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Back to uni on Wednesday, so figured I'd give the car it's first proper detail of the year 
Washed, cracked out the G3 to try and reduce a few scratches, whole car polished with SRP and waxed with Natty's Blue (now that it's not winter any more, the collinite has been put back into retirement). Tyres and black trim done with Megs Endurance and exhaust polished up a beaut with AG metal polish.
Alloys are going back on tomorrow (been polished and sealed with chemical guys wheel guard, which smells epic), new mirrors and front badge from Gareth7 should also be fitted tomorrow, with boot badge on the way and the rest of my plans for FCS will have to be done the week before lol (currently talking to a vinyl place  )
So, pictorzzz
Can see my other project peeking out of the garage, trying to fix a little 110cc quad
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Probably my best reflection shot ever:
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Alloys ready for fitting
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Love this car.... Always epicly clean!!
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Alloys ready for fitting???
Think you may need some tyres mate...
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Awesome potential, you should lower it
Looking clean though mate. You gone through them rainsports already?! Or did you just swap them onto the steels? :think:
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Cheers guys!
Just swap the rainsports between the wheels, still got LOADS of tread left! Enough to save me when I hit standing water while overtaking a lorry a few nights ago :S They shift water like you wouldn't believe!
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Agreed, rainsports are the best wet weather tyres i've ever used. Just a shame they've such soft widewalls or they'd be contenders for the PE2's crown
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Foxy-jim Wrote:Falken ze-912's ftw!
Only if they're on 16x9's
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The alloys went back on today, as well as a fresh front badge and mirrors, only got crappy phone pics for now, so 'ere 'tis
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looking good bud!
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Love how good the paintwork is on this looks epic
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I've said it in the past but the front needs dropping more.. I think we may well have had this convo before 
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Midnightclub Wrote:I've said it in the past but the front needs dropping more.. I think we may well have had this convo before
Iv tried, he wont listen :nope:
Something about low cars being impractical and looking silly I think? :think: :liar:
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Doesn't have to be silly low.. back end is lower than the front though.. IIRC he has the exact same front suspension setup as me.. because he asked me age ago on .net before he bought it.. mine looks as if it sits lower though
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It's just because my drive isn't level, it's exactly the height I want it, perfectly level and hadles a beaut.
Dan, I'm all for silly lows if it's not a driver's car (such as the Borat), but I like to drive this, so I don't want it slammed, as it hits the splitter on a lot of the roads around home anyway
And cheers strikeforce, it need a machine polish though really, to get rid of the slight scratches and swirls all over it!
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Yeah that rings a bell
I remember the convo now haha
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Nice Halfords wheels.
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in.  Nanstone GTD5 GT17S - XUD9TE
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Looks awesome mate! Shame about that dent in the bonnet. Otherwise perfect
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Cheers ruan, you lady garden
And ta Phil, the bonnet I bought for a fiver is currently at the bodyshop, so I should have a solution to that soon
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Ruan Wrote:Nice Halfords wheels.
Can always rely on Ruan... :wink:
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You love me really...
(16-05-2016, 10:45 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Oh I don't care about the stripped threads lol, that's easily solved by hammering the bolt in. Nanstone GTD5 GT17S - XUD9TE
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And you love my chavtastic rimzzz really
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Ah Diablo :romance-adore: You could have cleaned it though.
Did you use the G3 by hand?
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Haha, maybe next time Lewis
And yeah, bucketloads of elbow-grease and finishing with SRP was the order of the day. Really want to get it machine polished!
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Looking good, really wish mine was as shiny. Although it'd help if I polished it before waxing...
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