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Today I did some detailing...
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Well the seats are easily changed on the focus. I removed the rear bench before to deep clean with a wet vac.
So you could find that section with the middle headrest from a facelift focus (mk1.5, 02-04).
The courtesy light in the rear was fitted to ghia models, but can be easily fitted in if you really wanted.
Ah, to be honest, I wouldn't be bothered getting a third headrest. It wouldn't benefit me, to be honest. It'd just get in the way. I just found it a bit weird, though.
The courtesy light is interesting though. Odd that they intentionally left that out. Never seen a car model like that before (where that was an optional extra).Coat in a fallout remover - no names, as was testing and didnt find it great
Ooooohh. I smell trouble.. :P
For a car that hadn't been washed in 8 months it looked quite well! Was it getting much use? I'd have thought after 8 months you wouldnt be able to see the car anymore, for the dirt and dust that'd be on it. :Pthe water would bead off the car
Ye call that beading?! :P
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Deleted User wrote: »Ah, to be honest, I wouldn't be bothered getting a third headrest. It wouldn't benefit me, to be honest. It'd just get in the way. I just found it a bit weird, though.
The courtesy light is interesting though. Odd that they intentionally left that out. Never seen a car model like that before (where that was an optional extra).
Ooooohh. I smell trouble.. :P
For a car that hadn't been washed in 8 months it looked quite well! Was it getting much use? I'd have thought after 8 months you wouldnt be able to see the car anymore, for the dirt and dust that'd be on it. :P
Ye call that beading?! :P
Which wax polish combination you using KKV?0 -
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Which wax polish combination you using KKV?
There's actually no wax on it in that photo. That was taken during it being powerwashed/2BMed to get rid of the polish residue.
It had just been machine polished, but not sure what polish I used on it, to be honest. Hmm.. Curran might know? I remember wanting the most aggressive polish I could get off his site, and it comes in a black bottle.. possibly with a green lid and white squirt top..
I know the name of it I just can't think of it. Drawing a blank. I just searched detailingshed again and can't see it there though anymore. 0 -
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Lengthy post number 3...
Today I did some... Wax-on, wax-off, trim treating and glass cleaning, along with a little more messing about inside, and cleaning up the wheels a little. I was a fair bit lazier today than the other days.
I realised that the car has a jack, but no brace, so I took the wheel brace from my dads car (also a mk1 focus) but the brace was too big for my wheel nuts
So I just gave the face of the wheels a going over and will give them a proper looking at when I get a decent brace. Also means the wheel wells aren't as clean as I'd have liked (though I did make an effort with some APC and an MF towel or two).
I gave it two goats of AutoGlym EGP (let each coat sit for about 30-40 minutes before buffing off). I also did the wheels, too, but they didn't look as good as I'd hoped (everytime id rub them, break dust from the backside of the spokes would catch on the cloth and smear.. became tedious..). I'll wash polish and seal the wheels properly when they're off the car. Desperately needs some wheel centre caps, too.
Then some Autoglym Bumper and trim gel went onto the trim, including the logo at both ends:
Finished what I started with the AutoSol.. although, this did require a bit of sanding too, as the Autosol only seemed to go so far on it's own, and the exhaust still needed some cleaning. So I sanded it with some 150 grit sandpaper, which tore lumps out of it. Then went at it with some 1500 grit which smoothened it out a fair bit, and then went at it with Autosol on steel wool to finish it off. It's not perfect, but it's a massive improvement.
Treat the glass with Turtle Wax ClearVue (also had to use some APC here as the two back windows had some weird fuzziness to them that wouldnt come off with just the window cleaner.
Hoovered out the boot again and steam cleaned the carpet
Went at the plastics with Meguiars interior quik detailer:
And then took a photo of myself to celebrate.
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Deleted User wrote:Desperately needs some wheel centre caps, too.
Sorry, completely skipped my mind. Turns out I have, well had one centre cap that broke when I tried to prise it off. Thought I had the full set. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance
The way you have your car makes me so jealous. I hand polish mine, grand out of direct sunlight, but really needs a machine polish. I swear, the previous owner must have cleaned it with wire wool! The swirls would send you into a daze.0 -
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Noccy_Mondy wrote: »Sorry, completely skipped my mind. Turns out I have, well had one centre cap that broke when I tried to prise it off. Thought I had the full set. Sorry I couldn't be of more assistance
Ah you're grand, don't be silly.
