MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Members Rides => Topic started by: winrya on April 08, 2010, 07:58:20 pm
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As we enjoyed such a lovely day today I decided in high spirits to treat the gti to a spring clean.
It's 4 and half years old now but it still looks as good as the day i picked it up (well better after the odd mod here and there) :laugh:
Proof you can enjoy a black GTI and proof you can look after monza's.
Pretty normal wash routine today topped off with my favourite wax pinnacle sovereign. I've bought some Dodo supernatural recently but still believe this to be a far nicer wax. Its still swirl free so no machine correction needed.
Sorry to bore you all with the same location as normal, i promise one day i will take some shots somewhere more exciting than my drive :ashamed:
The camera is a Panasonic TZ65 which with a 12x zoom is proving to be a great all rounder. I've sold the SLR, pocketed £150 and got myself a camera which is far more effective with my photography skills or lack of!
The pics....
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Cheers for looking guys
Ryan
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That is one clean car, are the pics photoshopped because the shine is unreal.
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Now that's shiny mate! Looking sweet.
Boothy.
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One of the shiniest black Golfs I've seen. Time well spent to get that finish :smiley:
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Looks amazing mate. :congrats:
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Gotta love black cars!
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Very nice Ryan, you can pop round and do mine... :signLOL:
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That is one clean car, are the pics photoshopped because the shine is unreal.
I use the quick fix tool in iPhoto which gives the pics a bit of a lift but nothing more than that.
Cheers for the comments guys :smiley:
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Very nice Ryan, you can pop round and do mine... :signLOL:
You might find mine on your drive and your white R32 gone :laugh:
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Very nice Ryan, you can pop round and do mine... :signLOL:
You might find mine on your drive and your white R32 gone :laugh:
:signLOL:
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unreal shine , well done :happy2:
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daaaaaaaaaaaaym dassacleencar :grin:
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wow.........'nough said
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:congrats: nowt else to say :wink:
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That looks amazing! Can't stop looking at the photos! Well done Sir! :happy2:
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stunning :drinking:
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You could eat your dinner on that.
Gorgeous car pal :congrats:
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Absolutely stunning :congrats: Well done for keeping it so shiney :happy2:
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Damn shiny car, one thing is it an ED30 with monza II's added or a GTI with ED30 kit added? Ive just ordered a loud of new cleaning kit so hope I can get a similar finish on my pearl black! :party:
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Damn shiny car, one thing is it an ED30 with monza II's added or a GTI with ED30 kit added? Ive just ordered a loud of new cleaning kit so hope I can get a similar finish on my pearl black! :party:
Its a standard GTI with ed30 kit. Bit of a fluke really. I added r32 lights before the ed30 came out, then got a bargain on a rear ed30 bumper which i got sprayed as well as having the skirts and front lip flattened and painted and then last year i wrecked my front lip on a curb and decided it was the perfect opportunity for the ed30 front splitter.
Cheers again for all the kind comments, you're all too kind :happy2:
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Nice finish... can I suggest you sprawl a naked VAG babe across the car... it'll be the icing on the cake! :drinking:
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^^^ the man knows what he's talking about :congrats:
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Stunning! Exactly what im after..still searching for a gti sadly with no luck, seem to be less and less coming available:( As abit of a detailing geek myself, the paint finish on a black car has to be perfect...
So what im asking is, What stages and methods did you go through to achieve this amazing finish? I know a fair bit about detailing, so feel free to blab away with the various products you use! (only ever worked on light coloured cars in the past, hence why im a little unsure!)
Thanks in advance ,
Jack
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Looking nice there mate! :pomppomp: :pomppomp:
How many miles are on that now? Certainly looks a nicer front end than mine! thinking about painting mine again!
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Looking nice there mate! :pomppomp: :pomppomp:
How many miles are on that now? Certainly looks a nicer front end than mine! thinking about painting mine again!
Its just coming up to 42k mate. This winter has been pretty punishing, picked up more stone chips than the past 4 put together. Luckily I'm pretty handy with a touch up stick so they're not very visible. I'd probably attempt filling, wet sanding and polishing before a respray?
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Oh ye it's all part of the job mate. Just love a perfect finish.
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Stunning! Exactly what im after..still searching for a gti sadly with no luck, seem to be less and less coming available:( As abit of a detailing geek myself, the paint finish on a black car has to be perfect...
So what im asking is, What stages and methods did you go through to achieve this amazing finish? I know a fair bit about detailing, so feel free to blab away with the various products you use! (only ever worked on light coloured cars in the past, hence why im a little unsure!)
Thanks in advance ,
Jack
To protect the finish my washing routine has been refined to the following products with lots of testing.
Megs apc 10:1 for wheels, arches and tyres
Wheels cleaned with old wash mitt, arches and calipers with small sponge and tyres with a brush and megs shampoo plus
I then snow foam the car with my foam lance and autobrite snow foam. Leave it to dwell for 5-10 mins and jet wash off.
