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The wifes Toyota IQ

  • 09-05-2012 04:42PM
    #1
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭


    With all the detailing buzz around here lately I though I'd throw up a couple of pics of the wife's car after I gave it a good clean and wax today. Look pretty good considering it hasn't been cleaned since Christmas :eek:

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Comments

  • #2
    longhalloween
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,207 ✭✭✭longhalloween


    That's a great looking little car.


  • #3
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Nicely turned out, Well done:D

    Can I ask what tire dressing you used?
    i'm trying to find a dressing I like at the moment.


  • #4
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Nicely turned out, Well done:D

    Can I ask what tire dressing you used?
    i'm trying to find a dressing I like at the moment.

    Try meguiars endurance tyre gel if you haven't yet. Very easy to put on and lasts quite well.


  • #5
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Try meguiars endurance tyre gel if you haven't yet. Very easy to put on and lasts quite well.

    Thats what i have at the moment and it is pretty good on tires with smooth side walls but on sidewalls with a "pattern" it is harder to apply.

    I also don't get as good a shine as ND got on the IQ.


  • #6
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Nicely turned out, Well done:D

    Can I ask what tire dressing you used?
    i'm trying to find a dressing I like at the moment.


    Its this stuff:

    http://www.carcareireland.ie/product.php?xProd=47&xSec=2

    I have a 20L drum of it and apply it with a paint brush. Always stays nice and shiny for ages...weather dependant.


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  • #7
    GALLA_4
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7 ✭GALLA_4


    There about 760hp right?


  • #8
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    Thats what i have at the moment and it is pretty good on tires with smooth side walls but on sidewalls with a "pattern" it is harder to apply.

    With any of the gel type dressings, its very difficult to apply it to a "patterned" side way. I generally apply it quite thick to the side wall and then as ND said, use a paint brush to work it into the areas I've missed.
    Best applied to a dry tyre to get a really shiney look off it....for those who prefer a matt look, just give it a quick wipe with an old microfiber cloth, it will take the glossy look off it.


  • #9
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Thanks Curran, I worked out that technique and I'm getting the results I wanted now :D

    Thanks for your help all the same.


  • #10
    Curran
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,377 ✭✭✭Curran


    Make sure to buy smooth side wall tyres next time! :D
    From my experience....Michelin's Pilot Super Sports are about the smoothest....not cheap though! :p


  • #11
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,792 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Sidewall smoothness is defiantly a feature i'll look out for on my next set :P


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  • #12
    Syllabus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Syllabus


    how does that car ever get dirty????


    surely she pops it in her handbag when shes not using it


  • #13
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Syllabus wrote: »
    how does that car ever get dirty????

    Easy, we live in the country and it has nearly 60k on it now in less then 2 years.

    Syllabus wrote: »
    surely she pops it in her handbag when shes not using it


    The glove 'box' in the IQ is actually a detachable handbag:P


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