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Jacks mk5 Tornado Red GTI
Pagejack:
So there hasn't been much progress on the modification front but managed to get the car in my friends garage for a x2 stage paint detail.
we decided it would need cutting back and then bringing back up with the extra fine grade, we had a choice of compounds and decided to go with the meguiars.
we used the following:
- Rupes Big Foot DA polisher
- Valet pro advanced Snow Foam
- neutral Shampoo
- Autosmart tyre blacker (doesn't splat your wheels or arches)
- Meguiars cutting and polishing compound
- Gyeon Sealent
- Alot of mirofibres :grin:
We started giving the car a snow foam to remove any surface grime, let it develop for about 5-10 minutes and removed with the jet wash,whilst the car was wet we then removed any tar. once the car was grime free we then used a neutral shampoo (didnt grab the brand) as we didnt want to apply any waxes during the washing stage and got in the garage for a closer inspection.
Even though on previous photos the car looked clean it appeared the paint had a haze/mist all over it, we thought it could have been from previous owners taking it to generic car washes and TFR stains.
Heres a quick pic of the paint on the bonnet before we started,
We thought a 50/50 on the bonnet would be a good place to start to see if the haze would be removed by the compound or whether we would have to get something more coarse,
The above was after the cutting stage,we continued to do the rest of the bonnet and go over with the polishing compound the difference was unreal!
we then carried on around the car and the difference from when we started were night and day
To seal the paint we used Gyoen Paint sealent which will have around 6-12 months protection.
My friend then saw the steering wheel and was disgusted, said it was far to shiny and needs some attention, he grabbed some g-tehnique cleaner and a new white micro to see what came off it,
after around 5 - 10 minutes of cleaning it came out like this
it now has a nice matt finish again and looks 10 times better than the shiny plastic look prior.
I then went to meet another friend who has a rather modified mk7 R, still rolling his genuine RS3 limitied edition wheels on Accuair Elevel air ride with a boot build installation completed by plush automotive!! :o
I am massively impressed with how the car came out and happy we managed to remove 99% of the swirls, obviously theirs still bits i want sorting after putting it next to the lads's mk7 R's but for 11 years old it hasn't come up bad at all!
Thanks Jack
Pirelli_Reece:
Tornado red is one of my favourite colours when it's looked after and that looks so good! I could do with correcting the paint on my pirelli, it's just finding time to do it!
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Pagejack:
--- Quote from: Pirelli_Reece on May 03, 2017, 07:29:36 pm ---Tornado red is one of my favourite colours when it's looked after and that looks so good! I could do with correcting the paint on my pirelli, it's just finding time to do it!
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Yeah red is a very rewarding colour when clean, turns alot of heads. although i have found the misting is coming back on the bonnet, not sure if its a product im using when doing my weekly clean, have to mix it up and see if i can stop it coming back.
not seen a pirelli edition in the flesh are there many visual differences?
Pagejack:
Not much happening at the moment as moneys been spent elsewhere but any ho just a quick update :smiley:
For a while now the rear disks and pads have bothered me,they have always looked really rusty and well worn so decided for how much they were id get my brother to pick me some up when at work.
I went for just the standard oem solid disks and oem pads
We started on the drivers side, after inspection they didn't look overly bad but changed them for the new parts anyway.
Then the passenger side..... deary me we had to do a double take to make sure it was the same car, extremely warn and hardly anything left on the pad, the disk had grooves, a big lip and looked in a real bad way. once we got the carrier off and whipped the pads out it appeared the seal on the piston had came out.
We doctored it the best we could and ended having to wind the piston back in using the breaker bar due to how far it had come out.
I then decided after looking at the calipers they could also do with a freshen up, I popped down the local hardware shop and picked up some red hammerite.
I know for proper job these should be properly stripped down etc but for a quick freshen up they dont look to bad at all.
The next day my brother had to borrow my car to get to work as his integra was in for a new timing chain, he rings me saying hes had to pull over as he could smell burning and surprise surprise it was coming from that passenger side caliper, it had seized on and as expected got extremely hot.
When he got to work he mentioned it to one of the techs and fair play to him he got it in the work shop on his dinner break and fitted me a new one but unfortunately it was a silver one as this was a bit cheaper.
so yes the day after having already done all 4 calipers it was back up in the air as I needed to paint this one.
Breaks are now great and handbrake is a lot better!
ChrisGT:
Car looks stunning after the detail, super glossy, really nice mods too.
Calipers look great all painted up, hopefully going to do mine this week!
That mk7 is nuts! Like the red lip on the audi rotor wheels.
Chris
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