Best Colour - V8 Vantage

[Soul Reaver]

stanwan said:

bogie said:

Soul Reaver said:

Guys Guys

Clearly my Mercury Silver is the best colour My local friendly Albanians clean mine for 5 quid in the hand wash And I do the interior and final polish.





Mark.

Edited by Soul Reaver on Friday 30th May 09:33

remind me never to buy a used car from you then !!...the paint will be swirled up and the finish gone already....I wont even let the dealer wash mine, after Ive seen their technique

To be fair to my dealer, my car wasn't in too bad a shape when i got it back, except strangely that one of my front wings was swirled up, must be where they wiped it with a rag....

Best to clean it properly yourself - at least it will be cheaper than getting a professional to machine polish it when it starts to look "tired"

Soul Reaver, would you mind posting a close up pic of your car, with the sun glinting of it would you? Just for my own interest....

I will when the sun shines I should add here that my best mate owns a vehicle detailers and does the full clay monty and then uses his special tub of carnauba at 7 grand a tub when needed

Mark.

[Murph7355]

CRA1G said:

Mines Tungsten Silver ,Just bought a touch up from the main dealer £35.00....!!!

You need to get rid of that number plate carrier, make your plate smaller and put the plate lower down. Emphasises the grille.

[CRA1G]

Murph7355 said:

CRA1G said:

Mines Tungsten Silver ,Just bought a touch up from the main dealer £35.00....!!!

You need to get rid of that number plate carrier, make your plate smaller and put the plate lower down. Emphasises the grille.

Sounds like a good idea,have you any pic's when done?

[GPM3D]

Just like this!

[CRA1G]

Yep,i like the idea!

[GPM3D]

Easy to do (if you have a Torx driver) - took about 15 min and refitted the plate to the existing plinth mounting holes. Did within first hour of ownership!
As long as you don't alter the digit spacing, the white bits around the edge need only be 11mm wide.
See http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/displayo...
Graham

Edited by GPM3D on Saturday 31st May 17:53

[7RMS]

Tonto said:

Thinking of swapping my Tamora for a Vantage, but I can't decide on the best colour to go for. I prefer darker shades as I think it enhances the lines better.
At the moment, my favourite is black, but I've never had a black car and I wonder if they are a pig to keep clean and if they show up scratches v easily.
Any thoughts, suggestions?

Tony.

Edited by Tonto on Wednesday 28th May 14:48

Tony,
I took a great deal of time to choose the colour of my Roadster and finally picked Tungsten before black as I have already got two other black cars and they are beautiful when clean but need to be kept clean to get best out of the colour. If you are using it as a daily run-around then you will end up spending almost as much time keeping it clean as you do driving it. If you take a close look at the attached photo you will notice it isn't spotless however it still looks good I'm sure you will agree.

[Murph7355]

GPM3D said:

Just like this!

Just like that indeed

You can also sort it so you don't have as much space around top and bottom. Or, of course, go 3/4 size

[cardigankid]

Its a real problem, isn't it? You really don't want it anywhere near the radiator grille.

[Tonto]

Well i've been and gone and went and done it!
I put a deposit on a 56 plate Onyx black Vantage today.
Let the cleaning commence!

[Murph7355]

Tonto said:

...
Let the cleaning commence!

And never end

Enjoy it though. Great cars, and THE best colour (when clean ).

[MADT350]

Tonto said:

Well i've been and gone and went and done it!
I put a deposit on a 56 plate Onyx black Vantage today.
Let the cleaning commence!

nice one i'm hoping to take the plung soon...did you buy it from a aston dealer? hope you don't mind me asking but did you manage to get any discount just interested to know wether its possible to strike a good deal.......at the moment

[bogie]

Tonto said:

Well i've been and gone and went and done it!
I put a deposit on a 56 plate Onyx black Vantage today.
Let the cleaning commence!

congrats ! ...if you live near London, give the guys at Gtechniq a call, as I doubt the way the car is presented will do the black justice....mine was year old and covered in swirl marks

[Tonto]

bogie said:

Tonto said:

Well i've been and gone and went and done it!
I put a deposit on a 56 plate Onyx black Vantage today.
Let the cleaning commence!

congrats ! ...if you live near London, give the guys at Gtechniq a call, as I doubt the way the car is presented will do the black justice....mine was year old and covered in swirl marks

Thanks but I live in north yorkshire. I'm having the car treated with the Autoglym Lifeshine product as part of the deal, so this should help with the swirls!.

[Wantanewnoble]

Just bought and collected a new N400 Roadster in 'Berwerk Black'. I think that it looks fantastic (but then I bought it so I should). Apparently Aston are experimenting with the use of Xymol before delivery and mine is one of thirty that has been chosen. I completed my first real journey yesterday ( a round trip of 180 miles) and much grime collected on the way. I will clean it at the weekend and see how simple the process is but I am expecting an easy ride given the xymol treatment. What is the recommended way to clean a car to avoid potential damage. The dealer recommended an initial application of something from or called Jeep to loosen any dirt/flies etc followed by a cold water treatment with a light cleaner. Your suggestions welcome.

[Tonto]

Wantanewnoble said:

Just bought and collected a new N400 Roadster in 'Berwerk Black'. I think that it looks fantastic (but then I bought it so I should). Apparently Aston are experimenting with the use of Xymol before delivery and mine is one of thirty that has been chosen. I completed my first real journey yesterday ( a round trip of 180 miles) and much grime collected on the way. I will clean it at the weekend and see how simple the process is but I am expecting an easy ride given the xymol treatment. What is the recommended way to clean a car to avoid potential damage. The dealer recommended an initial application of something from or called Jeep to loosen any dirt/flies etc followed by a cold water treatment with a light cleaner. Your suggestions welcome.

My dealer told me that a Brillo pad dipped in Vim should do the trick

[JJ 170]

CRA1G said:

Yep,i like the idea!

me 2!

[Wantanewnoble]

Tonto said:

Wantanewnoble said:

Just bought and collected a new N400 Roadster in 'Berwerk Black'. I think that it looks fantastic (but then I bought it so I should). Apparently Aston are experimenting with the use of Xymol before delivery and mine is one of thirty that has been chosen. I completed my first real journey yesterday ( a round trip of 180 miles) and much grime collected on the way. I will clean it at the weekend and see how simple the process is but I am expecting an easy ride given the xymol treatment. What is the recommended way to clean a car to avoid potential damage. The dealer recommended an initial application of something from or called Jeep to loosen any dirt/flies etc followed by a cold water treatment with a light cleaner. Your suggestions welcome.

My dealer told me that a Brillo pad dipped in Vim should do the trick

Thanks Tonto. Can I come and practise on yours first. I need to make sure that my technique is perfect. I'll bring my own pads to reduce any inconvenience to you.

Edited by Wantanewnoble on Thursday 19th June 16:01

[warren182]

http://www.detailingworld.com/
Cleaning guides etc on here. Def start with 2 bucket method and decent equipment.

[Wantanewnoble]

warren182 said:

http://www.detailingworld.com/
Cleaning guides etc on here. Def start with 2 bucket method and decent equipment.

The detailed ferrari work is great - thanks.

Might be obvious but what do you mean by 'the 2 bucket method'

Edited by Wantanewnoble on Saturday 21st June 19:43