Trophy professionally detailed

[felix]

i've never clayed a car before and wasn't confident enough to try it for the first time on the Trophy. also i wanted the paintwork correcting - especially on the bonnet. so i decided to get it done professionally.

after looking around on the web i selected Gary Funnell from the aptly named Refined Reflections - and boy am i glad i did. the results are stunning. i've had 262 from new and it's never looked this good. car now looks shiny, wet and very reflective. it's like looking in a red mirror!

let me know what you think.


http://www.refinedreflections.co.uk/ren ... rophy.html

 

[Omega Red]

very nice and shiny

how much did it cost?

 

[DaveTrophy]

That does look absolutely stunning

I noticed some quite bad swirl marks on my roof yesterday when washing the car

 

[Shabba]

Permagard comes up like that every time its washed, well worth it even if it does cost a wee bit more 8)

 

[Matt X2C]

as said, what sort of price are we talking?

would be very interested.

only problem is, if i got it done, i think i would like it so much that i think i would become a clean freak. I love a clean car and the trophy is washed regularly, but it does get dirty through country roads etc. I never want to be too scared to get it dirty, i want to drive it wherever the country roads take me.!

 

[Shabba]

£180 for 1st application of Permagard (depending on age/mileage/paint condition) then approx £90 annually to top up.

 

[DaveTrophy]

Shabba, where did you get yours done?

Not sure where the nearest Permagard place is to me :?:

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Fantastic finish 8) 8) 8)

 

[Shabba]

Shabba, where did you get yours done?

Not sure where the nearest Permagard place is to me :?:

Stockport nr Manchester. I booked it through their web site -

http://www.permagard.info/?gclid=CICm4o ... lAodcnPlqw

they'll let you know who is nearest, and if I remember rightly they have a mobile service (don't quote me on that though).

 

[nig63]

I have clayed and removed defects with a pc machine after getting advice from detailing worlds web site and its a lot easy than it looks and is very satisfying at the end . On the down side it did take me 8 hours .

 

[bakedbeats]

how do you get the exhaust to clean up like that? see image 6

 

[hoolio]

On the down side it did take me 8 hours .

I often find about 4 hours have disappeared just washing and cleaning i hate to think how long it would take to polish/pc :shock:

 

[Guest]

Lots of metal polish and a toothbrush. 'How do you know?', I hear you ask. Here is a picture from my sad anal car cleaning days (not detailing - I refuse to call it that). The exhaust from my old Racing Puma. Not cool. :lol:

 

[nig63]

Talking of sad my wife caught me with my number plates off to clean behind them

 

[DaveTrophy]

Talking of sad my wife caught me with my number plates off to clean behind them

:lol:

Perfectionist

 

[trophy176]

Hey I thought my 2 hours of cleaning was bad - but osme of the above replies are crazy!

Think I will get 176 stone chips and scratches all done together with permeguard at end of summer. Or rather when I can afford!

 

[trophy176]

P.S along with my kerbed alloy! It's as if the Trophy is a dog with sore paw when I look at it1

 

[hoolio]

Hey I thought my 2 hours of cleaning was bad - but osme of the above replies are crazy!

Think I will get 176 stone chips and scratches all done together with permeguard at end of summer. Or rather when I can afford!

Yeah i know it's a bit anal (copyright david87) but hey i enjoy it. Good job the car's only small

 

[polarbert]

There was something about this on pistonheads. Someone was saying that detailing is defined by cleaning a car to unessecary levels, and giving it a bloody good clean is what most people do.

 

[Noodle999]

depending on age/mileage/paint condition

Excuse my ignorance but does this mean to say that the initial Permaguard treatment will also include repairing the paintwork until it's "as new", prior to applying it?

i.e. if I go to a Permaguard supplier and give them however much they charge to do so, they'll fix my bumper/bonnet paint chips, remove the swirls, and then Permaguard the car?

I'm seriously considering getting it done but was going to repair the paint chips myself first (properly, I've been given some tuition ). Any advice is greatly appreciated