Clean up after the snow...

[moono16v]

After all the recent snow, my Trophy was looking desperate for a thorough clean.

I decided to give it a machine polish yesterday to get it back upto standard.

No befores as it was just too cold....that cold that i half way through i tempted on leaving it.

The thread will only allow four pictures so here are the best few.















Definatly the best pic,


Taken with my Iphone so not the best quality.

Hope you like Elliott.

 

[Claude]

Damn that shines! Nice work.

 

[Jon.G]

Nice! Where abouts in Manchester are you?

 

[hoolio]

Little bit of extra saturation dialed in there methinks Looking good though. What products have you got on it?

 

[Jimb0]

Looking good.. I need to hit mine again with the machine.

As hoolio said, what products did you use? Get some shine pics under sunlight too

 

[moono16v]

Thanks for the comments.

Jon.G I'm in Audenshaw not too far from sale.

Hoolio - what do you mean by a little extra saturation?! If you mean camera
enhancements, I can assure you it's just taken on my iPhone, no effects at all.

I machined it with 3M extrafine (yellow top) and a polishing pad. Followed by
3M Ultrafina (blue top) and a 3M finishing pad.
Then I applied meguiars show car glaze which is the best product I have
ever used!! I recommend it to anyone. I then put a single coat of
autoglym HD wax and then sprayed clearkote quick shine over it.

 

[hoolio]

Hoolio - what do you mean by a little extra saturation?! If you mean camera
enhancements, I can assure you it's just taken on my iPhone, no effects at all.

It just looks a slightly unreal red but its probably something to do with the auto white balance under those lights but like I said looks good. What did you use on the trim?

 

[moono16v]

It is a very deep red as due to my car cleaning OCD and line of work which allows me a great deal of time off the car
gets washed every four days. It gets clayed and polished up with various products every two months and a full machine
when I feel the need to do it. Sad I know haha

I used some trim stuff my friend got me. It's not in the correct bottle but if I remember correctly its Autosmart trim wizard.

 

[MarcB]

That looks stunning.

Mine is in very very bad need of some TLC. Mine is going away to be done at a cost of £800 so i know that when it comes back its going to be sexual. At the moment i cant see out my back window and my reg plate at the rear is just dirt

 

[moono16v]

Mine is going away to be done at a cost of £800 so i know that when it comes back its going to be sexual.

Nice one Mark, make sure you get the pictures posted up

 

[Jon.G]

I'd recommend not putting a Gloss enhancer like clearkote ontop of a fresh wax.

No point as its really a top-up product, isn't it?

 

[Jimb0]

I wash my car every two days and try to power wash it nightly

I use Chemical Guys new look trim gel - highly recommended.

 

[Jon.G]

For exterior trim restorer Gtechniq C4 > All.

New look trim gel is good on the inside on all the plastics and leather.

 

[moono16v]

I'd recommend not putting a Gloss enhancer like clearkote ontop of a fresh wax.

No point as its really a top-up product, isn't it?

It isn't needed no, but clearkote quick shine really really repels dust. I find it adds the final gloss look that I'm after.

EDIT: not used any of the Gtechniq stuff as its a bit dear. However I know it's all extremely highly recommended!

I use rainX on the windows but at some point I want to try the Gtechniq for the windows.