Today I did some detailing...

Ron Burgundy II · 22-11-2015 03:55PM

mhackett102 wrote: »

Finished. Plastic trimmings were a c*nt to clean, I gave in after a while. Quiet happy with it overall, I dont want to bring it out on the dirty roads!

Car looks great. What wax did you use?

mhackett102 · 22-11-2015 04:04PM

Ron Burgundy II wrote: »

Car looks great. What wax did you use?

Rain Dance "Premium Carnauba Spray Wax"

Picked it up in my local motor factors, worked great on the Corolla. Its nothing too fancy but its really easy to apply!

Ron Burgundy II · 22-11-2015 04:11PM

mhackett102 wrote: »

Rain Dance "Premium Carnauba Spray Wax"

Picked it up in my local motor factors, worked great on the Corolla. Its nothing too fancy but its really easy to apply!

It looks very good on the car.

*Kol* · 23-11-2015 12:27AM

Looks great. You are lucky to have somewhere indoors to do it.

Graham 1324 · 26-11-2015 03:39AM

Snow foam washed,
Compound,
Rewashed,
Super resin,
Carnauba waxed
Tyres dressed,

Foxhole Norman · 27-11-2015 01:37AM

Tidied up the paint as best I could on the project, finished the 3 stage now.

Humble beginnings:

As she sits now:

Some scratches I just can't get out without wetsanding like you see on the bonnet but I'll live :pac:

Next on the list while I wait for my diagnostic equipment to arrive to do the mechanicals is restore the headlights, remove the bumper and do a thorough interior valet

Noccy_Mondy · 29-11-2015 07:40PM

Today I focused on the interior only. Wasn't bad to start with. Seats need a run on a wet vac though, the rest is looking ok. Interior is holding up well for a near 8 year old car. Sorry for the poor quality snaps.

Mc Love · 29-11-2015 11:52PM

Really need to give mine a vacuum and I'm looking to get some mudguards as it'll help keeping the lower parts of the car cleaner

Logicost31 · 30-11-2015 11:35AM

@NoccyMondy, if you want to 95% hide that cable running from the glovebox, you can run it out the bottom of the glovebox, and tuck it up underneath the plastic trim along the transmission tunnel, and up through the bottom of the storage bin in the armrest (there's a hole there already). Use a black cable and you'll never notice where it's coming out of the glovebox.

Noccy_Mondy · 30-11-2015 11:49AM

Logicost31 wrote:

@NoccyMondy, if you want to 95% hide that cable running from the glovebox, you can run it out the bottom of the glovebox, and tuck it up underneath the plastic trim along the transmission tunnel, and up through the bottom of the storage bin in the armrest (there's a hole there already). Use a black cable and you'll never notice where it's coming out of the glovebox.

Cheers, I'll try that. Need a new cable anyway. Opening and closing the glovebox damages the head of the cable.

Foxhole Norman · 02-12-2015 06:24PM

Detailed my neighbours Range Rover Sport in preparation for his wedding on Friday, was a bit of a rush job as I had to work at 3 but happy with the results

Exterior:
-Snow Foamed
-Alloys cleaned, De-Tarred and De-Ironed
-Tyres Cleaned and Dressed
-2BM Wash and Rinse
-Bodywork De-Tarring, De-Ironed and Rinsed
-Claybarred
-Machine Polish with Menzerna 3800
-Sealed with Fusso
-Windows Polished

Interior:
-Fully hoovered
-Mats power hosed and dressed with 50.Cal
-Dash cleaned and dressed with 50.Cal
-Leather cleaned with AG Leather Cleaner
-Stripper Scented
-Windows Polished

Before:

Leather being cleaned:

After:

Very happy with that for about 5 hours work

Ded_Zebra · 02-12-2015 10:25PM

Looks great!!!! Pedal rubbers really need another scrub though to make the interior perfect

Foxhole Norman · 02-12-2015 10:30PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Looks great!!!! Pedal rubbers really need another scrub though to make the interior perfect

I gave them a skip due to time constraints, it was either spend some more time on the interior or polish/seal the body, they weren't the worst though to be fair!

MetzgerMeister · 02-12-2015 10:41PM

You could have done them instead of taking 4 million photos :P

Foxhole Norman · 02-12-2015 11:00PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You could have done them instead of taking 4 million photos :P

Ssssshh, see, now I'm going to have to do them tomorrow :pac: stupid OCD.

