Mum & stepdad went to Wales for a few days over the bank holiday & they are due back in the morning.

My stepdad has a black cab, which I also have a hand in & drive it part time as well as my full time job.

As the cabs on the road everyday, my stepdad normally takes it to one of those drive in car wash places full of Albanians that do it for £5, I keep telling him not to but what can you do

Anyhow, as a treat instead of going out to work in it, i thought I'd treat the cab to some Autoglym love & a thorough clean it'll be a nice surprise for when he comes back in the morning

So, after a rinse off, & a 2 bucket method wash, the cab's paintwork was in a bit of a state, full of swirl marks etc, this was typical on most panels, shocking really for a 12 month old vehicle:



so 1st off , I gaver the worse of the swirl marks a going over with farecla G3 scratch remover using the waffle pad applicator:



after that, it was on with a coat of Autoglym SRP, a few shots post polish:






In a break between polishing & waxing I gave the tyres a coat of Meguires endurance tyre gel & cleaned the windows inside out with autoglym fastglass:



Then on with the Autoglym HD Wax:



once waxed & then all exterior plastics done with Autoglym vinyl & rubber care I ended up with an exterior finish like this, well pleased:









for good measure, I then cleaned all the interior out, cleaned the drivers area up & gave all the turrerware under the bonnet a clean





I'm knackered now & my right arm is the size of popeye's!

comments welcome, dads in for a shock

 

Feckin' lovely job mate! Looks a million times better! I reckon he'll be well made up when he's back!

 

Top effort Mate .. Looks good

 

cheers guys

I started at 3:30pm tonight, took me a good 4 hours. I'm not quite up to your level of buftyness Matt, but i'm working on it

Black is a right pain in the arse . If he takes it into a £5 drive through after this i'll chin him

 

Great effort mate come up really well!


Brian

 

wow that's shiny.my late father was a London cabby for 40 years.dont see many manuals about

 

Top work mate. I would love to use s buffer but i would be scared incase i burnt the paint.

 

looks great man,

(on a sidenote it looks like they still use the 2.5 VM/CD Italian engines in these do they? sad I know )

Jordan

 

Cheers mate.

I dont have a machine polisher, I did it all by hand.

I apply using a soft applicator pad and buff off with a polishing cloth.

Im sure my right forearm is bigger than my left this morning

 

Cheers mate.

Correct its still the 2.5L VM turbodiesel. Done just shy of 40K miles now in 11 months

 

Great work. I hate my black focus now. I need a gallon of that scratch remover I think lol.

 

Good work mate

 

Cheers guy's

they're back and he's amazed at the difference.

He went out to work in it this afternoon a happy bunny and he's had loads of good comments from the other cab drivers on the rank & a few good tips of customers.

I left him some Autoglym tyre dressing, Vinyl & rubber care & odour eliminator with a couple of detailing cloths in the drivers door pocket so he can keep the trim clean. Some of the other drivers have been 'borrowing' a bit to do theirs