!

I have that bastardin' yoke on my home PC. How exactly did you remove it? Hope it's chrome you have.

randy hickey

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

I have that bastardin' yoke on my home PC. How exactly did you remove it? Hope it's chrome you have.

PM sent!

Curran

randy hickey wrote: »

"I made €250 a day working from home"

Link to that site please Sounds easier than what Im doing at the moment!

Noccy_Mondy

Nothing major happening on this front, took off the wheels on Monday and removed the tar, bitch of a job. Got most of it off, the big black bits that are left are where the paint is chipping/bubbling. Nothing great, but it's better than before!

Mc Love

So after being down in Kerry for over a week and did a good bit of driving, the car was in some need for some TLC

One of the front wheels covered in dust


Pictured after 50cal Retaliate Alloy wheel cleaner


Some snow (mix of CG Mr Pink & Megs Hyperwash)








The finished product


There was a lovely colour off the wheels in the evening sunlight

MetzgerMeister

That thing at the wheel in the last pic......has that got a boob on either end?? :eek:

Mc Love

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

That thing at the wheel in the last pic......has that got a boob on either end?? :eek:

Its a dog's toy - that thing that looks like a nipple is the bit where the air comes out/goes in

MetzgerMeister

I know it's a dog's toy, I'm wondering why the hell you're playing with it yourself :P

tossy

Gave the car a clean and quick detail and then took some better photos for the for sale ad, i think it was too sunny in my other photos lol

punisher5112

Very nice and done well on the detailing;)

tossy

punisher5112 wrote: »

Very nice and done well on the detailing;)

thanks dude.

punisher5112

Why you selling if you don't mind me asking.
Looks a keeper.

tossy

punisher5112 wrote: »

Why you selling if you don't mind me asking.
Looks a keeper.

Just fancy a change, i have it just over 24 months which is about my average time for keeping a car, you know yourself you wake up one day and decide you want a change and then there is no turning back lol.

punisher5112

tossy wrote: »

Just fancy a change, i have it just over 24 months which is about my average time for keeping a car, you know yourself you wake up one day and decide you want a change and then there is no turning back lol.

Bit like that myself use to change every few weeks:pac: now stuck with the VRs nearly 4 years which is the longest ever me owning a car.

MetzgerMeister

She's looking fantastic tossy, nice job

GLWTS!

Mc Love

Love the wheels on her

Noccy_Mondy

What's good for getting make-up off door cards, levers etc? I'm driven mad with them.

Hal1

A good apc and a bristle brush to agitate it. Let it dwell a few minutes and wipe away. Rinse repeat as necessary. I've been using OC apc but gunk degreaser is great too but it stinks like a ol wh0re.

mik_da_man

I use a mild mix of megs APC.
And tell the mot to go easy on the slap!

Noccy_Mondy

Right I'll give that a lash. I tell her over and over again, but she won't listen!!!!

mossym

posted my impresson of OAC perfection before. just an update

Black 520d parked up for last 10 days as we were away on holidays. came back to the expected covering of dust and bird $hite. didn;t have time to do anything since except a quick 2bm wash, rinse, wash and towel dry. OAC had been put on about a month before. came back up to an impressive shine, drew a comment from the neighbour last night about how i keep it looking so black, and this morning some very very impressive beadage.

the OAC was on top of 845 that was put on a month before hand, but still i'm impresed enough to say this will probably be my process from now on, couple of layers of 845 every 4 to 5 months, oac a couple of times in between

georgefalls

Hell yeah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF5p5m1OcdU

vectra

Huhh??^^^^^

JAMES VTI S

This Volvo was new from the dealer, my friend wanted it detailed to get it perfect once again. I was asked to treat the leather and give the exterior a polish and wax. The Leather was cleaned and sealed, the floor mats were steamed and got a hot water extraction, the paint got a one stage machine polish and a coat of premium wax.

JAMES VTI S

Noccy_Mondy

Getting in around the jambs is the bit that annoys me, last time it was serviced, they decided to overdo the grease around the hinges, so it gets messy to clean. When I'm feeling lazy the expression out of sight, out of mind comes into play :rolleyes:

JAMES VTI S

Clean shuts and very important to me, I machine polished the paint around the shuts on this car.

Noccy_Mondy

Jesus fair play to ya! I know they're an important part, since the second you open the door, they're the first thing you see. Whatever about a silver or lighter colour car, with the blacks and navy's, dirty ones stick out like a sore thumb!

JAMES VTI S

Thanks for liking my post anyway ;-)

Noccy_Mondy

Ahh someone had to, out of politeness more than anythning :pac:

Joke btw!

Spike Witwicky

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

This Volvo was new from the dealer, my friend wanted it detailed to get it perfect once again. I was asked to treat the leather and give the exterior a polish and wax. The Leather was cleaned and sealed, the floor mats were steamed and got a hot water extraction, the paint got a one stage machine polish and a coat of premium wax.

Amazing.
How do you get the exhaust n chrome so shiny???

georgefalls

vectra wrote: »

Huhh??^^^^^

Try it now