Megane 230 R26 - detailing content

[ginge191]

Would you ever take it on track ??

Got to say liquid yellow is probably one of my favourite colours ever.

I'd think so; once i'm confident with a setup. Bashing around B roads is really where it's at, torquey and handling well make a brilliant combo. It needs some new wheels, but yeh, probably not this year but next year, i'd definitely look at buying a helmet and track bits



So, I contacted KTR to try and find out what the car has had done to it as the previous owner was unsure. I provided them with the names of all owners before and tracked down the parts it's had fitted. Its had a recirc blank plate, a KTR dump valve and a KTR panel filter all in 2008. Matching up with the religious Renault service routine in the paperwork, the car was looked after! KTR suggested that the panel filter is nearing the end of its service and would probably need replacing soon, so i'll look into that.


Spent the bank holiday weekend detailing the car to some degree. New to detailing all round so after researching and reading around detailingworld    , i set about firstly giving it a standard wash, nothing special, then set about de-tarring the car with Tardis tar remover. I bought a metal spray bottle to decant the fluid into, and applied with a wide spray, left to soak for a short time, then wiped with a clean micro-fibre cloth. Working on small patches at a time, it took me around 3-4 hours to do the whole car.

I then set about clay barring the car using Meguiars clay bar kit which included 2 clay bars, lube and a nice cloth. I managed to get the boot, rear quarters, bonnet and front bumper done, over 2 days taking about 7 hours or so. I'm going to clay bar the doors and rear bumper this weekend and aim to touch it all up again, then polish and protect with Meguiars polish; hand application then machine buffed. Not a fan of using machine to apply as i feel you can't apply it accurately enough. Personal preference.

Pictures are on my friends DSLR, being sent over this evening so i'll upload some pictures later.

I've entered a local car competition this weekend for "Best Paint", hence the time being put into the detailing at the moment.

C&C welcomed