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Ran out of polish half way through spring cleaning the car today. I had lent a nearly full bottle of Auto Glym to someone and got half a cars worth back. Grrrr!
So half the car is Auto-Glym (allegedly) super high gloss the other is triple wax (that I bought years ago and found in my shed whilst looking for something else).
I'm not buying that Auto-Glym crap again.
So half the car is Auto-Glym (allegedly) super high gloss the other is triple wax (that I bought years ago and found in my shed whilst looking for something else).
I'm not buying that Auto-Glym crap again.
I don't know whether it's worth the effort, but I reckon it would come up well if you gave it a bit of 'detailing'.
Clay bar
Megs Ultimate Compound
Then a pure polish
finally a proper wax
Or clay bar and the Megs 1-2-3 stage system.
Problem is though, if you get the paint really nice, it shows up everything else like rubbers, black plastics, trims, chrome etc.
Clay bar
Megs Ultimate Compound
Then a pure polish
finally a proper wax
Or clay bar and the Megs 1-2-3 stage system.
Problem is though, if you get the paint really nice, it shows up everything else like rubbers, black plastics, trims, chrome etc.
CoolC said:
A mount for what? what have I missed?
A friend of mine wants to put double anti-roll bars on his MGF to stiffen the chassis up a bit. So he needed a set of clamps to lock the two arb's together and wanted some made out of billet. I suggested box using a picture from my Lent Project bike and MS Paint. Needed to post it here for the thumbsnal link and send it to him. Don't worry I'm not taking the grinder to the Rover (yet). 
Friday the 13th. Unlucky for some eh? 
Poor Rover.
The other car came off a lot worse though. So instead of fixing dads Corsa today I have some pannel work to do.
The spare wheel saved the boot floor at least.
Most straighening in around the inside of the tail light cluster.
Looks prety bad from underneath.
Bent bumper bracket saved the main rail.
Once the bumper and bent bracket are off (two minutes with a hammer sorted that) the rear pannel doesn't look as bad as before.
Hmmmm, bottom lip of the boot or slam pannel? I'm off to get Kev's hydraulic press. The insurance company have said if the car cost more than £200 to fix it's a write off so D.I.Y to save the car (again).
Poor Rover.
The other car came off a lot worse though. So instead of fixing dads Corsa today I have some pannel work to do.
The spare wheel saved the boot floor at least.
Most straighening in around the inside of the tail light cluster.
Looks prety bad from underneath.
Bent bumper bracket saved the main rail.
Once the bumper and bent bracket are off (two minutes with a hammer sorted that) the rear pannel doesn't look as bad as before.
Hmmmm, bottom lip of the boot or slam pannel? I'm off to get Kev's hydraulic press. The insurance company have said if the car cost more than £200 to fix it's a write off so D.I.Y to save the car (again).
Well.....
..the first push was from the bumper mounting plate and the upright....
...until the trim lined up.
Then because the bootlid wouldn't shut I pulled the bottom lip by hand until the trim along the bottom met the numberplate trim.
Closed but with a "clunk". So next I put a brace across the two struts and pushed the centre of the slam pannel at the top.
Then I pushed the boot floor back so the bottom of the spare wheel well was level with the now straight(ish) slam pannel.
Cleaned the area with some WD40 and refitted the bumper backets....
...made sure the spare wheel was a drop in fit instead of being wedged in and put the bumper back in place (a few marks and a little paint transfer but the whole car's being re-sprayed after I do the sills).
The dent in the bootlid isn't that major and I'll get to it when I do the sills and other twenty odd year old car dents all over.
What colision?
..the first push was from the bumper mounting plate and the upright....
...until the trim lined up.
Then because the bootlid wouldn't shut I pulled the bottom lip by hand until the trim along the bottom met the numberplate trim.
Closed but with a "clunk". So next I put a brace across the two struts and pushed the centre of the slam pannel at the top.
Then I pushed the boot floor back so the bottom of the spare wheel well was level with the now straight(ish) slam pannel.
Cleaned the area with some WD40 and refitted the bumper backets....
...made sure the spare wheel was a drop in fit instead of being wedged in and put the bumper back in place (a few marks and a little paint transfer but the whole car's being re-sprayed after I do the sills).
The dent in the bootlid isn't that major and I'll get to it when I do the sills and other twenty odd year old car dents all over.
What colision?
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