08-05-2015, 01:46 PM
Yesterday I started with some FCS prep work getting her drop dead gorgeous for a hopeful prime position.
Gave her a good wash, 2 bucket method and the hose on the hot tap and she didn't look too bad, I suppose as it was only a month since she'd last been done it wasn't terrible.
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I then waxed her all over with Meguiars Ultimate and I've got to say although I had been initially impressed with it when I first bought it I'm not so much now. It no longer feels like it goes on as well, definitely doesn't come off as well, I don't think gives the same shine as the Meguiars Gold Class and was kinda swirly. Because of this this morning I've clayed and polished the roof before going over alot of the car with a coat or 2 of gold class and I'm much happier with it. Need to keep piling on the wax before FCS. I also cleaned the last of the glue from the tint film off the drivers window.
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To test this the difference between Gold Class and Ultimate I did the bonnet half and half and even with my phone camera you can see the drivers side (Gold Class) is nicer, the line is to the passenger side of the bonnet badge and about 4 inches to the passenger side of the middle wiper spindle.
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I also decided to ignore all of you in the poll and start tidying up my smooth grille so ran over it with 1500 grit wet and dry and then blasted it with black to try and pick up any bits that need attention.
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As you can see other than a couple of runs there is 2 high spots and a load of stone chips that I hope will fill nicely with high build primer.
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I also took off my strut brace as it's clearly old to give it a fresh coat of paint. It's going plain black as I don't particularly need a shouty red brace in my otherwise quite plain engine bay. It was a pain in the arse as one of the adjusters had seized in and needed a f*ck tonne of heat to get it out, had to get the whole end of the brace glowing red.
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Gave her a good wash, 2 bucket method and the hose on the hot tap and she didn't look too bad, I suppose as it was only a month since she'd last been done it wasn't terrible.
[attachment=23028]
I then waxed her all over with Meguiars Ultimate and I've got to say although I had been initially impressed with it when I first bought it I'm not so much now. It no longer feels like it goes on as well, definitely doesn't come off as well, I don't think gives the same shine as the Meguiars Gold Class and was kinda swirly. Because of this this morning I've clayed and polished the roof before going over alot of the car with a coat or 2 of gold class and I'm much happier with it. Need to keep piling on the wax before FCS. I also cleaned the last of the glue from the tint film off the drivers window.
[attachment=23029]
[attachment=23030]
To test this the difference between Gold Class and Ultimate I did the bonnet half and half and even with my phone camera you can see the drivers side (Gold Class) is nicer, the line is to the passenger side of the bonnet badge and about 4 inches to the passenger side of the middle wiper spindle.
[attachment=23031]
I also decided to ignore all of you in the poll and start tidying up my smooth grille so ran over it with 1500 grit wet and dry and then blasted it with black to try and pick up any bits that need attention.
[attachment=23032]
As you can see other than a couple of runs there is 2 high spots and a load of stone chips that I hope will fill nicely with high build primer.
[attachment=23033]
I also took off my strut brace as it's clearly old to give it a fresh coat of paint. It's going plain black as I don't particularly need a shouty red brace in my otherwise quite plain engine bay. It was a pain in the arse as one of the adjusters had seized in and needed a f*ck tonne of heat to get it out, had to get the whole end of the brace glowing red.
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