MetzgerMeister · 02-12-2015 11:16PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ssssshh, see, now I'm going to have to do them tomorrow :pac: stupid OCD.

OCD my hoop.....laziness more like :pac:

Foxhole Norman · 02-12-2015 11:54PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

OCD my hoop.....laziness more like :pac:

Hey now, I was asked to do this job at quarter to twelve last night and ended up late for work because of it, leave me alone :pac:

Foxhole Norman · 08-12-2015 12:20PM

206 done yesterday, was in a right state from being laid up and covered in makeup!

Exterior:
-Snow Foamed
-Wheels and Tyres Cleaned, De-Tarred, De-Ironed and dressed
-2BM Wash
-De-Tarred, De-Ironed
-2BM Wash
-Door Jambs Cleaned
-Quick machine polish with SRP
-Windows Polished
-Sealed with Fusso

Interior
-Hoovered
-Dash, door trims and center console cleaned with APC, dressed with 50.Cal
-Windows Polished
-Stripper Scented

Before:

After:

Curran · 08-12-2015 12:52PM

Nice turn around!

Probably doubled the value, in a persons mind, if it were viewed pre and post work!

Mc Love · 08-12-2015 01:21PM

Good job Foxhole - the steering wheel is wasting away!

Curran · 08-12-2015 01:25PM

They are made of butter - brother had a MKIV Golf, and the steering wheel was the same!

Either make them out of proper leather, or a decent hard wearing plastic if they're going the savings route! Hate the feel of a steering wheel of that poor quality!

MetzgerMeister · 08-12-2015 01:34PM

Is it not often down to hand cream that can eat into plastic and coverings?

Curran · 08-12-2015 01:41PM

Possibly accelerated - but my brother wouldnt be the hand cream type! Thats for sure!

Foxhole Norman · 08-12-2015 02:09PM

Yeah I think that steering wheel is plastic, think :pac:, only 84k KM's on the car believe it or not! First job where gloves were actually required :P

Theboinkmaster · 08-12-2015 03:08PM

Wow great job Foxhole. The exterior looks awesome, like a brand new car.

Interior still looks terrible, though you probably did what you could - owner obviously hasn't looked after it at all.

Foxhole Norman · 08-12-2015 03:28PM

Theboinkmaster wrote: »

Wow great job Foxhole. The exterior looks awesome, like a brand new car.

Interior still looks terrible, though you probably did what you could - owner obviously hasn't looked after it at all.

Yeah the interior needs a serious wet vac but I haven't got one at the moment, plan on picking up one very soon. Typical of women's cars I suppose :pac:

vintagevrs · 08-12-2015 03:40PM

When I see a car for sale and it says "lady owner", all I think of is make up on the interior. Nice job Foxhole!

Mc Love · 08-12-2015 04:17PM

vintagevrs wrote: »

When I see a car for sale and it says "lady owner", all I think of is make up on the interior. Nice job Foxhole!

Some women do like to take care of their cars but it's in the small minority, so small that I've never come across one. Every car I've seen owned by a woman has been filthy. Inside and outside.

Senecio · 08-12-2015 05:55PM

Mc Love wrote: »

Some women do like to take care of their cars but it's in the small minority, so small that I've never come across one. Every car I've seen owned by a woman has been filthy. Inside and outside.

That small minority are probably the wives/partners of we folk that frequent this forum. I know my wife's car is spotless inside and out but she wouldn't know the difference between clay and wax.

Foxhole Norman · 10-12-2015 05:14PM

Sorry for the spam :pac: Civic done yesterday, paint was like sandpaper before the claying!

Exterior:
-Snow Foamed
-Wheels and Tyres Cleaned, De-Tarred, De-Ironed and dressed
-2BM Wash
-De-Tarred, De-Ironed
-Clay Barred
-Door Jambs Cleaned
-Machine Polished with Menzerna Heavy Cut 400 for the Scratches
-Machine Polished fully with Menzerna SFP 3800
-Windows Polished
-Sealed with Fusso

Interior
-Hoovered
-Dash, door trims and center console cleaned with APC, dressed with 50.Cal
-Windows Polished
-Stripper Scented

Before:

Scratches;

Before/After:

Final Product:

Today I did some detailing...

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