Neil Dagens
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Decided to give my car a good clean today and use some of the stuff i got for xmas as i havent been bothered really before now. in december i bought myself a machine polisher from elite car care, this one if anyones interested:
also bought a few products too.
this is what i did:
snow foamed,
rinsed and washed with chemical guys maxi suds and a new wash mitt 
clayed with dodo juice purposeful purple and dodo born slippy as lube,
then rinsed it again,
used the machine polisher with poorboys swirl remover,
polished with menzerna final finish polish,
applied poorboys paint sealant,
then two coats of dodo juice blue velvet,
then all the trim with poorboys new look trim detailer,
and megs whee; brightener on the wheels.
ive had the wheels on since january but never posted up pics of them, theyre going to be refurbed soonas two are looking pretty bad. theyre 17" TT Ronals bought second hand off bmautosport.co.uk. i originally wanted LM reps but i decided if i spent £800 then kerbed them id be gutted so got these for £200 with pirelli p600 tyres and had them delivered the next day.
also got my grill sprayed matt black, i had a badgeless grill but the notch in the bonnet looked crap and i didnt want to get it filled.
so heres the pics:
and a couple of my dads too:
needs a clean though!
opinions welcome
[Edited on 01-03-2009 by Neil Dagens]
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Twiggy
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So have you used all the above stuff and thats the results?
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Neil Dagens
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quote:
Originally posted by Twiggy
So have you used all the above stuff and thats the results?
yeah in fairness the pics are crap. but im still not happy with it, i dont know what im doing wrong  but it looks cleaner in person
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taylorboosh
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i have those ronals on my golf now, and you need lowering
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Willox
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I could piss on my car and it would leave a better shine tbh 
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Neil Dagens
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i think i will get some better pics tomorow
and yes i know it needs lowering
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taylorboosh
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looks cool lowered on those wheels it will
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Willox
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Didn't mean to sound harsh mate,apoligies Just for effort you have put in to cleaning it's a shame it hasn't shown up like it should
Like you say,could be the pics 
[Edited on 28-02-2009 by corsa_loon1]
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Willox
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Car still looks nice though and love the s2000
[Edited on 28-02-2009 by corsa_loon1]
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Neil Dagens
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it is the pics for the shinieness (sp.) but theres still some small scartches in the paint when the sun shines on it.
when i put them on i was disappointed because in person it is shiny but your right it looks average there.
last time i cleaned it it was like this, and that was just polished
ill sort some better pics tomoro, ill have to borrow the gfs camera
[Edited on 28-02-2009 by Neil Dagens]
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Willox
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Now thats a little bit shiney
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Rich H
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Will look coolio when lowered. Didn't bother having too much of a look the other day as couldn't see bugger all anyway!!
My advice would be try using a different set of compounds and pads.
Try Megs 83 followed by 80 on Meguiars cutting pad for the 83 and polishing pad for the 80. VAG paint's rock hard so will require a fair amount of work to correct fully...
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Neil Dagens
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cheers rich, i just used the pads that i got with it, still trying to understand it all tbh but itll get better with practice hopefully.
thanks for the advice ill try that next time, i remember you saying the paint was rock hard.
but it kept me occupied for the day
we should hold the next meet during the day lol
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Ben G
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i think there should be a daveskater vs neil dagens competition to see how many immigrants each could fit in their wheel arches
car looks nice mate, love dark grey colours
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Neil Dagens
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i think there should be a daveskater vs neil dagens competition to see how many immigrants each could fit in their wheel arches :c
proper rivallry haha
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Neil Dagens
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right after the bad pics from yesterday i decided to borrow my gfs camera and take some better ones (i hope they are anyway :lol
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Tom G
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Looks alot better
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taylorboosh
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are those pressed plates legal mate? and whered u get them?
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Neil Dagens
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i got them off dubmeister but now you get directed to a foreign site as they cant sell them. im not sure if theyre legal but had them on my corsa and this for over a year and never been pulled.
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