MK5 Golf GTI
General => Detailing => Topic started by: VWellsy on June 15, 2010, 10:47:08 pm
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Finally had the time to give my car it's overdue clean and polish, and i'm quite pleased with myself :grin:
Particularly like the last photo showing the reflection off the roof..... :drool:
Hope you enjoy!!! and any comments / tips welcome.
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:congrats: :congrats: :congrats:
God dam , thats awesome :happy2:
Makes me miss my old Laser blue Gti
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Wow! Wow! Wow!
Amazing work! I still cant see why VW was dumb enough to stop producing that colour! The Monza Shadows look gorgeous too!
First pic = Sex :star:
Mike
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Looking nice mate
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lookin mint there dude :happy2: :happy2: :happy2:
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Looks mint mate :congrats:
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That finish is unreal nice one mate some hard work gone in to getting results like that.... well done!
What polish are you using?
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That is a very clean car, you also seem to have every conceivable extra fitted, satnav (based on sharkfin) RPS, Xenons, Leather, Monza II's, dont go telling me it has highline cruise and the arm rest all from the factory.... :sad1: :grin:
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Lovely looking car and the colour looks great when its clean and shiney like that too!!
One thing tho, get that bumper painted up ;) I'd love to know what was going thru VW's heads when they decided to just put them on without painting them - cost cutting at its most stupid lol
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Uuuuummmmm that looks lovely :drool: :drool: :drool:
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Ta for all the great comments, makes all the graft even better! :happy2:
The Wax I used was Collonite 476S, which I've used before and seems to be pretty good stuff - sadly no nice smell or anything while your working but hey, the finish is what your after.
Started off with the Foam Lance
2 Bucket wash
Megs Quik Clay Bar
Megs Hot Rims then Collonite Waxed the wheels
Wet and Black on the tyres
Scratch x2 in a few places
Autoglym Resin Polish
Colonite Wax
While the wax cured I cleaned the interior with some Megs Gold Class Leather conditioner (don't rate too much)
Polished off the wax
Cleaned all the glass with Megs NXT (fantastic stuff)
Then finally a quick wipe over with Demon Shine to take off any dust polish
Stand back Grin and take some photo's!!!
And as for the spec - Yep SatNav, Armrest with 6CD and rear (working) air vents, DSG, MFSW, Paddle Shift, 18's (refurbed Shadow style), RPS, Highline, Cruise, Auto Lights / Wipers, Sunroof, Heated Leather, and all standard with the car when purchased. (I have the sticker in the boot to confirm) :grin:
And your right about the Rear bumper defo needs painting (on my list of things to do!). :happy2:
At the Mo it's REVO Stage 1, with a K&N Typhoon induction kit which is (and sounds) AWSOME!!! :evilgrin:
Cheers again Guys :notworthy:
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stunning
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Ta for all the great comments, makes all the graft even better! :happy2:
The Wax I used was Collonite 476S, which I've used before and seems to be pretty good stuff - sadly no nice smell or anything while your working but hey, the finish is what your after.
Started off with the Foam Lance
2 Bucket wash
Megs Quik Clay Bar
Megs Hot Rims then Collonite Waxed the wheels
Wet and Black on the tyres
Scratch x2 in a few places
Autoglym Resin Polish
Colonite Wax
While the wax cured I cleaned the interior with some Megs Gold Class Leather conditioner (don't rate too much)
Polished off the wax
Cleaned all the glass with Megs NXT (fantastic stuff)
Then finally a quick wipe over with Demon Shine to take off any dust polish
Stand back Grin and take some photo's!!!
And as for the spec - Yep SatNav, Armrest with 6CD and rear (working) air vents, DSG, MFSW, Paddle Shift, 18's (refurbed Shadow style), RPS, Highline, Cruise, Auto Lights / Wipers, Sunroof, Heated Leather, and all standard with the car when purchased. (I have the sticker in the boot to confirm) :grin:
And your right about the Rear bumper defo needs painting (on my list of things to do!). :happy2:
At the Mo it's REVO Stage 1, with a K&N Typhoon induction kit which is (and sounds) AWSOME!!! :evilgrin:
Cheers again Guys :notworthy:
Looks like a good long wash technique, im particularly impressed with the zorst, and that spec if amazing! in no way am I jealous!
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Very nice mate..........just need to get rid of the Sunew tyres on the front. :signLOL:
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Top work there buddy :congrats:
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Good spot Gene, sadly for me the previous owner put those Sunew tyres on when they changed the car. :fighting:
At least the back tyres are Conti's! :smiley:
The Sunew tyres are absolutely the worst tyres I have ever come across in my life, zero grip in the wet - and I mean zero grip!. As soon as I touch the throttle she just understeers massively - quite bloody dangerous really!
