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Cosmos Blue Rev 5 Toyota MR2 Detailing
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My weekends will free right up once this has been done. There's a few stonechips on the door, I will sort these once the paint correction has been done.
Done today: Top Half Drivers door, 2 x Popup lights and went over the wing again from the first day as my technique has improved since then and was able to shift a fair few scrapes that were left there.
RDS - Clearcoat - 99% Improvment
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Door - more clearcoat scratching FFS
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Drivers Wing: (Redo)
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Popup light - covers
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Getting there:
Tomorrows work (maybe!)
Bonnet:
1 small pad down I might do the bonnet tomorrow if I feel like somemore detailing..........0 -
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Feckin disaster - rained twice in between buffing, i'm nearly out of Menzerna, my small medium cut pad is proper fucked now
...overall I'd say an 85% improvement...a few bits to go over but happy with the difference in colour...its starting to look
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Scratch
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Clearcoat scraping
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Small Pad out of action...I used some rope each side to prop up the bonnet as the scratching on the edge was bad..worked very well
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More clearcoar scratching..eres not a piece of this car unscratched
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This was the worst part of the bonnet...it was very noticeable without the halogen light...and bugged the shi out of me!
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RDS - Reduced by 50%
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Side by Side - Bonnet -vs- Bumper ...the difference says it all.
BEADING - Not quite biblical yet!!!
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eringobragh wrote: »thats just from the menzerna
I was thinking it looked like beading from polish alright!
Now that you say it, have you been washing down the panels after you finish polishing, before adding your LSP? Would suggest you do if you havent been, as the LSP wont last as long with the polish on the panel. Also, when the polish is on the panel, it can sometimes hide very light marks, as they are filled in. Washing the panel with a APC will do the job! 0 -
eringobragh wrote: »thats just from the menzerna
I was thinking it looked like beading from polish alright!
Now that you say it, have you been washing down the panels after you finish polishing, before adding your LSP? Would suggest you do if you havent been, as the LSP wont last as long with the polish on the panel. Also, when the polish is on the panel, it can sometimes hide very light marks, as they are filled in. Washing the panel with a APC will do the job!
Haven't made it to the LSP stage yet..once all the panels are cleared I'll be washing and then finally LSP....still 50% left to do 0 -
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As promised...
A tough enough job todo but worth it IMO! Nearly died when I thought I burnt through the clearcoat, thankfully it was only a build up of polish....lesson learned concentration is needed when DAing the car!
Car is completely transformed with the bumper done..my neoghbour came out and told me it was looking well! I've a dilema with the bumper lip, the paint is chipped to feck one side and thinking of wrapping it in carbon fibre..let me know what you thinK?
Plate surround taken off to polish easier (need a new plate as well, old one is bent)
I recommend getting a creeper for the low panels - I already had this..
this
No not an oil change - this was all the dirt that came off the bumper!
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LIP - badly chipped...I was thinking of wrapping this is carbon fibre as I don't want to shell out for a respray only for the stones to wreck it again
Heres one that was done already:
Verdict lads???
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I'm changing these to LED crystal clear ones from MR2-ben...b4ss has them on this 2 and they look great.
ENJOY
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Fair play, once again. It's a good feeling when you get that far into it. Nice work.
I'd say that's definitely snow foam eligible
Cheers man, I can finally see light at the end of the tunnel...thanks again for the foam and padding.
I was luckier with my bumper then yours the scratching buffed out nicely :cool:
I've decided since. I'm going to wrap the lip in carbon fibre...worst case scenario I peel it off :pac:0 -
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Got the carbon fiber vinyl for the splitter today. Unfortunately didn't get much further then looking at it.
Typical its always the last screw that won't budge. grrr
Noticed a small crack on the base of the lip after removal
Bit o' isopon both sides should hold her for a while
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Started the carbon wrapping yesterday...not a flawless job but all the imprefections are only viewable by the field mice under the car ...twas a tricky job especially as it was first time and it was a pretty curvy piece. Was up to midnight wrapping the thing!
I decided to drill out the rivets of the brackets to make my life easier...that and some of the rivets and broken anyway.
I might be guilty of this bend! I tipped a garage door one way at low speed (no marks on bumper) but it left its mark...pliers straightened it out.
The 'ONE' screw that wouldn't budge during the removal of the lip.
Wrap in progress...thanks to my Girlfriend who helped with the process
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Very Happy with the final result...just in the last half hour..pics aren't great as it was getting dark but I took one of it propped up on boxes before I bolted it on..I like the look anyway, think it suits the car.
Wasn't able to get a flawless wrap but the part everyone sees is perfect...just the fussy field mice running under the car might have something to say ....I reckon it will be pebble dashed to bits in 12 months time anyway.
Had to rivert back the old supports...Aldi riverter on the shelf the last 2 years...I knew I would find a use for it someday
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