I went to meet a chap in Navan who was selling some on Adverts, but they were too big for my wheels (I knew I wasn't measuring it right ).
But I mean, the worst case scenario is a set will cost me €20 on ebay. Hardly the end of the world. That said, the car needs an ariel, too. And a wheel brace. So although these are all fairly trivial items, I'll give a scrapyard a ring and see if anyone can help me out on the cheap.The way you have your car makes me so jealous. I hand polish mine, grand out of direct sunlight, but really needs a machine polish. I swear, the previous owner must have cleaned it with wire wool! The swirls would send you into a daze.
Yeah, the Rav4 was like that. Was a pain in the ass
Do you have/use a machine polisher at all? I find Im never quite as impressed with the results as I feel I should be. I was never happy with the DAS6's efforts on the Rav4 when I was doing it.
However, a day or two later, looking at before/after photos, I really appreciated the difference it made. Bit odd.Whenever I polish I use this sealant:
Yeah I've still got about 30 of those perfect bodywork giftsets in my room. Needless to say, EGP is my go-to choice for waxing for the next 30 years. 0 -
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@KKV
It couldn't have been 3m fast cut? You can only apply that by rotary, generate the heat to break it down. Don't know if Detailing Shed ever sold it...
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Yeah I'm actually just out in my 'detailing shed' now.
Its "The Equalizer" by Wolf's. I wanted the strongest I could get and this was recommended. And although it's good, it's still tedious using a DA to machine polish.
Should have bought an orbital. But life goes on. :-)0 -
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Before:
After:
Admittedly, the 'after' was taken with a better camera in general, but the first camera wasn't lying too much (no real reflection, badly faded trim and tyres, etc.).
I've a few more I'll post later on. Just about to run out the door at the moment. There's nothing beside the car in the after photo (hence no real reflection) but two lads just walked by it when I looked out the window there now, and I almost got giddy looking at the shine and reflection of the two fellas walking by
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Today I Gave My Son a Few Karate Lessons.
At the end of the day he was wrecked, so he has now decided to give up the karate. What can you do. Disappointing. But at least I got the car waxed and the fence painted.
Ok, ok, enough wax on wax off jokes. I'll get my coat.
I'm still laughing at that post all day today. Stuck in my head and I keep laughing to myself at the worst times.
Today I did no detailing... .
Oddly enough, in some photos it looks a bit dirty (looks like there are circular dirty patches running along the bottom one or two of the pictures? Or is it just me?
Silver is a tricky colour to photograph, and, unfortunately, the place I chose to photograph it is surrounded by more silver, so the reflections aren't very vivid in there, unfortunately (looked good with non-silver cars).
Still have to give the wheels a good going over, and I will when I get sorted with a proper wheel brace, but for the time being, that's all she wrote.
There's a lovely smell in the car now, though. A mix of Clearvue glass cleaner and Chemical Guys fabric clean. T'is rather nice just sitting into it initially. Very fresh feel from it. When you're sitting inside, you really wouldn't think it was nearly 15 years old. Fair play to the previous owners for not abusing it*.
Of course, I have it less than a week and there's a new head unit shoe horned into it without any of the right gear, just because yer man was available in the same half hour that I rang him
I might fix that at a later date and get a proper surround, but for the moment I don't pass any remarks to it. I'll see if it starts to grate with me over the coming weeks.
*I say that now, wait til it fails the NCT on something and I go mad about it! :P
Those car mats were €22 in Tesco and are surprisingly good quality. Add a nice finishing touch to the inside, in my opinion.
Looking at some of the photos you can see some of the wear and tear on the car. Back right bumper, etc. but all in all, for a car I paid €1,000 for, I think I did quite well, and I can see myself driving it for longer than I anticipated (originally planned to keep it for 3-4 months over summer for camping, etc. but i've taken a real shine to it (hurr hurr) so I can see myself holding on to it til it starts to give trouble.0 -
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