Got whipped by a blumin' Freelander (for God sake!) on a roundabout in the rain a few months ago - thats how bad they are! :sick:
Anyway doing my best to wear them out and then put Four new boots on! :happy2:
Short list:
Eagle F1 Asymmetrics (run these on our other car A4 S-Line Quattro Avant and they are spot on)
Michelin Pilot sport 2 or 3's
or Kumho Ecsta's (Good grip for the money)
Oh and bye the way - keep it quiet about the Freelander.... Please!!!! :signLOL:
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Try Vredestein ultrac sessanta mate,good price & very well rated by lots on here me included. :happy2:
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Hi looks great. What did you use on the exhaust. Or is it just brand new.
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Top work. :congrats:
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Ta Gene, have had a look on t'internet at the Vred's and they look a cracking tyre - they could be the one's to go for when I change them! :happy2:
And S4LEK, I had a proper go on the zorst a few months back as it was proper caked in black soot and a bit of minor corrosion. :sick:
So basically I got my Dremel out with the little grinding wheel and took it back to the metal, then coarse wire wool to start reducing the scratches, followed by some wet emery to really take it back to a clean finish. Then finally a good polish with Autosol.
All in all took about an hour or two. :smiley:
Now all I do is give 'em a quick wipe over and maybe a quick rub with the Autosol and they are back to spot-on in 5mins max!
Hope that helps :happy2:
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WOW!!! exhaust looks amazing
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Great work
Laser blue was one of the best colours......
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wow that is stunning.
Cracking job there
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Looking good! :happy2:
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:pomppomp:
Simply stunning. How long's it take to do from start to finish?
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All in all it took about 10 hours from start to finish over a couple of days ( give or take a few sarnies and half a dozen mugs of tea!). :grin:
Got up to polishing it on the 1st day, and then finished it off on the following day!
sadly it still only took 48hrs for some Nazi blummin Seagull to pebble dash the bonnet!!! :fighting:
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^^^I've had a bird sh*t on the car within an hour of detailing!!!
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Might be worth seeing if we can do a group buy on some air rifles! :evilgrin:
Probably won't solve the problem, but sure make me feel a lot better!!!
:signLOL:
:fighting: :fighting: :fighting:
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Of course, there is that great urban myth; feeding alka selzer to seagulls causes them to explode... :evilgrin:
But lets not debate whether or not it can happen here, don't want to hi-jack a top detailing thread.
Anyone for a seagull test thread... :happy2:
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Love the colour and love the wheels with the black inserts :happy2:
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I remember someone telling me how she used to stuff chips with bicarbonate of soda and feed them to the birds, then watch them drop from the sky!
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^^^^^^^ haha i mite have 2 give that a go stealthwolf :signLOL:
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Nice work! I was detailing my car from 5pm til 11pm last night and my hands are a bit sore (No pics now sorry!)
What chemical did you use to clean your exhaust tips? They look very nice! Mine had not been cleaned in any way by the previous owner so they had not seen shine in 5 years. First I tried some degreaser which I used to use to clean my motorcycles chains - absolutely no effect. Then I pulled out my moms weapon of choise: Harpic Max toilet cleaner :smiley: It worked like a dream but still was not able to get em as clean as yours are :sad1:
Also would love to know what brand of tyre dresser you're using? My AutoGlym Instant Tyre Dresser doesn't hold it's wet look too long.
-Dan
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Who did the refurb on your Monzas?
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Nice work! I was detailing my car from 5pm til 11pm last night and my hands are a bit sore (No pics now sorry!)
What chemical did you use to clean your exhaust tips? They look very nice! Mine had not been cleaned in any way by the previous owner so they had not seen shine in 5 years. First I tried some degreaser which I used to use to clean my motorcycles chains - absolutely no effect. Then I pulled out my moms weapon of choise: Harpic Max toilet cleaner :smiley: It worked like a dream but still was not able to get em as clean as yours are :sad1:
Also would love to know what brand of tyre dresser you're using? My AutoGlym Instant Tyre Dresser doesn't hold it's wet look too long.
-Dan
Its water based so will not last long, try something jel based like Meg's endurance tyre gel.
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Hi sorry it took so long to respond - been away for a while!
DANDAN - I got my Dremel out with the little grinding wheel and took it back to the metal, then coarse wire wool to start reducing the scratches, followed by some wet emery to really take it back to a clean finish. Then finally a good polish with Autosol.
Sounds harsh but the dremmel worked a treat on the really stubborn sooty stuff :happy2:
And... CoolHandLuke - the wheel refurb was done by a company called WheelWorx near Fordingbridge in Hants.
They did a top job and were a nice bunch of guys....
Hope that helps :happy2:
Looking at getting the rear bumper colour coded, same on the side skirts and the front splitter in the next few weeks! :grin:
Only thing holding me back is it takes a £400 chunk of cash out of my turbo back Milltek exhaust fund :sad1:
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The wheels look quality,was the face of them diamond cut again or have they been sprayed?
Is it OK to remachine the face and rims again without taking to much more metal of?
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The wheels were diamond cut again, and I think I read or heard somewhere that they can be cut / refinished about 3 times before you reach the end of their tolerance, (but i guess the person doing the job will give you better advice).
I wanted to keep the OEM look so didn't fancy painting the whole wheel, and so far (after one winter) there is no chips in the laquer to start the white worm creaping back. :scared: