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Cosmos Blue Rev 5 Toyota MR2 Detailing
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Bollixed!! Spent a good part of today doing the rear bumper and MR2 centre panel (in between lights)
I'll leave it for today for going through pics...but like all other panels on the car. It wasn't in the best of nick.
On the homerun now, not too long much left before its finished. Noticing a few bits here and there I will have to go back over.:cool:
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Just the sides left to do as the difficult part the the rest should be easy...engine cover and sides have some heavy clearcoar scratchings. Probably have to revisit
parts here and there but delighted with the difference..my mate asked did I get the bumper sprayed!
Panels clayed and DA'ed with Menzerna PF2500 PO203S
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Needs a good wash believe it or not!
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I've been banned from detailing today! I got a quick wash in - just chucked a bit of demon shine on this time round..I parked it under a tree and it was covered in sap yesterday!
Nilfisk C110 Hose - seemed to be battered after 2 uses - reading on the net its a common issue and costs £22 GBP to replace (entire washer was £55!) ..so I got a garden hose and slit it one side and covered the hose in insulation tape..job done!
Very quick Wash of car!..
Followed by the TBar glass out and a trip up to the Sally Gap...glorious day for it.
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Not making excuses :P...but I didn't get in until 5:30am this morning (and very merry)! Had planned on doing bottom half of passenger side today but the noise of the DA just wasn't making the hangover go away! So in the end only a tiny piece done....with the longer nights I should get this boxed off end of month.
Bottom Half - Passenger Wing
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Another year older today (me and the car!) While it was dry I though I'd get another bit done before I have a drinky!
Done the bottom hald passanger door & rear quarter
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Rear Ven (This was VERY hard to buff):
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This was the reason I initially bought the DA and sorted the car...the really bad engine bay scratching. Had to take the 2 panels out but didn't get to the engine cover yet!
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Panel with bad clearcoat scratching:
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Other Side Panel - Not as bad ...but still bad!
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Love when you stick more pics of your progress up here
You must have nearly finished at this stage????
Can't wait to see the final result!
Cheer man: Nearly done on correction
Left to do:
* Mirrors
* A Pillar
* Middle back panel(beside window brake light) missed this a few months back
* Remove Spoiler and correct
* Do boot under spoiler that was missed
* Bottom Half Drivers side
* Sills at bottom
* Plastic molding
* engine cover
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Done Yesterday...finally what annoyed me most about the car has been corrected! Wasn't feeling it too much so it was an 85% improvment...but only some small corrections left.
Here is a picture of it (Before I sone the side panels)
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Engine Cover closeup
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Almost there....mirrors and most the spoiler done today! Hard to get pics of the spoiler with the sunlight and all that but it was as bad as anywhere else on the car!
Drivers Side Mirror:
Hard to get in at the attachment that joins the mirror to the car but I'll have a look at that when I'm installing the folding mirrors.
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I done the middle bit I lost out to the rain a while back...it wasnt too bad anyway but gave it a once over.
Moss or some organic built up was jammed in tight so I moved the the adjustable spoiler just enough to clean it.
The Pivot bolt had a small bit of rust on it so i got treated with some kurust.
Spoiler (Middle)
Hard to take Pics but this was the general condition.
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I'd done the outer piece but the centre cap shows the scratching.
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The end is in sight
You have done a brilliant job of keeping the work to such a high standard..
I think I would get board and end up with a "that will do" standard and then be disappointed with the end result
Oh I'm fed up at this stage alright and theres a few small things that will still ned attention! :pac: but the most part its all good.
This took so long due to previous owner Still a few other bits to do such as leather seats (small fix), door rubbers, interior clean, etc....ah it keeps me sane :cool: 0 -
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Not a successful detailing day by all means I had turned the car around to avoid the heat but it wasn't lon before the shade disappeared in parts!
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It wasn't the worst hit panel..I may have to come back to this as the heat ate the compound
however it was only small swirling before and moved 85% from what I could see:
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I then clayed the mouldings and started passenger rear...got a fright when I saw the pad covered in paint...but talking with Curran on detailingrepublic.ie
we reckon these may have been painted at some stage as the underneath is perfect
..I retired after the first trim as I wanted to make sure no damage was done.
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My clear indicators were yellowing for a while now. I was going to change these for the autoart crystal clear lights...but heard the quality is questionable and new clear indicators are €€€ from Toyota. I had some Meguairs scratchX sitting in the shed and gave the lights a few passes of the DA
Quite happy with the results.
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Clear lights (Passenger Side):
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challengemaster wrote: »Impressive stuff from the ScratchX, I've a bottle of it here. Might try it on the quarter panel indicators which have a tendency to yellow on the e46.
Indeed...it was just a quick job each side..quite impressed...wonder how long it will last...my heavy pad was eaten by it...we had a good run though
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