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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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Right first of all it is the BMW But it has undergone a major bufty and thought you might apprecatie a clean car...

Anyway after 3 weeks of not being able to wash it due to the rain i thought i finally better get around to it while the weather is nice and dry, all be it a bit cold!

To start with she had a full wash, then i parked it in the garage to take all four wheels off (sry didnt take photos till the end as i didnt think).

All 4 wheels came of for a good clean behind them, while the wheels was off i also washed under neath the arches and bumper gel'ed the liners etc. I then waxed the wheels with Poorboys wheel sealer to keep them nice and stop the brake dust from marking them.

Also then deailed the engine bay...

Also remover front fog light to dry out as some water had got in there and misted the fog light up.

After that i then clayed the car! Thanks to Mr Council road man laying a new road near me i had a LOT of tar stuck to the car SO i clayed it to get any tar and other imperfections of. And i have to say i was impressed with the results. First time i have ever clayed a car and it was impressive. It got shot of all the tar and any other marks that was on there. Finally my side skirts are as mint as the rest of the car!!!!

After this i then dug the porta cable out and went over the car with swirl remover compound (medium grade) after doing this there was still some marks so i then went over it agian with Light grade swirl remover compound. This then resulted in almost all of the swirls out of the car.

after that i went over the car with Polymer sealent applied once agian with portacable. This start to make the car really shine!

Next job i went over all the balck trim with poorboys trim delailer.

Then went back over the paint with canuba wax sealer! applied by hand with soft spounge.

Finaly cleaned the glass with sonus glass cleaner. it was hard job as the temprature was cold! and getting it of was a bit of a nightmare. but got there in the end.

Hoover out the car and qipe over dash etc for interior and was job done as this was done by me not so long ago so no need for leather cleaner and dash cleaner etc.

Anyway here are the pics, sorry im not to good with the camera. But what do you think?



















No photos of engine bay as i forgot and its to cold to go back out and take some lol.

I must be mad as the car is used everyday and will soon get dirty but least its protected a bit more agianst the elements. Dont want to use it now though as i will get it dirty!!! lol

Really dont know why im selling it when looks sooooooooo nice!
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:24 PM
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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I'm still hankering after your car...

Mrs fancies it too...

Wedding to pay for though...
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Old Dec 20, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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LOL Chop get in registry office and buy this as wedding pressie Might still be here in month or so as havent actually treid to hard to sell it

Toke me near enough two days to clean the bastid properly
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 12:50 PM
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If you have it in 6 months i'll have it off you

Cant see me managing any sooner
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 02:50 PM
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you'd have enjoyed it more on an old cossie though
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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why are you sellin ryhs?
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Dunno Martin the BMW is so nice to clean and looks fookin stunning i love it

Carl selling as i should be sensible and bank money for house and also park is not ideal atm when i go to uni and freinds and im getting pariond about the car as is givening me stress for worrying about it i could do without
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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where do u get your cleaning products from never heard of half your products

who makes the clay? and swirl remover?

and the wheel stuff you use?
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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Butch my Bro bought a load of shit and got it imported from the US including a proper porter cable

Though you can get the wax here now i use Poorboys and Merquiers stuff. Though not the Merquiers u see in Halfords.

For details on the products have a look on www.detalingworld.co.uk

You want go back to usual autoglym. Proper stuff. I just got to buy proper wash mitt and drying towl now to stop all the swirl marks from washing.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 09:36 PM
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This car was minted when ya bro came down in it, it is one of thee smartest beema's on the road, and your keeping it minted to, me likes it. Bit cold for the buftying though?
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 10:00 AM
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top job

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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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Cheers Mikey! Its was cold but when i start on Tuesday wasnt too bad. Though when finished it the day after was cold and getting the window stuff of was hard and tbh i dont think its all of as in certain sun u can see the odd smudge
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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Nice one Rhys............

I guess i should really do mine now as you are putting it to shame

They look SO SO good clean dont they
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Old Dec 22, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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Old Dec 23, 2006 | 02:04 PM
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Tiff they sure do mate!! Proper car. Even had someone in petrol station say how nice the car was


Thought its dirty agian now. 100 miles in fog and shit this time of year is bad
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Old Dec 23, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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Looks nice m8.
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Old Dec 27, 2006 | 05:34 PM
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nice gotta get me some more cleaning products, tho when its a bit warmer
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Old Dec 28, 2006 | 11:04 AM
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yeah deffo easier when its warmer!! though i woudl get mine done now though while off. Though its pain in the cold weather
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Originally Posted by Rhys
Butch my Bro bought a load of shit and got it imported from the US including a proper porter cable

Though you can get the wax here now i use Poorboys and Merquiers stuff. Though not the Merquiers u see in Halfords.

For details on the products have a look on www.detalingworld.co.uk

You want go back to usual autoglym. Proper stuff. I just got to buy proper wash mitt and drying towl now to stop all the swirl marks from washing.
link wont work rhys ..but i found the wheel stuff on google

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...e+Search&meta=

i will be getting some of that ..how much did you pay for yours ??

CAR LOOKS MINT
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Old Dec 29, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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showroom condition mate well done
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Had one just like that a couple of years back,looks lovely, they are great cars!!!!!
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Looks good .Wanna come and do mine
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Originally Posted by avid-fan
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Butch my Bro bought a load of shit and got it imported from the US including a proper porter cable

Though you can get the wax here now i use Poorboys and Merquiers stuff. Though not the Merquiers u see in Halfords.

For details on the products have a look on www.detalingworld.co.uk

You want go back to usual autoglym. Proper stuff. I just got to buy proper wash mitt and drying towl now to stop all the swirl marks from washing.
link wont work rhys ..but i found the wheel stuff on google

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...e+Search&meta=

i will be getting some of that ..how much did you pay for yours ??

CAR LOOKS MINT
Sorry dude i missed an I out of it Try this:


http://www.detailingworld.co.uk

I need to order a wash mitt and trying colth now as i got my swirls from sponge and chomis

Cheers DAve/Davie and Diabolic Its very dirty atm though after driving around seen the family in this horrible weather
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Originally Posted by Rhys
I need to order a wash mitt and trying colth now as i got my swirls from sponge and chomis
have a microfibre mit, its all good have the microfibre drying cloth, is a bit of a chore not as good as a leather, but spose no scratchs etc
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