2 bucket method with sonus lambs wool wash mitt and megs shampoo plus
Jet wash off
Dry with megs quick detailer and 2 chemical guys miracle dryers
Wheels dried with sonus der wunder towel and megs quick detailer.
Megs endurance on tyres and arches
APC on exhausts on every wash and megs metal cleaner every couple of months to keep them shiny.
Yearly it gets clayed with sonus green clay which is really mild and doesn't marr the paint.
I've machined it twice. Once Oct 2006 with menzerna final finish on a polishing pad and once again last summer with the same combo. 6" pads generate enough heat for moderate swirl removal. Stepping up to menzerna intensive polish on a polishing pad then cutting pad gives more cutting power and still finishes lsp ready. Drop to 4" pad for more power and menz power gloss if the above is not giving enough cut.
For general top ups for general marring which is unavoidable, running round the car with lime prime on a finishing pad by machine finishes amazingly well with loads of wetness and a lovely base for a quality wax.
Everyone has their favourite wax. I've tried purple haze, blue velvet and supernatural from dodo. Supernatural leaves a brilliant finish but is not the nicest wax to apply and remove and i find it a bit of a chore to be honest. The other 2 were average in every way IMO. Collinite 476 and finishkare 1000 are both fantastic winter waxes that dull the pearl in the paint and make it look more like a solid which is really glossy looking. Great durability and lovely beading but again, both are a pain to apply. My favourite through the summer has always been pinnacle sovereign. Its soft and greasy as butter and is the easiest product to apply i have ever used (it also smells amazing). Leave it 10 mins and buff off to a wetness none of the other waxes have matched for me so far. I'm told swissvax best of show is very similar but i cant justify the extra cost!
I've tried zaino which didn't impress me. I tried autoglym srp when i first got the car and the dust was stupid, straight in the bin. For cheapness, megs nxt tech wax 2 leaves a pretty stunning finish. If you have some marring or light swirls, it sorts them in no time leaving a lovely finish.
Hope this helps
P.S never use anything harsher than apc on diamond cut wheels. Products like hot rims might say they are acid free and safe but in my experience, a couple of applications caused white worm on my wheel. Luckily my dealer swapped them over a few years ago :laugh:
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Oh ye it's all part of the job mate. Just love a perfect finish.
I've seen the guide on detailing world. I've never seen a car which has been done close up? Is it not as impressive as the photos?
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Looking as lovely as ever Ryan :congrats:
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Very nice, are you from Telford, im sure i have seen that car before??
Makes me want a Black one.
Sie
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Very nice, are you from Telford, im sure i have seen that car before??
Makes me want a Black one.
Sie
Stealing Ryan's thunder.... :signLOL: yes he is. There are 4 of us on here from the "birthplace of Industry" :happy2:
Mini meet... :driver: ?
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Very nice, are you from Telford, im sure i have seen that car before??
Makes me want a Black one.
Sie
Stealing Ryan's thunder.... :signLOL: yes he is. There are 4 of us on here from the "birthplace of Industry" :happy2:
Mini meet... :driver: ?
LOL cheers mate :happy2:
Who's the 4th??
Ryan
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mate, that looks stunning!!! my front is COVERED in stone chips. :sad1: :sad1:
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:happy2: nice mate car looks sweet as !!!!!
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Very nice, are you from Telford, im sure i have seen that car before??
Makes me want a Black one.
Sie
Stealing Ryan's thunder.... :signLOL: yes he is. There are 4 of us on here from the "birthplace of Industry" :happy2:
Mini meet... :driver: ?
LOL cheers mate :happy2:
Who's the 4th??
Ryan
Me lol. Dont know if mine is up for a mini meet lol, defo needs a clean., but wont be up to the standards of you guys you could eat you dinner off this one.
Sie
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Lol i gathered you, me and moschops but that's 3 :laugh:
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Lol i gathered you, me and moschops but that's 3 :laugh:
G4V VW is the fourth person, he lives not too far from me in Hadley... :happy2: He's been round a few times too to watch the "master" Stevep install the Camera in the R, ED30 is next in a weeks or so's time... :happy2:
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Wouldnt mind catching that if you let us know when, got his old grill on my car.
Sie
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:happy2: nice to see a black GTI that shinny
great job :star:
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Looking great.Does it live outside ?.
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Looking great.Does it live outside ?.
Cheers, it does live outside unfortunately and is currently covered in a thick layer of fallout at the moment :sick:
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Mine is the same colour & does live in a garage BUT even then it's a pig to keep clean,but i'm like you & love washing & cleaning it.
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bit late in posting but that is the shiniest car I have ever seen - you put my black gti to shame :\ I'm sooo lazy..