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Dom's Tornado Red Gti - A bit of detailing
Ollieeee:
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--- Quote from: Ollieeee on May 19, 2016, 04:36:28 pm ---Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!
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The grills are just standard plastic treated with Aerospace 303 @Ollieeee
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Ah ok, i've got some 303 so might have to give it a try!
dom069:
--- Quote from: ChrisGT on May 31, 2016, 12:08:05 am ---WOW!! :drool:
Tornado red looks so good when it's all done up.
Great job,
Chris
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Cheers :happy2:
--- Quote from: Martk19871 on May 31, 2016, 08:39:20 am ---Some really nice photos in there mate, have you got a decent camera?
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Thanks, I was staying with my mum and dad so borrowed his Nikon D40. Only an old entry level SLR but still capable of some nice pictures.
--- Quote from: Ollieeee on May 31, 2016, 12:16:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: dom069 on May 30, 2016, 10:39:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ollieeee on May 19, 2016, 04:36:28 pm ---Are the grills painted black on this? Debating painting mine but unsure if it'll look too much on red!
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The grills are just standard plastic treated with Aerospace 303 @Ollieeee
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Ah ok, i've got some 303 so might have to give it a try!
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Definitely worth a try :happy2:
prp74:
Truly stunning :notworthy:
Pacman:
Looking amazing mate :congrats:
Tmparry01:
Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.
Tom
--- Quote from: dom069 on May 30, 2016, 11:23:06 pm ---On to today then, this morning I decided that I would spend the day giving it a detail.
I started with a wash and then clay, following that I gave it a machine polish using a couple of different compounds of Menzerna polish on a couple of different pads. The whole car was waxed with Collinite 476s, glass cleaned with Autoglym glass polish, exhaust with Autosol and trims were treated with Aerospace 303.
After the initial wash:
Here you can see some swirling/defects in the paint:
After claying:
Again you can see defects in the paint in direct sunlight:
Most of the front grills were removed for cleaning:
Peek-a-boo:
After the first pass:
I also tackled the headlights which were covered in white spots when the lights are on. Much better now:
Some finished snaps:
A lot of pictures, but this is my personal favourite:
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Hi Guys, sorry for the thread revival.... But if anyone's interested I'll be putting this lovely GTI back up for sale this weekend once I've got some fresh photos. Let's me know if anyone's interested.
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